06/12/12

Programme:

Grammar: Continue working on Past Perfect (Use in writing exercise)

Language focus:  Talking about dangerous sports.

Make a list of what you consider to be ten dangerous sports.
Taboo: Describe each sport without giving its name (What injuries could be had? Is any special equipment needed? Who does this? In which countries?)

Read the article on the world's most dangerous sports: http://www.forbes.com/2002/08/07/0807sport.html
Do you want to change your choices?


Reading comprehension:

Read the article: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0RXkfKgkFzXVzlmdUJjZkh6d1k

Speaking: Making a short presentation

Useful language:

Signposting
Function	Language
Introducing the subject	I'd like to start by... Let's begin by... First of all, I'll... Starting with... I'll begin by...
Finishing one subject...	Well, I've told you about... That's all I have to say about... We've looked at... So much for...
...and starting another	Now we'll move on to... Let me turn now to... Next... Turning to... I'd like now to discuss... Let's look now at...
Analysing a point and giving recommendations	Where does that lead us? Let's consider this in more detail... What does this mean for ABC? Translated into real terms...
Giving an example	For example,... A good example of this is... As an illustration,... To give you an example,... To illustrate this point...
Dealing with questions	We'll be examining this point in more detail later on... I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may... I'll come back to this question later in my talk... Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end... I won't comment on this now...
Summarising and concluding	In conclusion,... Right, let's sum up, shall we? I'd like now to recap... Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at... Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered... If I can just sum up the main points...
Ordering	Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly... First of all...then...next...after that...finally... To start with...later...to finish up...

Homework: Pick a different extreme sport from the Forbes List. Prepare a presentation for next week's class about this sport. In your presentation you can use video clips to show how the sport is played.