TALKING
PRACTICE…and PREPARE yourself to talk!
Séquence : Talking about my addictions:
Séance 1: Teenagers from around the World:
1) Listen to the document. What can you hear in this document?
a)
b)
c)
d)
6 young people from different countries.
5 young people from around the world.
5 anxious parents.
6 anxious parents.
2) What are they talking about?
a)
b)
c)
d)
things they like.
Things they don’t like.
Things their parents like.
Things their children like.
3) Listen and circle the words you hear. (Les mots soulignés sont là pour le prof, à
enlever pour élèves)
a) Arienne: Addicted to , envy, smoking, cigars, cigarettes, body, only, rest areas,
brand, easy, quit, tons.
b) Jeff: Indicated, side, activity, only, every, fall.
c) Fred :Gin, gym, walk, work, believe, relieves,pleasure, pressure.
d) Kevin :Hit, eat, sweat, sweets, fringe, fridge, heating , eating.
e) Reky : Shows, hot, here’s, heroes, wash, watch.
f) Rebecca: Chocolate, launch, lunch, doner, dinner, bandanas, bananas, sunscreen,
ice-cream.
4) Find the French equivalent for the words in exercise 3.
regarder
manger
chaque
bananes
réfrigérateur
déjeuner
être accro
cigarettes
chocolat
bonbons
dîner
glace
pression
laisser tomber
soulage
activité
programme
salle de sports
corps
travail
héros
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5) Listen and replace the words in the appropriate order.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
To, addicted, I, am, what, ?
It, every, do, day,I
me, for, think, I, going, gym, the, good, to, thing, a, is
chocolates, eat, like, I, cookies, pudding especially
download, usually, I, it, can watch, and, I,it
dinner, and, lunch, morning, every, chocolate, eat, can, I
6) Listen again to the first 2 teenagers: a) Arienne from Norway b) Jeff from
Canada, and fill the grid. (les réponses élèves sont en rose)
People / things
they are addicted to
Arienne
smoking
Jeff
sports
Expressions used for
opinion on addiction
(good / bad)
Justification
Really bad
Very bad
difficult
Don’t feel good
Verbs used
To smoke
To be addicted to
To quit
To need
Not do it
Homework: Write a short paragraph in which you will describe the 2
youngsters’ addictions. You will use all the details from the grid above.
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PRACTICE…and PREPARE yourself to talk!
Séquence : Talking about my addictions:
Séance 2: Expressing frequency.
1) Match the English adverbs of frequency with their French equivalent.
a) I Never play football on Sundays
1) Je joue souvent au football le dimanche.
b) I Sometimes play football on Sundays
2) Je ne joue jamais au football le dimanche.
c) I Usually play football on Sundays
3) Je joue toujours au football le dimanche
d) I often play football on Sundays
4) Je joue parfois au football le dimanche.
e) I always play football on Sundays
5) D’habitude, je joue au football le dimanche.
2) Listen and number the phrases you hear. (le professeur lit en indiquant de la main
pour aider).
Once a week
three times a month
every Monday
On Sunday mornings
never
twice a month
Twice a week
four times a week
once a month
3) Underline with a different colour each phrase from exercise 2, then put these
colour codes in the calendar below.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
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(Understanding what this task is about, may pose a problem to students, They will want
explanations about exactly what to do; tell them it works like a sort of verbal Sudoku!)
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4) pair work : Check the frequency for these activities with your partner.
Complete items 4 and 5 in the grid. Write down his/her answers :
ex: Q: How often do you ... play football? A: I play football once a week/every Sunday/never...
Activities
Frequency : Me
Frequency : My partner
1 Watch TV
2 Play video games
3 Do your homework
4
5
Mise en commun orale: reporting how often you /he/she (the partner) does…
5) Recap. List the adverbs and indicators of frequency from the least frequent to
the most frequent (put the 6 adverbs first , then the indicators of frequency):
Adverbs
English
French
never
sometimes
usually
often
Always
Indicators of frequency
Once a month
Twice a month
3 times a month
4 times a month
Every day
6) Homework : Write 10 sentences using 10 different adverbs and indicators of
frequency concerning your activities.(Try and produce 2 negative sentences and 1
interrogative sentence)
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PRACTICE…and PREPARE yourself to talk!
Séquence : Talking about my addictions:
Séance 3 Preparing my script.
1) Match the question with the right answer.
A
B
1) What are you addicted to?
a) I play tennis twice a week
2) When do you play?
b) because it helps me unwind
3) Why do you play tennis?
c) I play with my best-friend
4) Who do you play with?
d) I do it three times a month
5) How often do you play tennis?
e) I’m addicted to sweets
2) Read Reky’s script and put the elements underlined in the right column.
Reky, Indonesia
I'm addicted to TV shows. Now there is a very interesting TV show called “Heroes”. It
comes every Monday night, so I usually download it and I can watch it. I like “Heroes”
because it's a fiction story and there are very interesting characters inside it. And the
character, the people have supernatural power, so people... someone can disappear or
read people's minds or can do many different things, so I kind of like it. It's very
interesting.
Addiction
What ?
Frequency
How often / when /
how long ?
Advantages
and/or positive
reasons
Why ?
…
5
Drawbacks and/or
negative reasons
Why ?
