Speaking Topic: Urban and Rural Life

amenities/facilities
● Do you prefer pollution
urban living or
rural life? overpopulation job opportunities

● What are the

advantages of pace of living traffic congestion
each?

cost of living
 Adjective Noun
Urban and Rural Life
Adjective Noun Collocations pastoral landscape
scenic views
exciting attractions
modern cuisine
Rural Living Urban Living
 What do you know
about Speaking Part
2?
Listen to someone
take the task. Note
down any
interesting ideas
he uses.
 What do you know
about Speaking Part
3?
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B
C
D
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làm cho một dự đoán

So sánh và đối chiếu
xem xét một tình huống giả định
gợi ý nhân quả
phân tích quá khứ và hiện tại
 Quiz
1. Uses stress and intonation appropriately, e.g. NOT just
NAtionally, but INternationally.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

D. Pronunciation
 Quiz
2. Uses a good range of more advanced structures naturally,
e.g…. if you were just visiting the city, it probably wouldn’t
bother you… That might sound ridiculous now, but cities are
likely to keep expanding at the rate they are currently…

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
 Quiz
3. Speaks fluently with very rare hesitation or repetition.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

 Quiz
4. Avoids making grammatical mistakes.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)

 Quiz
5. Uses varied vocabulary that is relevant to the topics
discussed.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

B. Lexical Resource (LR)

 Quiz
6. Develops the topics fully and appropriately; supplies
answers of an appropriate length.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

 Quiz
7. Every answer can be understood very easily.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

D. Pronunciation
 Quiz
8. Uses less common vocabulary, included collocation and
idiomatic phrases, e.g. the bright lights of the big city/
traditional family unit/ it’s too over the top for some.

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

B. Lexical Resource (LR)

 Quiz
9. Uses appropriate phrases to introduce and connect
ideas, e.g. Generally speaking, though…/ Having said that...

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

B. Lexical Resource (LR)
C. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (GRA)
D. Pronunciation

A. Fluency and Coherence (FC)

Grammar - Future Time Conditionals

What’s wrong with the sentence?

As soon as we will finish class, we will go.

As soon as we finish class, we will go.

If + present tense, will + bare infinitive.

(As soon as replaces If)
 Tongue Twisters

Susie works in a
Betty Botter How much wood I have got a date
Lesser leather shoeshine shop.
bought some would a at a quarter to
1
never weathered
wetter weather 2
butter.
But she said the
3
woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck
4
Where she
shines she sits,
and where she
5
eight; I’ll see you
at the gate, so
better
butter’s bitter. could chuck wood? don’t be late
sits she shines
 Pronunciation – Word Stress

Example: As long as people are happy to

use buses and bikes instead of their
cars, life will continue as normal.

*It’s important to stress the right syllable of a

word. If you don’t, the listener will be confused.
Listen and practice the correct pronunciation.

A. As long as people are happy to use buses and bikes instead of their
cars, life will continue as normal.

B. By the time I’m a grandparent, I think it will be even more difficult.

C. Providing I make enough money, I’ll definitely be on a top floor myself

one day.

D. As soon as you get older and have a family, you start thinking it’s time
to move.

E. Unless this changes, we’re going to need more and more homes for
everyone.
 Let’s Practice!
Part 1
Remember:

● Be specific
● Talk about yourself
● Give reasons
1) In your city, what do you usually do at the ● Give examples
weekend? ● Correct your mistakes

2) When you were last in the countryside,

who did you go with? Why?

3) In the town or city you live in now, what

are your favorite pastimes?
 Remember:
Let’s Practice!
Part 1
● Take notes for:
● Write down full
sentences?
Describe a city where you have lived in the ● Speak for:
past. ● Correct your mistakes.
● Give reasons
You should say ● Give examples

● where the city was

● why you were living there
● how long you have lived there for

And explain what you liked and disliked

about living there.
 Let’s Practice!
Part 3
Remember:

● Be general

● Talk about others

1) Do you think that within the next 100 years we will
be trying to build new cities on other planets? ● Give reasons
● Give examples
2) What would happen if the government put limits on ● Correct your mistakes
how many people were allowed to live in big cities?

3) Today, many young people move away from smaller

towns to big cities. What effect does this have on
these small towns?