Giáo trình speaking II

Advice to someone wants to succeed in his career like the job sense of discipline dedication creative responsible good relation with other colleagues "work as you don't need money" 4 a

ĐẠI HỌC HUẾ TRUNG TÂM ĐÀO TẠO TỪ XA

ThS LÊ PHẠM HOÀI HƯƠNG

GIÁO TRÌNH

SPEAKING II

(Sách dùng cho hệ đào tạo từ xa)

HuÕ - 2007

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 6

Lesson 1 : REUNION 6

Lesson 2 : WELCOMING 7

UNIT 2 7

Lesson 3 : TO GO OR NOT TO GO 7

Lesson 4 : EXPRESSING PERSONAL WORRIES AND GIVING ADVICE/DECLINING TO GIVE ADVICE 8

UNIT 3 9

Lesson 5 : BREAKING THE ICE 9

UNIT 4 10

Lesson 7 : WOMEN'S LIBERATION 10

Lesson 8 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT 10

UNIT 5 11

Lesson 9 : A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT MONEY 11

Lesson 10 : MONEY TRANSACTIONS 11

UNIT 6 12

Lesson 11 : FESTIVALS 12

Lesson 12 : PHRASAL VERBS 12

UNIT 7 12

Lesson 13 : CHOOSING A PRESENT 12

Lesson 14 : SHOPPING 13

UNIT 8 13

Lesson 15 : THE MOTORIST'S GUIDE TO INTER-CITY 13

Lesson 16 : MAKING COMPARISONS 13

UNIT 9 14

Lesson 17 : THE GOOD OLD DAYS 14

Lesson 18 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT 14

UNIT 10 14

Lesson 19 : DO YOU DOODLE? 14

Lesson 20 : DRAWING ATTENTION 14

Lesson 21 : DR PETERS' BRAVE NEW WORLD 15

UNIT 11 15

Lesson 22 : VERBS AND ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY TO, ON, OF AND WITH 15

Lesson 23 : FRINGE BENEFITS 15

UNIT 12 16

Lesson 24 : MAKING STATEMENTS AND QUALIFYING COUNTER-STATEMENTS 16

UNIT 13 17

Lesson 25 : CONVERSATION IN THE INTERVAL 17

Lesson 26 : AFTER THE SHOW 17

UNIT 14 18

Lesson 27 : HELP YOUR DOCTOR TO HELP YOU 18

UNIT 14 18

Lesson 28 : CAUSE AND EFFECT 18

UNIT 15 19

Lesson 29 : PLAY IN THE WORK OF THE CHILD 19

Lesson 30 : INTERPRETING PHOTOGRAPHS 19

UNIT 16 19

Lesson 31 : DREAM CHART 19

Lesson 32 : INTERPRETING SYMBOLS 20

UNIT 17 20

Lesson 33 : FEAR 20

Lesson 34 : EXPRESSING EMOTIONS 21

UNIT 18 21

Lesson 35 : SO YOU THINK YOU'RE HONEST? 21

Lesson 36 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT 21

UNIT 19 21

Lesson 37 : RENT A CAR 21

Lesson 38 : VERBS AND ADJECTIVES FOLLOWED BY FROM, FOR, IN AND AT 22

UNIT 20 22

Lesson 39 22

Lesson 40 : INTERPRETING PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS 22

UNIT 21 23

Lesson 41 : THIS ENGLISH 23

Lesson 42 : PHRASAL VERBS (2) 23

UNIT 22 24

Lesson 43 : OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES 24

Lesson 44 : EXCHANGING INFORMATION ABOUT HOME 24

UNIT 23 24

Lesson 45 : A VISIT TO A DOCTOR 24

Lesson 46 : AILMENTS 24

UNIT 24 25

Lesson 47 : ARE YOU RULED BY YOUR EMOTIONS? 25

Lesson 48 : REACTING TO HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES 26

