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    The document summarizes a video about different people discussing where and how they prefer to learn new skills. It provides comprehension questions to check understanding of the video. It also includes exercises matching synonyms and completing sentences about learning from both teachers and family members. The key information is about different preferences for learning - either at school among friends, in a more focused one-on-one setting, for fun, or with more experienced teachers.

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    Talk 2
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    2 TALK2ME VIDEO B1+
    One key difference is …

    Before watching
    1 Tick (✓) the skills that you have.
    cook surf
    ride a bike swim
    ski play chess Skill:
    juggle type Taught by:
    do a martial art Tilly
    play an instrument

    2 Choose two skills from Exercise 1. Write


    where you learnt to do them and who
    4 These speakers are all talking about where
    taught you. and how they prefer learning. Watch the
    video again and for each question write
    what the speaker is talking about.
    Jack: ‘I find it more fun.’
    About: Learning at school with friends.
    1 Jack: ‘I’m with people of a similar ability.’
    Video skills
    About:
    Understanding natural speech
    2 Ally: ‘One key difference is … it’s a lot more
    • Don’t listen for every word.
    focused.’
    • Remember: unstressed words like was, a, of and to
    About:
    are often pronounced with an /ə/ sound and can be
    hard to hear. 3 Darius: ‘It isn’t as much fun.’
    – It was a teacher About:
    – lots of different circus skills 4 Darius: ‘One way they differ is … there’s a lot less
    time.’
    – I prefer to learn new skills at school
    About:
    • Focus on the stressed words. They express the
    speaker’s message. 5 Tilly: ‘They’re a lot more experienced.’
    About:
    6 Tilly: ‘Both types … I find interesting.’
    While watching About:

    3 Read the Video skills tips and then watch


    After watching
    the video. Complete the fact file for each
    speaker. 5 Match the words and phrases in the box
    that have the same meaning. There are
    five pairs.

    Skill: a lot | are different | both | differ | far


    Taught by: less | not as much | prefer to | the two
    Jack would rather

    6 Complete the text with the five pairs of


    words and phrases from Exercise 5.
    Skill: I’ve been taught things by a teacher and by a
    family member. I think (1)
    Taught by:
    options work well. One way they
    Ally
    (2) is that teachers tend to be
    (3) more demanding. On the
    other hand, (4) time is spent
    chatting about family matters. However, I
    Skill:
    (5) learn things by myself if I
    Taught by: can. I think it makes learning more memorable.
    Darius

    Optimise B1+ Optimise B1+ Teacher’s Resource Centre © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2017.
    This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class.
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