Sunday, March 30, 2014

That's English! Module 6 - lesson 6

Hi, everybody!
This week we've got an important lesson because giving your opinion is a very natural way of speaking and it's pretty frequent to use it in your daily life. Let's see some pages to work with this topic:
  • A list with common expressions and an exercise to practise; click here
  • Another list but you can see the distinctions among ways of expressin opinions; click here
  • This is to express agreement, partial agreement and disagreement; click here
  • Video oriented to pass an exam but it's useful but rather long, to tell you the truth; click here
  • This PDF is to show you how to use these expressions while you are writing; click here
But I'm more interested in giving you practical exercises such as these ones:
  • Work with your partner (if possible)about these discussions; you must have a different point of view supported by reasons (even if you don't agree with your part in the dicussion): 
    • cats or dogs for a pet, what's better, more practical, nicer...?
    • a car or a bike in the city; your own transport or public transport
    • a house or a flat; living in the outskirts or in the city centre.
    • using cash or credit card; buying in a shopping centre or in small shops.
  • You can do the same exercise by writing your point of view.
Another important point in this lesson is the use of question tags; here you are a good explanation, click here or here if you prefer a video; but if you want to practise, click here
The most difficult thing is to do it while speaking and to give the right entonation. You can do it at home by recording to yourself; try it and you'll see how you improve.

Just to finish with, here you have a video about body language; I think it's quite interesting so click here; this other video is also quite interesting, but a bit longer; have a try and click here

See you in class!


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