3) Brainstorming: let’s fill the grid together with your addictions: Ask the question
“How do you say……………………………..in English?” to find out the names of diverse
forms of addictions.
Activities
French
Pros +
French
6
Cons -
French
4) Homework : using the table in exercise 3 above, complete the following table to
speak about your activities, while imitating the example:
Addiction
What ?
Ex : playing video
games
Frequency
How often / when /
how long ?
Often at night
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Advantages (2)
and/or reasons
Why ?
Drawbacks (2)
and/or reasons
Why ?
Playing video games
is a good thing for
me because it
helps me forget
about my
problems…
Playing video games
is bad because it
interferes with my
school results …
PRACTICE…and PREPARE yourself to talk!
Séquence : Talking about my addictions:
Séance 4 : Writing my script.
1) Now write your script using the data from the previous lessons. You will mention
the following information:
- Name, age :
- Nature of my addiction :
- Frequency (Length and /or quantity if needed)
- Positive aspects (2) / why
- drawbacks (2) / why
2) A) Read your script out loud.
errors corrected by your teacher.
B) Listen to the speaker and write down the
3) HOMEWORK : You will learn your script by heart. Your intervention will be
filmed/recorded………And put on the school’s website! So be a good orator or a good
actor!
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PRACTICE / EVALUATION FORMATIVE
Séquence : Talking about my addictions:
Séance 5 : Let’s Roll !
A)
1) Read the text and answer the questions.
Reky, Indonesia
I'm addicted to TV shows. Now there is a very interesting TV show called
“Heroes”. It comes every Monday night, so I usually download it and I can watch it. I
like “Heroes” because it's a fiction story and there are very interesting characters
inside it. And the character, the people have supernatural power, so people... someone
can disappear or read people's minds or can do many different things, so I kind of like
it. It's very interesting.
2) Talking about my addictions:
Your turn now. You will talk about your addiction. Your speech will cover the following
points.
Name, age :
- Nature of my addiction :
- Frequency (Length and /or quantity if needed)
- Positive aspects (1) / why
- Inconvenients (1) / why
Rappel des critères d’évaluation :
Attentes
Se présenter (nom,
âge)
Nature de la
dépendance
Fréquence / durée /
quantité
Aspects positifs
/négatifs et raisons
Réalisation
de la tâche*
0 ou 1
Recevabilité
linguistique**
0 ou 2 ou 4
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
TOTAL DES POINTS
Total
/5
/20
(*) tâche non réalisée = 0 : tâche réalisée = 1 (au sens où les moyens mobilisés – choix du type de discours, du
lexique et des structures – même limités et approximatifs, correspondent à la tâche demandée.
(**) recevabilité linguistique :
0 = l’expression n’est pas compréhensible, même en faisant des efforts.
2 = les moyens linguistiques sont limités mais suffisants pour réaliser une production écrite, cependant la langue
comporte des erreurs qui peuvent être systématiques ; la lecture n’est pas fluide et la compréhension demande
ponctuellement un effort.
4 = les moyens linguistiques sont nombreux, mais la langue comporte encore quelques erreurs élémentaires qui
n’entravent ni la compréhension ni la lisibilité.
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B) 2) Ecoutez les interventions de vos camarades et remplissez le tableau ci
dessous en français.
Nom
âge
je suis accro à… / fréquence
10
aspects + (2)
aspects – (2)
Situation d’évaluation: EO2 Niveau A2
a) Read the text and answer the questions:
Reky, Indonesia
I'm addicted to TV shows. Now there is a very interesting TV show called
“Heroes”. It comes every Monday night, so I usually download it and I can
watch it. I like “Heroes” because it's a fiction story and there are very
interesting characters inside it. And the character, the people have
supernatural power, so people... someone can disappear or read people's
minds or can do many different things, so I kind of like it. It's very
interesting.
b) Talking about my addictions:
Your turn now. You will talk about your addiction. Your speech will
cover the following points.
-
Name, age :
Nature of my addiction :
Frequency (Length and /or quantity if needed)
Positive aspects (1) / why
Inconvenients (1) / why
Attentes
Réalisation
de la tâche*
0 ou 1
Recevabilité
linguistique**
0 ou 2 ou 4
Se présenter
(nom, âge)
Nature de la
dépendance
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
Fréquence / durée /
quantité
Aspects positifs
/négatifs et raisons
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
0 ou
1
0 ou 2 ou 4
/5
Lecture à haute voix
TOTAL DES POINTS
Total
/5
/20
(*) tâche non réalisée = 0 Elève muet
: tâche réalisée = 1 (au sens où les moyens mobilisés – choix du type de discours, du lexique et des structures –
même limités et approximatifs, correspondent à la tâche demandée.
(**) recevabilité linguistique :
0 = l’expression n’est pas compréhensible, même en faisant des efforts.
2 = se fait comprendre tout en s’exprimant de manière maladroite et incorrecte, tant du point de vue
phonologique que grammatical et lexical en s’aidant de gestes.
4 = langue compréhensible , vocabulaire restreint mais suffisant pour exécuter les tâches demandées. Les erreurs
de grammaire peuvent être systématiques et un accent étranger peut être nettement perçu si ces erreurs et cet
accent ne compromettent pas le sens du message.
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