2B2 – SPEAKING WORK – SEND ME YOUR AUDIOS

THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEND ME YOUR AUDIOS.

*You are welcome to do any (or all)of the speaking activities from the course book or workbook.

*Record your voice on VOCAROO, save the recording/s and copy and paste the link/s in a COMMENT in this post. (Just click on “LEAVE A COMMENT” at the top of this post.)

CLICK ON IMAGE TO GO TO “VOCAROO”

REMEMBER to write YOUR NAME and THE EXERCISE and PAGE NUMBER in the comment!

CHILDREN’S BOOKS VOCABULARY

Amazing what children can teach us, right?

Well, let’s just see what kind of vocabulary children start learning as we read them bedtime stories.

PART ONE

Your teacher will give you a short children’s book to read. Work in pairs (or groups of three) and read through the story.

You’ll be surprised – or rather amazed…. astonished… astounded…. flabbergasted…. indeed, gobsmacked by the amount of vocabulary an infant has ….

AND YOU DON’T!!!!!

PART TWO

• Once you’ve read through the book, take a second look and make a list of any new vocabulary or grammar (particularly phrases with unusual word order) in a note on your smartphone.

• Now copy and paste the list in the PADLET below. (This is so that all other groups can see your lists and learn from them.)

PART THREE

• Use some of the vocabulary in sentences of your own.
• Add them to another PADLET entry.
• NOW WE WILL SEE SOME OF THEM AS A CLASS

PART FOUR

Here comes the hard part. I want you to read your book (or at least a part of it) out to the rest of the class. Make sure each member of your group takes part!

Imagine you are reading the story to a small child. Make it interesting, fun, enjoyable….

You will need to use a lot of intonation and voice modulation; stress the bits you think need more emphasis.

ASSIGNMENT/PROJECT

• WRITE A SHORT ONLINE BOOK FOR CHILDREN USING THE VOCABULARY YOU HAVE LEARNT. YOU CAN WORK ALONE OR IN YOUR PAIRS/GROUPS OF THREE.

THESE ARE SOME WEBSITES FOR ONLINE STORYBOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRY OUT:

• BOOKBILDR

• STORYJUMPER

• STORYBIRD

…OR A WEBSITE OF YOUR OWN CHOICE

• SEND THE LINK TO YOUR BOOK IN A COMMENT (see top of post in the “leave a comment” section) TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS

IDEA – WHY NOT TRY READING IT ALOUD AND RECORDING YOUR VOICE. IF YOU DO IT ON “VOCAROO” YOU CAN ALSO SEND ME THE LINK TO YOUR READING.

THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO A FULL LIST OF ALL THE VOCABULARY LISTS I HAVE MADE, BASED ON THE STORIES YOU HAVE ALL WORKED ON

THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXAMPLE MADE WITH “STORYJUMPER”. IT WAS A BOOK I WROTE JOINTLY WITH MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS QUITE LITTLE TO TEACH HER VOCABULARY.

Read this book made on StoryJumper

WHO IS YOUR HERO?

Heroes can make the world a better place to live in.

* Who is your hero?

* What is this person’s special ability, skill or superpower?

*How has this person helped you or other people?

*Tell us about it.

*How would you like to thank this person.

Upload (or record directly) a video or an audio.

CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO GO TO VOICETHREAD

Then just click on the “+” symbol…

…and choose what you want to do. (Record a video, record an audio or upload an audio or video)

NOTE: If anybody prefers not to subscribe to Voicethread, you can also record your audio on “Vocaroo” (no subscription required) and send me the link in a comment at the top of this post.

Here’s how to do it: LINK TO VOCAROO

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SPEAKING PRACTICE – MODULE 4 – “what are you into?”

Speaking task
What are you into? Sport? Music? Cooking?
Prepare a short presentation describing a hobby or an interst you have.
Include some of the following information:
*what do you do?
*when do you do it?
*where?
*who with
*why do you like it so much?
*recommendations

• RECORD YOUR AUDIO ON VOCAROO AND SEND IT TO ME. YOU CAN COPY AND SEND THE LINK OR SHARE YOUR AUDIO DIRECTLY BY EMAIL.
• HERE’S HOW TO DO IT:

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B1 – SPEAKING PRACTICE: “describing accommodation”

Accommodation

Describe a house or an apartment you would like to live in.
You should say:
– what kind of accommodation it would be
– where it would be
– what it would have (rooms, garden, furniture, etc)
– who would live there with you
– why you would enjoy living in this place

• RECORD YOUR AUDIO ON VOCAROO AND SEND IT TO ME. YOU CAN COPY AND SEND THE LINK OR SHARE YOUR AUDIO DIRECTLY BY EMAIL.
• HERE’S HOW TO DO IT:

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