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Generic speaking ideas

Target language in the lessons

Ideas for speaking exam

preparation

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Vivo en una casa . Me gusta mi pueblo porque hay

. En mi pueblo, normalmente

y también puesto que es .

Sin embargo, no hay ni ni

en la ciudad.en el campo.en la costa.

mucho que hacer.parques bonitos.una variedad de tiendas.

voy de comprasjuego a los bolosvoy a los recreativos

visito museosveo una película en el cinepaseo en el parque

entretenidoemocionanterelajante

un estadiouna oficina de correosuna estación de tren

una mezquita.una iglesia.una piscina.

1. Trapdoor

Vivo ___ una casa . Me gusta mi _______ porque hay

. En ____ pueblo, normalmente

y también puesto que es .

Sin embargo, no ___ ni ni .

2. Trapdoor follow-up activity

3.Sentence builders (Gianfranco conti)

- TRAPDOOR

- Mind-reading

- Choral repetition

-beat the teacher

1. Students write an answer in their books for the question:

¿Qué has hecho durante la cuarentena? – What have you done while in lockdown?

2. They draw the grid below in their book:

Name Time-phrase Verb in the perfect tense (2 words)

Opinion

3. Students need to go around asking the question above in Spanish to differentstudents. They must fill the grid in English with their partner’s answers.

4. Classroom survey (using sentence builders)

1. Give a question in the TL to each student.

5. Quiz-quiz trade with mini-whiteboards

2. Students copy the question provided on their mini-whiteboard.

3. Ask them to turn around their mini-whiteboard, translatetheir question into English and write down 4-5 help wordsfor that specific question.

4. Students go around the classroom and find another personto answer their question orally.

5. Students quiz each other and they ‘trade’ the mini-whiteboards.

6. ‘PASS THE PARCEL’Before the lesson, put somequestions based on the topic you are covering in the parcel.

Students have to pass the parcel around, when the music stops the student with the parcel picks a question and answers it in the TL.

7. ‘The speaking bomb’Students pass the box around, when the timer reaches 0, the student holding the box has to ask a question to another student in the class usingTL .

- Could also be done with a soft toy and a timer on the board -

*For lower ability classes, you might want to display some questions or support on the board

1) Choose a Skittle.2) The colour you choose determines the

question you will be given by your partner.3) Answer the question (from memory if you

can)4) Eat the Skittle.5) Can you give your partner an oral WWW and

an EBI for their answer?

Verde = ¿Qué asignaturas extraescolareshaces? ¿Por qué?

Amarillo = ¿Qué piensas de las normas de tu insti?

Rosa = ¿Qué opinas del uniforme en tu instituto?

Naranja = ¿Qué asignaturas te gustan y no te gustan? ¿Por qué?

Morado = ¿Cómo es tu instituto? ¿Quéinstalaciones tiene/no tiene?Desafío: Can you do it without your

notes in front of you (like in the exam)?

8.SKITTLES GAME

9. Role-play carrouselPrint out 5 or 6 role-play tasks.

Students work in small groups preparing the answers for each role-play (4-5 minutes in each station).

10. Role-play boardgame

11. Photo-card: laminated speaking matsdownloaded from TES: C-MarieDescribing a photo/photocard help-mat for new GCSE Spanish

12. Photo-card: listen and drawRead a model answer for the ¿Qué hay enla foto? question (students cannot see thephoto at this point).

Students need to draw on their mini-whiteboards what they understand fromthe teacher’s description.

Variation: students could complete the same activity sitting back to back, one student describes the photo and the other one draws.

13. Photo-card: around the roomGive students 2 minutes to write down as much key vocabulary related to the photos.

Each student will be given one photo and will go aroundthe room verbally describing the picture someone elsehas.

The colour you choose determines the theme.BLUE or RED = THEME 1 Question

PURPLE or ORANGE = THEME 2 Question

GREEN or YELLOW = THEME 3 QuestionINCLUDE…

❑ Opinion phrases

❑ Adjectives/justifications

❑ A range of topic-based vocabulary and nouns

❑ Sentence Starters and Connectives

❑ Time phrases

❑ Present tense verbs

❑ Past tense verbs

❑ Future tense verbs

❑ Comparatives*

❑ Superlatives*

❑Subjunctive structures *

❑ Modal verbs*

14.SPEAKING JENGA

VIVA Spanish book pg. 298-299

¡Hablamos español! Este semestre puedes ganar puntos para tu equipo si hablas en español. ¡Qué fácil!

ArgentinaAdamHollyGeena

Chile

JodieIsabelleHannah

PerúSamPhoebeCharlotte

Colombia

LeoDavinaErin

BoliviaTianaAkshayArchie

España

AimeeEvieMia

15.Target language competition