ISABEL AGUILERA: BUSINESS SPEECH ON COLLABORATIVE WORK

Listen to Isabel's speech on collaborative systems at work.  

 Here are some of the key words she uses: projects, resources, capability, recognition, contribution.

•  Is this topic interesting to you? 
• This presentation is rich in business vocabulary, including verbs which are used to describe changing trends and actions. Which words are key to develop the topic she's talking about? Note them down. 
• When we prepare a talk, we need to write an outline of it. An outline should include the structure of the talk + key words, ideas, examples. Listen to the talk and prepare the outline, you can write down bullet points and ideas, or draw a mindmap. 
• What's the main idea Isabel's trying to convey to the audience? Do you agree with her views?
•  Listen to her pronunciation. What kind of accent does she have? 

B2 ( project): ADVERTISING: relaunching a product.

• Information and listenings about advertising

video- branding
script video- the idea behind the logo

• Classroom task: An advertising campaign

STEP 1: learn the language for discussion.
DOWNLOAD THIS FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE:
Useful classroom language for the advertising campaign: 

• putting forward new ideas
• reacting positively to new ideas
• reacting negatively to new ideas
• summarising/recapping (recap)

STEP 2: relaunching the product, aspects to consider:

• changing the name
• changing the packaging
• changing the advertising to target a different age group
• drop/raise the price

STEP 3: post your notes and final decisions onto Trello. You will see some windows, named: Group 1 4ºA, 4ºB,etc.

STEP 3: create your poster.

Think about the visual impact and remember to create a poster with your product. You can use www.canva.com to create your poster.

The secretaries can post their summaries in the comments section.

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• CLASSROOM PROJECT SAMPLE from the students at the EOI Motril: 

WATCH THIS OUT:
BELOW IS YOUR PRODUCT CAMPAIGN POSTER.
Here's your document with the agreements reached in class on the advertising campaign by you ( the Marketing Department).

IDEAS ORIGINALES DE ALUMNADO DE 4º.

The posters have been created by students at the 4th year Nivel Intermedio B2.1

EXCELLENT TEAMWORK!!

MANY THANKS!!

B2 ( Speaking): speaking practice: types of holiday (comparing and contrasting)

Download the speaking card here.
VOCABULARY: TYPES OF HOLIDAY

I CAN EXPLAIN SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES- UNIT 60 OXFORD WORD SKILLS
Remember to use the vocabulary
X and Y are (almost) identical except that/ exactly the same
X and Y are similar except for
The similarity between X and Y is that they both ....
They are alike.
Compared with X and Y, Z is very lazy.
To be completely different from the other two
apart from the fact that s/he's
The main difference is that ...is rather +adj in comparison with ...

WAYS OF COMPARING- Face2Face upper-intermediate- unit 5A

B2 ( SPEAKING TOPICS ): vocabulary, sentences, samples to prepare the speaking test.

Here's a great blog with vocabulary and monologues samples for different B2 topics.
About this blog.

topic 1- Work
topic 2- social change- mindmap
topic 3-learning languages
topic 6- shopping centres
topic 7- friendship and dating
topic 8-the mass media
topic 9- crime
topic 10-advertising world
topic 11- money
topic 12-the environment
topic 13- the beauty myth
topic 14- elderly people

Useful sentences 


A speaking workshop to improve speaking skills.

EOI RONDA KARAOKE IDOL CONTEST

DOWNLOAD THE HIT LIST TO PRACTISE AT HOME.

 

B2.1/2: SAMPLE B2 MONOLOGUES FOR ESCUELAS OFICIALES DE IDIOMAS

Hi everyone!
Here are 2 B2 sample monologues worth listening to. Notice how he uses key expressions related to the topic.
If you like Marek's materials, watch the videos on YouTube or visit his webpage:  https://marekconnellenglish.com/escuela-oficial-exams-2/nivel-avanzado/
Download his B2 sample dialogues here.





RELATIONSHIPS: PARENTHOOD, THE ELDERLY, FRIENDS AND MORE.



INTERESTING EXPRESSIONS

NEW DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST US OFFICIAL TRAILER

TOPIC: CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ON BEAUTY http://tigertesl.blogspot.com.es/2007/06/beauty.html


1, Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?
2. Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today?
3. What personality trait is the most important for inner beauty?
4. How do you define beauty, using your own words?
5. Would you ever date someone who was not conventionally attractive?
6.  What makes one person more attractive than another?
7. Do you think people from different countries than you see attractive the same way?
8. Is there someone famous that is considered beautiful, that you think is not?

9. Are beauty pageants good or bad? Should children be entered into beauty pageants?
10.  Do you think one gender or group worries more about beauty than another?
11. Would you want your children to be beautiful or talented?
12. What are some of the negatives about being beautiful?
13. What are some examples of social pressures to improve on natural beauty? For example, lipstick, haircutting, shaving, ...

 14. Does beauty affect one's success in life?
 15. Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
 16. Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?
 17. Is beauty related to power?
 18. Can you think of anyone who is in a position of power that is not physically attractive?
 19. Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?
 20. How much time should be spent on making yourself look better each day?

•  Do you think people should have cosmetic surgery to enhance their looks? If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic surgery? 
• How popular is plastic surgery in your country? 
• What is the most popular feature for cosmetic alteration?

