Vo Thi Mai Vy (Ms.

) 2020

LISTENING – SPEAKING B2
UNIT 2 – HANDOUT

PICTURE-BASED DISCUSSION
- Topic: Megacities

Traffic jam, Beijing Air pollution, Mexico City Poor quality accommodation, Jakarta

- Describe the pictures in terms of

- What are advantages and disadvantages of living in megacities?
- List some possible solutions to their problems.

LANGUAGE USE IN SPEAKING TASKS

INDIVIDUAL TASK - PICTURE

In the background

In the top left At the top In the top right

On the left In the center/middle On the right
In the bottom left At the bottom In the bottom right

In the foreground

PAIR/GROUP TASK - DISCUSSION

 GETTING STARTED
- Which one shall we start with?
- What do you think, Bob?
- Bob, I think you know a lot about [topic]. What’s your opinion on it?
 MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM
- Shall we move onto [topic] now?
- So what about [topic]?
- I wonder if we can compare [current topic] to [new topic]?

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- What about this one? [pointing to topic]

- What do you think about this idea?
 ENDING YOUR TURN
- What do you think?
- Don’t you agree?
- Do you have anything to say about that?
- Do you have anything to add to that?
- Did I forget anything?
 INTERRUPTING
- Sorry to interrupt but…
- Just a second…
 AGREEING
- I was just thinking that!
- I was just going to say that!
- That’s just what I was thinking.
- I couldn’t agree more.
- You’re totally right.
 DISAGREEING
- Maybe, but what about…?
- I think it would be better to…
- I’m not so keen on that.
- I don’t really agree with you there.
- Yeah, but, the thing is…
- The problem with what you said is…
 REACHING A DECISION
- We can eliminate [topic] right away.
- So then, what do you think is the best one?
- I guess you think we should choose [topic]?
- And we both in favor of [topic]?
- Okay, so we agree.
- I don’t think we’re going to agree on this!
- Let’s agree to disagree!
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