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Lesson code: VQED-H5JD-5RL7 INTERMEDIATE (B1-B2)
American English

1 Warm up
What can you see in these pictures?

1. 2. 3. 4.

What verb can you use with all these activities?

Which activity do you prefer? Why?

2 Listening to a talk - Intro

You are going to listen to a TEDx Talk by Marianna Pascal. Pascal has worked for many years with
businesses and organizations in Malaysia, training staff to be better communicators. She has also
written a series of books called "English: Fast & Easy". Pascal is originally from Canada and used to
work as an actor. She uses her acting skills to tell stories which explain her ideas.
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1. Read the Introduction to Marianna's talk. What are the missing words? Use the first letters to help you
decide. Then watch the Introduction and check your answers.

For the past 20 years, I've been helping Malaysian and other Southeast Asians to speak better English. And
through training thousands of Southeast Asians, I've discovered a very surprising truth. I've discovered
that how well somebody communicates in English actually has very little to do with their English level. It
has a lot to do with their attitude towards English.
There are people out there who have a very low level of English, and they can communicate very, very
well. One of them that I remember was a student, a participant of mine, named Faizal. He was a factory
supervisor English level very, very low but this guy could just sit and listen to anybody, very calmly,
clearly, and then he could respond, absolutely express his thoughts beautifully, at a very low level of
English.
So, today I want to share with you what is so d about people like Faizal? How do they do it?
And second of all, why is this so i not only to you, but to your children, to your community,
and to the future of Malaysia? And third of all, what's one thing you can do, starting today, if you want to
speak with that c , clear confidence that people like Faizal have.

2. Work in pairs to answer these questions about the Introduction:

a. Does Marianna think there is a strong relationship between a person's English level and how well
he/she communicates in English?
b. How many main points is Marianna going to make in her talk?

3. Think of three ways you will benefit from watching this talk.

3 Watching for the main idea

Marianna's talk has five parts, and in each part, she tells a story which relates to one of these pictures.
Watch the whole talk and put the pictures in order. One picture is extra (write 'extra' under it).

a. b. c.

d. e. f.
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4 Watching for detail - Part 1

Before you watch Part 1 again, use your dictionary to check these important verbs:

• to dread something
• to screw up
• to judge someone

Then answer these questions:

1. Which one is a phrasal verb? Are phrasal verbs usually formal or informal?
2. Which one is the opposite of look forward to something?
3. Is it a positive or negative experience if someone judges you?

Read the questions below and then watch Part 1 again to find the answers.

1. What did Marianna's daughter dread? Why?

2. What do many Malaysians fear about conversations in English? Why?

Do you feel the same way about speaking English? Why/not?

5 Watching for detail - Part 2

Before you watch Part 2 again, match these words from the talk with their meanings

1. disgusting a. a feeling of not being confident to speak with other people

2. embarrassment b. a feeling you get when you are thinking more about yourself
than about what you're doing
3. gross c. a feeling you get when you've done something wrong; your
face usually goes red when this happens
4. lousy d. informal - very unpleasant
5. self-awareness e. very bad: of low quality or unskilled
6. shyness f. very unpleasant
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Watch Part 2 again and then answer these questions, comparing Marianna's daughter when she was
playing the piano, and the guy in the cybercafe when he was playing computer games.

a. How were these two people the same? How were they different?
b. Who was having more fun?
c. Which person is likely to continue their activity for longer? What will the result of this be?

Do you do any activities in the same way as the guy in the cybercafe?

6 Independent study
You will watch Parts 3, 4, and 5 of Marianna's talk in a future lesson. For homework, write five true
personal sentences using some of the vocabulary from the exercises for Part 1 and 2. Your sentences
should use the words correctly and show the meaning of the words.

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