Intermediate English Oral Practice 9C2481. Textbook: English Conversation in Taiwan (Lower Intermediate Level)

Intermediate English Oral Practice

9C2481

Textbook:

English Conversation in Taiwan (Lower Intermediate Level)

Unit 1. Telling a Story, Taiwan History

1.1. Grammar Focus: Past tense questions.There are two main types of questions:

Yes/No questions and information questions. The table on page 60 shows how questions in the present tense change when they are asked in the past tense.


1.2. Answer the questions below in the past tense. 1. When was his English course? 2. When did he go shopping? 3. When did he buy flowers? 4. When was his meeting? 5. When did he play football? 6. When did he go to the Italian restaurant? 7. When did he ring Jane?8. When did he go to the cinema? 9. When did he play tennis?


1.3. Read the conversation Len the Liar on page 61. Then Number the sentences with boxes in the correct order. Then listen to check the answers.

1.4. Read the cartoon The Olympics on page 61 and underline the sports words.


1.5. Answer the questions from the cartoon:1. What are sprints? Middle-distance events? Field

events?2. What is the hurdles? The relay?3. Which event did the man hold records for his country

in?4. Why didn’t he do well in the Olympics?5. Underline all the superlatives you can find in the

cartoon.


1.6. Telling your story. Spend 15 to 20 minutes making up and writing a short story on a piece of paper about something you “did” when you were younger. Make it funny and as unbelievable as you can, and it must be in the past tense. Use sequencing words (First, then, etc.,) where necessary, and also superlatives (the best, the most interesting, etc.) to make your story more natural and more exciting.


1.7. Make full sentences from the words below and then ask your partner the questions:

1. Where / you/live?2. Who in your family/ you closest to, and why?3. Where/ you go to school?4. How/ you travel to school every day?5. Who / your best friend ay school?6. Why / you like them?


1.8. Tell the class some things your parents or grandparents told you about growing up, and things they did, when they were young.

1.9. Listen to the text Taiwan’s History. Put the headlines in the correct order:

1. Independent Taiwan 2. The Ching Dynasty3. Early history4. Dutch Contol5. The Taywan Kingdom6. Japanese C ontrol7. ROC Control


1.10. Read the text on page 10 about Taiwan and discuss the questions in a small group.

1. Who are some famous Aboriginal people in Taiwan?2. What things do you know about Aboriginal culture?

Hakka culture?3. What are some of the good things about having

people from different cultural background in Taiwan?


1.11. Ask your partner:1.What did the aboriginal people first call

Taiwan, and what did I mean?2.Who did Chen-kung defeat in 1662, and what

city did he make Taiwan’s capital?3.When was Taiwan made China's twenty

second province?4.What things did the Japanese do in Taiwan?


1.12. Discuss together with a partner:1. What things did you learn from the reading?2. Which period of Taiwan's history do you think is the

most interesting? 3. How do you parents and grandparents feel about the

Japanese?4. What historic placed did you visit in Taiwan?5. What do you think about it?

Unit 2. Jobs

2.1. List as many jobs as you can think of. Do this in pairs at your desk, or on the board in 4 or 5 different groups in columns.

2.2. Find the missing jobs on page 69 with your partner.

2.3. Match the words with the pictures on page 70: military officer, artist/painter, businessperson, carpenter, doorman, tailor, actor, architect, stockbroker, bank manager, builder, soldier, teacher, gambler

Unit 2. Jobs

2.4. Cross out the incorrect words on page 71 then rearrange them under the correct pictures.

2.5. Listen to the tape and complete the questions that you here below. Then listen again and try to guess the jobs of the two special guests.

Unit 2. Jobs

2.6. Discuss the questions in pairs:1.Do you have a job? If you have what job is it?

What duties do you have to do in your job? 2.Do you like your job? What job would you like

to have and why?3.If you don’t like a job, or don’t like your job,

what job would you like to have and why?

Unit 2. Jobs

2.7. Guess my job. Form a group of 3 or 4 students. One student should think of one of the jobs on page 70. The others in the group should ask Yes/No questions to guess which job it is.

Think about some of the activities and actions a secretary might do in the office.

Unit 2. Jobs

2.8.Then think of some adverbs which may describe these actions.

2.9. Listen the jobs jazz chants on page 74.2.10. Underline the jobs in the jazz chants.2.11. Why do you think so many people in

Taiwan want a job in the civil service?

Unit 3. Shopping for Food

3.1. Match the pictures of fruit and vegetables on page 75 with their pictures.

3.2. Describing quantities of food and things around the house. Try to add more words to the lists in the table on page 78. Also with your partner, try to name the food pictures you see on the right.