UNIT 25 26

Lesson 49 : CITY 26

Lesson 50 : PHRASAL VERBS (3) 27

UNIT 26 27

Lesson 51 : THE OLYMPIC GAMES 27

Lesson 52 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT 27

UNIT 27 27

Lesson 53 : PIANO 27

Lesson 54 : LITERARY APPRECIATION 28

UNIT 28 28

Lesson 55 : LATE ARRIVAL 28

Lesson 56 : APOLOGIZING 28

UNIT 29 29

Lesson 57 : TIME TRANSFIXED 29

Lesson 58 : INTERPRETING SOMETHING DIFFICULT 29

UNIT 30 30

Lesson 59 : NORTH VERSUS SOUTH 30

Lesson 60 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT 30

ASSIGNMENT 1 31

ASSIGNMENT 2 31

ASSIGNMENT 3 31

ASSIGNMENT 4 32

ASSIGNMENT 5 32

ASSIGNMENT 6 32

ASSIGNMENT 7 33

ASSIGNMENT 8 33

ASSIGNMENT 9 34

ASSIGNMENT 10 34

ASSIGNMENT 11 34

ASSIGNMENT 12 35

ASSIGNMENT 13 35

ASSIGNMENT 14 36

ASSIGNMENT 15 36

ASSIGNMENT 16 37

ASSIGNMENT 17 37

ASSIGNMENT 18 38

ASSIGNMENT 19 38

ASSIGNMENT 20 38

SPEAKING II : STUDY GUIDE GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Mainline by Alexander, L., G et al (1991) aims at improving the learners' use of

English in situations It comprises a variety of unscripted situations, dialogues and

discussions With an emphasis on speaking skill, Mainline can also be used to improve

other skills such as writing, reading and listening The study guide focuses more on activities that help improve the Kimbrough, V (1987) are also employed to develop the learners' speaking skill

Did you have a good time driving?

How was your trip?

How far did you drive?

Was the train on time?

Can you add more to the list?

Solo : for this situation, you may want to use the words and phrases following to

explain to your colleague the late train

sorry I don't mean to be late

the train will be late in two hours please wait try to get to the place as soon as possible

goodbye hope to see him/her soon

Talking points :

1 Describe most pleasant/unpleasant journey you've ever had

For this talking In addition, you should mention the reasons why it was the most pleasant/ unpleasant journey

Useful words/phrases :

Unpleasant journey : delayed, noisy neighbors, snore, talkative, steal purse, no money, arrival hall, no one to see you at the airport or railway station

Pleasant journey : on time, considerate neighbors, good communication, make new friends, good service with delicious food and drink, enjoy the journey

2 On Tet (New Lunar Year) occasion, members of a Vietnamese family and their friends come together for a reunion In Western countries, Christmas is the time for reunion

3 To make a visitor feel welcome, it is advisable that the atmosphere is friendly and the host/hostess should be helpful but not interfering Make the guest feel at home

4 What's the best way to travel? Read unit 19 : The best way to travel is on foot in

the book For and Against by Alexander

It is good of you to give her advice to stop smoking

It is wonderful to get to know that famous singer

It was careless of him to drive in the dark without turning the lights on

It was thoughtful of you to remember my birthday

Composition :

1 Remember that there are 5 parts in a letter:

heading (address and date), greeting (Dear , ), body (message), closing (Yours sincerely, Yours truly ) and signature

2 In your dialogue, you should express your feelings to see your friend, ask about the journey, his/her family, work and tell him/her something about yourself

Thank you for being so nice and helpful to us

No one can replace you

We regret to say goodbye to you We'll miss you

Take good care of yourself

modern lifestyle lots of foreign investment fast life pace labor force

available high consuming need convenient transportation

2 Compare a Vietnamese wedding with a Western one

3 Advice to someone wants to succeed in his career

like the job sense of discipline dedication creative responsible

good relation with other colleagues "work as you don't need money"

4 and 5 : Discuss with your friends or read more books for more information

Lesson 4 : EXPRESSING PERSONAL WORRIES AND GIVING

ADVICE/DECLINING TO GIVE ADVICE

Further practice : Examples

Accommodation :

