Getting to know each other

• Your instructor:
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha
Lecturer – ESPD
Qualifications:
- PhD in Comparative and Contrastive Linguistics
- Master of Arts in English Language Teaching
- Bachelor of Arts in English Language Teaching
• Email: [email protected]
• Cellphone: 0912142040
 Getting to know each other
• YOU?
- Your name?

- Why HANU?

- Your expectation for this course? (e.g. areas of speaking skills you
wish to improve through this course?)

Term 1_Conversation Speaking_2C (padlet.com)

 Class rules
- Punctuality

- ONLY English language (<90%)

- Concentration

- Homework completion

- Class late after 15ms = 01 absent mark & 2 absent marks = 0 (final test)

- Camera-on during the lecture

 Unit 1
ALL ABOUT YOU
Objectives

1 Yes/ No questions

2 Optional questions
Work in groups of three/four and answer following questions

1. How long does an IELTS speaking test take? 12-15minutes

2. How many parts are there? 3 parts

3. What is each part about?

3. How many questions are there?
4. What are the requirements?
5. Is the band score half or round? Half score (0.5)

6. Is there any connection between each part? Yes (parts 2&3 = same topic)
 Familiar topics
(interview)

4-5 minutes
5-7 questions PART 1 (NO time pre.)

Discussion
Ielts
Speaking monologue
= 03
parts
PART 3
PART 2

3-4 minutes
Challenging Time to
(NO time pre) 2-3 minutes
questions prepare a
given topic
Work in groups of three.

Which speaking skills you know are required in an English

conversation?
 grammar

pronunciation vocabulary

intonation Speaking
skills coherence

body
language confidence
fluency
 LEXICAL
RESOURCES

Speaking FLUENCY &

PRONUNCIATION
skills COHERENCE

GRAMMAR &
ACCURACY
These are the criteria of IELTS speaking test. Read the information in each
column. Match each criterion to the correct column below.

Lexical resource/ Fluency and Coherence/ Pronunciation/ Grammar and Accuracy

1 2 3 4

• is willing to speak at • has a wide enough • uses a mix of simple • can be understood
length, though may lose vocabulary to discuss and complex structures, throughout, though
coherence at times due to topics at length and but with limited mispronunciation may
occasional repetition, self- make meaning clear in flexibility occasionally cause
correction or hesitation spite of inappropriacies momentary strain for
• may make frequent the listener
• uses a range of • generally paraphrases mistakes with complex
connectives and discourse successfully structures, though these
markers but not always rarely cause
appropriately comprehension
problems

Adapted from: IELTS Speaking band descriptors

Read the answers and write appropriate questions

Do. . . . you
. . . .like
.. . .it. . . . . . . . . . . ?
• Yes, I do. /Oh yes.
• No, I don’t. /Not really.
Read the answers and write appropriate questions

You tell me about your family

Can. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ………………?
• There are 4 members in my family.
• My parents, my little brother and I.
Read the answers and write appropriate questions

Do. . . . . you
. . . ..often
. . . . swim
. . . . .or
. . play
. .. . .tennis
. …………………?
• I often swim.
• I often play tennis
• Both
• Neither/ none
Read the answers and write appropriate questions

you speak English or Chinese

Can. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ……………. ?
• I can speak English.
• I can speak Chinese.
• Both/ Neither.
Make yes/no questions or optional questions based on the
following clues.
1. There / season / you/ like?
2. There/ season / you/ dislike?
3. Seasons / represent/ symbolic messages / your country?
4. You/ shopaholic?
5. You/ like/ shopping/ sales?
6. You/ bought/ from a catalogue/ a website?
7. You/ abroad?
8. You/ rather/visit/ foreign countries/ travel/ your own country?
9. You/ go/ backpacking?
10. You prefer/ summer holidays/ winter holidays?
Make yes/no questions or optional questions based on the
following clues.

1. There / season / you/ like?

Is there a season that you like?
2. There/ season / you/ dislike?
Is there a season that you dislike?
3. Seasons / represent/ symbolic messages / your country?
Do seasons represent symbolic messages in your country?
4. You/ shopaholic?
Are you a shopaholic?
5. You/ like/ shopping/ sales?
Do you like shopping in the sales?
6. You/ bought/ from a catalogue/ a website?
Have you bought anything from a catalogue or a shopping website?
7. You/ abroad?
Have you been abroad?
8. You/ rather/visit/ foreign countries/ travel/ your own country?
Would you rather visit foreign countries or travel within your own
country?
9. You/ go/ backpacking?
Have you ever gone backpacking?
10. You prefer/ summer holidays/ winter holidays?
Do you prefer summer holidays or winter holidays?
Work in groups of four. In groups, each member writes the
name of a well-known person in their hand. The other three
make Y/N or optional questions about that person using
yes/no questions and optional questions until they can guess
the name correctly.
 Is a man or woman?

Is she/he a singer? Is he/she attractive?

Who???
My Tam

Is he/she married? Is he/she Vietnamese

or foreigners?

Is he/she famous?
Unit 1: WB