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Speaking 1

Huế -2007

CONTENTS

WELL SPOKEN 4

Unit 1: RURAL AND URBAN 4

Unit 2: LOVE 6

Unit 3: GOOD LUCK AND BAD LUCK 6

Unit 4: ADVERTISING 7

Unit 5: FAST AND SLOW 8

Unit 6: FAMILY LIFE 9

Unit 7: TELEPATHY 9

Unit 8: TRADITIONAL AND MODERN 10

Unit 9: CHILDHOOD 10

Unit 10: BECOMING AN ADULT 11

Unit 11: OLD AGE 11

Unit 12: DIRT AND RUBBISH 11

Unit 13: FEARS AND PHOBIAS 12

Unit 14: WOMEN AND MEN 12

Unit 15: STRANGE STORIES 12

Unit 16: ANIMALS 12

Unit 17: FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS 13

Unit 18: PET HATES 13

Unit 19: HOT AND COLD 14

Unit 20: ADDICTION 14

Unit 21: WORK 14

Unit 22: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM 15

Unit 23: ANGER 15

Unit 24: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 16

Unit 25: TAKING RISKS 16

SOMETHING TO SAY 16

ASSIGNMENT 1 18

ASSIGNMENT 2 18

ASSIGNMENT 3 19

ASSIGNMENT 4 20

ASSIGNMENT 5 20

ASSIGNMENT 6 21

ASSIGNMENT 7 21

ASSIGNMENT 8 22

ASSIGNMENT 9 22

ASSIGNMENT 10 23

ASSIGNMENT 11 24

ASSIGNMENT 12 24

ASSIGNMENT 13 25

ASSIGNMENT 14 26

ASSIGNMENT 15 26

ASSIGNMENT 16 27

ASSIGNMENT 17 27

ASSIGNMENT 18 28

ASSIGNMENT 19 28

ASSIGNMENT 20 29

SPEAKING I: STUDY GUIDE GENERAL INTRODUCTION

This study guide hopes to assist the learners more in improving their spoken English

when studying the course books Well Spoken by Ramsey and Rees-Parnall (1989) and Something to Say by Wilson (1984) by themselves As Well Spoken is a theme-based

speaking textbook, all the activities and exercises chosen in this study guide are to

a) help the learners to equip themselves for talking about a topic

b) enlarge vocabulary to talk about a topic

c) guide the learners to study on their own or with others out of the classroom

Something to Say helps the learners with the language needed to improve their

speaking skill and focuses on developing the fluency by providing the learners with a variety of dialogues, role plays, situations and discussions

WELL SPOKEN

Unit 1: RURAL AND URBAN

DIFFERENT LIFESTYLES

1 To get more ideas for the exercise on Different Lifestyles, read unit 24: Only a

mad man would choose to live in a large modern city in the book: For and Against by

Alexander.Write down your answers in advance before having a look at some examples in this table

Opinions Person from the city Person from the country

Public transport is

difficult

Too crowded, rush hour terrible, buses are blocked by car

Not enough, two buses a day, bad connections, need car

It's easy to make

friends here

More pubs, clubs, entertainment areas, schools and institutes More chances

Do farming work and other manual work

Walking from place to place

places The atmosphere

Fresh food and vegetables are made and planted

on leisure time activities are sent to your house Party every weekend

Fishing, camping, meeting friends, watching TV Going out with friends

More people come here to live It's getting more crowded

2 Vocabulary that can help you to add to the list of the categories provided:

- Your health: strong, to be in good health, weak, illness, disease, longevity, life span,

- Holidays: off work, holiday home, holiday activities, holiday meals, travel to different places, enjoy good food, weather

- The clothes people wear: famous brand, expensive, durable, on sale, second-hand, thrift store, fashionable, conservative

- Streets: narrow, large, freeways, lanes, highways, even, sloppy, lots of junctions, traffic lights

- Stress: always in a hurry, mental illness, sleepless

- The people: more interfering, talkative, friendly, easy-going, workaholic

- Rainy weather: dull, slippery streets, floods, storms, muddy For other exercises,

