高级英语口语话题讨论导学案

CambridgeProficiency(CPE)SpeakingPartThreeonthetopicoflanguagelearningCPESpeakingPartThreeExaminer’sscript“Now,inthispartofthetestyou’reeachgoingtotalkonyourownforabouttwominutes.Youneedtolistenwhileyourpartnerisspeakingbecauseyou’llbeaskedtocommentafterwards.So,(nameofCandidateA)I’mgoingtogiveyouacardwithaquestionwrittenonitandI’dlikeyoutotelluswhatyouthink.Therearealsosomeideasonthecardforyoutouseifyoulike.Allright?Hereisyourcard,andacopyforyou(nameofCandidateB).Remember,wehaveabouttwominutestotalkbeforewejoinin.”(Aftertwominutes)“Thankyou.”“(NameofCandidateB)wh…/how/do/are/is/should…?”(questionaboutwhatCandidateAjustsaid)(NameofCandidateA)“Whatdoyouthink?”/“Doyouagree?”/“Howaboutyou?”(Afteraboutoneminute)“Thankyou”(takingbackthecards)“Now,(nameofCandidateB),it’syourturntobegivenaquestion.Hereisyourcard,andacopyforyou(nameofCandidateA).Remember(nameofCandidateB),youhaveabouttwominutestotelluswhatyouthink,andtherearesomeideasonthecardforyoutouseifyoulike.Allright?”(Aftertwominutes)“Thankyou.”“(NameofCandidateA)wh…/how/do/are/is/should…?”(questionaboutwhatCandidateBjustsaid)(NameofCandidateB)“Whatdoyouthink?”/“Doyouagree?”/“Howaboutyou?”(Afteraboutoneminute)“Thankyou”(takingbackthecards)“Now,tofinishthetest,wearegoingtotalkabout“languagelearning”ingeneral.”CPESpeakingPartThreepromptcardsonthetopicoflanguagelearningBasedonrealCPESpeakingexamtasksWhathelpspeopletolearnlanguagesefficiently?personalitymotivationtechnologyHowimportantisittotrytoimproveyourpronunciation?beingunderstandablelisteningcomprehensionsoundinglikeanativespeakerIsitbettertoreadwithorwithoutadictionary?readingpleasureimprovingyourreadingspeedlearningvocabularyWhataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofcorrectingyourselfwhenyoumakegrammarmistakeswhilespeaking?fluencycomprehensibility“badhabits”Whatcanbegainedby“freeconversation”inEnglish?pickingupnewlanguagefluencyconfidenceHoweasyisittolearntounderstandEnglishspokenatnaturalspeedbynativespeakers?timeneededmethodscomparisonstootherskillsWhatpartdoesgeneralintelligenceplayinbeingagoodlanguagelearner?differentkindsofintelligencestudyingandpickinguplanguagedifferentaspectsoflanguagelearningWhatarethemostimportantqualitiesneededtobeagoodlanguageteacher?charactertrainingexperienceMakemoretaskslikethoseabove,onthesameordifferenttopics.MajorlifeeventsThefutureNatureFoodanddrinkConsumerismMusicAskeachotherquestionsaboutlanguagelearningfromthelistbelow.Atwhatage…?Do...needto…?Doyouthinkitistruethat…?Doyouthinkmenandwomen…?Howcanpeople...?Howdo…benefitfrom…?Howimportantdoyouthink…is?Inaglobalworld,should…?Inthepast,…Isthisagoodthingdoyouthink?Inwhatwaysdopeopleneedto…?Isitbetterto…or…?Isiteasierto…or…?Isitmoreimportantforchildrento…or…?Isitmoreimportantfor…to…or…?Isitnaturalfor…to…?Isitsometimesgoodto...?Should(all)childrenbeexpectedto…?Somepeoplesaythat…Whatdoyouthink?Sometimes…Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat?Today,…Isthisagoodthinginyourview?Whatcan...learnfrom…?Whatdoyouthinkisthebest…for…?Whatistheappealof…?Whatisthebestwayto…?Whatmakessomepeople...?Whatroledoes…playin…?What…hashadthegreatestimpacton…?Whyaresomanypeopleinterestedin…?Whycan...?Whydosomepeopleprefernotto…?Would…bebetterif…?Askaboutanyquestionsabovewhichyoucouldn’tunderstand,couldn’tmakequestionsoutof,orcouldn’tanswer.Askanyquestionsbelowwhichyouhaven’talready.AtwhatagedoyouthinkchildrenshouldstartlearningEnglishatschool?DopoliticiansinthiscountryneedtoimprovetheirEnglish?Doyouthinkitistruethatthereisaninternational“EnglishasaLinguaFranca”whichisdifferentfromtheEnglishofnativespeakers?Doyouthinkmenandwomenareequallykeenonlearningforeignlanguages?Howcanpeoplekeepuptheirmotivationtolearnforeignlanguages?Howdoestheeconomybenefitfrompeoplelearningforeignlanguages?Howimportantdoyouthinkgrammaris?Inaglobalworld,shouldpeoplestudymoresubjectsthroughEnglish?Inthepast,peoplelearntlanguagesmainlythroughreadingliteratureandtextbooksonothersubjects.Isthisagoodthingdoyouthink?Inwhatwaysdopeopleneedtochangetheirpersonalitiestocommunicatereallywellinotherlanguages?Isitbettertocorrectyourselfwhenyoumakeamistakeorjustkeepspeaking?Isiteasiertolearnvocabularybyreadingorwithself-studyvocabularybooks?Isitmoreimportantforchildrentostartforeignlanguagesearlyortolearntheirownlanguagesproperlyfirst?IsitmoreimportantforchildrentolearnEnglishorChinese?Isitnaturalfornon-nativespeakerstouseveryidiomaticEnglishformslike“gonna”,“wanna”and“ain’t”?Isitsometimesgoodtowritesomethingdowninpreparationforspeaking?ShouldallchildrenbeexpectedtobeabletogiveapresentationinEnglish?Somepeoplesaythatthefirstlanguageshouldbebannedintheforeignlanguageclassroom.Whatdoyouthink?Sometimesschoolsusetranslationtolearnforeignlanguages.Whatdoyouthinkaboutthat?Today,moreandmoretechnologyisbeingusedintheforeignlanguageclassroom.Isthisagoodthinginyourview?Whatcanyoulearnfromwatchingsubtitlesmoviesinlanguagesyou’veneverstudied?Whatdoyouthinkisthebestmethodforimprovingyourfluency?Whatistheappealoflanguagelearningapps?Whatisthebestwaytoimproveyourspeakingoutsideclass?Whatmakessomepeoplegiveuponlanguagelearning?Whatroledoesmemoryplayinefficientlanguagelearning?Whathasthegreatestimpactonbeingabletoreachahighlevelinalanguage?Whyaresomanypeopleinterestedinspeaking“Queen’sEnglish”?Whycansofewpeoplelosetheiraccentsoncetheyhavepassedchildhood?Whydosomepeopleprefernottouseadictionary?Wouldlanguageeducationinschoolsinthiscountrybebetterifallteac