Unit 3:
Unit 3:
People’s Background
People’s Background
Lesson 2
Lesson 2
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Speaking
Speaking
Question 1:
What is the song’s name?
Who is singing the song?
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Question 2:
A person who studies one or more of the natural or
social sciences ?
A. teacher
B. physicist C. scientist
Who is he?
Question 3:
- It is an object with a long stick
- It consists of a folding frame
covered in cloth.
- We use one to protect ourselves
from sunrays and rain.
What is it?
Umbrella
Question 4:
It doesn’t have lung, but it has special bones
There are small ones and big ones
It needs water to live
What is it ?
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Question 5:
Where was Marie Curie born?
A. Denmark
B. Poland
C. Finland
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Unit 3: People’s Background
Lesson 2: Speaking
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
1. Before you speak
Task 1: Work in pairs: Decide which of the items below
can tell you about somebody’s background
•
Family
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Hobby
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Education
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Dislikes
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Appearance
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Experience
Answers:
Family
Education
Experience
Experience
Education
Family
People’s background
parents
brother(s)/ sister(s)
Primary school
Secondary school
favourite subjects
schoolwork
home
punishment
method of study
1. Before you speak
An outline of people’s
background
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
Task 1: Pair works: Discuss what questions you
can ask when you want to know about
somebody’s background
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
LESSON 2: SPEAKING
1. Before you speak
Family
Education
Experience
Family
1.When and where were you born?
2.Where do you live?
3.How many people are there in your
family? Who are they?
4.What does your father/mother do?/ what
do your parents do?
5.How old is your sister/brother?
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
*Suggested questions:
Education:
1. Which primary/secondary school did you go to?
When did you start school?
2. What subject(s) do you like best?
3. Did you have much homework? / How did you
prepare the lesson?
Experience:
1. Do you have any difficulties in learning?
2. Have you ever joined any school activities?
3. Have you ever been a monitor/punished by teachers?
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
1. Before you speak: Suggested questions:
Family:
1. When and where were you born?
2. Where do you live?
3. How many people are there in your family? Who are they?
4. What do your parents do?
5. How old is your sister/brother?
Education:
1. Which primary/secondary school did you go to? When did you
start school?
2. What subject(s) do you like best?
3. Did you have much homework? / How did you prepare for the
lesson?
Experience:
1. Do you have any difficulties in learning?
2. Have you ever joined any school activities?
3. Have you ever been a monitor/punished by teachers?
2. While you speak
Task 2: Imagine you are a journalist. Use the cues below to
interview a classmate about his/her background or that of a person
he/she knows well. Change the roles when you have finished
Greeting primary school
Date of birth secondary school
Place of birth schoolwork
Home favourite subject(s)
Parents experience
Brother(s) Thanking
Sister(s)
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
INTERVIEW FORM
Order Items Information
1 Greeting
2 Date of birth
3 Place of birth
4 Home
5 Parents
6 Brothers/Sisters
7 Primary/secondary school
8 Schoolwork
9 Favourite subject
10 Experience
11 Thanking
2. While you speak: * Some expressions:
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Hello, I’m Lan.
• Hello, nice to meet you!
• How nice to see you!
• Let me see.
• Oh, good! Oh, yes! Oh, come on!
• I think it’s time to stop. Thanks a lot.
• Thank you very much. That is very interesting.
•
Thank you for giving me time.
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
3. After you speak
Task 3: Work in groups: Talk about the person
you have learnt about from the interview.
3. After you speak
Suggestions:
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Her/his name’s……
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She/ He was born ……
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There are ……… in her/his family.
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Her/ his father is a…… , and her/his mother is a
………….
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She/he likes learning……
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
4. CONSOLIDATION
1.Before you speak
2.While you speak
3.After you speak
5. HOMEWORK
Write a short paragraph about a person you have
just interviewed about.
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND - LESSON 2: SPEAKING
Thank you for
your listening!