Level 3 Student’s Worksheet

Unit 5A What’s Your Communication Style?

A Complete the quiz. Choose the best answers for you.

Are you a talker or

a listener?
Take the quiz and find out!

1 Do you like giving speeches?

a) it depends on the topic
b) not at all

2 What kind of friends do you have?

a) friends that listen to me
b) friends that talk a lot
7 When you meet someone new, how do
3 How often do you take part in you feel?
discussions? a) confident
a) often b) cautious
b) not a lot
8 When you talk with friends, what do you
4 What do you do when you have an usually do?
argument? a) express my opinions honestly
a) say everything I feel b) think carefully before I speak
b) keep my feelings inside
9 When you discuss in a group, what do
5 How much time do you spend talking you usually do?
on the phone? a) take the lead in the discussion
a) a lot b) sit back and let others take the lead
b) I prefer text or e-mail.
10 When you give a talk to a large group of
6 What do you usually do at a party? people, how do you feel?
a) try to talk to everyone a) enthusiastic
b) wait for someone to talk to me b) embarrassed

B Guess your partner’s answers. Then interview your partner to find out if you were
right. Tell the class what you found out about your partner.

C Count your a and b answers and check your results.

Mostly a: You’re an extrovert. You love to talk.

Mostly b: You’re an introvert. You’re a good listener.

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 Level 3 Unit 5A Notes
Teacher’s Teacher’s Notes

What’s Your Communication Style?

Objective: to talk about different styles of communicating verbally
Time: 40–45 minutes
Skills: speaking and listening—describing communication styles
writing—writing a quiz/journal entry
Vocabulary: words to describe verbal communication
Grammar: reported speech
Preparation: hand out one copy per student

Lead-in»
Review the vocabulary on p. 50 of the student’s book by writing
these words on the board: speak, speech, argue, argument,
talk, discuss, discussion. Ask the students to identify if they
are verbs or nouns, or both. Review the prepositions and
verbs that go with each one, e.g., speak to/with/about; give a
speech; have a discussion. Ask the students to look at some
of the pictures in this unit that show people talking in different
situations. Ask them to work in pairs and discuss the pictures
using the vocabulary you wrote on the board, e.g., What are
they talking about? Are they having an argument?
C
●● Draw the students’ attention to the results box.
Have them count their a and b answers and read the
results box which reflects the answer they gave the
most. Does the results box accurately reflect their
personality?
Follow-up
●● When the students finish the activity, ask them to work
together to create two more questions (with answer
options) for the quiz.
●● Nominate students to write their questions on the

board. Ask the class to comment on or improve the

questions. Take a class vote on the best ones.
A
●● Hand out the questionnaires and ask the students to journal entry
complete them individually.
Ask the students to write a journal entry about their own
●● Give the students a few minutes to complete the
spoken interaction style.
questionnaire. As they work, circulate and monitor,
giving help with vocabulary if necessary.
Web homework
B
Ask the students to use the Internet to research cultural
●● When the students finish Ex. A, put them into pairs.
differences in spoken interaction styles. What are the
Have them work individually at first to do the
main differences between English and their language or
questionnaire again, this time guessing what their
culture? Ask them to share their research with the class.
partner’s answers will be by circling the answers in a
different color.
●● Have the students interview each other to find out if

their guesses were correct.

●● When the students finish, ask them to tell the class

what they found out about their partner. Encourage

them to use reported speech, e.g., Raffi said that he
didn’t like giving speeches.

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