Hello and
welcome to the first lesson of this course. I’m Katie, your teacher
and I’m going to try and help you improve your speaking and listening
skills in English. Each lesson will contain speaking and listening exercises
and some lessons have grammar and pronunciation activities. I hope you
learn a lot with this course. So, let’s begin!
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Today’s
my birthday and I’m not sure what I want to do. Usually I organise
a small party at my house and invite some friends and members of my
family, but this year I’ve been working a lot and I don’t
have time.
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2.- Your
turn…
Answer the
following question out loud in as much detail as possible.
What
do you usually do for your birthday?
Useful language:
The following phrases might help you answer the question:
I usually….
Sometimes I…
I like to….
I don’t plan….
Every year I do something different
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3.- Listening
(Listening)
A. Listen
to the conversation I have with my friend Sam and fill in the gaps.
Listen a maximum of two times.
Som
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B. In the
following two-syllable words, indicate if the primary stress is on the
first or second syllable.
Birthday / Tonight / Chinese / People / Always /
Somewhere
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4.- Language
Focus: Suggestions & Offers
In the previous
listening, Katie and Sam made a few suggestions and offers. Here are
the phrases they used. Do the phrases indicate a suggestion or an offer?
Put them into the correct category:
Why
don’t we go out for dinner?
How about trying somewhere different?
Shall I book a table?
Let’s say 20:30.
I’ll speak to the girls
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5.- Focus
on form:
Why don’t
+ subject + bare infinitive: Suggestion
How about + gerund: Suggestion
Let’s + bare infinitive: Suggestion
Shall + subject + bare infinitive: Offer / Suggestion
Subject + will + bare infinitive: Offer
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6.- Controlled Practice
Reorder
the words in these sentences to make either a suggestion or an offer.
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7.- Freer
Practice
Respond
to the following situations with either a suggestion or an offer.
Example:
Situation:
Your friend has had her car stolen and she can’t get to work.
Response: I’ll take you.
1. You are
out for dinner and the bill comes.
2. Your friend’s
mother has invited you over for dinner and you can’t make the
day she suggests.
3. You are
going out with your friends and can’t meet them until 21:00.
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8.- Focus
on intonation (Listening)
Som
We are now
going to focus on the intonation of the following sentences:
Listen and
indicate if the speaker’s voice rises or falls at the end of each
sentence.
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9.- Practice
saying the dialogue out loud. Focus on your pronunciation and intonation!
Sam:
Happy
Birthday Katie!
Katie:
Thanks
Sam
Sam:
So,
what are we going to do tonight? Dinner? Drinks?
Katie:
Oh,
I don’t really know what I want to do. Maybe I’ll stay
at home and have a quiet night in!
Sam:
Sorry
Katie, you can’t do that! Why don’t we go out for dinner?
We could go to that tapas bar you love.
Katie:
We
always go there. How about trying somewhere different?
Sam:
There’s
that Chinese restaurant on the High Street. What do you think?
Katie:
Let’s
go there. I’ve never been there and I love Chinese food.
Sam:
Shall
I book at table?
Katie:
Yeah,
why not! Let’s say 20:30.
Sam:
How
many people shall I book it for?
Katie:
I
don’t really know. I’ll speak to the girls and see who’s
coming.
