An extended lesson based on a documentary film. Includes listening for gist, for detail and for opinion. Idioms including ways to describe age. Using passive forms and cleft sentences when explaining a process.
Category: Speaking Skills
Lesson: THE GREAT PIANO SWINDLE (C1-C2)
A complete lesson at high C1 or C2 level, using excerpts from a documentary film about a fraud in the classical music world. Includes vocabulary work relating to frauds and to an artist’s career, and exercises to practise hedging language and euphemisms.
Lesson: UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA (C1-C2)
Complete lesson, C1-C2 level.
Using the passive voice to report theories, beliefs and myths. Analysing cohesive techniques in a news report.
Writing and/or presenting a conspiracy theory.
Lesson: BACK TO PORRIDGE (C1-C2)
Complete lesson, C1-C2 level. Discussing working from home versus working from the office.
Listening to interviews on the topic of returning to work after the pandemic. Understanding the speaker’s intention.
Role-playing a disagreement or negotiation relating to issues from the interviews.
Lesson: RISK (C1-C2)
Complete lesson, C1-C2 level. Sharing opinions on themes related to travel and security.
Discussing the results of an experiment and describing biases.
Listening to a speaker at a public conference and summarising parts of a talk.
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