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Course Name: Speaking Express L8
Level: Secondary 2
No. of Lessons: 30 (Suggested)
Lesson Duration: 1 hr (Suggested)
Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.
Descriptions
Eureka’s Speaking Express programme combines drama and media elements, such as role-plays, magazine writing and vlogging, to make English learning fun and engaging. At the same time, students can also gain skills that could help them better integrate into and serve the school community in the forms of taking part in school drama plays, being an English ambassador, emcee, a campus reporter or school club leader. Topics have been carefully chosen to match what students will need to learn at Junior Secondary level and are relatable to their everyday lives.
Objectives
The programme aims to encourage students to practise drama, speaking and writing skills through a variety of themes and activities that are adaptable and relatable to daily life.
Features
- Integrates drama and media studies into one succinct programme
- Authentic and original role-play scripts provided on a range of topics
- Guidance is provided to students depending on their abilities
- A variety of outputs, such as vlogs, role-play performances, storytelling and interviews are used to showcase what students have learnt
Outline
Topic 1: Popular Things
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- Lesson 1: Introduction to Popular Culture
Activities:
– Warm-up: Two truths and a lie
– What is popular culture?
– Popular culture vs. High culture
– Class survey
– Hong Kong popular culture - Lesson 2: Speaking with Clarity
Activities:
– Warm-up: Password
– Video: Fastest talker advertisement
– The importance of the 7 voice elements
– Script: Director’s Cut - Lesson 3: Non-Verbal Communication
Activities:
– Warm-up: Mime game
– Video: Non-verbal communication
– Body language
– Review: How we speak
– Role-play: In the classroom - Lesson 4: Speaking Practice
Activities:
– Warm-up: What’s in the box?
– Tongue twisters
– Vocal count
– Speech: Awards ceremony
– Role-play: School award ceremony - Lesson 5: Fashion Columns
Activities:
– Warm-up: Guess what I am wearing
– Fashion columns
– Clothing vocabulary
– Descriptive writing
– Interview skills: Planning questions - Lesson 6: Clothing Trends
Activities:
– Warm-up: I went to the shops and…
– Clothing vocabulary crossword
– Reading and writing: Clothing trends (optional)
– Interview skills: Delivery
– Video interview: Your fashion
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Popular Culture
Topic 2: Caring for Our Planet
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- Lesson 7: Recycling
Activities:
– Warm-up: Robot action game
– Planet Earth
– Recycling
– Giving reasons - Lesson 8: Making Suggestions
Activities:
– Vocabulary: Adjectives
– Phrases: Polite suggestions
– Video and discussion: What can we do? - Lesson 9: How to Save the Planet
Activities:
– Problems and solutions
– Read aloud and questioning: Green living
– Writing: Save the planet - Lesson 10: Eco Programmes
Activities:
– Sample dialogue: 5p for a plastic bag!
– Role-play: Driving vs. MTR
– Video and group discussion: Eco programmes and facilities in school - Lesson 11: Green Campaign
Activities:
– Designing a green campaign for reusable water bottles poster
– Creating an advert for a reusable water bottle
– Green campaign poster and advert presentation - Lesson 12: Expressing Yourself
Activities:
– Creating stories from words to sentences
– Using sounds, facial expressions and gestures
– Role-play: Recycling bottles - Lesson 13: Storytelling
Activities:
– Storytelling tips
– Video: Storytelling example
– Story reading and comprehension: ‘The Future of the Present’
- Lesson 7: Recycling
Topic 3: All about Stories
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- Lesson 14: What are Stories?
Activities:
– Warm-up: Picture prompts
– Creating stories from sentences to stories
– Character and setting
– Problem and solution - Lesson 15: Descriptive Writing
Activities:
– Warm-up: riddles
– Describing the environment
– Describing people and feelings
– Role-play: Sightseeing in New Zealand - Lesson 16: Creating a Story
Activities:
– Warm-up: Would you rather…?
– Review: Storytelling in 7 steps
– Writing a story and storytelling - Lesson 17: Introduction to Books
Activities:
– Warm-up: The missing word
– All about books
– Book genres
– Reading and comprehension: ‘Rad Girls Can’ - Lesson 18: Book Review 1
Activities:
– Warm up: Memory game
– Reading skill: Understanding purpose, attitudes and feelings
– Skill activity: Reading reviews
– Writing: My book review - Lesson 19: Book Review 2
Activities:
– Text type: Book review
– Relative clauses
– Grammar and writing skills: Forming opinions, giving reasons, showing contrasts
– Writing: My book review
- Lesson 14: What are Stories?
Topic 4: Festivals around the World
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- Lesson 20: All about Festivals
Activities:
– Vocabulary and adjectives: Festivals around the world
– Dialogue: Holiday in India
– Phrases to politely disagree
– Discussion: A place to celebrate Christmas - Lesson 21: Festival Vlog
Activities:
– Video: Example of a vlog
– Create your own vlog - Lesson 22: Spain: La Tomatina
Activities:
– Video: La Tomatina
– Dialogue: The biggest tomato fight
– Keywords: Flamenco - Lesson 23: Spain: Flamenco
Activities:
– Video: La Flamenco
– Speaking role-play: La Tomatina
– Let’s dance - Lesson 24: TV Advertising
Activities:
– Dialogue prompts
– Action words
– TV advertising and role-play
- Lesson 20: All about Festivals
Topic 5: Teenage Life and Problems
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- Lesson 25: Being a Teenager
Activities:
– Warm up: How are you?
– Video: Being 12: The year everything changes
– Sharing: My teenage life
– Role-play: Being a teenager - Lesson 26: Teenage Vlog
Activities:
– Warm-up: My favourite thing about being a teenager
– Video: My daily routine
– Vlog: My daily routine - Lesson 27: Teenage Achievements
Activities:
– Warm-up: What am I thankful for?
– Video: ‘Teenagers Answer – What’s Your Greatest’ Accomplishment?
– Presentation: What I hope to achieve in my teenage years - Lesson 28: Teenage Responsibilities
Activities:
– Warm-up: What do these words mean to you?
– What responsibilities do teenagers have?
– Reading: Teenage responsibilities
– Discussion: Today’s teenagers growing up more slowly - Leeson 29: Problem Solving
Activities:
– Warm-up: Scary or worrying?
– Reacting to different scenarios
– Reflection: Empathising with others
– Role-play: I’m afraid of… - Lesson 30: Agony Aunt/Uncle
Activities:
– Reading: Magazine column ‘Problem Page’
– Grammar: Language for giving advice
– Writing: Letter of reply to problems
- Lesson 25: Being a Teenager