Using Speak Out

Productively

Phil Warwick Warsaw 2017

MENU

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

ADAPTING THE BOOK

WORKING WITH VIDEO

Q & A

SOME GETTING TO KNOW YOU ACTIVITIES

Find Someone Who Bingo

Find Someone Who …..

Went shopping yesterday

Has been swimming in the sea this year

Has got a dog

Has watched a Superhero movie this year

Has got two sisters

Can play the piano

Has run more than 10km

Has been to the UK

Taught Advanced level last year

Has been teaching for less than 3 years

Has two children

Drank alcohol yesterday

Can say ‘Hello’ in four languages

Isn’t married

Has been abroad this year

Knows three Dickens novels

Has an iphone

Has acted in a play

Has played tennis this year

Has gone to a disco this year

Likes Japanese food

Hasn’t got a car

Has more than 6 cousins

Has family living abroad

Can sing well

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Personality Quizzes

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ING ED

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CS T

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RELAXEmpty your

mind Hold a pen and paper

GET

COMFORTABLEClose your eyes

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RankingPUT YOURSELF IN …..

ALPHABETICAL ORDER

ORDER OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ORDER OF SHOE SIZE

BIRTHDAY ORDER

ORDER OF WHAT TIME YOU GOT UP TODAY

ORDER OF HOW LONG IT TOOK YOU TO GET HERE

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Course Book Quiz

How many units are there?

How many parts to each unit?

Where can I find Grammar notes?

What are the ‘Video’ pages for?

Where are the audio scripts?

What are the communication activities?

What’s at the back of the book?

How many units will we do this semester?

FIND….Something to eat.

Something dangerous.

Somewhere to go on holiday.

An animal.

Someone to marry.

A job.

Something to wear.

A Christmas present

Somewhere to live

Course Book Race

ADAPTING THE COURSE BOOK

Odd one out?

What’s my

job?

I can only answer

“Yes” or “No”.

English Class A2+

Food TasterDog Trainer

Categories Race

A job …

…that is

dangerous

…that

involves

travelling

…where

you work

alone

…where

you wear a

uniform

Beginning with… S

DRAW A/N……

CREATIVE

JOB

LOW-PAID

JOB

DANGEROUS

JOB

NIGHT

JOB

POWERFUL

JOB

ENJOYABLE

JOB

TRANSFERANCE

What words would you have to change if the speaker

was a/n….

TEACHER?

PRESIDENT?DOCTOR?

GENERAL?

DERIVATIVES

1. Compete

2. Competes

3. Competing

4. Competed

5. Competitor

6. Competitors

7. Competition

8. Competitions

9. Competitively

10.Competitiveness

11.Uncompetitive

12.Uncompetable

COLLOCATIONS

fiercelyextremely

highlyintensely

remainstay Make s/t

become

PREDICTION – LEXICAL SETS

LAZY POORRICH

HARD-WORKINGSUCCESSFUL

GOODLUCKY

I never did

my

homework

I have a

detailed

plan

I’ll buy

some

shares

with this

cash

My

parents

were toilet

cleaners I have no

time for

romantic

relationshipsI failed my

test again!

I sold lemonade to my

neighbours when I was

seven.

QUOTE ME………

Postmen have to get up early

must

Postwomen

late

go home

should

Personal Dictation

Dictation Machine

Shouting Dictation

Running Dictation

Grammar Dictation

I would never pay more than….. for a haircut.

If you came home with me, you’d find I have approximately …. pairs of shoes.

The most lessons I have taught in a week is around……

I’d say on average …….% of my students regularly do their homework.

If you asked me to do your next session, I’d expect at least…

• Explain to students that Venusian has exactly

the same grammar as English, but different

content words.

• Give students a couple of sentences in

Venusian and get them to translate this into

English.(Remember there is no correct answer

for this)

• Next give students pairs of sentences and get

them to translate so they mean the same.

• Get students to check in pairs and then in

class.

Speable is spinter than any

other splurge in her flomble.

• Mary is cleaner than any other person in her family.

• Sally is worse than any other student in her class.

• Tracy is better than any other doctor in her field.

• Linda is faster than any other athlete in her team.

Speable is the spintest splurge

in her flomble.

Mary is the cleanest person in her family.

