CAE EXTRA: Lesson 8 Speaking part 2 UNIT 3

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

This will get you all thinking! What could it be?

It's a dog's nose! 

3.2 Angry relationships

Idiom: 

drive/send someone round the bend/twist

Meaning

Make someone very angry (or sometimes very bored)

Example:

His lack of consideration is driving me round the twist.

CAE speaking part 2

You have one minute to talk about two out of three pictures you will be given. You need to answer 2 questions while comparing and speculating about the photo.

Speaking: Part 2 (the long turn)

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Example:

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This is a bit more impressive

The Problem

You will always be asked to speculate about something which relates to the focus of the photos and you will never be asked to merely describe the photos. Many students  find it particularly difficult to not get bogged down with photo description. As a result, they usually spend 40 seconds describing what they see instead of performing the actual task. 

The Solution

In order to help us break free from this "description habit", I have decided to start using prompts which don't contain any visuals.

Typical Questions:

How might the people be feeling?

What might they be thinking?

Why are they doing this?

What has just happened?

Speaking: Part 2 (the long turn)

Speculation:

Present:

They could/might/may be…………..

They can’t be………………..

They must be…………………

Perhaps they…………..

They look as if they……………….

Their expressions suggest that……………….

Past

They could/might/may have just + past participle (very recent events)

They can’t have just + past participle (very recent events)

They must have just + past participle (very recent events)

Perhaps they have…………..

They look as if they have……………….

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can be used as a competitive element. Get class in to small teams and then give them 1 minute each to describe the task . 

Give points for the amount of speculative phrases used. 

Get in to pairs

• One of you is student A and the other student B
• Student B sets the timer on their phone to one minute. 
• Student B needs a pen to tick off the number of times a "speculation" is made.
• Student A needs to  choose TWO of the prompts and discuss the questions in the task for one minute using as many speculations as possible
• NOW SWITCH PARTNERS