UNIT & Social Splash Objectives Vocabulary: Socialising Structures: Features of conversational English / Agreement Useful skills: Presentations III @ Speech bubbles ‘Complete the sentences (107) withthe words from below from| in| card (address join | coming || welcome 1. We'e playing squash tonignt Doyou fancy > 2. We're going for adrink after — work. You're to 3 What's f your e-mai [ 4 Were gong o ge something to ea Do you want to 5. Have you got a business 6. So, what 9a the worle are you ———— 2. Is this your $ first tire Frengra daa english 7 macy Think aboutitt ‘When was the as time you met someone new? Where were they from? What did you tlk about? Do you ever socialise with your work colleagues o fiends from college | university? What do you do? Do You go outwith ends very often? Where do you go? What do you lketo do when you meetup with members of your Family?UNIT & Social Splash Vocabulary: Socialising 8 Collocations ‘Complete the colocations withthe verbs fom below. In some ‘cases, more than one answer may be possible. Then, make a sentence/question with three ofthe expressions. discuss get exchange | keep arrange |play| have organise||go invite ¥ fora dink 2 sorreone fo lunch 2 phone numbers ‘ in touch with someone 5. a party 6 2 game of squash 1 to meet someone 8 on well with someone = work-related issues For school. © Word choice Choose the correct words to complete the expressions. 1. His name rings /calls a bell. Was he at Marston Publishing? 2. You look familiar /family. Have we met before? 3 Don't remind / know you from somewhere? 4. Haven't we known / met somewhere before? 5, So, what have you been down / up to? 6. |: was nicely / nice to see you again 7. Well, | realy Should get / make going 8, Keep in contacting / touch! imple: I got in touch with an old friend from fi Question creation Think ofa question for any four ofthe topics blow. sport [home| free time||music| TV |film | weekend [travel|| books | family | cars |weather| clothes] business For example: Sport = Did you see the game last night? VOCABULARY £1 Conversation analysis Read over the conversation. Then, answer the questions. Zoe: Hi, Harry,how’sit going? Not too bad thanks. | was just wondering whether you were going to come to the party this Saturday? ‘You mean Jody’s housewarming? Yeah, she said she'd invited you but you hada’t replied f: Yeah, well, | still don't know whether | can make it. How come? ‘Well you know my Dad uns a pub. = Yeah, f: Well, three of his bar staff are off sick, and he asked whether | could help out a bt. Oh, right, 1 know for sure by Saturday afternoon. So, what time is the party? Around 8pm - dinners at 9pm. Dowe ave ong anthing? Nothing in particular. I'l probably take a bottle of wine as she's preparing dinnet Sounds ond ave head shes agret cook, Hey have you got her address? Wait a sec, I've got it on my mobile. Here itis, t's 19 Hedgegrove Averue, just next tothe train station OK. might see you there then. 1. When's the party? 2, Whose patty is it? 3 Why is she having a party? 4 Why might Harry not be able to go? 5 When will he know by? 6 Wh: 7 What does Harry have to take to the party? Jody's new address? ‘our turn! Write out a short dialogue between two people who are talking about going to a party. Think about itl Socialising What's the best cllege-or work-related socal event you've been to? And the worst? Whats yout opinion of business lncres? Are they useful? Have you evr organised a socal event? What wasit? Have ‘ever done business on the go course or over lunch? What did You talk about? What other sports are good for soilising? What are our favoutte topics of conversation for small tal? What ae your top tps for making small talk? nUNIT & Social Splash Language Structures: Features of conversational English Here are some interesting features of conversational Pot Tike this is used | There's two, lke, horses, lke, waiting tofilla gapina at the side conversation) | 'ye got, ike, about two minutes to, like, deal with it. us know it's great, you know, because you i isusedto can doitall from home. lla gap ina Ifyou want any help, just, you know, conversation, or | to check that the other person is following you) Erm, I'm not really sure. Er, what do Er erm (these f you think? “sounds” are often used Erm, I'm not really sure how to put ‘while people this, but, erm, we've just won the rethinking of — Iotteyl something to say) I mean (this expression is used for selfcorrection It's realy good, | mean, itisn’t bad I'm thirty ix, | mean, thirty seven or for clarifying something) as a matter x ‘As a matter of fact, it was Frank |fact / actually |ho said that /to jell yous ‘Actually, I've never even been there. phe teth Z¥¢5 lTo tell ou the truth, | thought it (these Theater een was one of her worst are oftenused __|Yes, but do you really understand it? to express contradiction) ‘anyway /by |Anyway, did