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English Speaking Level 8 Book 1

Secondary 2

5 (Suggested)

1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)

Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.

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Course Name: English Speaking Level 8 Book 1

Level: Secondary 2

No. of Lessons: 5 (Suggested)

Lesson Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)

Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.

Leaflet: Click here *

*Contact us via email at [email protected] or WhatsApp at 9846 7453 to obtain the password for the leaflet. Include your name, organization, and contact number in the message.

Objectives

Eureka’s English Speaking Level 8 aims to improve students’ oral skills by introducing useful expressions and phrases which guides them to express their own views. This will help foster students’ confidence in speaking English. Students will also further extend their existing knowledge by learning more vocabulary and phrases on specifically chosen topics. Oral skills are further strengthened through a variety of pronunciation tasks.

Features

With a series of listening exercises, role-plays, dialogue practices, discussions and debates, students are to learn more useful phrases and expressions that can be used in real life. The course covers ten different topics which include greetings, family, education, dining and holidays, which students should be familiar with and are interested in.

Outline

Unit 1: Greeting and Family

    • Self-introduction: Two truths and one lie
    • Different ways to greet people
    • Small talk
    • Listening: How are you?
    • Vocabulary: Family relationships
    • Lucy’s family tree
    • Listening: Grandma’s birthday
      – Listening dialogue
      – Comprehension
      – Vocabulary
      – Sentence building
    • Speaking: My classmate’s family
    • Pronunciation: Confusing vowel sounds

Unit 2: Describing People

    • Warm-up game: Nosy neighbours
    • Describing appearances: age, body build, height, hair
    • Other expressions for describing people
    • Activity: Catching the criminal
    • Listening: Amy’s aunt
      – Listening dialogue
      – Comprehension
      – Vocabulary
      – Sentence building
    • Consolidation: Describing photos
    • Pronunciation: Confusing consonant sounds

Unit 3: Personality

    • Personality mind map
    • Describing personalities
    • The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
    • Friendship mind map
    • Writing: Friendship acrostic
    • Listening: A good friend
      – Listening dialogue
      – Comprehension
      – Vocabulary
      – Dialogue writing
    • Solo speaking: Sharing experience
    • Pronunciation: The indefinite and definite articles

Unit 4: Travel

    • Warm-up: My most memorable trip
    • My travel experience
    • Useful phrases
    • Where should they go?
    • Listening: Amanda’s first solo trip
      – Listening dialogue
      – Comprehension
      – Vocabulary
      – Dialogue writing
    • Presentation: My dream holiday
    • Pronunciation: Syllables and word stress

Unit 5: Study and Stress

    • Warm-up: When I grow up
    • Stress questionnaire
    • The pressure of learning
    • Video and discussion: Managing stress
    • Listening: The English Exam
      – Listening dialogue
      – Comprehension
      – Vocabulary
      – Dialogue writing
    • Group discussion: Student welfare
    • Pronunciation: The schwa sound