SpeakOut lesson 3a: Facts and figures

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SpeakOut lesson 3a: Facts and figures

To start

Watch the BBC vlog

What things are you curious about and why?

Write down the answers per person (7 persons).

Write down numbers 1-7.

Curious about what and why?

Goals of this class

Listening: understand a discussion about a quiz: 

knowledge; verbs and nouns.

You are going to talk about things that are important to you: question forms.

 

People who would like to know about different subject have questions. How do you ask questions in English? Yes, question words. 

What do you know?

Exercises 2A and 2B

Do this alone.

Done? Check with your partner. 

Worksheet: 

2B. Encourage Ss to identify the part of speech of the words in bold in the texts as this will help them to match the words to the definitions. In feedback, teach solve problems as a collocation. Help Ss understand the difference between general knowledge and data. Note that note down is a separable phrasal verb, so note new information down is possible.

What do you know?

Exercise 2C

Do this alone and leave a gap where the word/expression from 2A would be.

Swap with partner: guess!

2B. Encourage Ss to identify the part of speech of the words in bold in the texts as this will help them to match the words to the definitions. In feedback, teach solve problems as a collocation. Help Ss understand the difference between general knowledge and data. Note that note down is a separable phrasal verb, so note new information down is possible.

What is your general knowledge?

Exercise 3A

Do this in a pair and 

within one minute. 

Do exercise 3 and then as a group listen to 3B and 3C.

What is your general knowledge?

Exercises 3B, C and D

As a group

Do exercise 3 and then as a group listen to 3B and 3C.

3B. Explain the context of the recording before you play it. Check answers as a class. Find out which pair got the most correct answers. 

3D. Explain that these are extracts from the discussion about the quiz. When checking answers, clarify the difference between remind and remember as learners often confuse the two. Explain that the phrase That reminds me: ... is usually used when something helps you remember something related to a different topic and you then start talking about it, e.g. ‘I saw Ruth earlier. Oh that reminds me: she asked me to give you a message.’

Speaking

Exercise 7A

Fill out 'my personal quiz'

Then answer 7B

Speaking in pairs

Have a look at your partner's personal quiz.

Prepare questions, such as:

When did you go to...

How old is.... 

Then, ask each other!

To finish

Who found out something interesting about their partner?

Please share with class.

Homework

- Online practice 3A

- Grammar bank 3A

- Vocabulary bank 3A