Lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Speaking project HV2 - Lesson 2

Goals: after this lesson... 

• I have practised with giving my opinion
• I have learned ways to express my opinion
• I have spoken English with a classmate about a certain topic

What kinds of words or phrases can you think of
to give your opinion about something?

Twelve common ways to give your opinion:

I think that ...	In my view,
I believe that....	It is my understanding that....
As for me, I think/believe that....	As I understand it,
In my opinion,	As I see it,
If you ask me,	It seems to me that....
From my perspective,	My personal view is that....

I have my social media set on private

Yes

No

Partly

As a teacher you can ask students afterwards about why they chose to go private or public

I check the amount of "likes" I get on my social media posts

Yes

No

You can ask students to share their opinions on this statement

I like texting more than talking in real life

Yes

No

Sometimes

You can ask students to share their opinions on this statement

Speaking activity

1. Pair up with a classmate
2. Discuss your opinions on speaking in real life vs. texting/DM'ing in English.
3. Share on which points you agree and disagree in slide 9.

What is your opinion on speaking in real life vs. texting/dm'ing?  In English please...

Share on which points you agree and disagree (in English)

Speaking conversation practice

Fill in the worksheet “Find someone who…”
Answers will be checked before we start the speaking practice!
After answers have been checked…

Listen to the instructions from the teacher first;

Walk around the class to find someone who…

When you have found someone, have a conversation about this question/topic for at least 1 min. with a classmate.
We will continue doing this for about 10 min.
Speak (only) English!

Ready?

Pair up with the person sitting next to you.

Go to the following link: https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/english-conversation-questions/topics/

Pick a topic you are both interested in.

Ask each other the questions that are on the page

www.eslconversationquestions.com

Study the wordlist

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