speaking-adult-help!

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Witam wszystkich,

Od prawie roku ucze doroslego na poziomie bardzo zaawansowanym. Pan wymaga
ode mnie tylko zajec konwersacyjnych. Niestety, pomalu koncza mi sie
pomysly.. Przerobilismy juz kontrowersyjne tematy, osobiste....Ma ktos jakis
pomysl o czym z nim rozmawiac? A moze ktos bylby mily i podzielil sie jakimis
linkami albo gotowymi materialami do speakingu? Bardzo bylabym wdzieczna! W
zamian chetnie udostepnie rozne materialy do kazdego poziomu na mnostwo
tematow roznego rodzaju.
Dzieki z gory

Pozdrawiam
rachelgreen

[amused.to.death]

hi Rachel,
odpowiedziałam ci na innym forum, ale wkleję tekst tutaj, bo wolę to, a tam trafiłam przez przypadek:)

Często robię tak:

- korzystam z książki "English Vocabulary in Use" (poziom: upper-intermediate lub advanced). Słownictwo pogrupowane tematycznie. Najpierw robimy słownictwo (zawsze po lewej stronie), później ćwiczenia (po prawej), a później rozmawiamy na temat, używając tego właśnie słwownictwa. Polecam, książka jest świetna.

- korzystam ze strony bbc, z części do nauki języka angielskiego. Są tam krótkie teksty + częściowo wyjaśnione słownictwo. Robię np. tak: puszczam tekst z komputera (naprawdę krótkie, więc nie zajmuje dużo czasu, a słownictwo jest czasami naprawdę challenging'), później delikwent opowiada, co zrozumiał, potem czytamy, potem o tym rozmawiamy.

Tematów kontrowersyjnych czesto nie wybieram, raczej takie zwykłe z dużą ilością słownictwa

[kociamama]

I agree with Amusedtodeath.

Additional materials can be very educational. Here's the link to the BBC web-
site

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/index.shtml
Hope you'll have plenty of fascinating conversations.
Kociamama.

[asia23bb]

Thanks for the link.
Cheers

[asia23bb]

Dzieki wielkie za odpowiedz (na obu forach:)) Sprobuje, chociaz boje sie gosc
wieksza czesc slownictwa zna (pod tym wzgledem jest baaaardzo advanced):))

dzieki

[amused.to.death]

no, to spróbuj przejrzeć tę książkę 'English Vocab in Use - advanced', to słownictwo jest czasami naprawdę baaaardzo advanced:))

[ampolion]

[gizmoj]

How about the Philadelphia/Tampa Bay Hockey series. That should keep him
interested!

[asia23bb]

I don't know this series at all. Could you write sth more? Are these regular
coursebooks? Are they available in bookstores?

[gizmoj]

asia23bb napisała:

> I don't know this series at all. Could you write sth more? Are these regular
> coursebooks? Are they available in bookstores?

Piekna seria! Siedem tomow. You can find it at www.nhl.com

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Yeah, right...but not every man is interested in hockey...
Cheers

[kociamama]

And one more thing!!

Listening!!
Take some listening comprehension, yuo say it's a highlky advanced level, so
CPE let's say. They tend to have interesting pieces of recordnig in the
testbook for this exam, or from a CPE coursebook.

Play thse at the beginning of the lesson, and later talk about these, explain
some vocabulary, encourage the learner to use the new vocabulary while speaking.

Later,
Kociamama.

[asia23bb]

Thanks, kociamama. I'll try although it's still about WHAT to talk about. We've
gone through almost all most interesting topics and I guess even listening
pieces aren't sth very revealing....:(

Cheers

[amused.to.death]

> gone through almost all most interesting topics

not possible...;)
stop thinking that topics must be controversial or unusual.
well, some people talk to each other every day and they are never bored. Maybe something more down-to-earth?

[asia23bb]

Sure, people do talk to each other every day, but, you must admit that these
are totally different conditions - I've seen the guy 3 consecutive days a week
for almost a year, that's one thing, and he's a very important and serious
person - I mean his interests are quite different than mine....What to talk
about then? We've covered: interests & hobbies, work, family, holidays,
weekends, travels, cinema & movies...etc. Please refresh my mind if you'd be so
nice...:)
Thx in advance

[Gość: beta]

iteslj.org/questions/

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Thanks, although I'd known this site :( It seems like I knew all useful
webpages :(

[Gość: ines]

Have you tried newspapers? If newspapers have topics every day so should you :)
Pick something hot - economics, politics or - if you're not interested -
fashion, social issues, education, films... Perhaps you don't need to TEACH him
new vocabulary every time. He should be able to RECYCLE it now and then. If
he's got e-mail, you can send him a link in advance so you don't have to spend
time on reading. You can start talking after having done some comprehension
tasks :)

Check these:
news.ft.com/home/europe
www.washingtonpost.com
www.guardian.co.uk/

[Gość: Rachelgreen]

Thanks Ines. Newspapers don't sound like sth new:), but to be honest, I've
never used them!:) Of course, I'll have to use the news with one-day
delay, 'coz my classes are in the morning, but still it should work.
Cheers

[Gość: ines]

Rachel, that's even better! You start with yesterday's news or weekend's news
and your student can freely add something new to it. For example, people talk
about "The Lord of the Rings" all the time - before it got the Academy Award
and looong after it :) Always a hot subject.

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Well, yeah, you're totally right:) I will definitely try it out on Monday!
Thanks!!

[ampolion]

www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&client=lgtech-tb&q=English+conversations

[asia23bb]

Thanks, of course it was the first thing I tried when looking for speaking
materials..:)

Cheers

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Podciagam i ponawiam prosbe o udostepnienie jakis materialow do
speakingu...Odwdziecze sie rowniez bardzo ciekawymi materialami do kazdego
poziomu!
Cheers

[Gość: Helper]

www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&client=lgtech-tb&q=English+conversations

[Gość: rachelgreen]

Nie szkoda Ci bylo czasu na wklejanie tego? :P

[Gość: Jo]

up!