ELECTIVE 2: COMMUNICATION SKILLS (115/120)

  6 WEIRD LEAP DAY TRADITIONS Why do we have Leap Years? How does adding an extra day every four years help keep our calendar accurate? What would happen if we didn’t add a Leap Day? Can you think of any other calendar systems that have unique ways of keeping time? How do you think people born on February 29 feel about their birthday? Do you know anyone who has a Birthday on a leap day?

  CONVERSATION QUESTIONS: FAMILY LISTENING PRACTICE: LIVING AWAY FROM HOME

  Speaking activity:      MY TOP 3   TALKING ABOUT PROFESSIONS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING

  GERUND / INFINITIVE (CHART)

  WORK WORDS: vocabulary, listening & speaking FIRST OR SECOND CONDITIONALS WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

    DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: OPINIONS LISTENING COMPREHENSION: OPINIONS (B1) EXPRESSING A WISH (PRACTICE)

 

  Listening comprehension #1:   SHOPPING FOR THE DAY                                             #2:  BENEFITS OF ONLINE SHOPPING MONEY IDIOMS

  SPEAKING PRACTICE: MONEY AND SHOPPING (CONVERSATION QUESTIONS) GET ( different meanings) MONEY IDIOMS

  SHOPPING AND MONEY: VOCABULARY GROCERY SHOPPING (LISTENING WITH COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS) SPEAKING PRACTICE: MONEY AND SHOPPING (CONVERSATION QUESTIONS) GET ( different meanings)

  LISTENING PRACTICE: 1.  SHOPPING AND MONEY (listening comprehension: quite easy) 2.  SPEAKOUT PODCAST: MONEY SPEAKING PRACTICE: MONEY AND SHOPPING (CONVERSATION QUESTIONS)

  6 MINUTE ENGLISH: ADDICTED TO SUGAR Speaking group activity:    WHAT BUGS ME... Vocabulary a sweet tooth a liking for sweet, sugary food and drinks commodity product or natural resource that can be traded, bought and sold staggering very shocking and surprising fuel substance such as oil, coal or wood, that is burned to provide heat or power flood the market release a lot of a particular product for sale, often at a low price eating habits the way people eat, for example which types of food they eat, how much, and how often 

DOES IT BOTHER YOU WHEN...? Pair work:    EMOTIONS IN ALPHABET Speaking group activity:    WHAT BUGS ME...