you get a chanceto the way... (these | speak to Clara? lexpressionsare | By the way, did you hear what Nigel often used to | sad about ‘change the topic of conversation, orto move onto something different n GRAMMAR Sentence completion Complete the sentences with the comect ward ep In some cases, more than one answer may be possible. Ss 1. Ar think Sandra's going to work in Seattle next year, B _., I think she's already gone. 2. & You look familiar, Haven't we met somewhere before? B fact, | was at a party at your house las 3 A Do you like it} Bt truth, | didn't really think much of it 4. And then | was late for work that's enough about me. What about your day? 5 way, do you know what happened to Phoebe? © Conversation analysis Read the conversation and circle any features of conversational English. Dennis and Melissa are talking about increases to the congestion charge —the amount you have to pay if you want to drive car (or other vehide) into London. Dennis: So, like, you know, they're planning to expand the congestion charge. They're, gonna, like, start charging 50% more... to go into the centre. Yeah, | heard, | heard about that. | think t's pretty good, I mean, it's gonna, erm, lke, reduce the nurnber of cars inthe centre even more, they, they reckon. Melissa: Yeah, but'm not so sureit’s a good idea. | mean, you don't need to drivein, but some people, like, you know, people who work there, need to drive into the centre And it's, erm i's bad for business, ist it? Dennis: Well, don’t know about hat —| mean, Ican't understand why people don't use public transport, bout what | erm, what ike is that there are fewer cars, and, erm, like, less pollution. Hopefully, they'll pedestrianise mare areas ofthe centre, and mae it like, more people-iendly, and alot, clean... cleanec I hinkits, erm, a great idea Melissa: Yeah, but lots of small business overs need to get, Ike, their goods tothe shops. You know, shops need to havedeliveres, erm, people need to drive there to buy things and to, and to get them out I guess so. Maybe they could have a reduced rate fr people withbusinesses inte centre Melissa: Yeah, maybe, so what do you think of... fades out] Dennis:UNIT & Social Splash 1 Fluency practice ‘Answer the questions. fyou're working in pais, make anote of any ‘other features of conversational Englshin your partners answers. @ Do you like modern art? ® Would you prefer to live in * Do you do much sport? © Do you eat well? Do you go out very much with your friends or colleagues? Do you like it were you live? @ Do you eat out very often? e city or the country? reement The use of sa / neither / nor / either We can use so to agree with another speaker's affirmative statement. For example: A: I've seen it before. B: So have | Wher the verb is in the present simple or the past simple, we use do / does or did. For example As Jessica lives here. B: So does Nick. Az loved the film, B: So did | To agree with another speaker's negative statement we car use neither / nor i alficmat ve sentence either in negative sentences. For example: A: Icide't thirk much of it B: Neither did I. / Nor did |. /| didn’t either. As Laura isn’t coming to the party. B: Neither is Jaxe. / Novis ake. / Jake isn't either © Word choice ‘Complete the minidialogues with the conect words. 1. el saw a great documentary on the Australian outback on TV last night B: So do /did I! | thought it was great : Hey, did you get a chance to look over the 2 A: Me either / neither. Maybe we could look over itn A: Yes, good idea 3. A: What was the name of that guy we met in the meeting last week? B:| can't remember A: Em, he did't give you a business card, did he? B: No, sorry. And | didn! his name either / too. A: Me neither. 4- A Have you got the time on you? B: Yes, i's a quarter past four, ard | stil have fished the work we were supposed to complete. A:| havert either / too, but ve filed in the timesheets B: Oh, yes, so do / have | GRAMMAR fi Conversation analysis Read over the conversation. Then, answer the questions. Afterwards, see if you can identify any Features of conversational English. ‘Hugo and Libby, two old friends, have just met up in the street. Hey. how it going? Haven't seen you forages pHi, there. last saw you at Luke's wedding. That was about two years ago, wasn'tit? f Tha'sright! Wow! Doesn't time fy? It sure does. So ae you sil living in that, erm, fat ‘overlooking the river? f No, actual moved tothe country, believe it or not So didi! What a coincidencet Ubughta hoseinaite wig. his is jstso peaceful. I miss the city though. Yeah, me too. So, what are you doing herein London? I'm just back here for the weekend to see my family Soam I! f Funny us bumping into each other, isn't it? So, have you, e1m, been in touch with any ofthe other guys? »: No, not realy Me neither. Have you got time for a coffee? Yeah, sure! f Grea. There used tobe a reall nice caféin Canal Steet {know the one. | used to go there quite lot fp So did | its got that lovey old fireplace. That's it p. I'mso glad I bumped into you Metoo. I've been meaning to getin touch, So, tell me, what did you... fades out) hen did they last see each other? eis Libby living now? is Libby doing in London? 