ADULTS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, GRADUATES AND IELTS SPEAKING SECTION PRACTICE

SHORT FORMS OF ENGLISH

Want to ? wanna Let me - lemmi
Going to ? gonna Give me - gimme
Ought to ? oughtta What have - whatav
Because ? 'cause Could have - couldav
A lot of ? lotta Should have - shouldav
See you ? see ya Would have - wouldav
Got to ? gotta Couldav, shouldav, wouldav

Make a sentence using four English shorts

INTRODUCTIONS

STRUCTURE YOUR INTRODUCTION ? WHAT TO DISCUSS

ASK STUDENTS TO LISTEN AND HIGHLIGHT THE ORIGINAL OR UNIQUE ASPECT ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION
GESTURES, EYE CONTACT, POSTURE

DISCUSSION TOPICS ? GENERALISATIONS
- WHAT IF

SAMPLE PART TWO QUESTIONS ? HOW TO STRUCTURE ANSWERS TOTHESE QUESTIONS ? INTRO, BODY AND CONCLUSION

DUMMY RUN ON PART THREE QUESTION

1. SLANG

Slang is the common usage of words to describe situation in a concise manner.

Here are some examples of slang, can you tell me:

1. What you think they mean in the context given?
2. Can you use the slang in another example?

beat: tired.
"I'm really beat because I was awake all night."
2. bull: lie.
"That's a bunch of bull!"
3. deck: to hit someone.
"His wife almost decked him when he returned home with lipstick on his shirt."
When did someone last think about decking you?
4. freebie: something that does not cost money.
"My trip to New York was a freebie."
5. in: fashionable.
"Ray-Ban sunglasses are really in now."
6. racket (1): noise.
"Small kids can make a lot of racket."

GENERALISATIONS

What are Generalisations?
Statements or opinions, which, are only partly true because they are based on a few cases or incomplete knowledge.
I will give you certain generalizations, and I want you to discuss whether they have a valid base or are true in some respect.

1. Married people are boring
2. Footballers are not clever
3. You can’t be friends with your boss
4. Old people have no fun
5. Men are bad at languages
6. Maths is for clever people
7. Rich people have a great life
8. Top sports stars have less worries than most workers
9. Young girls are brighter than young boys
10. City people have a better life than country people
11. Artists are different from most people
12. Poor people are happy in their own way
13. A woman’s place is in the home
14. Fare dodging on a bus is OK if you get away with it
15. Boys and girls should not have equal education
16. A man should have a wife for family and a girlfriend for fun
17. We are all basically selfish
18. Punishment never has a good effect
19. You will be happier if you stay unmarried
20. People will work better if they are paid more

Can you think of some more generalizations?

FINISH THE SENTENCE

Christmas is…
Spring festival is…
My best friend is…
Going abroad for holidays is…
I once dreamt that…
The weekend is…
China is…
My boyfriend/girlfriend is/will be…

QUOTATION DISCUSSION

What do you think this quote means, in your own words:
There are three kinds of people in the world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder, "What just happened?"

DISCUSSION TOPIC

WEDDINGS

1. Do many people hold weddings ceremonies in China?
2. What were weddings like in China 40 years ago?
3. Who would be invited to weddings in the past?
4. What are the wedding ceremonies like now in China?
5. Do many people have western customs in their weddings?
6. Do you think Chinese wedding ceremonies are going to be replaced by western customs?
7．What do you think of the changes to the wedding ceremonies?
8. Is the divorce rate increasing in China?
9. Why is the divorce rate increasing?

DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP AND COME UP WITH SOME ANSWERS

WEEK 4 LESSON 17 IELTS ? 20 CLASS COURSE

WARM UP

1. What are the ingredients of a good marriage?
2. Describe a product in your country or area. What is it? Where can you buy it? How do people advertise it?
3. Talk about somebody who visited you and made you feel enjoyable. When? Why? How do you feel?
4. What kind of gifts Chinese people usually give to each other? At dinner, spring festival etc
5. Talk about a surprising news in your family. Why and when and how can you get the information?
6. Describe your favorite music, music player or band
7. Can you tell us about some people that have helped you in your life, when and what they did?
8. Can you tell us a little about your classmates?
9. What do you think different types of music say about some people?
10. What do you think different types of looks say about a person?

CULTURE AND CUSTOM
BODY SPACE
LIFE ON THE WEEKEND

RIDDLES

Q: Why didn't the skeleton go to the dance?
A: He didn't have anybody to take. (any BODY)
Q: What do you call a bear without an "ear"?
A: BBBBBBB
Q: What do you call 'a fly' without wings?
A: You call it 'a walk
What do the dead eat, that the living would die if they ate it? Nothing.

Henry was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Henry call her? He called her Mom!
What is more useful when it is broken? An Egg
There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? Startling, starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I

1. “Old fogey” - stodgy or old-fashioned habits and attitudes
2. “Fuddy duddy” ? an old person with old ideas
3. “Will not budge”
4. “An old stick in the mud” ? someone who will not change their mind
5. “Hit me”
6. “Go another round”
7. “Play it again Sam” ? to do or have something again
8. “Bingo”
9. “Spot on” ? exactly right
10. “Crash course” ? intense study or learning in a very short time

TONGUE TWISTERS

Explain the Tongue Twister is your own words, what is the story in the Tongue Twister?

L

Red lorry. yellow lorry.

Q

Quick quail, Quicker quail.

R

Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

G, GR, O

Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves.

S, W, SW

Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swum, swan!

V     

Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently.

D

When a docter doctors a doctor does the doctoring doctor doctor,
Does the doctor doctor the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored,
Or does the doctoring doctor doctor the doctor,
The way the doctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor?

Answer:

The doctoring doctor doctors the doctor the way
The doctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor
Not the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored

Doctor: practices medicine
Doctored: give/administer medical treatment

DESCRIBING

Describe your favorite day
Your first day at school
Your first day at kindergarten