Unit 2: LOVE

Exercise 3: in the course book:

Complete as many sentences beginning with I love as possible and exchange them

with your classmates

Here are some more examples:

Love is giving what you like best

Love is making friends with only one person

Love is admiring

Love is sweet words

Love is selfish sometimes

Love is missing her/him when one is alone

Exercise 4:

You may need the following words and phrases to do this exercise

List of what men usually look for in women:

Good cook, housewife, charming, organized, faithful, love children, not talkative, helpful, tidy,

List of what women usually look for in men:

Bread-winner, organized, manly, responsible, love family, successful, sense of humor, faithful, neat, vital, energetic

Unit 3: GOOD LUCK AND BAD LUCK

Exercise 1: List all the things which bring good or bad luck in Vietnam that you know

Here are some examples:

Good luck:

Dreaming of dragon, number 9, smiling face, red color

Bad luck:

Number 13, black color, depressing face, nightmare, owl

Can you think of the reasons why these things bring good luck or bad luck?

Further exercises:

For and against: Make a conversation expressing your opinions on number 13

A Raises question on good luck and bad luck

B Disagrees States that good luck or bad luck depends on perception of each individual

A Tells stories about number 13

B Disagrees States that it is a matter of superstition Explains that 13 is just a number and there is nothing dealing with it Sometimes it might be a coincidence

A Gives more evidence

B Still disagrees

C Appears and helps end the conversation

You may want to look at pages 133 of the book Conversation by Rob Nolasco and Lois Arthur or unit 9 of the book Speaking naturally by Bruce Tillitt and Mary Newton

Bruder for more phrases and expressions on agreements and disagreements

Make similar conversations for other things such as colors or clothes

Class talk:

Act out these activities:

Phone your friend who is going for an interview and wish him/her good luck

Talk to your neighbor and wish him/her good luck in taking a driving test

Wish someone who is going to take an exam good luck

Send a card to your friend who is going to have a baby to wish her all the best

Write a card to friends who are moving into a new house and wish them having good time living in the new places

Fast, your future, economical, sportive Interesting Short and effective

Shampoo Shiny hair, conditioner included, new

formula for all kinds of hair

Too many ads for shampoo Quality is not as good as advertised

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Exercise 3: in the coursebook:

a Five adjectives/phrases you could use to advertise a new washing powder:

new, cleanest, usable with washing machine, advanced formulation against all stains, guaranteed quality

b Five adjectives/phrases you could use to advertise a new car:

new model, convertible, economical, run fast, no deposit, insurance included

Talk about your feelings:

For cigarette advertising, read unit 2: World governments should conduct serious

campaigns against smoking in the book For and Against by L G Alexander

Unit 5: FAST AND SLOW

You may want to make a debate on what means of transport is the best to use Form groups of 4 or 5 and choose one kind and give reasons why you choose it

Other group may give counter-arguments Here are some useful expressions to make the discussion sound more friendly

- Well, I'm not sure about that Perhaps

- I can see why you think that, but

- No, I'm sorry, I don't think that's really true

- Yes, but

- I know it's difficult, but

- Don't you think ?

Class talk:

- Do you think life is faster than when you were young? Is it better? Think about some changes that you notice in your daily life in your country and the world List them and consider their influence on life pace For example, the invention of computer helps facilitate word processing, restore information and control aviation, which makes life go faster

- Do you think being able to travel to other places more quickly makes life better today?

In groups, list all the advantages of going by fast means of transport such as plane, train, motorbike in comparison with walking, bicycle, etc

- Do you think being able to communicate quickly with other people makes life better?

Quick communication helps shorten distance and transfer information in the fastest way, which reduces time spent travelling and accelerates working speed Think more examples for this

Unit 6: FAMILY LIFE

Talk about families:

Positive words: love, beloved, parents, children, grandparents, birthplace, happy, get-together, fireplace, brothers and sisters

Negative words: quarrel, divorced parents, step-parents, noise, washing-up, cleaning

Add more to the list and compare your list with other classmates'

Children or not?

