Author(s): Ceri Jones Tania Bastow Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780230009271 Publisher's resources are available for this book. |
Adjectives to describe conversations
adjective classification
Six speakers say what makes conversations ejoyable, frustrating etc.
Vocab: butt in, flow, hog etc
Discussion + split reading.
Vocabulary: word families - students complete a table of the different parts of speech of various items from the reading
Students talk about areas of contention in relationships.
Role play telephone conversation between boyfriend and girlfriend, then listen to similar conversation
Pron: intonation when angry
Different types of adverbials; position of adverbials.
Shift of meaning with adverbs such as 'only' when the position is changed
Speaking: Students personalize on eavesdropping and overhearing coversation.
Listening: 2 'overheard' conversations
Exercises on simple vs continuous aspect with perfect and continuous tenses.
Useful phrases for informal conversations with strangers
Speaking: If you were a food, what would you be?
Listening: different speakers say what food associations certain situations have for them
Food-related noun phrases:
'strong black coffee in a mug' etc.
Split reading in four parts about an unusual restaurant that changed for the worse.
(1) word ordering - students put words from a previously read text in the order they think correct
(2) check with text and compare their 'standard' word order with the fronted examples in the text
Students tell partners about the last time they ate out and then write a review of the restaurant they described
Four speakers talk about food in countries they've visited.
Intonation for expressing enthusiasm and reservation.
Different meanings of 'tatse'; prhases and expressions with 'taste'
Various phrases related to agreeing, disagreeing, criticizing and negotiating
Students read a letter to a newspaper in which a woman gives a strong opinion on young people's fashions, and write a reply.