Mindset 3 U1 S

Unit 1: Urban and Rural Life

Speaking

​We'll do a quiz...

• ​use your laptops or smartphones

• ​log on

• ​raise your hands to ask for help

​In today's lesson, we'll learn...

• ​what's included in an IELTS Speaking test (review)

• ​what's a bad and what's a good response, according to the Band descriptor

• ​how to answer some IELTS Speaking questions

Open Ended

What do you find easy/difficult about Part 2?

Open Ended

What do you find easy/difficult about Part 1?

Open Ended

What do you find easy/difficult about Part 3?

Speaking test - Part 1

• ​Do you live in a house or an apartment?

• How often do you use public transport in your city​?

• ​What do you like about the area where you live?

• ​Do you often visit parks in your city?

​Listen to 3 candidates answering those questions

​What did they do wrong? Discuss with your partner.

​SPEAKING TEST - PART 2

​Listen to an answer to the task card.

Poll

Does the candidate cover all the prompts in equal detail?

• Yes

• No

• Not sure...

​SPEAKING TEST - PART 2

​​What effect would this have on his score? (+/-)?

​SPEAKING TEST - PART 3

​Listen to answers to Part 3 questions. What questions is she responding to?

Open Ended

Type your questions here.

​Functions?

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​5.

​Your turn!

​Work in pairs. Choose 2 Part 3 questions from exercise 7 and answer.

​Your turn!

​General checklist:

​1. Stress and intonation?

​2. Correct grammatical structures?

​3. Wide range of grammatical structures?

​4. Fluency? Well-developed answer?

​5. Understandable?

​6. Wide range of vocabulary?

​7. Connectives?

​Another try!

Work in pairs.​

Student's book p.29

​HOMEWORK

​Do the Flipgrid challenge.

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​1. Contribute to our IELTS Speaking question bank

​2. Check your emails for Flipgrid topic invitations

​3. Choose a few questions from the question bank and create video responses

​4. Weekly feedback and review

​Students with the most quality responses win a prize. The challenge is on throughout the course

Thank you for coming!​

​Goodbye and good night!