IELTSSpeakingPart3teachersnotes

Description AnactivitytopractiseaskingandansweringquestionsontypicalPart3topicsandwhich practisesusingexpressionstogivefullanddiscursiveanswers Timerequired: Additional materials required: 60+minutes activityworksheets14(onecopyofeachunlessyouhavemore than16studentsinaclass,inwhichcasetwocopieseach) languageworksheet,cutupexpressions(enoughforatlastthreefor eachstudent) toconsiderthetypesofquestionthatmaybeaskedinPart3 topractiseaskingandansweringthesequestions3 tostudyanduseexpressionsthathelpmakeanswersfulland cohesive

Aims:

Procedure 1. ReviewwhatPart3oftheSpeakingtestinvolvesandwhattheassessmentcriteria are(seeoverviewactivity). 2. RemindstudentsthatPart3followsonfromPart2.HandoutthesamplePart3and explainthatinPart2studentshadtodescribesomethingtheyownwhichisvery importanttothem.Elicitafewideasfromtheclassofwhatyoucouldtalkaboutin Part3toanswerthesequestions. 3. Elicithowlongthestudentsthinkthattheiranswerswillbe.Encouragelengthy(but natural)responses.Putstudentsintopairstoaskandanswerthequestions,with studentsswappingrolesafterthefirsttwoquestions. 4. Explainthatstudentsaregoingtothinkofsomeinterestingquestionsontopicswhich mightbeusedinPart3.Dividestudentsintofourgroups,ormoreiftherearemore thanfourstudentsinagroup. 5. Handoutworksheets14tothegroupsabove,makingsureeachgrouphasa differentworksheet.Givestudents15minutestothinkofasmanyinteresting questionsaspossible.Monitorandchecktheirquestionsforaccuracyandlegibility. 6. Collectinworksheets14.Handoutthelanguageworksheet.Studentsmatchthe expressions.Whiletheyaredoingthis,cutworksheets14upintotheirdifferent topicswiththequestions.Photocopyifnecessarysothatthereisoneforeach student. 7. Infullclass,checkanswers,meaninganduseofexpressions.Handoutthekeyand gothroughtheexamplesoftheexpressionsinthecontextofthispart3.
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8. Drillthepronunciationoftheexpressionsandallowacoupleofminutesofindividual practice. 9. Doafewminutesofcontrolledpracticeoftheexpressionsbygivingthefirstfew wordsofanexpressionandaskingstudentstocompleteit. 10. Dividestudentsintonewpairs.Handoutonetopicwithquestionstoeachstudent andthreeoftheexpressionstoeachstudent. 11. Onestudentistheexaminerandasksthequestionsandtheotheristhecandidate whoanswersthequestions.Explainthatthispartofthetestlasts45minutesandso theanswershavetobefairlydetailed.Studentshavetoanswerthequestionsasfully aspossibleandusealltheirexpressionsinthe45minutes.Encouragethemtouse morethattheyrememberfromthesheetifpossible. 12. Starttheactivity,time45minutes,monitorandnotegoodexamplesoflanguage, andlanguageforacorrectionslot,ontheboard. 13. Thestudentschangerolesandusetheothertopicwithquestions.Repeatsteps10 and11. 14. Pairsexchangetopicswithquestionswithanotherpairandrepeattheactivityastime allows. 15. Gothroughtheexamplesofgoodlanguageanddoacorrectionslotontheboard.

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IELTSSpeakingPart3answerkeys
KeytoLanguageWorksheet Ithasagood/badinfluenceon Itcanhaveapositive/negative/badeffecton Advertisingcanhaveanegativeeffectonteenagersasitmakesthemthinktheyve gottokeepupwiththelatestfashions,nomatterwhatthecost. Advertisinghasabadinfluenceonteenagersasitmakesthemthinktheyvegotto keepupwiththelatestfashions,nomatterwhatthecost. Therootoftheproblemis. Itallstemsfrom Manypeopletodaylovetoshop,andendupindebt.Therootoftheproblemisthat intodayssociety,socialstatusisshownbypossessions. Manypeopletodaylovetoshop,andendupindebt.Itallstemsfromthefactthatin todayssociety,socialstatusisshownbypossessions. Themainreasonforthatis/was Thatismainlybecause IrememberwhenIwasachild,myparentsmostimportantpossessionwastheTV. Themainreasonforthatwasthatitwastheonlyformofentertainmenttheyhadin thehouse. IrememberwhenIwasachild,myparentsmostimportantpossessionwastheTV. Thatwasmainlybecauseitwastheonlyformofentertainmenttheyhadinthehouse. Itcancause Thatismainlybecause Therecanbealotofcompetitionbetweenchildrenatschooltohavethelatest gadget.Itcancausealotofbullying. Therecanbealotofbullyingatschoolduetochildrenshowingofftheirgadgets. Thatismainlybecausethereisalotofcompetitionbetweenchildren. Allinall Overall Allinall,advertisingisapowerfultool. Overall,advertisingisapowerfultool. Manypeopleclaimthat Itisoftensaidthat Manypeopleclaimthattheyarenotaffectedbyadvertising. Itisoftensaidthatadvertisingdoesntaffectconsumers.

