Grade 9 Topic Phase Getting the Topic right c 1 S241 Listen to the three people discussing the Topic phase. Who is a teacher, who is an examiner, and who is a student? Sara: Lucy: Gizcomo: 2 S144 Listen again, and fill in the blanks. 1 Prepare the Topic partly 2s ______and partly as 2 You need to think of a selection of ______ and ways to 3 Do Don't 4 Do Don't 5 Do Don't 6 It's most important to prepare and practise 7 Topic ideas: (| ee iy ii v iii 3. Match the example Topics a-e with the suggestions i-v made by the teacher in exercise 2, a Should | go to university? b The mobile phone of the future c The day | missed my plane Working as an actor in Hollywood © Learning to dance professionally 4. S142 Listen and check your answers, 5 Think of your own examples for each of the Topic ideas i-v mentioned by the teacher exercise 2. 6 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions and compare your ideas: 1 Which Topic do you know most about? 2 Are any of the Topics too complex for the exam? 3 Do you have to leatn lots of new vocabulary for any of the Topic ideas? 4 Which do you think are the best three Topics from the five possible ideas? 88 \ GRADE 9 TOPIC PHASEUsing Grade 9 language for your Topic 1 Use these Grade 9 Topic questions to try one of your three possible Topics. If it doesn’t generate many talking points, try another Topic. HHP " HHH EEE UESTIONS FOR GENERATING GRADE 4 TOPIC TALKING POINTS: Is there anything you wish you had / hadn't done? {5 there anything you wish you could have done? What should / could have been done? Do you regret doing that now? what do you assume happened? Do you think it might be /have been better if ...? What would it be like now if we had/ hadn't ...2 What's your best quess for why this happened? Overall, how do you fee\ about what happened? How would you evaluate your experience? It must have been difficult {i can't have been easy Do you remember thinking about ..? Did you remember to ...? Did you forget to ..? Did you stop to ..2 Do you have a dilemma? On the one hand ..., but on the other hand Can you see benefits on both sides? What do you suppose might happen if ..2 What do you assume might happen in future? What would you wish for? what do you hope to achieve? ‘what would your hope for the future be? 2 Decide on your final Topic. 3 Tell your partner which Topic you have chosen and why.4. Look at the example sentences below of Grade 9 language for talking about a big this for your chosen Topic. decision. Try to think of more sentences lil Gest Abig decision: going to university Your Iwish | had/ could ... {iat [ 200d speak more Languaden I wish | had/ hadn't said / done/ been... | wish {had studied harder and | wish { hadn't wasted so much time playing video game, Twish | could have done / said /been ... {wish | could frave gone to England to practise my English Ever since | was ..., ve dreamt of .. Ever since | was a little girl, ve dreamt of studying at Pisa University, Tregret ...ing/not ...ing regret not having worked harder. If only I could have ... {{f only | could have known that literature would be $0 useful to meat university If only I'd been ... Sessa if only {4 been. abi more interested in ray classes at school, If had /hadi IF had studied harder, I would be able to go to my ideal university now. Gut i's dificlt to go there without fantastic marks. If we'd known that then, ‘we wouldn't ... now. 1FT4 known then how hard it was to go to Pisa, [wouldnt be so worried now. Thope to ... { hope to apply to go to Pisa University Thope I'l be able to -.. Tihope Til be. able to afford to live there. Ws nota cheap. city to live-in, Thope he/she/it/ they hope my exams turn out to be a success, | really need good marks! Presumably, #f { move to Pisa, Wl make. new. friends, and old friends and famiby wil come ‘and visit me. | assume life a8 a student in Pisa is quite expensive n fie teeta: = tn theory, | could still go to Pisa, but { think he course vould be too hard for mie, Bisse Vd say... shad og | wl a 10 robot poe But not with a fantastic result. y best guess would be ... Gecause of ay exams, my Dest quese would DE that won't make i to Pisa this year, but | righ try again in the future, 9 TOPIC PHASESse) A big decision going to university Your idea What I mean by that is ... ‘What | tear by that is that if might not be ‘the easiest ae do to leave-home, but a's probably ihe cight thing to. do. In other words, ... in other words, #'s probably the local university | or nothing On the one hand, we but on the other ‘On the one hand, t would love to live a long ‘way {com my parents-and meet new friends, But on the other hand, { know (ll really miss them, In the end, it's not the other side of the world, and | won't be that far from hore. ‘On the whole, | would say ... was the right/ wrong thing to do. Bienen a On the whole, | would ay living away from ‘home is the right thing to do. U remember ...i { remember dreaming of life a8 @ student in happened is... remembered to | that old romantic city We should stop ...ing/stop | We should always stop to ask ourselves if we're = oing the Fight thing, and think {am What could /may/might have \hiai migitt have happened is [ve passed some cof my exams and failed one m particular X should have ... { should fave spent more time on ray weakest subject, but | was too busy doing other things It must have been ... 