Week 1: Speaking - Presentation skills; opinions

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Speaking - Opinions

How satisfied are you with current speaking skills in English?

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Check assessment form on p. 8-14

There you will see how you will be assessed for the speaking test! 

Lesson goals

• Learn the 5 P's of effective presenation
• Learn about useful phrases 
• Learn to provide a formal/informal opinion about a topic.
• Learn to effectively present opinions in a discusssion. 

The 5p's of presentation

Exercise 1: Speak

Discuss the questions below with your classmate.

• What have been the most popular action movies in your country in recent years? Why? Give two reason
• Try to think of some famous heroes and villains from action movies.
  
• What is your opinion about these types of movies? Explain.

What did we find out?

Exercise 2: Listen & Speak

Watch the trailer for the action movie The Legend of Tarzan. Listen carefully, and then answer the questions below.

• a. At the start of the trailer, what information does the man give about his family?
  
• b. What does the villain need the woman to do? Why?
  
• c. At the end of the trailer, what theory does the woman express about men?
  

Discuss with your classmate:

• In what way is the story of this trailer typical of the stories represented in action movies?

• Would this trailer convince you to see the movie? Explain

Exercise 2: Listen & Speak

Questions: 

• a. At the start of the trailer, what information does the man give about his family?
  
• b. What does the villain need the woman to do? Why?
  
• c. At the end of the trailer, what theory does the woman express about men?
  

Discuss with your classmate:

• In what way is the story of this trailer typical of the stories represented in action movies?

• Would this trailer convince you to see the movie? Explain

Exercise 3: Read

Read the text "How to make an action movie" and decide the correct position (1–5) for the missing sentences (a–e) below.

Exercise 4: Listen and speak

Watch the trailer for the movie Hunger Games: Catching Fire. 

 

Listen carefully, then answer the questions below. 

a. How does the hero’s little sister feel about the Games?

b. How does the villain threaten the hero?

c. What advice does the hero receive? (there is more than one answer)

Discuss with your classmate(s):

• Look back at the text entitled ‘How to make an action movie’. How many elements from the text were in this trailer?

• Would this trailer convince you to see the movie? Explain. 

Exercise 4: Listen and speak

Watch the trailer for the movie Hunger Games: Catching Fire. 

 

Listen carefully, then answer the questions below. 

a. How does the hero’s little sister feel about the Games?

b. How does the villain threaten the hero?

c. What advice does the hero receive? (there is more than one answer)

Discuss with your classmate(s):

• Look back at the text entitled ‘How to make an action movie’. How many elements from the text were in this trailer?

• Would this trailer convince you to see the movie? Explain. 

Exercise 5: Vocabulary

Check the table in your handout, it contains words to create compound adjectives which describe action movies. Connect the words with a hyphen (-) to complete the ten sentences below. 

But..what is a compound adjective??

Exercise 5: Vocabulary

Check the table in your handout, it contains words to create compound adjectives which describe action movies. Connect the words with a hyphen (-) to complete the ten sentences below. 

Exercise 6: Speak

Talk to your classmate about action movies. Choose two action movies that you have seen (if you need help, look at the

suggested movies in the box below).

Homework for next week

For next week: 

Write a film review about a movie you watched and share one of its trailers or teasers under your film review.  

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