Transcript IELTS Lesson 4 PPT

The Language of Culture
Exchange
IELTS Preparatory Course
Fujian Normal University
Jazz Chant(爵士讴吟):Do You Know Mary?
Do you know Mary?
Mary who?
Mary McDonald.
Of course I do.
Do you know her little
brother?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her brother and her
mother and her father, too.
Do you know her older
sister?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her older sister, Betty
and her younger sister, Sue.
Do you know her Aunt
Esther?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her aunts and her
uncles and her cousins, too.
Do you know her husband
Bobby?
Yes, of course I do.
I know her husband and his
brother and his father, too.
Pronunciation: W and V
went
grow
vent
grove
wine
weary
vine
very
His English is Wonderful Jazz Chant
His English is wonderful
He speaks very well
His accent is perfect
You can't really tell
that he isn't a native of the USA
There's only one problem:
he has nothing to say
IELTS Speaking Test Part 2
• At the start of part 2, the examiner will say.
“Now in this part, I’m going to give you a
topic and I’d like you to talk about it for 1 to
2 minutes. Before you talk, you’ll have
one minute to think about what you’re
going to say. You can make some notes if
you wish. Do you understand? Here is a
pencil and some paper for making notes
and here is your topic.”
IELTS Speaking Test Individual Talk
• The topics are many and various and may
include many things about your personal
life: best friend, an older person you know,
an exciting time you had when traveling, a
shop you know well, a gift you received,
your favorite book, a book that you really
liked, a time when you were scared, a time
when people congratulated you, someone
you know who is good at studying, etc…
IELTS Speaking Test Individual Talk
• The examiner will give you a booklet with
your topic and some ideas about what to
say about your topic. The examiner will
also give you a blank piece of paper to
make notes with. After letting you think
and make notes for 1 minute, the
examiner will ask you to begin speaking.
You should try to speak for a full 2 minutes
until the examiner says to stop.
IELTS Speaking Test Part 2 :
Structure
• In this part, it’s a good idea to try and
structure your speech. For example:
“Today I want to tell you about my favorite
book. There are three main reasons why I
think Journey to the West is my favorite.
The first is….”
• If you can think of 3 reasons or 3 points or
4 qualities or 2 ideas, etc… This will
impress the examiner.
IELTS Speaking Test Part 2:
Structure
• For some topics, it may be difficult to come up
with 3 reasons, or 4 points or whatever.
• If that is the case, try for a story in chronological
order or organize it in some other way. If your
speech is in random order, it will likely not make
as strong an impression on the examiner.
• Another thing to keep in mind for this part would
be vocabulary. Perhaps as you think in the 1
minute of preparation time, you can write down
good vocabulary words to use in your speech.
IELTS Speaking Test Part 2:
Topics
• The topic paper will say thing like:
Describe a journey you took that took
more time than you expected.
• You should mention: Where you were
going. What caused you to be delayed.
How the delay made you feel.
IELTS Speaking Test Part 2
Examples
• Another example: Describe a sporting
event you went to or saw on TV. Include
some of the following information: Who
was playing in the sporting match. Where
it was held. How watching the match
made you feel.
Things to remember in Part 2
• Try to keep talking as long as possible. If
you finish too early, the examiner will ask
you to keep talking. After you finish your
long speech, the examiner may ask one or
two follow-up questions. You can answer
these with a short answer.
IELTS Part 1 Speaking Test
Meet Lester Chin….
Part 1 Introduction video clip
Part 2 Festivals
Culture
“A way of life shared by a group of people”
Food
Customs
Clothing
Language
Music
Art
Technology
Beliefs
Attitudes
Values
History
Expectations
World View
Communication Style
Vocabulary Matching Game:
Aspects of Culture
Do you have the definition for (read the word) ?
Do you have the word that means (read the
definition) ?
Culture
Customs
A way of life shared by a group of people
Beliefs
Attitudes
Ideas about what is true, right or wrong
Values
History
Expectations
What is considered to be important
Ways of behaving
Feelings about something
What has happened in the past
What is considered to be reasonable or usual
Communication Style The ways we use language to express ourselves
A person or group’s way of looking at the world
World View
around them
Diverse
Generalization
Having differences
Miscommunication
A failure to tell your meaning clearly or understand
someone else’s meaning clearly
A fact which is common among a group of people
Practice
In pairs, prepare a description of what traditions your
family follows on Chinese New Year.
Try using the following words and remember to use
FUTURE tense (eg. “will”)
•Culture (Cultural- adj)
•Customs (Customary-adj)
•Beliefs (Believe-v)
•Attitudes (Attitude towards….)
•Values (Valued- adj)
•History (historical- adj)
•Expectations (expect, expected-v)
•Diverse –adj
•Generalization (generalized-adj)
Generalizations
In groups of 4, finish the following statements:
•The French are proud ...
•The Italians are loud ...
•The Spanish are ...
•The Australians are…
•The Irish are ...
•The Germans are...
•The Swiss are...
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The Americans are ...
The Indians are ...
The Swiss are...
The Chinese are…
The Koreans are…
The Vietnamese are…
The British are…
Homework
1. Review the Jazz Chant
2. Make two lists of words to describe your
hometown. In the first list, write words
(adjectives) which describe the downtown or
countryside, the houses or buildings, the
restaurants or hotels, the roads, the people, the
weather, the transportation, and the food. In the
second list, write the names of any special
places you can visit there.
3. Review descriptive words of generalization and
sterotypes.
Next Major Speech
Date: November 6
Topic: Travel- Describe your latest interesting trip.
Duration: 1-2 minute speech
In your speech, please include the following:
• When and where did you go?
• Whom did you go with?
• What things did you do?
Also, please include information about 1 of the following:
• How common is long-distance travel in China?
• How do you think long distance travel will change in the future?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of traveling alone versus
in a group?
• What are the effects of tourism on small minority people groups?
• How can tourists be sensitive when visiting minority areas?