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Social networking

Do you use social networking sites?

Express English

Facebook is good for staying in contact with people, but it can be addictive.

One woman says she uses Facebook all the time!

How to improve pronunciation and fluency. Is there any way of doing that easily?

The best way of learning a language

Everybody wants to know what the best way of learning a language is- and everybody has their own way of trying to study. Some ways, however, get much better results than others. Listen to what a group of advanced foreign language learners and their teachers suggested when somebody asked them.

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

Write down the things they mention.

It's important to try to ......................

It's best to try to .............................

Don't worry too much about ..............

Make sure ...............................

It's better to try to .................... than it is to .................

The speakers are : Cissy (Taiwanese), Russell (Canadian), Sachiko (Japanese), Miguel (Portuguese), Steve (English), Gao (Chinese), Eduardo (Mexican), Eun-Sil (Korean)

From: Innovations Intermediate. ed. Heinle

Interaction: Talking about films

		Listen 1: Suggesting a night out in London
		Listen 2: Deciding what film to see
		Listen 3: Talking about the film
		Read 1: Reading film reviews

Talking about Films

 Speaking and listening exercise

Topics for the oral exam/ Sample questions

1. People and relationships

• The most important people in your life.
• How do you usually communicate with your friends and family members?.
• How about friends or relatives that live far away? 
• What's your opinion about people who get to know each other through the internet?
• Do you think it's hard to have a relationship when people live in different countries?
• In what ways has technology improved people's relationships?
• Do you use social-networking sites? What's your opinion about them?
• Do you think we might be using technology too much?

   2.  Friendship

• Do you think it's important to have friends?
• What do you enjoy doing most with your friends?
• How do you usually communicate with your friends ?
• How easy is it for you to make new friends?
• Do you think it's better to have one best friend or lots of  good friends?
• What do you argue about with your friends, and how do you make up or resolve your differences?

      3. Young people's problems

• How often do you use the phone? Do you use your home phone, your mobile or public telephones more often?
• Do you know what a helpline is? Are there any you are familiar with? Which one?
• What are the problems faced by young people and their families today?
• What kind of support or help is available for these problems?
• Would you ever call a telephone helpline for a problem you had?
• Can you think of the advantages and disadvantages of students having a part-time job?

       4. Places and holidays

• Which place in the world would you most like to visit? Why?
• Where did you have the most unforgettable holiday of you life?
• What kind of things do you enjoy doing during your holiday?
• Have you ever been on a skiing holiday ? If yes, did you enjoy it? If not, would you like to go?
• How popular is skiing in Spain?
• When given different options for a holiday destination. What are the factors that help you decide?
• If you had to choose between a place you've been to before, and liked, or a new place that seems interesting. Which would you choose? Why?
• Do you prefer to travel alone or with someone else?
• Do you travel light?

       5.Success

• What does success mean to you?
• In your opinion, what is the secret to being successful at school and work?
• Have you ever had a job interview?
• What do employers look for in a job candidate?
• Is work experience more important than qualifications?
• And what about appearance and personality?
• What do you look for in a job?

        6. Work and education

• What is /would be your ideal job? What are the reasons for your choice?
• What is more important, money or job satisfaction? Why?
• Have you ever had a part-time or a summer job?
• What did you like or dislike about it?
• What are the advantages  of having a part-time job?
• What do you think about working from home?

       7. Learning languages

       8. The media

       9. Techology

• Are you interested in technology and science? Why/ Why not?
• Can you think of any important invention ever made?
• What are some of the things people can do  on the Internet?
• When you have access to the internet, what kind of things do you like to do?
• Do you think techonology has had a positive influence in education?
• Do you have a lot of gadgets?
• Do you have a gadget you couldn't live without?

How does dancing make you feel?

have you ever had dancing lessons? When do you dance? How do you feel when you dance? Listen to some people answering these questions.

At the doctor's

Illnesses 2 Vocabulary
There are many different expressions that are used to describe common symptoms of minor illnesses such as food poisoning.

Speaking: Functional Language

Functional Language

Speaking language Learning

SPEAKING LANGUAGE LEARNING

Parts of the car

Click on the picture to learn some car parts

Talk about your experiences of car journeys.
Have you ever...  got really lost in a car?
                               run out of petrol?
                               had a puncture?
                               broken down?
                               missed something important because of traffic problems?
                               been stopped in a car by the police?
                              stopped to pick up a hitch-hiker?
When? Where were you going? What did you do? What happened in the end?

Albert was named after his grandfather.

name someone after someone/something to give someone or something the same name as someone or something else, especially the same first name as a member of your family

Listen to 4 people talking about their names. They answer the following questions:
1. What's your name?
2. How do you spell it?
3. Why did your family call you that?
4. Are you happy with your name?  Why/why not?
5. Would you like to change it?

Now it's your turn to answer the same questions.

Answers:
Speaker 1. Layla. My parents were both big fans of Eric Clapton and one of his famous songs is called Layla.   On the one hand she thinks it's an exotic name so she likes it. The problem is that everyone associates it with the song and when she says her name, people always make a comment about it or even sing a bit of the song. She gets really fed up with it. She wouldn't like to change it.

Speaker 2: Brian. His dad was called Brian and he wanted him to have the same name.
To be honest he's not happy with his name. Nowadays it's considered to be an old-fashioned name. People think that somebody called Brian must be a really boring person even before they meet him.
He would like to change his name. He'd like to have a more glamorous name.

Speaker 3: Ghislaine. Her mother chose it because it was the name of her best friend at school.
She's happy with her name now, but as a child she hated it. It's a French name but not even that common in France and in England nobody's ever heard of it. She's had to spend her whole life spelling it and that's really awful. She wouldn't change her name now but she'd never give it to a child of hers. That's one of the reasons why she called her children Ann and Tom, nice, short, easy names that everyone can spell and pronounce.

Speaker 4: Kenneth. He's not sure. He was named after an uncle, his father's brother. He's happy with it.

From: file intermediate Plus. OUP

Getting to know each other

You are going to hear a conversation that took place during the coffee break in a language class. The conversation is between two English people, Jack and Lisa, studying Italian in England.


Listen and find out which questions they asked.

Try to remember as much as you can about Jack and Lisa.

GETTING TO KNOW


Script

Ebooks

Which do you like to read best ebook, paperback, hardcover, or scroll?

Sample answers
A hardcover definitely. I find it easier to read. A paperback will be kinda difficult to read with and the binds are easily destroyed.

E-books are good too but I it is always better to read with a real book. I never bought an E-book but I see my friends using it so I checked it out. Not my type though.
A scroll will always be the least picked by people. You wouldn't want to bring a scroll with you while in the malls. It will make you look crazy.
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I like a paper-back because they are light weight. You can take them anywhere you go without it being cumbersome and there is a huge choice to pick from. Hardcovers can be heavy and too big. ebooks are limited in choices of titles and I've never seen a book in scroll!

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Definitely hardcover. Sometimes paperback is okay though

Talking about your life, important events in your life