1 extending your answers and different types of q

The other three ask that person using yes/no questions and optional questions until they can guess the name correctly... HOW TO RESPOND TO YES/NO QUESTIONSDo you like sports?. Practice

WEEK 1 Lesson 1 - speaking

 About the IELTS Speaking Test

 Part 1: Types of questions

 Fluency markers

• Watch and listen, and talk about the speaking

test

• Part 1 – INTERVIEW - Exchange with the

examiner for about 1-2 minutes on a certain

topic

• Part 2 – LONG TURN

• Part 3 - DISCUSSION

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vocabulary to discuss topics at length and make meaning clear in spite of

inappropriacies Generally

paraphrase successfully

Uses a mix of simple and complex structures, but

with limited flexibility

May make

frequent mistakes

with complex structures, though these

rarely cause

comprehension problems

Uses a range of pronunciation on features with

mixed control Shows some of effective use of features but this

is not sustained Can generally be understood

throughout, though

mispronunciation

of individual words or sounds

Ask the questions below

1 you/ rather/ live/ urban/rural?

2 your family/ a nuclear family/ an extended one?

3 you/ going/ study overseas/ the near future?

4 you/ rather/ get an email message/ a letter?

5 you/ ever/ been/ Europe?

6 you/ tell/ me/ your hometown?

7 you/ speak/ more than one language?

8 you/ prefer/ study in a library/ at home?

9 family/career/ more important to you?

1 Would you rather live in urban than in rural?

2 Is your family a nuclear family or an extended one?

3 Are you going to study overseas in the near future?

4 Would you rather get an email message or a letter?

5 Have you ever been to Europe?

6 Can you tell me about your hometown?

7 Can you speak more than one language?

8 Do you prefer to study in a library or at home?

9 Are friends or family more important to you?

10.Do you prefer playing sport to watching it?

• Now, work in groups of four Each member of

a group writes the name of a well-known

person in their hand The other three ask that person using yes/no questions and optional questions until they can guess the name

correctly.

•

Book – p.13 – Answering questions about

• 3 A: ………?

• B: I haven’t really decided yet ………I‘d like to one day, maybe in Canada or Australia 8

Do you enjoy studying English

What do you do in your free time

Do you plan to study abroad

I’m afraid

It depends.

I guess

• 4: A: ……….?

• B: …………, I have one brother and one sister

• 5 A: ……….?

• B: I have a part-time job in a local shop

………, I’ve worked there for more than three years

• 6 A: ……….?

• B: …………, my parents moved around a lot

and I’ve lived in many cities Now I live in Osaka

Do you have any brothers or sisters

What’s your job?

Where do you live

Well

In fact

Actually

HOW TO RESPOND TO YES/NO QUESTIONS

Do you like sports?

 No, I don’t think I do.

• No, I don’t think so.

• I’m afraid, I am not keen on/ interested in/ good at

sports.

• I’m afraid no.

Fluency markers to answer Yes/No questions

• I’m going to apologize /disagree politely

• I can’t give you a simple answer

• I think so or I suppose so.

• Wait a second I’m thinking.

• I am going to give extra information about my response.

• I am going to tell you something surprising or interesting.

Practice – p.15- Pair-work

• Ask and answer the questions using fluency

markers

Match the questions and types of answers

1 How important ?

2 How often ?

3 How do you ?

4 Would you rather ?

5 What kind of ?

g) Preferences h) Reason

i) Types

Give more information

Giving examples

• Such as + V_ing 1 and V_ing 2

• Such as + N.P1 and N.P2

• Like…

• Clause For example, + Clause

• Clause For instance, + Clause

• Clause One example is that + clause

• Clause To illustrate, Clause

Give reasons (Why?)

• ….because + Clause

• ….as + Clause

• …because of some/ several/ a number of/ a range of reasons

• Another reason is + clause

• The reason why + clause + is that + clause

Giving feelings

• It makes me + adj:

• It helps me + V

• I find it + adj

• I find (that) it is + adj

• I feel + adj when doing sth/ when S +V +O.

Giving Future intention:

Quiz – Which is the best/worst answer – why?

• How many people are there in your family?

A There are four We live in a large house in the

north of my country It gets very cold there in the winter but it is really nice during the

summer months I try to go back there often

B There are four My brother and my parents

C There are four There's myself of course Then

there's my younger brother, he's fifteen years old And I have my mother and father who are both in their late 70s I have two grand parents

as well, but they don't live with us

• What kinds of books do you like reading?

A I don't like reading Books are boring I much prefer to play on the

internet or just watch TV in my free time Reading books just sends

me to sleep.

B Although I think books are great ways to learn, and I know some

people love to read, I've never been a great fan of them I used to read books a bit when I was younger but not much anymore I read

a lot on the internet actually, articles on various topics So I do read, but it's just not usually books.

C I don't really like reading, but I did read a book once I'll tell you the

story It was set in the 1960's in London It was about a poor family who were just trying hard to make ends meet as they had so little money If followed the life of the boy in the family from when he was young until he grew up The first part of the book was about

• Do you know the people who live next door to you?

A No, I've never met them The reason for this is

that I'm away most of the time at university

so I've never really had the opportunity I

know my family has met them on a few

occasions, just for a quick chat, but they don't know them well I think they like to keep their privacy

B No, I've never met them

C No, I've never met them I think my parents

have, but I don't know who they are

Part 1 - summary

Answer directly

Be on the right track

Extend your answers in 2 or more sentences

Be positive (say something good rather than bad about that)

Read the questions/ answers in the cards

Predict the answers/ questions

Find your partner

Practice questions and answers

1 Do you like shopping?

2 Would you like to work in a shop?

3 Do you like shopping on the internet?

4 When do you usually go shopping?

5 Do you prefer shopping in big stores or small shops?

6 What do you usually buy when you go shopping

7 Do you spend much when you go shopping?

8 Who does most of the shopping in your household?

9 What kind of shopping do you like doing?

10 Is shopping a popular activity in your country?

• 11 What types of shops do teenagers like best in your country?

• 12 What problems are there with shopping in the area you live

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• Choose 2 questions and answer

• Record your voice