ROAD TO B1: LESSON 15

EXERCISE: CORRECT THE MISTAKES! 
                       Another one HERE


LISTENING:

The exercise consists of a longer monologue (one person speaking) and a page of notes which summarises the text. Six pieces of information are missing from the notes. You have to listen to the recording and fill in the missing information.

Haz clic aquí para practicar.

Por otra parte, siempre insistimos en que,  para mejorar tu comprensión auditiva, es fundamental practicar con todo tipo de actividades y recursos. Aquí tienes dos más:

Beatle's song

It's a brilliant game

SPEAKING:



USEFUL LANGUAGE:

• TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL LIKES /DISLIKES e.g. 'I love/quite like/really enjoy/don’t like/hate camping because …' or 'I find (don’t find) visiting museums quite boring/exciting/expensive/relaxing …' or 'I’m (I’m not) very interested in / quite keen on sport …'

• ASKING FOR OPINIONS e.g. 'What do you think of Spanish TV?' or 'What’s your opinion? or 'How do you feel about going on a cruise?'

• EXPRESSING PREFERENCES e.g. 'I’d (wouldn’t) like to live in a big house because …' or 'I’d rather/prefer to live in the countryside because …'

SPEAKING (MONOLOGUE): DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH.

REMEMBER! ∙ Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see ∙ Organise your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once ∙ Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details ∙ Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas ∙ Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture ∙ Give some personal reaction to the picture ∙ Listen quietly when your partner describes his/her photo – don’t give help or comment.

                                                                                    

USEFUL LANGUAGE:

• GIVE A GENERAL INTRODUCTION e.g. 'This picture shows …' or 'In this picture I can see...' or 'This is a picture of …'

• TALK ABOUT PLACES e.g. 'They’re driving in the country/in a city/in the mountains' or 'She’s sitting inside/outside a cafe' or 'I can see a street market/old building/square/ street/restaurant/beach …'

• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S AGE e.g. 'He’s about 50 years old' or 'They’re in their twenties' or 'She’s a teenager/a young child/a middle-aged woman'

• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S CLOTHES e.g. 'She’s wearing a pair of shorts and a red T-shirt' or 'They’re wearing quite casual/smart clothes' or 'He’s wearing a uniform'

• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S ACTIONS e.g. 'He’s sitting at a desk' or 'She’s standing in a queue' or 'They’re having a meal' or 'Some people are sunbathing and others are swimming in the sea'

• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S ROLES IN A PICTURE e.g. 'He’s probably a shop assistant and she’s a customer' or 'This person on the left seems to be a tourist guide – he’s pointing to a building' or 'The man serving the drinks is a waiter'

• DESCRIBE PEOPLE’S FEELINGS IN A PICTURE e.g. 'You can tell they are enjoying themselves because they are smiling' or 'He seems a bit frightened. Maybe this is the first time he’s tried this' or 'She looks very interested in this activity – she’s concentrating very hard'

• PARAPHRASE (use these phrases to describe words you don’t know) e.g. 'It’s something you fry food in' (frying pan) or 'It’s a kind of container for flowers' (a vase) or 'It’s a cupboard for keeping clothes in' (a wardrobe).

• MAKE GUESSES e.g. 'It might be summer because some people are wearing sunglasses' or 'It’s probably in the country, because …' or 'This picture could be in Northern Europe because of the buildings...'

• DESCRIBE POSITION e.g. 'In the middle of the picture there is a group of people, probably tourists because …' or 'In the background there is a church …' or 'There’s a bookshelf next to/near/behind/in front of the door'.