Unit 2 Fun with Unit 2 Fun with LanguageLanguage
College EnglishCollege EnglishListening and Speaking Course 1Listening and Speaking Course 1
2nd Period
Unit 2 Fun with Unit 2 Fun with LanguageLanguage
College EnglishCollege EnglishListening and Speaking Course 1Listening and Speaking Course 1
2nd Period
成都理工大学《英语听说》主讲人:何家勇
Unit 2 Fun with Language
1. How to Improve Your Conversation Skills
--Listening Tasks (previous period)
2. Opening and Closing a Conversation√
-- Speaking Tasks
Strategies for Opening a Conversation
1. Start with a complimentYou are a very good SWIMMER!
• You are a very good Frisbee player.
• You are a very good football player.
---Mr. /Gates, Thank you very much for your WONDORFUL lecture. I LOVE it! I’ve got to SAY that you have a VERY good sense of humor.
2. Start with a questionSituation: in Chunxi Road ( 春熙路 )
--EX\CUSE /me, is this seat TAKEN?
-- EX\CUSE /me, could you tell me the TIME?
-- EX\CUSE /me, HAVEN’T we met somewhere before?
Strategies for Opening a Conversation
3. Start with a complaintSituation: in the university cafeteria--This line takes for EVER, doesn’t it
--The food here is AWFUL, isn’t it?
Strategies for Opening a Conversation
• 4. Offer your helpSituation: in a bank or a grocery--Can I help you?--Is there ANYTHING I can do for you?
Strategies for Opening a Conversation
Strategies for Opening a Conversation (Summary) Start with a compliment* Start with a question* Start with a complaint* Start with an offer of help Start with weather
Start with a news ……
Closing a Conversation-- It was a pleasure TALKING to you.
--If there’s ANYTHING that I can do for you, don’t hesitate to give me a RING.
--Have a good DAY!--Hope to see you AGAIN!
Speaking Tasks (15 Min.)(pair work + presentation)
Scene 1: Cafeteria
Scene 2 : Chunxi Road ( 春熙路 )
Scene 3 : After a foreign Lecture
Scene 4 : Bank on campus
Scene 5 :Book Store
Speaking Tasks
Scene 1: Cafeteria
Starter: This line takes for ever, isn’t it?
Scene 2 : Foreign Lecture
Starter: Thank you very much
for your wonderful lecture.
I love it!
Student’s PresentationScene: Standing in a line in the
university cafeteria.
Recording Homework1. A recording of retelling for the listening
passage Procedures: Listening + note-taking + retelling2. A recording of your conversation experience Procedures: Go to the regular foreign lecture on
Tuesday and talk to the foreign lecturer3. A video clip of your conversation on line Procedures: Sype with a foreigner
Thank you very much for your attention,
participation & patience!