Repetition Week V4 Speaking

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Today

Pick your focus for this class:

Speaking

• news item / graph / cartoon

Vocabulary (Quizlet)

• Finish Up 25-42
• SS Linking words

Assessment (beoordeling) Oral Exam

• Pronunciation
  
• Speaks fluently
  
• Speaks clearly
  
• Answers to the point
  
• Speaks on topic
  
• Takes over
  
• Use of grammar
  
• Use of idioms

Translate from Finish Up

cheek

mean

row

couch potato

draw

fair

subway

boot

game

Repetition week

Speaking

• role play
• news item / graph / cartoon
• personal questions

Vocabulary + Linking words

• Finish Up 25-42
• Stepping Stones

Role play

Role A You are an English teacher on a summer course. B is always late for class and never listens to you.

Role B Your parents are making you take a stupid English course this summer. It is boring. You want to be with your friends.

Expression “This is the last time. I’m warning you!”

Role play

Role A You are going out for an evening walk with your girlfriend. When she

arrives, you think she is wearing inappropriate clothes. 

Role B  

Expression “Your attitude really bugs me!”

Useful phrases - news item

• Hello and welcome to BCC news. I am ... with the latest headlines.
• Hello, I am ... and here is the top story about ...
• We've got some important breaking news for you tonight.
• Our sources tell us that ...
• That's all from us for now. Thanks for staying with us.
• We will be back with the latest news at 10 pm. Thanks for watching BCC news.

Useful phrases - describing things

• On the bottom left hand side I can see …
• In the middle of the picture there’s …
• It looks like …, because …
• I can’t exactly make it out, but it seems as if …
• Perhaps they are taking part in …
• The person in the background is carrying something. It might be …
• He could be …ing. You can tell by …
• Speaking for myself, I think …
• I can’t remember the word. It’s something you use to …

Thematic words

• at the top / bottom of
• in the foreground / background
• in front of
• behind
• near
• next to

• (to) depict
• (to) provide the backdrop (for)
• (to) pinpoint
• (to) show
• (to) illustrate
• (to) increase / go up
• (to) decrease / go down

Personal questions

1. Do you have a bad habit you would like to change?
2. Can you think of a new habit you would like to start?
3. Do you think the beginning of the year is a good time to start something new?
4. Talk about 3 things that you would like to accomplish by the end of the year.