UNIT 1

PUBLIC SPEAKING

A. Learning English

1. Brainstorming. Think of anything about learning English. How do you learn English?
Answer : The best way to learn English is English skills are very much needed in the world of work, when we
work in another country, we can communicate easily.
2. Listen to 6 people (Diego, Christophe, Aiste, Santi, MJ, Katia) talking about how they learn
English.

NO NAME WAY OF LEARNING ENGLISH

1 Diego The best way to learn English is to go
abroad, live in that country for awhile, get
used to the culture and make friends. I
think socializing is the best way to learn a
new language.

2 Christophe What is the best way to learn English? I

think the best way to learn English is to
talk with native speakers, speakers who
have English as their mother tongue, but
the really best way to learn English is if you
have an English boyfriend or girlfriend
because that really makes you learn
English a lot faster.

3 Aiste I think the best way to learn English is to

speak with people in English and try to
communicate in English as much as you
can, and the next thing I think is to listen
for the news and TV and native English
speakers and do it as often as possible.
 4 Santi The best way to learn English. First, you
watch movies. A lot of movies, foreign
movies, well, English movies would be the
best, and you can choose the movies.
That's the first thing you have too, and
then second of all, you can learn new
vocabulary, and the other best things to
learn English is having conversation with a
native speaker, because you can improve
your pronounciation.
5 MJ I think meet many foreigners and make
foreign friends cause not only studying a
book and read books and correcting
grammar, it is important, but you know
facing with the real native is one of the
most important to improve your English
skill.

6 Katia The best way to learn English I believe is

actually to go a country that they speak
English. You will pick it up very fast. There
is no other way around. You have to learn
or otherwise you will be somewhat outside
of the society, so the best way to learn is
being around the people that speak
English.

3. Listen to the recording again and write down any words/phrases related to learning English you
heard.
Answer : having conversation with native speakers, watching foreign movie, to go to another country.
4. Fill in the blanks below using the words/phrases you heard from the recording.
a. No matter how hard I learn English, I will never sound a native speaker.
b. I want you to talk with me and watch the way my mouth moves attentively.
c. If you listen very carefully, you can hear some evidence of his mother tongue when he
speaks.
d. Having conversation with people in a non native language is very difficult at first.
B. How a Book Changed MY Life
1. Watch the video WITHOUT the sound and decide if the following statements about the girl in
the video, Storm, are true or false.
a. She grew up in a poor family. True
b. She owned a lot of books. False.
c. She found volcanoes really exciting. False.
d. She didn’t really enjoy reading. False.
e. When she was 15 she left the migrant camps. True.

2. Watch again, this time WITH the sound, and check your ideas.
a. She grew up in a poor family. True, She says that she often hungry.
b. She owned a lot of books. False. Storm says that she wasn’t allowed to have books because they
weren’t portable enough.
c. She found volcanoes really exciting. False. she was anxious about them.
d. She didn’t really enjoy reading. False. Because reading change storm's life.
e. When she was 15 she left the migrant camps. True. Because after she was reading books, she
got the courage to leave the camp.

3. Answer the following questions based on the video.

1. In what ways was Storm’s childhood difficult? She says she learnt to fight with a knife before
she learnt to ride a bike, she had to work hard every day and was often hungry.
2. How did Storm react at first when she saw the book mobile? She assumed that it was not
something she could use.
3. How did reading change Storm’s life?It taught her to hope and showed her that there was a world
out there, which gave her the courage to leave and eventually get a good job in a library.

C. Public Speaking
1. Think of words/phrases related to public speaking. - Glossophobia, Prepare before speaking publicly,
pay attention to posture and How you deliver to your audience
2. What do you feel when you have to speak in front of people? I feel nervous and scare
3. Watch the video and fill in the blanks with information from the video.

Public Speaking
FACT: The percetage of people who afraid of public speaking is 70%.
Glossophobia: Fear of the tongue.
Triple P Method
1. Prepare, prepare and prepare.
What you should know before speaking publicly?
a. Know your subject Backward and Forward
b. Know exactly How you are going to present
c. Well-cast worksheet.
2. Posture and Physicality
How?
 a. Avoid large Meals and Diary products because its also part of fear of tongue
b. Bring a bottle of water (if allowed )and don't be afraid to take a sip's it keeps your voice natural
c. Stand naturally good posture help you breath & speak easier and audience feel you are calm &
confident
3. Pander to your Audience
How
a. Don't be serious i.e. avoid monotonous speech
b. Don't read off cards
b. If there is silence crack the joke or quote and audience will be on your-side.