Independent
Speaking 2
In the next few
lessons we’ll
look at the TOEFL iBT independent speaking, free response task.
Today we’re
going to look at
talking about the future
Reflection
1
In
the two sentences above, two different ways of talking about the future
were used. What are they? Can you think of any more ways. In what ways
are these structures different?
Resource:
For a list of English future forms click here.
1
Warm up
Task
1: Type
five sentences about things you plan to do or have arranged to do
tomorrow. Make sure all the verbs are different.
Now,
change screens
with your partner. Can you see any grammar errors in their sentences?
Tell your partner about them.
Task
2: Type
ten sentences about things you plan to do, have arranged to do or might
do next week. Make sure all the verbs are different from each other and
different from the sentences in Task 1.
Now,
change
screens with your partner. Can you see any grammar errors in their
sentences? Tell your partner about them.
Task 3: Type fifteen sentences about things you plan to do or might do
over the next year. Again, make sure all the verbs are different from
any you have used so far.
Now,
change
screens with your partner. Can you see any grammar errors in their
sentences? Tell your partner about them.
2 Save your files and place
them in report box Future5__10__15
3
Speaking
Task 1
Make
a plan for a 45 second speech on this topic; How will you spend the next weekend?
You have 1 minute to make this plan.
Now,
using soft recorder, make your speech and save it.
4 Speaking
Task 2
Make a plan
for the topic; How will you spend
the
next university
vacation?
YOU
HAVE ONLY 15 SECONDS TO MAKE THIS PLAN!!!
Now,
using soft recorder, make your 45 second speech and save it.
5
Exchange your plan for speaking task 1 with a partner. Read their plan
and then listen to their speech.
6
Do the same for speaking task 2.
Reflection
2
Which plan was better? Which speech was better? Was the plan too long?
Was it long enough?
7
Now look at a plan made for this topic.Click here
8
Now listen to the speech. Click here to hear.
9
Now look at the transcript of the speech and compare it to the plan.
Click here.
10 Task 4: Make up three topics
and give
them to your partner. He/she has 15 seconds to make a plan for each
topic.
You
can now move on to the next unit