1 must have been something {heard from my srents that made me want 40 go there. What I would emphasize is ... ‘hat f would emphasize is that even though | traven't been a perfect student, | think (I be. better wien | go to university. ‘The most important point to remember is that ... |The most important point to remember is that whatever happens, it will all work out in tne end. Did you ever dream of ...? Did you ever dream of going fo a particular univers? Did you ever have any regrets Qsiens Did you ever have any regrets when you were 2 student? Was ... the right thing for you to do? was pees home the right thing for-qou to do at that ages Did/ Have you ever wished Did you ever wish you'd studied harder for an exam? UNIT 14, 3Organizing notes for your Topic \ 1 Work in pairs. It’s very useful to organize your ideas into talking points ready for discussion. Look at this example. What are the talking points of each group? Talking point: = hope to go to Pisa University Ever since | was a litle gid, Ive dreamed of going there. it mist have been something | heard from my parents that made me want to go there. (hope tl be able to afford to live there. t's rnot a cheap city to live in 174 known then hiow hard it was to go to Pisa, | wouldn't be #0 worried nov. Did you ever dream of going to a particular universin? Talking point: WWe should always siop to ask ourselves i were doing the right thing, and | think | am, (On the whole, | would s2y living away from lnome is the right thing to do. What mean by that is that it might not be the easiest thing to do to leave home, but i's probably the right thing to do, On the one land, | would love to live a long way from my parents and meet nex friends. But on the other hand, know Ul really miss them: Presumably, if | move to Pisa, Il make new friends, and old friends and family will come and visit me When did you leave home? Was leaving home the right thing for you to do at that age? Talking point: \ wish [could speak more languages. \ wish [had studied harder and Iwi | hadn't wasted so much time playing video games, 1 should have spent more time on my weakest subject, but | was too busy doing other things \ regret not having worked harder on literature WF only {had been'a bit more interested in my clases at school Did you ever have any regrets when you were 2 student? Talking poi nope my exams turn out to be a success. { really need good marks! IF Thad to guess, | would say tl probably pass. But not with a fantastic result IF only | could have Known that literature would be so useful fo me at university My best guess would be that | won't make it to Psa wat weld empath on teat een a pet student, [think Ill be better when I go to university Did you ever wish you'd studied harder for an exam? 2 5148 Listen to a student talking about the Topic notes. Did you guess the talking ints correctly? You cannot take las of text pa aa eee 3 Now think of four talking points for groups of ideas for your Topic. Plan your ideas fete ee and example sentences. Don't forget to add some questions you can ask the Getaled sentences. But ty examiner. not to reette them! 4. Compare your notes with a partner. Can you add any Grade 9 sentences or questions to your partner's notes? 5 Write your final notes for the examiner. They should only have the talking points and living anay_.) eomn home look like this: regrets 92 \ GRADE 9 TOPIC PHASE.Daim at the Exam 14 When you discuss the Topic with the examiner, the check if you can use the language of the Grad, Work in pairs. Look at the list of example exai questions you could ask about the Topic of Learning something, with at least one from each section: Wishes What do you wish you could do ...? Do you wish you had done / been / asked / said .. What should have been done ...? Regrets Do you have any regrets? 's there anything you regret doing/ not doing? Hopes What do you hope to ...? What do you hope to have done/ seen . ‘What are your hopes for the future? What do you hope might happen? Assumptions Presumably, .. What do you assume is the reason for ...? What do you assume would happen if ...? Paraphrasing In other words, ...? What do you mean by ...? Evaluating options What would you say is the best option? On the whole, which one would you ...? 2 Exchange Topic notes with your partner. Look 10 questions you can ask them about their Tot example questions above, or think of your owt 3 You are going to do a role play. 'W Student A You are the examiner. Decide which order points, and the questions you will ask Student B You are the candidate. Look at your notes. Think of three questions that you can ask the examiner about your Topic. 4 Now practise. You have five minutes to discuss the Topic and ask each other questions. 5 Change roles. Practise the Topic again. ‘examiner will ask you a range of questions to miner questions and choose 10 Hypothesising If you had to guess, what would you say was ...? In theory, why do you think ...? ‘What would have happened if things had been done differently? Evaluating past actions / events In the end, how do you think it went? Overall, how do you feel about what happened? Which would have been the better thing to do? X or Y? Mixed conditionals Hf you hadn't ..., what ... now? What would you be doing now, if X had /hadn't . Should/ must! might/ could + perfect infinitive What should /could they have done? What must /could/ might have happened? Complex past passive What should have been done? What could have been done differently? Verbs followed by -ing/ infinitive Do you remember ...? Did you remember to 2 When did you stop ...ing? Did you stop to ...? at their notes and think of Remember, you can adapt the m questions, You will follow for the talking UNIT 14 \ 93