Bimble nixed if Doofy could

yump him her toogle for a few

simbles

• Nigel asked if Anne could lend him her pencil for a few minutes.

• Nigel asked to borrow Anne’s pencil for a few minutes.

Bimble nixed to rimple Doofy’s

toogle for a few simbles.

• Choose some transformation exercises.

• Write out a second sheet as a duplicate but this

time with the transformations in the other

sentence.

• Split the class into pairs and get the students

to test each other.

• Students then exchange papers and repeat

with a new partner.

• Students then have to complete both

transformations from prompts.

Moving on up33

There is no one at home now.

There isn’t _____________ at home now.

This is my third visit to the USA this year.

I________________ the USA three times this year

I’m sorry I broke your laptop – I didn’t mean to.

I’m sorry I broke your laptop - _________ an accident

There isn’t anybody at home now.

There is_____________ at home now.

I have been to the USA three times this year

This is ____________ visit to the USA this year.

I’m sorry I broke your laptop – it was an accident.

I’m sorry I broke your laptop – I ___________ to.

There is __________ at home now.

There isn’t _____________ at home now.

This _____________ to the USA this year.

I________________ the USA three times this year

I’m sorry I broke your laptop – I _________to.

I’m sorry I broke your laptop - _________ an accident

• Choose some collocations.

• Write them on the board one at a time.

• Assign a physical gesture for each one.

• Get students to say the word with the

gesture.

• Get students to say the word when you

gesture.

bitterly

disappointed

greatly

reduced

fully

occupied

completely

confused

highly suspicious

painfully obvious

WOULD/USED TO NEVER ALWAYS

SOMETIMES

HOW

LONG?

WOULD

YOU?WHICH? EVER?

NEXT

SUMMER?IF?

LAST

YEAR?

MUCH?

WORK

ON A TROPICAL ISLAND

THAT? THEN? ME?

Be are booking for someone to worm off the coats.

No qualifications weeded, but candidates just swim,

snorkel, live and tail

We are looking for someone to work off the coast. No

qualifications needed, but candidates must swim,

snorkel, dive and sail

formal be willing to

are Queensland

on a tropical island

the government announced today that it will increase

funding to developing countries in particular more money

will be made available to construct schools for girls they will

focus on increasing young womens confidence and training

them to set up their own businesses this initiative has been

welcomed by local politicians

Teacher roles in Writing feedback

Reader or respondent

• E.g – ‘I liked your point about…’,

Writing teacher or guide

• E.g. “the paragraph in part one needs shortening”, “you may want to think about starting with a subject sentence.”

Grammarian

• E.g. “The third conditional, requires the use of the past perfect in the conditional clause.”

Evaluator or judge

• E.g. – “the effect on the target reader would be positive and the reader would be informed”

Word Grab

Of course Whilst Although So

Looks as if Seems I’m afraid Actually

Well But what if Something like Don’t you think

Naturally How about It depends on Unfortunately

Because When Perhaps Personally

Could we Let‘s On the other

hand

Absolutely

I’m not

convinced

Despite I suppose I can imagine

1.SET UP

2.SUPPLY

3.MAKE

4.VISIT

5.DESIGN

6.SELL

7.PRINT

8.PROMOTE

9.GET

10.CONSIDER

Then, After that, Next,

Eventually

SpeakOut Intermediate

Split Viewing

The Paired contrast:

“We have never been just a

collection of individuals, but we

are and always will be the United

States.”Barack Obama

Spoken discourse…

The Run of Three:

“Doing what you know is

right is the way to pride,

self esteem and personal

satisfaction.”

Margaret Thatcher

Spoken discourse

Pairs:

•A hero today, but where did it all start?

•My cart feels powerful when I’m in it, but imagine being in an F1 car!

•Before, I was just a driver, but now everything has changed.

Threes:

•A model, celebrity and winner…

•Speed on the track, money in the bank, fame and glory…

•I feel so passionate about his story, his progression and the impact he’s made on Formula 1.

•Formula 3 is fast, dangerous and full of young ambitious drivers.

What Happens Next?

• What has just happened?

• Voice overs.

• Translation.

• Subtitles jumble.

• Paper the screen.

• Fill the gap.

• Half a screen

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