•  What do you think of the proverb, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?" 
•  Do you have any proverbs or idioms from your country that relate to beauty? 

•  Do you think people with many tattoos can be beautiful?

•  Would you ever get a tattoo? 
•  Do you have a tattoo?
•   Do you think people with many piercings can be beautiful? 
• What kind of body piercing, if any, do you feel are acceptable? 

B2 ( Writing strategies): Portfolio 1- Topic and supporting sentences

Writing strategies writing paragraphs from Elena Gómez

 Practice

Article: spring forward - fall back

WHAT IS DST?
SPRING FORWARD- FALL BACK
CONVERSATION QUESTIONS ' TIME'

B2-C1: Aziz Ansari: On Being Single- Making Plans with Flaky People.

With his fourth stand-up special, Aziz Ansari joins a shortlist of comedians to sell out New York’s Madison Square Garden

MAKING PLANS WITH FLAKY PEOPLE
Feel free to read the article and/or some parts of the monologue script of the clip below.




TELEPHONING: 

Telephone Phrasal verbs

Talking on the phone

B2 ( FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE): How to ...EOI Marbella wikispaces

HOW TO...
LIST OF FUNCTIONS

B2- Speaking strategies practice: How to prepare your outline to deliver a monologue

Last Wednesday we agreed on me leaving a post on the blog to upload the speaking sessions you're having with the language assistant teacher on Wednesdays.
Please follow the steps below to prepare and record your speaking.

First, read the following instructions:

SPEAKING SKILL TIPS:
To prepare your monologue think about the following points:

1. Brainstorm vocabulary related to the card using bubble maps, small mind maps,etc.
2. Write a bare bones outline.
3. Add information to your bare bones outline. To do so, you'll  need to:

• Organize ideas starting with a topic sentence and add supporting sentences o it.
• Connect your ideas logically using connectors.
• Make sure you conclude your monologue within the time limit (around 4 minutes).

HOW TO PREPARE AND UPLOAD YOUR TASK:
Pre-task: Reading outline samples.
1. Here's an outline sample Kathryn has prepared for you on last year's card model 8A. Please read them through them.
Bare bones outline
Detailed outline

2. Now draft the outline and record your monologue without reading it.
3. To record your monologue use this online voice recorder: www.vocaroo.com ( once you finish recording your speaking, click on : click here to save and copy your embed code).
4. Send me your embed code by email or submit it in the "comentarios" section below.
5. Listen to your classmates' speaking tasks.
6. Choose a classmate's speaking and draft its outline.
7. Let's share the results in class.

Mind mapping to start writing/speaking

What is mind mapping?

Mind mapping examples
1. Shakespeare
2. Suffixing rules

3.HOW ICT CAN ACCOMMODATE LEARNING STYLES

To learn more click here.
mind-map tools

B2 ( Functions) - Socialising -ice-breakers and keeping the conversation going

Here are two activities on socialising:  ice-breaking and keeping the conversation going.

Day 1-socialising activity  ( leaving a conversation)
Socialising activity ( teacher's notes and keys)

Activity 2- keeping the conversation going : types of questions used to keep the conversation going.
Use only pages 3 to 5 of this whole worksheet
Activity 2- keys

B2 ( Functional language revision): Stating a preference

Stating a preference: explanation and practice

Construction

Formula	Verb Form
I'd rather...	Use the base form the verb without 'to' with 'rather'
I'd prefer...	Use the '-ing' form following the verb 'prefer'
If it were up to me, I'd...	Use the second conditional form followed by the base form of the verb without 'to'
I think we should...	Use the base form the verb without 'to' following the modal form 'should'
Why don't we...?	Use the base form of the verb in a question
Let's go ...	Use the base form of the verb with 'let's'
How about...?	Use the '-ing' form of the verb after a preposition - here 'about'

B2(IELTS) : sample speaking and writing papers

IELTS—WRITING PRACTICE, SAMPLE TESTS

http://www.ielts-exam.net/ielts_writing_samples_task_2/697/

Writing sample 1- argumentative essay

Writing simple 2- freedom of speech

 

Speaking samples

 

 

B2 (3rd term remedial lessons )

Remedial lessons dates

B2 ( Functional language): clarifying what you're saying

Functional language: clarifying what your saying

B2 ( Functional language) : agreeing and disagreeing politely

Here's an activity to revise the expressions used for agreeing and disagreeing politely in English.
Bear in mind that this is an extremely important point for speaking interactions.
Download exercise here.

B2( 5D Carbon footprints Keys)- Discussion language ( opinions)

Exercise 1 page 29


1. illegal
2. inevitable
3. unsustainable
4. disturbing--justifiable
5. ethical- damaging

Discussion language (2): opinions Real world 5.1
1. b
2. d
3. c
4. f
5. e
6. a

3. Fill in the gaps in the conversations with these phrases:

2. Well, some people would argue that it wold be a bit boring.
3. Yes, but then again, imagine how interesting it would be when you travelled abroad.
4. One argument in favour of nuclear power is that it's relatively cheap.
5. I've never really thought about that.
6. That's an interesting point
7. I don't think it's right that we waste so many resources on transport.
8. Maybe, but I don't just see how we can stop people from buying cars.
9. No, that's not what I meant. All I'm saying is that our oil supplies are not sustainable.