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Onepossiblesolutionis Wecouldsolvetheproblemby Peoplearespendingtoomuchandgettingintodebt.Onepossiblesolutionistoban theuseofcreditcards. Peoplearespendingtoomuchandgettingintodebt.Wecouldsolvetheproblemby banningcreditcards. Consequently Asaresult MyfamilydidnthavemuchmoneywhenIwasachild.Consequently,Ireallyvalued everypresentIwasgiven. MyfamilydidnthavemuchmoneywhenIwasachild.Asaresult,Ireallyvalued everypresentIwasgiven. Iwouldsuggesting Ithinkitsagoodideato Tostopchildrenfromdemandingexpensivetoys,Iwouldsuggestbanningall advertsduringchildrensTVprogrammes. Tostopchildrenfromdemandingexpensivetoys,Ithinkitsagoodideatobanall advertsduringchildrensTVprogrammes. Theresmorethanonereasonwhy Ithinkthatthereareafewreasonswhy Theresmorethanonereasonwhywomenlovetobuyfashionableclothes: advertising,friends,TVandmagazines,theimageoftheperfectwomanandsoon. Ithinkthatthereareafewreasonswhywomenlovetobuyfashionableclothes: advertising,friends,TVandmagazines,theimageoftheperfectwomanandsoon. Personally,Ithink AsIseeit Personally,Ithinkthatfashionisawasteoftimeandmoney. AsIseeit,fashionisawasteoftimeandmoney. Youhavetobearinmind Youhavetotakeintoaccount Youhavetobearinmindthatteenagerslovetofeelpartofagroupsotheywillcopy othersveryeasily. Youhavetotakeintoaccountthatteenagerslovetofeelpartofagroupsotheywill copyothersveryeasily.

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IELTSSpeakingPart3StudentsWorksheet Worksheet1
Inyourgroupthinkofsomeinterestingquestionstoaskpeopleonthefollowingtopics: 1. Entertainmentandleisure

2. Crime

3. Fashion

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Worksheet2
Inyourgroupthinkofsomeinterestingquestionstoaskpeopleonthefollowingtopics: 1. Advertising

2. Theenvironment

3. Food/health

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Worksheet3
Inyourgroupthinkofsomeinterestingquestionstoaskpeopleonthefollowingtopics: 1. Familylife/relationships

2. Mediaandcommunication

3. Travelandtourism

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Worksheet4
Inyourgroupthinkofsomeinterestingquestionstoaskpeopleonthefollowingtopics: 1. Education

2. Sport

3. Moderntechnology

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Languageworksheet
CanyoumatchsimilarexpressionsfromgroupsAandBbelow?

A Ithasagood/badinfluenceon Therootoftheproblemis. Themainreasonforthatis/was Itcancause Allinall Manypeopleclaimthat Onepossiblesolutionis Consequently Iwouldsuggesting Theresmorethanonereasonwhy Personally,Ithink Youhavetobearinmind

B AsIseeit Thatismainlybecause Wecouldsolvetheproblemby Asaresult Ithinkitsagoodideato Itisoftensaidthat Itcanhaveapositive/negative/badeffecton Overall Youhavetotakeintoaccount Itleadsto Itallstemsfrom Ithinkthatthereareafewreasonswhy

ExamplePart3 Letsconsiderfirstofallhowpeoplesvalueshavechanged Whatkindsofthinggivestatustopeopleinyourcountry? Havethingschangedsinceyourparentswereyoung?

Finallyletstalkabouttheroleofadvertising Doyouthinkadvertisinginfluenceswhatpeoplebuy?

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