A : I'm moving into the got enough space I hate living in the city

B : Don't be too upset You'll get used to it Everyone needs time to adapt himself into the new living environment

The opposite sex :

A : I feel sad My girlfriend is getting tired of me She avoids meeting me but I do want to see her

B : Maybe you should change your behavior Think about some reasons that upset her If I were you, I'll do my best to win her heart

The family :

A : I'm so tired of life I quarrel with my family members often

B : Come on! You shouldn't be too much upset Everyone quarrels sometimes If I were you I would try to avoid the arguments

Composition :

Advise a friend who is worried about her/his mother

Useful words and expressions :

understand how you feel mother is alone needs someone to take care of

live far away take time to alone need making friends

go out more join clubs for old people phone her often

visit her if possible do not worry too much everything will be all right

UNIT 3

Lesson 5 : BREAKING THE ICE

Oral composition

Describing people

1 Example : 27- year- old John Steven Cook is a single solicitor He has medium

build of about 5'11" height His eyes are hazel and his hair is dark brown He seems lively and friendly to everyone He goes swimming and plays goft in his free time

2 Can you describe yourself?

Lesson 6 : DESCRIBING A PERSON

Further practice : All the vocabulary and expressions provided in this part are useful

Learn them all Remember to give information on age, appearance, character, interests and skills when you describe a person

Language review : study verbs : may, might, must and can't

Note : May and might are used to express degrees of possibility

Example : He may/might have been an active child

Must and can't can be used to express deduction

Example : He must have been popular at school

He can't have saved much money

For more information on modal auxiliary verbs with perfect infinitives, see pages

109-340 of the book Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (1980)

Use of English :

For direct and indirect speech, see chapter 31 of the book : A Practical English Grammar by Thomson and Martinet (1987)

UNIT 4

Lesson 7 : WOMEN'S LIBERATION

For more information on women's liberation, read unit 1 in the book For and

Against by Alexander

Asking questions :

Imagine you are interviewing a well-known woman doctor She is married to lawyer and has three children, aged 2, 6, and 8 You might want to ask her the following questions :

I know that you're very How can you manage to work full time and take care of 3 children at the same time?

Are there any difficulties that you have to face when being a caring mother and hard-working doctor?

Does your husband help you with your housework?

Do you have servants?

Could you tell us your secrets to success?

Do you have free time to enjoy life?

Can you think of some more questions to ask her?

Talking points : compare the life of a woman today with that of your grandmother

More free time to pursue a career or

happiness

Participating into social activities Doing

many kinds of work

Giving birth and bringing up children

Staying at home and doing housework Housewife

Can you add more to this table?

Lesson 8 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT

Learn the language of argument provided in the two tables How to make a

counter-proposition is disagreeing Read unit 9 of the book Speaking Naturally by Tillitt and

Bruder (1989)

Composition : Men's liberation movement

Useful words/expressions

men and women are equal no "ladies first" women are spoiled

men do more housework women spend time shopping and making up

women talk more and work less decide things by intuition too free to take care of the family

UNIT 5

Lesson 9 : A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT MONEY

General questions :

1 Risk in carrying large sums of cash around : you may lose the money or be robbed

2 A credit card is useful for going shopping without carrying large sums of cash

3 December perhaps is the most expensive month of the year as at this time people

have to buy a lot of presents and the price is usually higher than usual

4 What makes holidays expensive? Presents and travelling cost

5 What bills do you pay regularly? How do you budget?

Maybe electricity, telephone, internet, and water bills Part of monthly salary is used

to pay all these bills

6 The best way to save money : do not spend more than half of the money you earn

7 Presents need not be expensive as the value of the presents depends little on its cost

Lesson 10 : MONEY TRANSACTIONS

All the language and vocabulary provided in the tables are useful Learn them all Read the language review part and try to make some requests and express wishes Composition : State the arguments for and against buying things with a credit card

not risk losing cash spend more than needed

convenient to be carried with shoppers may be in debt

avoid being attacked or robbed be tempted to spend

Can you add more to this list?

