Independent
Speaking 3
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 present
Reflection
1
How
many different ways of talking about the present can you think of? In
what situations do we use these tenses? Give an example of each.
Resource:
For a list of English present forms click
here.
1 Warm up
Task
1: Type five sentences about things that are true about you, or the
world, or about your daily activities. 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 five sentences about things that are true about you, or
the world, or about your daily activities. Make sure all the verbs are
different.
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 five sentences about things that are true about you, or
the world, or about your daily activities. 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 Present5__10__15
3 Speaking
Task 1
Make a plan for
a 45 second speech on this topic; What
is your favorite season? 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 do you usually
spend New Years Day?
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 the topic, What is
your favorite season? 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
Possible answers
to Reflection
1 at the top of the page are
Simple present tense, present
continuous tense, present perfect tense, present perfect continuous