3.3. Discuss with your partner:1. What are your favorite fruits, vegetables, meats, snacks,

etc.?2. What foods don’t you like?3. When you were young, were thee any foods that your

mother tried to get you to eat that you didn’t like?4. Do you usually eat good food or junk food? Please explain.5. Do you often eat at stalls? What do you like to eat there?

Would you like to be a street vendor?6. Why do you think some people might become vegetarians?


3.4. Practice the short conversations about buying food at a small shop on page 79.

3.5. Read the text: How Supermarkets sell.3.6. Take turns saying the name of food in

Chinese and having your partner guess what it is.

3.7. Listen to Food Jazz Chants. Underline the foods words.


3.8. With your partner, match the supermarket sections on the left on page 80 with the products usually found in them Put the numbers in the correct boxes.

3.9. Listen to the directions and mark each place you here on the supermarket on page 81.

3.10. Ask your partner for directions to each of the sections in the supermarket.


3.11. Listen the text about Taiwan’s Night Market.

3.12. Discuss the questions with your partner:1. Do you go to night markets? Which markets do you go to?

And how often?2. What do you usually do or buy there? 3. Who do you normally go with?4. What special meals or snacks can people buy at your local

night markets?

Unit 4. Taiwanese Food

4.1. Read the cartoon on page 85 and underline food words.4.2. Review the grammar about count and non-count nouns on

page 85.4.3. Write C(count), NC (non-count) or B (both) next the food

words on page 86.4.4. Discuss with your partner what different foods you can

see in the picture on page 87.


4.5. Look at the Pizza House Menu on page 88. Choose the pizza you like and describe it.

4.6. Discuss with your partner what people on the pictures on page 89 should order from the Pizza House Menu.

4.7. Discuss with your partner:1. Do you like pizza? Do your friends and family like to eat it?2. If you do like pizza? How often do you eat it?3. What other fast foods do you like to eat?


4.8. Ordering a pizza. Your partner works at Pizza House restaurant. Call the restaurant and order 2 take-out pizzas. Your partner must ask you what sizes, crust types and toppings you want. You must also ask how much of each topping you want (e.g. “How much onion do you want?”…”Quite a lot, please”.) Use the phrases: Can you speak up? Can you say that little louder? Can you repeat that, please?

Unit 4. Taiwanese Food4.9.Discuss together with a partner what food

left after a picnic you see on the picture on page 90.

4.10. After talking to your partner, find a person from another pair and ask them questions to find 4 differences between your picture and theirs.

4.11. Read and discuss with your partner the recipes of Taiwanese food on page 91.


4.12.Read the 9 ingredients in the Taiwanese meal on page 91, and your partner must listen and try to guess what meal is it.Ingredients:

200 grams of pineapple

100 grams of Chinese sausage100 grams of peas, 100 grams of carrots (diced)1 tablespoon of green onions (chopped) and 1 teaspoon of garlic (minced)25 grams of fried shredded pork4 tablespoons of vegetable oil7 bowls of cooked rice


4.13. Read the menu of a Taiwanese Restaurant. Discuss it together with a partner.

4.14. Choose the dish you like and describe it.4.15. Role-play. Sit together in groups of 4 at a

Taiwanese restaurant. One student is from another country, in Taiwan on business, so everyone must discuss what they want to order from the menu in English.


4.16. Discussion in pairs:1.Do you eat traditional Taiwanese food?

Where, and how often?2.Do you go to traditional Taiwanese

restaurants? Which one(s)?3.Which Taiwanese dishes do you like most?4.What is your favorite Taiwanese meal, and

what ingredients does it have in it?


4.17. Taiwanese Dish Ingredients. Match the Chinese/Taiwanese name, the English name and the ingredients for each dish on Page 95.

Culture Note: Many Taiwanese dishes come from the southern part of Fujian Province in China. Some special things about Taiwanese food are: its use of seafood, its use of soup in many foods, some food is a little oily and spicy, small dishes


4.18. Review the food words from this unit.4.19. Read the text about pearl milk tea on page

96.4.20. Discuss with your partner;1. What is your favorite drink in Taiwan?2. How often do you drunk it, and where do you buy it?3. Do you like pearl milk tea? Why/why not?

Unit 5. Describing things

5.1. Listen to the conversation Alex the Alien on page 97. Then practice it together with a partner.

5.2. Look at the adjectives in the green table on page 98 and discuss what they mean with your partner. When you understand them, look at the objects to the right of the table (motorcycle helmet, etc.).Then listen to the taper and guess which of the objects are being described.


