P2 - Week 6 - H5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Today

• Speaking: speed date about your future plans

piece of cake

• something very easy to do

• The exam was a piece of cake.
• I learned all of the vocabulary last week. It was a piece of cake.

• idiometic expressions (Stepping Stones Reference 75)

Today

• Speaking:  

- news item

- describing things (photos, pictures and illustrations)

- role play

Assessment (beoordeling) Oral Exam

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

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