ORAL SKILLS

Expressions for Conversation and Personal Comment.

General Conversation Gambits.

ORAL PRESENTATION

ORAL PRESENTATION.

SPEAKING TIPS

ORAL PRACTICE

Useful Webpage to Practise Speaking.
To Practise Interaction.
To Practise Pronunciation.

TOPICS

LIST OF TOPICS.

FILE 8 TEST

FILE 8 TEST.
LISTENING EXERCISE 1.
LISTENING EXERCISE 2.
FILE 8 TEST KEY.

ONLINE SHOPPING

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF ONLINE SHOPPING.

AGREEING AND DISAGREEING IN ENGLISH

• Agreeing and Disagreeing

AGREEING

That's a good point.

I (completely) agree (with you).

That's true.

That makes sense.

I think so, too.

I couldn't agree more.

DISAGREEING

That's not how I see it.

I don't really agree with you.

I'm afraid I can't agree with you.

I'm not sure I quite agree with you.

Yes, that may be true, but . . . .

Well, you have a point, but . . . .

I can see your point, but . . . .

I see what you mean, but . . . .

Do you see it that way? I think . . . .

HOW TO GIVE YOUR OPINION

LANGUAGE TO GIVE YOUR OPINION

(1) When you start saying something

contributing to a conversation

making a contribution

First of all, I would like to say/state that.............

To begin with, I...................

In the first line, I.............

(2) What you can say instead of "I think"

I would say/think

In my opinion

To my mind

I am of the opinion that

I hold the opinion that

(3) When you want to stress your "personal opinion":

Personally, I think…..

As far as I am concerned ….

As for me…..

As I take it…..

As far as I can see…..
What I mean.....

FILE 6 TEST

FILE 6 TEST.
LISTENING EXERCISE 1.
LISTENING EXERCISE 2.
FILE 6 TEST KEY.

REVISE & CHECK 5 AND 6

REVISE & CHECK 5 AND 6

CINEMA SPEAKING ACTIVITY

 Here you are the speaking activity you did with Raman in class. Thanks to her for allowing me to post it in the blog .


Talking about Cinema.

MOVIE RIDDLES

For next class I'd like you to write three movie riddles, following the models provided here.

MAKING REQUESTS AND ASKING FOR PERMISSION IN ENGLISH

Requests and permission in english from conchimena

FILE 4 TEST

FILE 4 TEST.
FILE 4 TEST KEY.
LISTENING EXERCISE 1.
LISTENING EXERCISE 2.

SILENT LETTERS

SILENT LETTERS.
SILENT LETTERS GAME.
SILENT LETTERS QUIZ.
SILENT LETTERES EXERCISE.

LEARNING LANGUAGES

Have a look at Alex Rawlings' blog.








You shouldn't speak a language in this woman's way!

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

ALTHOUGH, THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH

We use them to connect contrasting ideas, introducing a dependent clause.

ALTHOUGH

After although we use a sentence (subject+verb+complements). We can use 'although' at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence.

e.g. Although it rained a lot, we enjoyed our holiday.

                   I didn’t get the job although I had the necessary qualifications.

THOUGH

Sometimes we use though instead of although.

e.g. I didn’t get the job though I had the necessary qualifications.

In spoken English we often use though at the end of a sentence.

e.g. I see them every day. I’ve never spoken to them though (= but I’ve never spoken to them)

EVEN THOUGH

It’s a stonger form of although.

e.g. Even though I was really tired, I couldn’t sleep.

HOWEVER

We can use it to indicate that the second point we wish to make contrasts with the first point.

It introduces or completes a contrasting sentence. However always has punctuation before and after. It’s usually placed in initial position.

e.g. I got up late. However, I got to work on time.


 NOW PRACTISE THE USE OF ALTHOUGH, BUT AND HOWEVER DOING THE FOLLOWING EXERCISE:

 ALTHOUGH, BUT OR HOWEVER?

       

TOPICS

FILES 1-5 TOPICS.

FILE 3 TEST

FILE 3 TEST.
FILE 3 TEST KEY.
EXERCISE 1.
EXERCISE 2.