5.3. Match the words with the pictures on page 98: a pineapple, a porcupine, a pumpkin, a knife, a can , bamboo.

5.4. Your partner chose one of the objects on page 98 and keeps it in secret. Try to guess what it is. First ask your partner: How does it look/feel/taste/smell/sound? Then ask other questions if needed: Is it a…?Can you find it…?Can you…?


5.5. Continue the guessing game in small groups, but this time without looking into the pictures. Now you have to think of your own objects and the other students in the group must ask you questions to guess what it is.

5.6. Make sure that you know the meanings of these words: at the top/bottom of, in the middle of, next to, under, below, touching, between, a square, a circle, medium-sized, a rectangle, a horizontal/vertical /curved line

Unit 5. Describing things5.7. Look at the pictures at the bottom of the

page 99 and write the words from the brown box in the dialogue.

5.8. Look at the pictures on page 100 and tell your partner what to draw. Then draw a large square on a piece of paper and draw inside it what your partner tells you to.

Unit 6. Sport

6.1. Together with your partner, match the names of sports with the pictures on page 101: golf, tennis, gymnastics, basketball, boxing, skiing, soccer/football, cricket, scuba diving/snorkeling, martial arts, ice skating, surfing, wind surfing, cycling/mountain climbing, hiking, aerobics, weightlifting.

6.2. Write the names of the sports under the pictures on page 102.

Unit 6. Sport

6.3. Discuss with your partner:1. Which of the sports, shown on pages 101-102 have

you played/done?2. Which haven's you tried, but would like to? Why?3. How often do you exercise or play sports?4. Which sports do you like the most?5. Who are your favorite sports s people? And what

sports do they play?6. Do you enjoy watching the Olympic Games?

Unit 6. Sport

6.4. Vocabulary review activity. First, review the names of the sports you have learnt in this unit. Then, with your partner, take turns testing each other, with one of you either miming a sport, or saying its name in Chinese, and your partner saying it in English.

6.5. Listen to the basketball jazz chants. Underline all sport words.

Unit 6. Sport

6.6. Read the definitions of some sport terms.6.7. Famous sports people. Discuss with your

partner which sports these famous people play, and put their names in the table on page 105. Then add any more names you know.

Andre Agassi, Shaquille O’Neal, Candie Kung, Serena Willliams, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Andy Roddick, Michael Jordan, Ronaldo, Wang Chien-ming, Chen Chin-feng, David Beckham, Barry Bonds

Unit 6. Sport

6.8. Now try to guess who each one, and put a number next to their names in the same order that you hear them talking about.

6.9. Read the text about Taiwanese Sporting Achievements on page 105.

6.10. Read the text about Chi Cheng on page 105.

Unit 6. Sport

6.10. Discuss the questions together with your partner:

1.Who do you think has been Taiwan’s best sports person, and why?

2.Do you know of any other sporting achievements by Taiwan sports people?

Unit 6. Sport

6.11. Read the text Michael Jordan – the greatest ever? on page 107.

6.12. Answer the questions on the text:1. Guess from the reading which 6 years Michael won MBA

championships with the Bulls.2. How many times did he win the MVP award in the regular

season with the Bulls? How many times in the finals?3. What was his career point-scoring average when he left the

Bulls? How many times did he score more than 50 points by the end of 1997?

Unit 6. Sport

6.13. Discuss with the partner:Do you think Michael Jordan is the best

basketball player ever? Why?Who do you think is the best player in the NBA?

Unit 7. Using and Learning English

7.1. Discuss these questions with your partner, or in the group:

1. What problems do you have when you try to speak English? What about when you speak to a native speaker?

2. What have you done to try to fix some of these problems?3. What difficulties do you have trying to understand when you

speak to a native speaker?4. What do you think you can do to help to fix some of these

problems?


7.2. Listen to the conversation about troubles speaking English. Finish the sentences in the box on page 108 with the information from the conversation:

1. When you speak, don't t worry too much about making…

2. If you don’t know how to say something, say it…3. When you speak, tale your…


7.3. Discuss the questions with your partner:1. Did you get any good ideas from the conversation?2. Have you tried any of these suggestions before, or do

you use some of them now?3. Do you think you might use any of these suggestions

next time you speak English?4. Can you think of any other ways to help somebody

speak better with a native speaker?


7.4.answer the questions in the Learning Style Questionnaire on page 111. Discuss the results with your partner.

7.5. Listen to the Language Learning Jazz Chant. Discuss it with your partner.

7.6. Read the text Ma Ying-jeou, a good English speaker on page 113. Discuss some advice Ma Ying-jeou would have for English learners.

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Intermediate English Oral Practice 9C2481. Textbook: English Conversation in Taiwan (Lower Intermediate Level)