Unit 2 Fun with Unit 2 Fun with LanguageLanguage

College EnglishCollege EnglishListening and Speaking Course 1Listening and Speaking Course 1

2nd Period

Unit 2 Fun with Unit 2 Fun with LanguageLanguage

College EnglishCollege EnglishListening and Speaking Course 1Listening and Speaking Course 1

2nd Period

成都理工大学《英语听说》主讲人：何家勇

Unit 2 Fun with Language

1. How to Improve Your Conversation Skills

--Listening Tasks (previous period)

2. Opening and Closing a Conversation√

-- Speaking Tasks

Strategies for Opening a Conversation

1. Start with a complimentYou are a very good SWIMMER!

• You are a very good Frisbee player.

• You are a very good football player.

---Mr. /Gates, Thank you very much for your WONDORFUL lecture. I LOVE it! I’ve got to SAY that you have a VERY good sense of humor.

2. Start with a questionSituation: in Chunxi Road ( 春熙路 )

--EX\CUSE /me, is this seat TAKEN?

-- EX\CUSE /me, could you tell me the TIME?

-- EX\CUSE /me, HAVEN’T we met somewhere before?

Strategies for Opening a Conversation

3. Start with a complaintSituation: in the university cafeteria--This line takes for EVER, doesn’t it

--The food here is AWFUL, isn’t it?

Strategies for Opening a Conversation

• 4. Offer your helpSituation: in a bank or a grocery--Can I help you?--Is there ANYTHING I can do for you?

Strategies for Opening a Conversation

Strategies for Opening a Conversation (Summary) Start with a compliment* Start with a question* Start with a complaint* Start with an offer of help Start with weather

Start with a news ……

Closing a Conversation-- It was a pleasure TALKING to you.

--If there’s ANYTHING that I can do for you, don’t hesitate to give me a RING.

--Have a good DAY!--Hope to see you AGAIN!

Speaking Tasks (15 Min.)(pair work + presentation)

Scene 1: Cafeteria

Scene 2 : Chunxi Road ( 春熙路 )

Scene 3 : After a foreign Lecture

Scene 4 : Bank on campus

Scene 5 :Book Store

Speaking Tasks

Scene 1: Cafeteria

Starter: This line takes for ever, isn’t it?

Scene 2 : Foreign Lecture

Starter: Thank you very much

for your wonderful lecture.

I love it!

Student’s PresentationScene: Standing in a line in the

university cafeteria.

Recording Homework1. A recording of retelling for the listening

passage Procedures: Listening + note-taking + retelling2. A recording of your conversation experience Procedures: Go to the regular foreign lecture on

Tuesday and talk to the foreign lecturer3. A video clip of your conversation on line Procedures: Sype with a foreigner

Thank you very much for your attention,

participation & patience!