Teacher Book 01

Acadsoc Advanced Speaking

Course Series for Adults

1. Learn and Talk series

2. Free Talk with Topic series

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Learn and Talk

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 Course Overview
This collection has 4 levels of courses – Learn and Talk 0, Learn and Talk I (new), Learn and
Talk II (new), Learn and Talk III. Although the structure for each level is a bit different, the
whole series of Learn and Talk, has the consistent instructional objective – to improve
students’ English speaking skills with situational practice.

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Learn and Talk 0
1. Course Introduction

Learn and Talk 0 is designed for adult students who

intend to improve oral English but may have a poor
foundation. It mainly refers to daily topics such as
daily life, travel, eating, traffic, etc.

About 360 commonly used words and 180 useful

sentence structures are presented in authentic
English materials with situational practice to
improve students’ English speaking skills.

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 课程特色
2. Course Structure
The course has strong practicality. Topics selected in Learn and Talk 0 are close to
the real life of adult students.

Topic 1 Self-introduction & Small talk

Topic 2 Daily life Topic 6 Travel

Topic 3 Opinions & Emotions Topic 7 Traffic

Topic 4 Past experience Topic 8 Eating

Topic 5 Love life Topic 9 Shopping

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 3. Trial Lessons

Learn and Talk 0 has three trial lessons. The materials of trial lessons
don’t differ much from those of VIP lessons, yet with a smaller
volume, so that you can spend more time on interacting and talking
with the students.

Learn and Talk 0

Trial Lesson 1 I just want to relax now!

Trial Lesson 2 What’s your job?

Trial Lesson 3 It’s raining cats and dogs.

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4. Course Features

New features 1
The knowledge of each lesson has a strong correlation.
The fours steps provide a complete and memorable
procedure of learning how to apply English into daily
conversations.

Each lesson has a clear and practical objective. The

learning of vocabularies are strongly integrated with the
learning of dialogs and texts in a way that students are
able to construct meaning based on their own
experiences.

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4. Course Features

New features 2

This course focuses on the improvement of

students‘ spoken language. The authentic pictures and
conversations are provided to combine the knowledge
with the real life perfectly, so as to help the students
master relevant language skills and improve their
communication ability.

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4. Course Features

New features 3

Each lesson provides various activities such as conversation

practice, role play to improve the students’ speaking skills
based on the language learned in the class. Moreover,
there are brainstorm activities designed to help the
students integrate the sub-topic. Through the effective
interactions between teachers and students, the learners
can master the oral skills and are able to apply what they
have learned in daily life.

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Learn and Talk I (New)
 1. Course Introduction
Learn and Talk I is designed for adult students who have intermediate English proficiency, and want to
improve their oral English. It mainly includes daily topics like shopping, dining, travelling, etc.

This teaching material also incorporates about 360 commonly used words and 120 useful expressions
presented with situational practice, aiming to improve students’ English speaking skills.

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 课程特色
2. Course Structure
There are 5 sections in each VIP lesson of Learn and Talk I (new): Warm-up, Let’s learn, Let’s talk,
Review and Further study.

Learn and Talk I (new)

Parts Content

Warm-up Small talk

Let’s Learn Dialog, key vocabulary

Dialogue 2 discussions

Review Key words, language points

Further Study Several extracurricular words & recordings

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 3. Trial Lessons

Learn and Talk I (new) has three trial lessons. The materials of trial
lessons don’t differ much from those of VIP lessons, yet with a
smaller volume, so that you can spend more time on interacting and
talking with the students.

Learn and Talk I (new)

Trial Lesson 1 Buying Clothes

Trial Lesson 2 In a Restaurant

Trial Lesson 3 In the Supermarket

Learn and Talk II (New)
 1. Course Introduction
Learn and Talk II is suitable for adult students who have good English proficiency and want to develop their
vocabulary, expand their knowledge, and improve their speaking skills. It contains various topics such as
movies, entertainment, travelling, current affairs and economics.

Different from Learn and Talk 0 and Learn and Talk I, Learn and Talk II has specially included ‘Text Reading’
exercises, which can also enhance students’ reading abilities while focusing on oral skills development.

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2. Course Structure
There are 5 sections in each lesson of Learn and Talk II (new): Warm-up, Text, Expression,
Look and circle and Discussion.

Learn and Talk II (new)

Parts Content

Warm-up Small talk

Text Paragraph reading

Expressions 3 key expressions with examples

Look and circle Exercise for reading comprehension

Discussion Discussion with follow-up questions

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 3. Trial Lessons

Learn and Talk II (new) has three trial lessons. The materials of trial
lessons don’t differ much from those of VIP lessons, yet with a
smaller volume, so that you can spend more time on interacting and
talking with the students.

