高级英语口语话题讨论导学案

CambridgeProficiency(CPE)SpeakingPartThreeonthetopicoflanguage

learningCPESpeakingPartThreeExaminer'sscript

"Now,inthispartofthetestyou'reeachgoingtotalkonyourownforabouttwominutes.

Youneedtolistenwhileyourpartnerisspeakingbecauseyou'llbeaskedtocomment

afterwards.

So,(nameofCandidateA)I'mgoingtogiveyouacardwithaquestionwrittenonitand

I'dlikeyoutotelluswhatyouthink.Therearealsosomeideasonthecardforyoutouse

ifyoulike.

Allright?Hereisyourcard,andacopyforyou(nameofCandidateB).

Remember,wehaveabouttwominutestotalkbeforewejoinin."

(Aftertwominutes)"Thankyou."

"(NameofCandidateB)wh.../how/do/are/is/should...?"(questionaboutwhat

CandidateAjustsaid)

(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...?"(questionabout

whatCandidateBjustsaid)

(NameofCandidateB)"Whatdoyouthink?7"Doyouagree?"/"Howaboutyou?"

(Afteraboutoneminute)"Thankyou"(takingbackthecards)

"Now,tofinishthetest,wearegoingtotalkabout"languagelearning"ingeneral."

CPESpeakingPartThreepromptcardsonthetopicoflanguage

learningBasedonrealCPESpeakingexamtasks

WHafFielpspeopletolearnlanguagesefficiently?

-personality

-motivation

-technology

Howimportantisittotrytoimproveyourpronunciation?

-beingunderstandable

-listeningcomprehension

-soundinglikeanativespeaker

Isitbettertoreadwithorwithoutadictionary?

-readingpleasure

-improvingyourreadingspeed

learningvocabulary

Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofcorrectingyourselfwhenyou

makegrammarmistakeswhilespeaking?

-fluency

-comprehensibility

-"badhabits"

Whatcanbegainedby"freeconversation"inEnglish?

-pickingupnewlanguage

-fluency

-confidence

HoweasyisittolearntounderstandEnglishspokenatnaturalspeedby

nativespeakers?

-timeneeded

-methods

-comparisonstootherskills

WhatpartdoesgeneralinteFligenceplayinbeingagoodlanguagelearner?

-differentkindsofintelligence

-studyingandpickinguplanguage

-differentaspectsoflanguagelearning

Whatarethemostimportantqualitiesneededtobeagoodlanguageteacher?

-character

-training

-experience

Makemoretaskslikethoseabove,onthesameordifferenttopics.

MajorlifeeventsThefutureNatureFoodanddrinkConsumerism

Music

Askeachotherquestionsaboutlanguagelearningfromthelistbelow.

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'tmake

questionsoutof,orcouldn'tanswer.

Askanyquestionsbelowwhichyouhaven'talready.

AtwhatagedoyouthinkchildrenshouldstartlearningEnglishatschool?

DopoliticiansinthiscountryneedtoimprovetheirEnglish?

Doyouthinkitistruethatthereisaninternational"EnglishasaLinguaFranca"

whichisdifferentfromtheEnglishofnativespeakers?

Doyouthinkmenandwomenareequallykeenonlearningforeignlanguages?

Howcanpeoplekeepuptheirmotivationtolearnforeignlanguages?

Howdoestheeconomybenefitfrompeoplelearningforeignlanguages?

Howimportantdoyouthinkgrammaris?

Inaglobalworld,shouldpeoplestudymoresubjectsthroughEnglish?

Inthepast,peoplelearntlanguagesmainlythroughreadingliteratureandtextbooks

onothersubjects.Isthisagoodthingdoyouthink?

Inwhatwaysdopeopleneedtochangetheirpersonalitiestocommunicatereally

wellinotherlanguages?

Isitbettertocorrectyourselfwhenyoumakeamistakeorjustkeepspeaking?Is

iteasiertolearnvocabularybyreadingorwithself-studyvocabularybooks?

Isitmoreimportantforchildrentostartforeignlanguagesearlyortolearntheir

ownlanguagesproperlyfirst?

IsitmoreimportantforchildrentolearnEnglishorChinese?

Isitnaturalfornon-nativespeakerstouseveryidiomaticEnglishformslike"gonna",

"wanna"and"ain't"?

Isitsometimesgoodtowritesomethingdowninpreparationforspeaking?

ShouldallchildrenbeexpectedtobeabletogiveapresentationinEnglish?

Somepeoplesaythatthefirstlanguageshouldbebannedintheforeign

languageclassroom.Whatdoyouthink?

Sometimesschoolsusetranslationtolearnforeignlanguages.Whatdoyouthink

aboutthat?

Today,moreandmoretechnologyisbeingusedintheforeignlanguageclassroom.

Isthisagoodthinginyourview?

Whatcanyoulearnfromwatchingsubtitlesmoviesinlanguagesyou'veneverstudied?

Whatdoyouthinkisthebestmethodforimprovingyourfluency?

Whatistheappealoflanguagelearningapps?

Whatisthebestwaytoimproveyourspeakingoutsideclass?

Whatmakessomepeoplegiveuponlanguagelearning?

Whatroledoesmemoryplayinefficientlanguagelearning?

Whathasthegreatestimpactonbeingabletoreachahighlevelinalanguage?

Whyaresomanypeopleinterestedinspeaking"Queen'sEnglish"?

Whycansofewpeoplelosetheiraccentsoncetheyhavepassedchildhood?

Whydosomepeopleprefernottouseadictionary?

Wouldlanguageeducationinschoolsinthiscountrybebetterifallteachers

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