PIALP COURSES – 1C1 SPEAKING CARDS
MODULE 2A (2ND WEEK)
· Read the information below carefully.
UNIT 2A
· Summarize the main ideas and try to paraphrase.
SOCIAL MEDIA
· You can add your own ideas if you want.
TASK 1 · Think about who you are and who you are talking to and adapt
MEDIATION your style and register to that.
· Talk for about 2.00-2.30 minutes.
You and your partner are worried about the effect of social media on your teenage child.
You have looked for information about how teens feel about the subject and have come
across these charts. Analyse them and then compare notes:
Source: [Link]
· In an exam, this conversation should last about 6-7 min. (2
candidates) / 9-10.30 min. (3 candidates), but here you can talk
UNIT 2A until the time of the video conference is up or your teacher tells
CHALLENGES you to stop.
· Avoid “yes/no” answers, react to your mates’ comments, ask
TASK 2 questions, listen to your partner/s and express your own views to
DIALOGUE keep the conversation going.
· Make sure you use the advanced vocabulary and grammar
studied so far.
· Facing and responding to challenges.
· Do you consider yourself a risk-taker? Why (not)?
· Pursuing lifelong ambitions.
· Failure breeds success > Examples from Ted Talks
([Link]
// famous people (i.e. Sir Richard Branson, J.K. Rowling,
Edison, Sir James Dyson, Oprah Winfrey…)
Sara Vergel, María Añón, Inés García & Silvia Carchano