Lesson title: Cycle 5, Speaking Session: Speak Your Mind Materials:
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2. To self-reflect on speaking skills. preparation/ and
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Productivity Tip: Pay attention to how you're speaking. If you're nervous, you might talk
quickly. This increases the chances that you'll trip over your words, or say something you
don't mean. Force yourself to slow down by breathing deeply. Don't be afraid to gather
your thoughts; pauses are an important part of conversation, and they make you sound
confident, natural, and authentic.
INTRODUCTION
Read: This time, your teacher will assess your speaking skills through a one-on-one discussion.
Do not forget to incorporate what you have learned in the previous cycles. The rubric in grading
you is attached in this worksheet. Make sure to go over it for you to be aware on how you will be
graded. Remember to relax and enjoy the discussion. Good luck!
Before your interviews, you will hear sample questions and sample answers. Listen and take note
of how the questions were answered. The questions asked to you may not be the same as the
sample questions in the audio.
Outputs:
Video: Speaking #8_Discussion
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Activity 1.
Listen to a sample speaking activity. Take note of how questions are answered.
Below is the transcript for your reference.
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Activity 2.
Instructions:
A. Pick a topic and answer the 2-3 questions below it.
B. The discussion should be 4-5 minutes long.
TOPICS AND QUESTIONS
Attitudes to tourism
• Why do you think people like to travel to different places in their free time?
• How do you see tourism changing in your country in the future?
Conserving the countryside
• Why is it important to protect the countryside?
• In what ways is the countryside in danger in your country?
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Historic buildings and monuments
• Why are historic buildings and monuments important to a city?
• Is it better to keep old buildings, or build new modern ones?
Attitudes to family
• In what ways have families in your country changed in recent years?
• Should husbands and wives have different roles within the family? Why (not)?
Family or friends
• Which are more important to you: your family or your friends?
• What conflicts can arise between a person's family and a person's friends?
Family responsibilities
• What responsibilities do parents have towards their children?
• What responsibilities do children have towards their parents?
Things to buy
• What typical things can visitors to your country buy?
• What things do young people like to buy in your country?
Money
• Is it a good idea to save money? Why (not)?
• Do you think that people are happier if they have money? Why (not)?
Shopping
• What can shops do to make shopping more pleasant for their customers?
• Do you think that in the future people will do most of their shopping using the Internet?
Why?/ Why not?
Shopping at markets
• Do people in your country enjoy going to open-air markets that sell things like food or
clothes or old objects? Which type of market is more popular? Why?
• Do you think markets are more suitable places for selling certain types of things? Which
ones? Why do you think this is?
• Do you think young people feel the same about shopping at markets as older people?
Why is that?
Shopping in general
• What do you think are the advantages of buying things from shops rather than markets?
• How does advertising influence what people choose to buy? Is this true for everyone?
• Do you think that any recent changes in the way people live have affected general
shopping habits? Why is this?
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Attitudes to food
• What do you think a healthy diet consists of?
• Which do people in your country prefer: traditional food or fast food such as hamburgers
or pizzas?
Learning about food
• Do you think children should be taught about healthy diets and cooking at school? Why
(not)?
• At what age do you think children should be taught to cook?
Food aid
• What can be done to prevent poor people in the world going hungry?
• Should rich countries help poor countries with more than just food?
Travelling and learning
• What do people learn from travelling?
• Do you think the growth of international tourism is a good thing? Why (not)?
Tourism and culture
• How has tourism changed the way people in your country live?
• How should tourists behave when they visit your country?
Ways of travelling
• What do you think is the best way for a tourist to travel if they want to learn about your
country?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by plane?
Reasons for daily travel
• Why do people need to travel every day?
• What problems can people have when they are on their journey, for example to work or
school? Why is this?
• Some people say that daily journeys like these will not be so common in the future. Do
you agree or disagree? Why?
Benefits of international travel
• What do you think people can learn from travelling to other countries? Why?
• Can travel make a positive difference to the economy of a country? How?
• Do you think a society can benefit if its members have experience of travelling to other
countries? In what ways?
Attitudes to education
• How has education changed in your country in the last ten years?
• Is a good education more important to a boy or a girl? Why?
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The focus of education
• How well do you think schools prepare young people for working life?
• Do you think schools should teach subjects like art, music and dancing? Why (not)?
Education and technology
• How important is it for schools to have computers for their students?
• Is the Internet a valuable educational tool?
Safety and danger
• In what ways is life becoming safer, and in what ways is it becoming more dangerous?
• Should people always avoid danger, or is it a good idea sometimes to take risks?
Taking risks
• What risks should people try to avoid?
• Do you think people take fewer risks as they grow older? Why (not)?
Adventure
• How important is it to have adventure in our lives?
• What do people learn about themselves from having adventures?
Attitudes to newspapers
• In what ways are newspapers better for learning about the news than listening to the
radio or watching television?
• Do you think newspapers should be completely free to say whatever they want?
Tastes in reading
• What do people enjoy reading in your country?
• Do you think it is important for people to read a lot? Why (not)?
Public and private lives
• What sort of stories do newspapers and magazines publish about well-known or famous
people in your country?
• Do you think the media should be allowed to publish stories about the private lives of
public figures?
Sport & Health
• What do you do to keep fit?
• Are you good at sport?
• What sports do you play?
• What is the most popular sport in your country?
• What are the best ways to keep fit?
• Do you think most people consider exercise a chore or do they find it fun?
• What is the most popular form of exercise in your country?
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• Do you think people in your country are less healthy than they used to be?
• How can we encourage young people to stay healthy?
• Should governments intervene to force people to be healthier?
C. Video record yourself and submit to your teacher.
Use the following naming conventions for all files: Family Name, First Name_Speaking
#_Task name
Santos, Leandro_Speaking #8_Discussion
Activity 3:
1. How well do you think you did? Use the rubric to evaluate yourself.
RUBRICS for SPEAKING
Coherence and Lexical Resource Grammar Pronunciation Fluency and
Answers Elaboration
1 The sentences Speaker can The speaker Mispronunciations Speaks with long
uttered are not communicate with has frequent are frequent that pauses, and has
connected. familiar topics grammar cause limited ability to
Answers are off only, and has errors such as miscommunications speak. Answers are
tangent with the limited vocabulary S-V-A, tenses, not elaborate.
topics. to convey the pronoun-
thoughts. antecedent
Codeswitching is agreement,
rampant. etc.
2 The sentences are Speaker can The speaker Mispronunciations Speaks at length
somehow communicate with has few committed are though may cause
coherent, and some topics, and grammar caused by colloquial loss of coherence
usage of has enough errors such as speech sounds. But sometimes.
transitional vocabulary to S-V-A, tenses, the speaker is very Occasional pauses
devices is evident. convey the pronoun- comprehensible. are also evident.
Answers are thoughts. antecedent Some answers are
connected to the Codeswitching is agreement, somehow elaborated.
topic. less or none at all. etc.
3 The sentences are Uses The speaker Pronunciation is Speaks at length
very coherent, and sophisticated has consistent precise and is without effort, and
a wide use of vocabulary with a grammatical effortless to only few short pauses
transitional very natural control. The understand. are evident. Answers
devices is being control of lexical errors are being elaborated
employed. features and committed are
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Answers are very precisions in just simple
much connected many topics “slips”.
with the topic.
My Score
Coherence and Answers:
Lexical Resource:
Grammar:
Pronunciation:
Fluency and Elaboration:
Total
Activity 4: Reflection (5 mins)
What are three things you will remember about this session?
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How did the speaking sessions of ENG 189 help you?
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You are done with lesson 20! Congratulations!
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