UNIT 6

Lesson 11 : FESTIVALS

Festival : (day or time of) religious or other celebration : Christmas and Easter are Christian festivals

Carnivals : public festival, joyful events, celebrations and merry-making occurring

at a regular time of a year

Procession : number of people, vehicles, etc moving along in-an orderly way, esp as

part of a ceremony or demonstration

Review unit 17 : Festival and Holidays of the book : Well-Spoken by Ramsey and

Rees-Parnal

Lesson 12 : PHRASAL VERBS

Learn all the phrasal verbs on page 23

Use of English : answer key

Shop assistant : Good morning Can I help you?

Customer : I'm looking for a present for my niece

S A : How old is she?

C : She is 10

S A : How about a doll?

C : I gave her a doll on her last birthday

S.A :Well, how about CD?

C : Yeah, it's a good can 1 have a look at that camera over there?

S.A : Certainly This looks nice 1 think she will like it

C : How much is it?

S.A :$15 24

C : Can I pay by credit card?

S.A : Yes, of course

C : Could you wrap it for me, please?

S.A : Sure Just a minute

How much is one-way/return ticket?

When's the next train to Edinburg?

At what time are there trains to Edinburg?

Are meals included?

Are there buffets on train?

Talking points :

How would you improve transport in your country?

Useful words/expressions

clear the pavements public transport smoke check

construct freeways/highways special routes for certain kind of vehicles

upgrade streets/railways build airports strict traffic laws helmets

Lesson 16 : MAKING COMPARISONS

Study the comparisons

Composition : Advantages of flying over other forms of transport

fast speed well-served joining the world together

picturesque sights in the air nice programs on TV and radio on plane not very tired after the journey for business

UNIT 9

Lesson 17 : THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Asking questions :

Interviewing the oldest inhabitant of your country :

You may want to ask these questions:

How old are you?

Did you watch TV when you were young?

What did you usually do when you were young?

Did people drive car when you were 20?

Did you fly?

Did you go to school?

What did you study at school?

Can you add more to the list?

Lesson 18 : THE LANGUAGE OF ARGUMENT

Study the language provided in the lesson and also refer to unit 9 : Agreeing and

Disagreeing of the book Speaking Naturally by Tillitt and Bruder

UNIT 10

Lesson 19 : DO YOU DOODLE?

Talking points :

Advice to a visitor to your country to see if he's interested in antiquities or art

visit museum tour around the city see some artistic performances

visit antique shop visit galleries read guide books

talk to the artists visit antique collectors

Lesson 20 : DRAWING ATTENTION

Lesson 21 : DR PETERS' BRAVE NEW WORLD

Do all the activities/exercises in these lessons

Composition : New discovery in recent history that has had profound effects on mankind

since then : COMPUTER

Useful words/expressions

computer used in every aspect of life, such as education, medicine, science, technology and

so forth increase working speed replace mankind in a lot of work keep data and process data design other computers word processor compose music draw maps diagnose human beings become dependable on it

Lesson 23 : FRINGE BENEFITS

Situation : interview for a job

Example :

Interviewer (A) : Good morning How are you?

Interviewee (B) : Good morning I'm great, thank you

A : Well, Mr Smith You are interested in the position of the accountant in our company Can you tell us something about your educational background?

B : I graduated from College of Sciences, Oxford University in 1999 as an accountant

A : So far have you worked for any companies?

B : Yes, I was employed as an accountant for T&T company but unfortunately, the company got bankruptcy a year ago so

B : For one year and a half

A : Well, Mr Smith, are you willing to work under pressure?