Learn and Talk II (new)

Trial Lesson 1 The History of Cinema

Trial Lesson 2 Learn to Cook Online

Trial Lesson 3 Single Population

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Learn and Talk III
 1. Course Introduction
Learn and Talk III is suitable for adult students who have a solid English foundation, and want to learn
advanced vocabulary and expressions, understand the culture of English-speaking countries, and improve
reading and speaking skills. It contains various topics such as travelling, cultures, food, hot-debated online
topics and global news.

This teaching material is designed to teach students about western cultures, idiomatic English writing, as
well as to develop students’ reading and speaking skills.

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2. Course Structure

Different from Learn and Talk I (new) and Learn and Talk II (new), Learn and Talk III has
only three parts for each lesson: Preview, Article and Discussion.

Learn and Talk III

Parts Content

Preview Key words and expressions

Article Article reading

Discussion Discussion with follow-up questions

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 3. Trial Lessons

Learn and Talk III has three trial lessons. The materials of trial
lessons don’t differ much from those of VIP lessons, yet with a
smaller volume, so that you can spend more time on interacting and
talking with the students.

Learn and Talk III

Trial Lesson 1 How the Irish Lost Their Words

Trial Lesson 2 Handle the Stress of College Life

Trial Lesson 3 Some Were Neighbors

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 Lesson Breakdown
Though named differently, all the four levels share the same 5 sections essentially: Warm-up, Learn, Practice,
Discussion, Review. Therefore, this book will summarize a couple of applicable teaching methods for Learn
and Talk 0, Learn and Talk I (new), Learn and Talk II (new), Learn and Talk III.

Please adapt your teaching method to the specific situation.

Learn and Talk 1 Learn and Talk 3

Learn and Talk 0

Learn and Talk 2

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 Part A Warm up: This is the part for the teacher and student to get to know each other and
have a preview of the topic.
Learn and Talk 3
Learn and Talk 1

Learn and Talk 0

Learn and Talk 2

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Part B Learn: This is where the main content of the lesson is delivered. The beginner level
starts from the learning of words and expressions. The intermediate levels start from the
learning of dialogue and short paragraphs. The advanced level starts from reading an article.

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Part C Practice: Interactive exercises are provided in this part to encourage students to
reinforce and put what they learned into practice.

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Part D Discussion: Follow-up questions and hints are presented in this part for students to
express their thoughts on the given subject.

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Part E Review: Students are expected to recap the content of the lesson at the end of the
class.

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Free Talk with Topic

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 1. Course Introduction

This collection has 3 levels of courses – Free Talk

with Topic I (New) , Free Talk with Topic II, Free
Talk with Topic III. It mainly refers to daily topics,
and it also contains some discussions about the
abstract themes such as artificial intelligence,
biological evolution, life choices, ect.
3-5 leading questions and relevant words will be
given in each lesson which focuses on specific
topics. This course aims to help students expand
their vocabulary, improve the oral English and
communicative skills.

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Free Talk with Topic I (New)
1. Course Introduction
Free Talk with Topic I (New) is suitable for adult students with junior high school English level. The
course aims to help students master daily-topics related vocabularies, enroll in simple free talk
activities and express their own thoughts and opinions in English.

There are 120 lessons with 120 topics provided in the course. In each lesson, students have to talk
about 5 main questions with the teacher and learn some key words. Also, selective questions and
further reading are available to students who have more interests about the topic.

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2. Trial Lessons

Free Talk with Topic I (New) has three trial lessons. The materials of
trial lessons don’t differ much from those of VIP lessons, yet with a
smaller volume, so that you can spend more time on interacting and
talking with the students.

Free Talk with Topic I （New） 新定主题自由交谈1

Trial Lesson 1 Internet

Trial Lesson 2 Friends

Trial Lesson 3 Tradition

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Free Talk with Topic II
Course Introduction
Free Talk with Topic II is suitable for adult students with CET-4 level. The course aims to help students talk and
express in English freely and fluently. It also trains students to think critically.

Free Talk with Topic II provides 60 topics all together. 5 topic-related questions discussion, words learning and
further reading are the three main parts of each lesson.

Trial Lessons

Free Talk with Topic II

Trial Lesson 1 Movie Actors/Actress

Trial Lesson 2 Festival Food

Trial Lesson 3 Weather & Season

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Free Talk with Topic III
Course Introduction
Free Talk with Topic III is suitable for adult students with CET-6 level. The course aims to help students to make a
short speech and develop the ability of vocabulary association and language organization

Free Talk with Topic III provides 60 topics all together. 3 Speeches with 5 given words and 1 quotation, selective
questions and further reading are the main parts of each lesson.