4. Have either of them been in touch with their fiends? 5. Where do they go for a coffee? Your turn! \Write out a short dialogue between two old friends who've just bumped into one another.UNIT & Social Splash The Meeting Activity type: conversation Task You're going to have 2 conversation with an old friend. First, complete the diary page below with a varety of activities (squash with Archie, lunch with Anna, etc.), Then, imagine it's Monday morning. You're out walking inthe street when you bump into your old friend. Make small talk and tell him/her what you've been up to, how things are going at work, where you're living, who you're seeing, etc. Also, pass on some news about a mutua friend and say what he/she is doing. Chat for at least four minutes. At the same time, see if you can find a time for lunch together. You may have to re-arrange one of your appointments. SPEAKING TASK Day Time morning afternoon morning afternoon morning, afternoon morning afternoon morning afternoon morning afternoon morning afternoon Catching up on old news Arranging to meet So, where are you living now? ut ® I'm sorry but I'm dusy on. ‘Ace you stil in touch with... Guess what | heard? Did you hear about... You'll never guess who | saw the other day You won't believe who | bumped into yesterday. Have you heard anything about...2 What's X up to these days? What's the latest on... Isit true that...2 english * @ I'l be up to my neck in work on @ "ve got an early-morning meeting on Saturday ‘mall tied up on Sunday. could possibly rearrange my 3 o'clock appointment. © | may be able to reschedule my Tuesday lunch. © | might be able to get out of the meeting early. © There's a chance that it wll get cancelled anyway. Remember! You must do the Reading and Listening PnuiteensCaceieikaet seaWS EFU E S KI LLS Presentations PART 0 Sign post language © Presentation analysis Read through the extract from the presentation. Then, answer the ‘questions. 1. What percentage of school children are eating the recommended seryings of fruit and vegetables? 2, What percentage of children are eating a balanced diet? 3. What percentage of young people are not doing physical activity on 2 regular basis? Health Crisis, “Thank you very much for coming in. In today's talk, we'll be looking at the issue of food and rutrition and the current crisis of children’s health. I'l be happy to take any questions at the end, Statistics out today show that less than 15% of school chilcren eat the recommended se-vings of fruit anc vegetables. And only 30% consume the recommended amount of milk. Or top of that, teenagers today are drinking twice as much carbonated soda as milk, ard they'te also doing half as rruch exercise. The situation js serious, to say the least! Despite the fact that vast sums of money have already | been spent on attempts to improve quality, food served at schools still doesn't meet minimum nuititiona standards. in fact, only 2% of children are eatinga balanced diet according to the recommendations | established by the Ministry of Health, The realy worrying thing is that this can only get worse. To make matters worse, too rary chilcren are physically inactive Neatly 5096 of young people do not engage in physical activity on a regular basis. What's more, the percentage of young people who are overweight has more than doubied since 1970. ‘And now childhood obesity is recognised asa national epidemic, Now, ifyou'd just take a look at... fades out] L —_— © Useful language Read through the extract from the presentation again and find any ‘examples of language for.» 1. adding an additional point / argument. 2. “contrasting ideas. } ..emphasising 2 point. Useful expressions BA oe Thirdly. Then,... Next, Secondly... Alter that, Contrasting ideas © On the one hand....on the other hand © However... Although... Even though... In spite of Despite... Unless, Adding ideas ‘© Moreover... Furthermore... On top of that, Not only did they... but they also... In action, . What 's more,... To make matters worse, Other useful expressions © Therefore... Before... When ..Anyway... Well So... Basically Emphasising a point © The fact is that.. Most alarmingly, they found that worrying thing is that. 's worth mentioning @ Vd like to emphasise the fact that © I'd like to point out that 18 I'd ike to highlight the fact that ‘© | must point out that t's interesting to note that. Forecasting @ We anticipate that. © We forecast that. @ We expect that. We predict that Task Write an extract froma presentation on atopic of your choice. Include lots of sign post langauge. b