9-15 Talking about yourself, starting a conversation, making a date, greetings and goodbyes On the completion of this part, students are supposed to: Talk about themselves Students
Trang 1Lac Hong University
Faculty of Foreign Languages
ENGLISH SPEAKING 3 (45 PERIODS) Course book:
Functions of English by Leo Jones
A series of International Express by Liz Taylor (New Edition)
Referential books:
Functions of American English by Leo Jones & C Von Baeyer
Speaking Naturally by Bruce Tillitt, Mary Newton Bruder
Essential Functions for conversations by Lawrence J Zwier & Amy Hughes
A series of Market Leader by David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent
Unit 1 (pp 9-15)
Talking about yourself, starting a conversation, making a date,
greetings and goodbyes
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Talk about themselves
Students try to ask as many short questions as possible to get as much information as they can from their partner They also need to answer in long sentences and keep talking
Start a conversation
Students can use some useful ways of starting a conversation with a stranger
Nice day, isn’t it?
Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?
Others: Pages 13
Make a date
Students can use some following expressions to arrange to meet someone
Um, I was thinking of going to a movie tonight Would you like to come?
I’d love to
Sorry, I’m afraid I’m busy tonight
Others: Page 14
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 9 for their reference
Unit 2 (pp 16-21)
Asking for information: question techniques, answering techniques,
getting more information, interviewing techniques
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Use question techniques
Students can use some useful opening expressions to lead up to questions
I was wondering if you could help me I’d like to know…
I wonder if you could tell me……
Others: Page 17
Use answering techniques
Students can use some useful techniques for delaying their answer
Well, let me see…
Oh, let me think for a minute…
Others: Page 18
Students can use some following expressions to avoid giving an answer for some reasons
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I can’t answer that one
Others: Page 18
Get more information
Here are some techniques for getting the extra information that students want
Could you tell me some more about………….?
Would you mind telling more about………?
Others: Page 19
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 16 for their reference
Unit 3 (pp 29-34)
Talking about past events: remembering, describing experiences,
imagining What if…
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Remember things that happened
Students have to use following questions if they want specific information
What happened next?
What were you doing while….?
Others: Page 30
Here are some useful expressions that students may use to answer specific questions
As far as I remember…
I remember it very clearly
Others: Page 30
Describing experiences
Here are some questions which can help students to remember experiences which they had almost forgotten
Did you ever…?
Tell me about the time you…
Others: Page 31
Students can use following expressions to talk about their experiences
I’m not sure I can remember all the details, but…
I’ll never forget the time I…
Others: Page 32
Imagine What if…
Here are some ways of encouraging people to imagine
What would you have done if…?
What would have happened if…?
How would you have felt if…?
Here are a few possible ways of beginning answers
Oh, I don’t know, I guess I would have…
Hard to say, but I think I would have…
Well, of course, I could have…
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 29 for their reference
Unit 4 (pp 41-48)
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considering What if…, making a plan
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
State intentions
Students can use some ways of stating intentions and showing how firmly they intend to do something
Nothing’s going to stop me from + Ving……
I’m sure going to…
Others: Pages 42
Discuss probability
Here are some ways of stating probability
Of course it’ll…
It’s going to…., no question about it
It’s sure to…
Others: Page 44
Consider What if
Here are some ways of encouraging someone to daydream
What if you become a millionaire……
Supposing you came into a lot of money…
Others: Page 46
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 41, 42 for their reference
Unit 5 (pp 49-54)
Offering to do something, asking for permission, giving reasons,
answering the phones, leaving the recorded messages
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Offer to do something
Here are some ways of offering to do something
Let me get it for you
Can I help you with that?
Others: Page 50
Ask for permission
Here are some useful ways of asking for permission
Ok if I….?
Anybody mind if I… ?
Others: Pages 51-52
Give reasons
Here are some useful ways of explaining your reasons
Well, you see…
The reason is…
Others: Page 52
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 49 for their reference
Unit 6 (pp 55-60)
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a meeting or discussion
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Give opinions
Here are some useful opening expressions
If you ask me…
You know what I think? I think that…
I’d like to point out that…
Others: Page 56
Agree and disagree with something
Here are some useful ways of agreeing and disagreeing with someone’s opinion
Exactly
I couldn’t agree more
Yes, that’s quite true, but…
I’m not sure if I agree…
Others: Page 57
Discuss something
Students can express their opinions in a more tentative way as follow
I sometimes think that…
Well, I’ve heard that…
Others: Page 58, 59
Students may want to ask other people to explain their point of view more exactly, so they can use following expressions
I didn’t follow what you said about…
Sorry, I don’t see what you mean
Others: Page 59
When other people don’t understand what students say to them, students may need to
rephrase their own statements as follow
That’s not exactly what I mean…
Let me put it in another way…
Others: Page 59
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 55, 56 for their reference
Unit 7 (pp 61-67)
Describing things, instructing people how to do things, checking
understanding, describing a process
On the completion of this part, students are supposed to:
Describe things
In describing an object students often have to answer questions as follow
What size is it?
What shape is it?
Others: Page 63
Instruct people how to do things
When giving instructions, students often link the steps together like this:
First of all you…
The next thing you do is…
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Check understanding
Students have to check if their listeners understand what they say or not
Are you with me?
Is that clear?
Others: Page 66
When students see that their listeners have understood , they can say thing like:
That’s right Now…
God that? Good! Now…
Fine! Now…
While students are getting complicated instructions, they may have to interrupt and ask questions like these:
Sorry, but I don’t really see why you have to…
Sorry, can you say that again, please?
Excuse me, I’m not very clear about…
Exercises: Students are given some activities to do in pairs or groups
Notice: Students need to listen to or read the conversation on page 61, 62 for their reference