B : Yes, I think so

A : Thank you very much We'll send you a letter to inform you of the result

B : I hope to hear from you soon

A : Bye

Talking point :

Describe a job : A Pop Star

Useful expressions and phrases :

Crowds greet them everywhere not private individuals public property fame wealth colossal rewards create fashions high personal profit

UNIT 12 Lesson 24 : MAKING STATEMENTS AND QUALIFYING COUNTER-

STATEMENTS

Use of English : Rewrite the sentences

1 Even though waiters don't earn much, they get quite a few tips

2 In addition to salary, pilots get "perks"

3 Although teachers are not well paid, they have long holiday

4 As well as being well paid, a head waiter often gets good tips

5 Despite the fact that most musicians earn very little, they're doing the job they

really enjoy

6 Although a hospital matron earns quite good money, she has to pay for her

accommodation

7 While nurses only receive a small salary, they do get a uniform and free food

8 Although taxi drivers only earn about $30 a week, they do get quite a lot of tips

9 No matter how hard nurses work, they still don't earn very much

Composition : "Taxi-drivers and waiters shouldn't expect tips."

Useful expressions:

For Against

already paid tips are to appreciate good

well-paid salary in some restaurants service

service tax is included in bills tips are up to the customers

other jobs such as doctors, engineers tips are not large sum of money do not get tips

UNIT 13

Lesson 25 : CONVERSATION IN THE INTERVAL

Situations :

Solo : You have arrived half an hour late for an evening at the theatre with a friend

He has gone in, but you must wait outside until the interval What do you say to your friend in the interval?

Useful cues

Greet and apologize, give reasons for being late explain and show

concern if the friend had to wait for a long time ask about the

performance/movie show interest in the friend's saying talk

about something else talk about an interesting thing that happened to

you on that day

Talking points :

Recommend activities for a foreign friend who is visiting your country tour around the country in a week stop at big cities and the capital visit museums see some cultural performances or take part in some

local festivals go sight seeing shopping taste specialties

socialize go to clubs visit some schools/factories talk to the local

people make friends

Lesson 26 : AFTER THE SHOW

Learn all the vocabulary provided at page 51

Composition : Write a dialogue between two people who have just come out of a cinema

after seeing a new film One thought the film was very good : the other didn't enjoy it at all

A : What do you think of the movie?

B : I think it was really marvelous The plot was interesting and leading actors and actresses performed well

A : Really but it was too noisy and there were some ghost shows

B : Perhaps it does not suit your taste but I like the opening scene with spectacular views In addition, the setting was impressive

A : But the plot did not appeal to me It was too "Hollywood"

B : Maybe you're right but as a whole it was an excellent movie and there's no wonder why cinema fans highly appreciate it

A : Well, still I can't say that I liked it

UNIT 14

Lesson 27 : HELP YOUR DOCTOR TO HELP YOU

Situation : Persuade a friend who is a heavy smoker to change his/her habits

Useful words/expressions :

smoking causes lung cancer/heart disease and bronchitis smoking is like burning your money uncomfortable environment for other people chew gum instead count up to ten before lighting a cigarette eat candy use the money for other purposes

Talking points :

Smoking should be forbidden by law

Read unit 2 : World governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking

in the book : For and Against by Alexander

UNIT 14

Lesson 28 : CAUSE AND EFFECT

Talk about these

Can you fill in the table?

Boredom no motivation stress Read book, socialize, go to parties

Poverty War, unemployment, limited

natural resources, lazy to work

Stop war, build factories, industrial areas, borrow money to invest in the economy, motivate people to work Fires

Motor accidents

Smuggling

UNIT 15

Lesson 29 : PLAY IN THE WORK OF THE CHILD

Talking points :

1 Advice how to bring up a child to become a healthy happy adult :

physical growth properly happy family good educational environment associate with good friends spiritually well taken care of

2 "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy" Discuss

children need playing time play with friends and learn from friends

can't work all the times can't endure physical labor as well as pressure of work need well taking care of playing time develops cognition and speech children who work all the times do not have happy childhood might

behave in adult manners might become boring persons work and play help balance life

Lesson 30 : INTERPRETING PHOTOGRAPHS

Composition : an intensive course at an English language school

writing academic English course recommend for its well-prepared

schedule knowledgeable instructor good learning environment help

improve academic writing skills nice classmates and understanding

staff lots of practice learn useful things