B1 English

CA Activity 6: Healthy living

Student Guidelines

Overview
Calendar (recommended)

Task 1a Study Healthy Complete

(4 - 7 Nov) living: Part 1 Task 1a

Oral Skills Optional

Pronunciation
(4 - 7 Nov) Practice

Task 1b and Complete

1c Study Healthy living:
Tasks 1b and
Part 2
(8 - 12 Nov) 1c

Reading Skills Healthy

(4 - 12 Nov) Living Quiz

Objectives

● Discuss about health and diet

● Talk about actions and their consequences
● Ask for and give advice

Materials

Healthy living

Pronunciation practice

1. /e/ and /æ/ (1)

2. /e/ and /æ/ (2)
3. /e/ and /æ/ (3)
4. /e/ and /æ/ (4)

Assessment

• 90%: Speaking task (Task 1c)

• 10%: Healthy Living Quiz (your teacher will inform you about the quiz on the Notice
Board)

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Task 1a. Healthy living tips (4th November – 7th November)

Study Part 1 of Healthy living

•Discussing diet and health
•T alking about actions and their
Task 1a: Write 5 pieces
c ons e que nc e s
•Giving advic e
of advice in GDrive

Make sure to study Part 1 of Healthy living before you do the tasks below.

Task 1a
1. Go to the CA6_Advice Google document in GDrive and read the advice that has already
been written.

2. Write at least 5 pieces of advice on how to lead a healthier lifestyle:

● Write your name in parentheses after each piece of advice you write.
● Try not to repeat what your classmates have said. Be creative!
● Each piece of advice should be maximum 10 words long.
● Try to use as many sentence beginnings as possible. (If you want, you can also write
your own sentence beginnings).
● Use spell check and check your grammar.
● Make sure to save your changes.
Examples are available on the Google document.

Pronunciation practice (4th November – 7th November)

1. After studying the online pronunciation materials (you can find the links on the
first page of these guidelines), go to Langblog and watch your teacher’s video and read the
instructions for the task.

2. Prepare your own post and record it.

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Task 1b and 1c. What should I do? Tandem (8th – 12th November)

Study Part 2 of Healthy living

•Discussing problems
•J oining a g ym
Task 1c: Record
Task 1b: Prepare for
your role play and
the speaking task
post it to the Forum

Study Part 2 of Healthy living before you do the tasks below. Make sure to complete the
exercises 01.02.04, 01.03.05, 02.01.04 and 02.01.05 from the online “Healthy Living” unit,
where you will practice the pronunciation of useful words for the task. Healthy living

In task 2, you and your partner are going to do a speaking activity in Tandem. Please follow
these instructions carefully because you will need TANDEM (available in your classroom) to see
the task(s) you need to complete.

This activity is a role play where one person pretends to have a health problem and the other
person pretends to be his/her new family doctor. Then, exchange roles. Bear in mind that you
must not invent the health problems as you will find them in Tandem. Make sure you read
the instructions you will find in Tandem very carefully.

Task 1b
Task 1b takes place before the conversation.
1. Email your partner to decide when you are going to meet. Also decide who is going to
invite who in Tandem
2. Prepare for the Tandem task
• Review the useful language below for describing problems, giving advice and
agreeing and disagreeing and prepare to use it while speaking.
• Think of additional information and vocabulary you might need to give and receive
advice on health problems.

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Useful language for
describing problems
•My problem is that...
•I have a problem that I’d
like to discuss with you...
•I don’t know what to do.
•What really worries me is
that...
Useful language for giving
advice
•You must… / You have to...
•You ought to... / You should
… •(I think) that’s a good idea.
•You must never… / You
mustn’t... / Never...
•You shouldn’t…
•If you can’t..., you need to…
•If you..., you will...
Useful language for agreeing
and disagreeing
•(I think) that’s good advice.
•(I think) you’re right.
•Yes, I’ll try to do that.
•I’m afraid that won’t work. /
I’m afraid I can’t do that.
•(Sorry, but) I don’t think
that’s a good idea.

Task 1c
Task 1c is the speaking task with your partner. Do the Tandem task called CA6 Healthy Living.

Your conversation should be maximum 6 minutes long.

You must do the task only once and you must not prepare your conversation beforehand.
The aim of using Tandem is that you improvise and spontaneously use your English (it doesn’t
have to be perfect, don’t worry; short and spontaneous is much better than long and artificial).
Conversations that sound as if they were prepared (scripted, pre-written) will be
penalised. Intonation that does not sound natural will also be penalised.

Assessment criteria for CA6 (Speaking) Marks

Task completion: completion of the task, length, effective communication, 0-5
extra work and optional tasks
Intelligibility, pronunciation, intonation: quality of contribution, clarity, 0-5
natural intonation
Interactive communication: initiating and developing interaction 0-5
Language complexity and accuracy: variety and accurate use of 0-5
vocabulary and grammar
Total mark __/20

Healthy Living Quiz (4th November – 12th November)

Your teacher will post the instructions for an assessed reading quiz (compulsory). Make
sure you do it as it counts as a 10% of your total CA grade.

Assessment criteria for Healthy Living Quiz Marks

Correct answers 0 - 10
Total mark __/10

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Optional Speaking Task (8th November – 12th November)
The extra speaking task is a TANDEM activity. Read the instructions in this document to know
how Tandem works: Tandem Task Instructions_Students.

Your teacher will post further details about it on the Notice Board.
1. Find a partner. You and your partner must be available at the same time and day. You
should use the ‘Conversation Club’ folder in the Forum in order to look for a partner.

2. Arrange a date and time for your Tandem optional task.

3. Do the Tandem task that your teacher will have prepared.

4. Remember that the Tandem tool will open 2 tabs in your browser: A Tandem session
that will show the Tandem task information and a Videochat session that will video
record the conversation with your partner.

5. Once you and your partner reach the end of the Tandem task, check the solution and
click ‘Click to finish’. Then, click ‘Click here to close the Videochat session’.

6. Your conversation will be recorded automatically and your teacher will have direct
access to it. Post a message on the ‘Conversation Club’ folder letting your teacher
know that you have completed this task.