BROADCAST YOUR NEWS PROGRAMME!! SPEAKING.

My students' next project is to broadcast a video with the news. They can choose several interesting topics, create their own HEADLINES and introduce whatever they find interesting.

The news. Speaking communicative project at Juana Moral's English Site

Have a look at this brilliant example from CHANNEL 2 KIDS NEWS (CLICK TWICE TO WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE):

Now, let us focus on some useful expressions, necessary for your news programme.Then, you can have a look at more videos and interesting links:

ENGLISH FOR TRAVELLING I. AT THE AIRPORT

This lesson plan is focused on learning how to speak English when travelling. It is really useful if you are planning to go abroad. The first section shows some vocabulary at the airport , and a presentation which includes two dialogue examples, too. We are going to create our own dialogues using all we have learnt here.  

Then, you can also watch a video to practise useful expressions and pronunciation:  

First of all, let us see the following picture from Fluentland: 

Airport vocabulary items: Juana Moral's English Site

BOOKING A HOTEL ROOM

How would you like to travel? Have you ever been to a travel agency?
The following role play is to help you do the check-in in a hotel
Let's watch and learn from the following video from Linguatv.

More vocabulary related to travelling 

• Mansion del Inglés

AN INTERVIEW WITH... A FAMOUS.

A good way to improve our communication strategies in the present simple is a ROLE PLAY. 

This time, students will have to prepare a television interview with a famous person at at tv show (whatever they want or can imagine)

A JOB INTERVIEW. Role play activity

The following post presents essential information to be succesful at a job interview.  

Consider the following video has a higher level, but trying to understand it and using some of the expressions will be profitable.

Good luck

SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES. Role play speaking task

Are you ready to go shopping?

In order to buy clothes, there are two important aspects to consider, first of all, it is a good idea to listen and learn some vocabulary, then, it is essential to practice some expressions:

BUYING AT A SUPERMARKET. ROLE PLAY

How to buy at a supermarket? Can you name the parts of a market and the products you can find there?

Buying at a supermarket, role play. Juana Moral's English Site

First of all, we are going to watch a video in which includes some basic words on supermarket products, its sections and some typical expressions:

Next, we are going to see some dialogues related to shopping at the supermarket, how can you ask for some sections at a grocery's?

EATING OUT ROLE PLAY: AT A RESTAURANT

Looking for new ideas for a role play? I know its hard now, and it can be a bit difficult to think about an original idea.

Let's see how to create a conversation at a restaurant

The following links show you interesting tips to improve your role play

• Eating out
• English-de
• FOOD VOCABULARY

You already know that the most important thing here is to speak in English and have fun! All your suggestions and ideas are welcome!

OUR TV SHOW. ROLE PLAY FOR ESO ELT

Next week is going to be great. We are going to have a great time preparing a role play on tv shows. In my opinion, that's going to be awesome!!!

You can choose the kind of programme that you prefer and do what you like, the main objective is to enjoy yourselves and speak in English!!! Before doing that, let's revise the types of tv programmes and films in English.

Now, I have introduced some videos to help you to see the different formats of tv programmes. The first one is from the news, and it is subtitled, so that you can focus on the expressions used:

What is it about?

Next one is also taken from the news, but there is an interview:




Now, an episode from a famous cartoons, ok, I'm not kidding, they are very easy to understand and they talk about next holidays!!!!



Next one belongs to a famous quizz show, I hope you like it:





Just to conclude, have fun and try to watch everything.

SHOW AND TELL. SPEAKING ACTIVITIES A1

For this term we are going to do a new activity type: SHOW AND TELL

This is typical and you have known a lot about it through videos, cartoons, tv series and films.
You will have to bring something special to class, it can be whatever you like: an object, photo... I'm not going to give any ideas just to let you be as original as possible.
THe speech will contain the following aspects:

• - Where did you get that (if you got that any time)
• -  Why is it so special
• - A short description including: shape, colour, material...
• -  Some story or event related to this thing.