Trial Lessons

Free Talk with Topic III

Trial Lesson 1 Mistakes

Trial Lesson 2 Light

Trial Lesson 3 Fly

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Teaching Instructions
Teaching instruction 1

Thinking about the aims of the lesson you are about to teach is a fundamental skill for
Lesson objectives a teacher and one which impacts on the choices you make as the lesson progresses.

When giving instructions make sure that:

1. Your language is graded.
Instructions 2. You enunciate clearly.
3. You check that learners understand what to do.

1. You can use the chat box to help weaker students become more confident and to
chat to you until they are ready to speak.
Feedback 2. Use the chat box to give personalized feedback to individual learners directly. Giving
specific suggestions for improvement is one way to make feedback constructive.

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 Teaching instruction 2

• In greetings part, you can create a cordial communication atmosphere to help you
know the basic information and English level of students, so that you can adjust
your teaching pace and use appropriate language to guide students in the following
parts. Therefore, you can start the lesson with small talk about students’ daily life
and give a brief self-introduction about the unit theme to build a relaxing and
positive learning environment.

• The suggested time is given on the top right of each page. It’s always a good idea to
tell students how much time they have to complete a task and to tell them half the
time has passed. This will get them used to working within time limits.

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 Teaching instruction 3
• According to the theory of Communicative Approach, learning language successfully comes through having to
communicate real meaning. For adult students, learning a foreign language is for self-improvement and practical
use, therefore, the main focus of this lesson is to develop their English communication skills through a large
amount of speaking practice. In view of this, authentic materials are provided to simulate the situations students
may encounter everyday to increase their language input.

• When you teach the key words and expressions, please show the motions of your mouth/ tongue/ breath for the
student to imitate. Please always use gestures, pictures and examples to explain the meaning of expressions.
When the student read the text on his or her own, please correct both their pronunciation and intonation to help
them improve their English accent.

• Before proceeding to the practice part, you can question the student about the details of the text or ask the
student to make sentences with the key words to test if he or she has fully understood the text.

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 Teaching instruction 4

• To help students consolidate the knowledge points, interactive exercises are

provided. Please try to be patient with your student when instructing him/her
to do exercises. If the student is not familiar with the tool bar, please make
timely and direct corrections.

• The best way to teach students how to do an unfamiliar activity is by

demonstrating it a few times so that they can see exactly what is expected.
That way, every student is clear about what needs to be done. As students get
used to different activities and routines, there will be less need for
demonstrations and modeling.

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 Teaching instruction 5
• According to Bloom’s Taxonomy, educational objectives can be
categorized into 6 stages: Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze,
Evaluate, Create. The previous three parts are for the students to
remember and understand the knowledge points, while the
discussion part is designed for the students to apply what they
have learned into practice and to evaluate their learning outcome
through a free talk.

• Since this part is mainly to develop students’ communicative skills,

fluency should be the primary learning focus, it is preferable not to
interrupt students’ speaking for error correction.

• Teachers are expected to show their enthusiasm and facilitate

students in giving utterance in this part. Try to use questions to
induce students to talk as much as possible and remind them of
the minor mistakes in an indirect way to encourage self-correction.

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 Teaching instruction 6

• A brief summary is very important for students to recap what they have
learned before finishing the lesson, so please lead them to read the
language points and kindly remind them the after-class vocabularies.

• If you are handling lessons for both children and adult students, please
adjust your teaching method for different age groups. Compared to
students under 18, adult students are more certain about their language
level and learning goal. Therefore, it is necessary for you to talk to them
about their doubts and expectations for the course in order to give them
useful advice on improving their language proficiency. Besides, please
carefully listen to their feedback and remind them to leave five-star reviews
if they are satisfied about the lesson.

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 Descriptors of supportive teacher-student talk

1. Extend teacher-student exchanges by asking follow-up questions that

can lead to active student participation and negotiation of meaning.

2. Give student time to think and hold back from immediately providing
the desired wording.

3. Use the student’s wording as a basis for modeling and reformulating

new language to make his/ her language more complete and explicit.

4. Have student explain orally how he/ she solved a problem to check on
the reasoning process and recast what the student has said.

5. Listen to what the student is saying (not only for the “prescribed”
answers you have in your head) and respond accordingly.

6. Keep a good balance between “open” and “display” question.

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