Here are some reasons for and against having children Talk with your friends and add more

Reasons for having children Reasons against having children

- to enjoy family life

-Children are lovely

-Children motivate parents to

work harder

-Children are the future of

society and need taking care of

- Bringing up children is a hard work

- Children take too much time and freedom of parents

- Children's need is too much

- Children are noisy

-Educating children costs lot of money

Unit 7: TELEPATHY

Look the word telepathy up in the dictionary Do you believe that there is telepathy?

Why or why not? Try to look for one story dealing with telepathy and retell it to your friends and discuss with them whether the story is a telepathy or coincidence

Here is an example:

Some years ago, I spent six months abroad-at a language school In my second week a postal strike started, and it lasted for a long time 1 was unhappy because I couldn't write to my family or my boyfriend I didn't have much money and couldn't afford to phone them There wasn't a phone in the place where I was staying so they couldn't phone me either One morning I walked to the main station where I wanted to use all the money I had to phone my boyfriend and my parents I wanted to tell them that 1 was coming home at the weekend When reached the telephone box, I couldn't believe my eyes There was my boyfriend, in one of the telephone boxes "Hello", he said,

"I was just trying to get through to your school." He said he sent the message the day

before, asking me to meet him at the station But I hasn't received it-I didn't know he was coming to see and visit me!

Unit 8: TRADITIONAL AND MODERN

What do you think of traditional and modern lifestyles? List all things that belong to traditional and modern life and give your opinions whether we should preserve traditional values

Here are some words and phrases that you may need

Unique, out-of-date, ancient, old, in bad condition, castle, antiques, conservative, sand clock, wall, carpet, utensil, etc

New, fashionable, in good condition, skyscraper, building, flat, supersonic airplane, new model, supermarket, etc

Unit 9: CHILDHOOD

Looking back

Make sentences beginning with When I was a child I used to

Here are some examples:

When I was a child I used to cry all day and all night

When I was a child I always wanted to be with my grandmother

When I was a child I used to spend my spare time playing with toys

My favorite age was 10 because at that time I used to have a lot of friends

Note: The structure used to + infinitive refers to past habits and states If we say that

somebody used to do something, we mean that some time ago he did it habitually, but that

he does not do it now

Class talk

Here are some starters for you to make discussions on childhood:

Childhood memories, playground, kindergarten, childhood friends, child abuse, child kidnapping, childhood foods and drinks

To search for more opinions on childhood, you may want to read Unit 17:

Childhood is certainly not the happiest time of your life in the book For and Against

Unit 10: BECOMING AN ADULT

Write a short paragraph telling how you felt when finally said goodbye to your childhood Have a look at the examples in the book

Vocabulary:

Three adjectives to describe the feeling of being young:

Happy, carefree, innocent

Three adjectives to describe the feeling of being grown up:

Independent, knowledgeable, considerate

Add more to the list and share your list with other classmates

As you have finished unit 9 and unit 10, it is time to make a debate over what is the best time in your life: childhood or adulthood? Give your reasons and share your opinions with your classmates

Unit 11: OLD AGE

People are usually afraid of old age What do you think about the pros and cons of

old age? Read unit 26: No one wants to live to be a hundred in the book For and Against

for more information

What are some activities for old people? Add more to this list: Finding a volunteer job, doing gardening, joining a club for old people, jogging, travelling, doing charity work, etc

Unit 12: DIRT AND RUBBISH

Learn by heart the useful vocabulary provided in the book!

Dirt and rubbish are polluting our environment Suggest measures to keep our earth clean Here are some examples:

Plant trees, recycle used things, place rubbish bins everywhere, educate people to keep their house and office and public places clean

Class talk:

You have to make a speech to your students at your school to persuade them to recoil things What should you include in your speech?

Here are some words and phrases you may want to use:

Recoil paper, plastic bags, save our natural resource, protect forest, save money, keep classroom clean, place bins for keeping things for recycling, etc

Unit 13: FEARS AND PHOBIAS

You are making a survey on what people are afraid of the most Interview several friends or other students at your school and report the results to the class Here are some questions you may want to use:

Are you afraid of insects?

What do you fear most?

Do you become very nervous when you take exams?

Are you afraid of ghost?

Do strange dogs scare you?

Does thunderstorm frighten you?

Do you think that the dark is scary?

Are you terrified of being the only person on earth?

The report might go like this:

5 of the students I interviewed are afraid of ghosts None of them is scared of insects

Unit 14: WOMEN AND MEN

For further information on men and women, read unit 1: It's high time men ceased to

regard women as second-class citizens in the book For and Against by Alexander

Unit 15: STRANGE STORIES

Look for one strange story, whether it is about an animal, UFOs (Unidentified

Flying Objects), a person, a ghost, etc and tell it to others Then listen to their stories Try

to correct your pronunciation and learn as many new words as you can

Unit 16: ANIMALS

1 Learn as many words about animals as you can

2 Compare these animals:

tiger wolf rat horse

bear duck lion crocodile

kangaroo frog camel rabbit

goat pig parrot elephant

spider bee mosquito beetle

Example: A wolf is more cunning than a tiger but the tiger is the fiercest

Class talk:

All the questions raised in this part are very interesting Answer them all

Unit 17: FESTIVALS AND HOLIDAYS

Talk about holidays

1 Some festivals and holidays in Vietnam

Mid-autumn festival Independence Day Women's Day

Tet holidays Christmas Teachers' Day

Add more to this list and give brief information on the holidays and festivals

2 Some festivals and holidays in Britain (See answer key for more

information)

February 14th: St Valentine's Day

April 1st: April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day

May 1st: May Day

October 31st: Halloween

November 5th: Guy Fawkes' Night

December 26 th: Boxing Day

December 31st: New Year's Eve

Vocabulary: going on holiday

holiday taker package holiday bus tour backpack tourist

book a ticket historical sites by plane roam visit museum

visit a theme park go shopping souvenir by car

taste specialities

Add more to the list

Unit 18: PET HATES

All the activities in this unit are interesting Do them with your classmates

Unit 19: HOT AND COLD

A change of climate:

This activity helps you to practice talking about "unreal" or improbable present future situations Use the following structure:

in the if - clause: past subjunctive

In the main clause: conditional (would+infinitive)

Example: If our climate were much hotter, people would probably have a sleep after

lunch

Unit 20: ADDICTION

Do you know these words/phrases?

the alcoholic the drug addict heavy smoker

the workaholic gambler

How can you help these people to stop their addiction? Make a list of things they should do and compare with others

Giving advice: You may need some words and expressions to advise the addict:

It may help you to

If I were you I'd

Well, one solution may be to

In your situation I think I'd

It might be a good idea to

Why don't you

It would be better if you

For more information on smoking, read unit 2: World governments should conduct

serious campaigns against smoking in the book For and Against by Alexander

Unit 21: WORK

Vocabulary game

In 10 minutes, write all the words about jobs that you know Here are some examples:

tax officer customs officer bank teller

computer programmer architect speaker

Then give definitions for all the words you wrote

Example: A bank teller receives and pays out money in a bank

Talking about work

Working has both positive and negative things Can you list some of these?

Positive things dealing with work Negative things dealing with work

Example: salary Unequal pay

Promotion Less time to spend with family

Unit 22: OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM

Optimism: tendency to expect the best in all things; confidence in success; belief

that good will triumph over evil in the end

Pessimism: tendency to be gloomy and believe that the worst will happen; belief

that evil will always triumph over good

Can you name some animals, colors, objects, etc that make people feel pessimistic

Vocabulary: These words all mean "angry":

Furious, cross, mad, irritated, livid, irate, wild, annoyed, mad

Interview your classmates or friends to find out what makes them get angry and how they show their anger

Example: A person may get angry when his/her friend telephones to say that he/she

cannot come as planned because he/she has been invited to a party

This person perhaps will not see or talk to his/her friend for a few days

A problem to solve:

Read as many Problem Pages in newspapers as you can and suggest the solutions for each problem

Example:

Dear Abby: Please help settle a family dispute Recently my brother and his wife visited

my family at our summer home in New York State They presented us with a gift of wine upon