PET SPEAKINGPART 3: PICTUREDESCRIPTION

Lecturer: Nguyen Thi QueIntensive English Class K10

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PET SPEAKINGPART 3: PICTURE DESCRIPTION

Objectives:- state what is required to do in the task of PET speaking

Part 3- learn structures and vocabularies related to photo

description: giving a general description of the scene,describing a place, people and actions and making basicguesses and assumptions about the photo.

- practice and prepare a detailed description of a photowith the language learned.

- give comments on their partner’s picture description.

PET SPEAKINGPART 3: PICTURE DESCRIPTION

Teaching procedures:

1. Lead-in: Play a vocabulary game

2. Pre-teaching: Watch a video

3. While-teaching: Describe a photo

4. Post-teaching: Practice describing a photo

5. Consolidation and homework delivery.

LEAD-IN: VOCABULARY GAME

o 3 Teams of 10-12 students eacho Instructions:

- Read a sample text of a picture description andcomplete 10 blanks with missing words whichstart with a given letter.- Each student in a team has to run quickly to theboard and write the answers in their column.- After 3 minutes, which team has more correctanswers or finishes earlier will be the winner.

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LEAD-IN: VOCABULARY GAME:

In this picture we can see a family going tothe (1) b………… together. There is a man,

a woman and two children.The small boy on the left is wearing blueshorts and is carrying a red beach towel. Hishair is short and fair. His mother is wearing a(2) y …………T-shirt and is carrying a violetbag on her (3) r……………. shoulder. Thereis a smiling sun on the bag. She is carrying

a brown (4) b ………… in her left hand. Herhusband is wearing

blue (5) s………… with orange stripes. He is carrying a big blueumbrella and he has got a hat on his head. His daughter is (6) w ………….next to him. She is wearing a pink dress and is carrying a big (7) t…………in her left hand. Nobody is wearing shoes. I think they feel very happybecause everybody is (8) s…………and they are (9) p…………on their

summer holiday.In the background, the sky is blue but there are twowhite (10) c…………... Some birds are flying in the sky.

LEAD-IN: VOCABULARY GAME:

In this picture we can see a family going tothe (1) b………… together. There is a man,

a woman and two children.The small boy on the left is wearing blueshorts and is carrying a red beach towel. Hishair is short and fair. His mother is wearing a

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smiling sun on the bag. She is carrying a……

……with orange stripes. He is carrying a big blue umbrella and he has got a

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Nobody is wearing shoes. I think they feel very happy because everybody

……Some birds are flying in the sky.

each

(2) yellow……T-shirt and is carrying a violetbag on her (3) r………shoulder. There is aight

brown (4) basket …… in her left hand. Herhusband is wearing blue (5) shorts ……

hat on his head. His daughter is (6) walking ……. next to him. She iswearing a pink dress and is carrying a big (7) t………… in her left hand.owel

miling robablyis (8) s…………and they are (9) p…………on their summer holiday.In the background, the sky is blue but there are two white (10) clouds ……...

PRE-TEACHING

WATCH A VIDEO (PET Speaking Part 3)

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PRE-TEACHING

- Questions:

+ What do you have to do in PET Speaking part 3?+ Who do you talk to?+ How much time do you have to describe a photo?

WHILE TEACHING

a. Giving a general description of thescene+ This pictures shows a family having apicnic

+ In this photo I can see a group of touristsvisiting a field.

+ This is a picture of some people queuingin front of an ATM. This photo shows In this photo I can see + SB + V-ing …. This is a picture of

WHILE TEACHING

? What do you often describe in a photo?b. Describing the background & existing things:

* Structure:There is/ are + N in/ on/ at ……In the background, I can see …….

=> Use the above structures todescribe things in the photoand in the background?

In front of under

in

on the left

behind

on the right

in between

Prepositions of placeat the top

in the middle

at the bottom

on

WHILE TEACHING

What do you often describe a person?c. Describing people: (making assumptions)+ Who are they? (relationships)+ What are they like? (build, appearance)+ How old are they? (age)+ What do they do? (job)+ What are they wearing? (clothes)+ How do they feel? (feelings)

HEIGHT BUILD AGE CLOTHES

tall,short,medium

slim,thin,plump,fat,skinny,well-built

young,elderly,middle-aged,teenager,in20s,30s,40s

Adj:casual,smart,tidy,messyNouns:Jeans,T-shirt,shorts

WHILE TEACHING

How do you often describe a person?

C. DESCRIBING PEOPLE

1- HEIGHT

Tall Medium Short

C. DESCRIBING PEOPLE

2- BUILD

Well-built Skinny

Thin/ slim

Fat

C. DESCRIBING PEOPLE3- AGE

Youngin his 20s

Elderlyin his 70s

Middle –agedin her 40s

YoungTeenager

C. DESCRIBING PEOPLE4- HAIR

Bald straight curly spiky wavy

C. DESCRIBING PEOPLE5- CLOTHES

dressglasses

gloves cap coat

raincoat scarf shirt shoes shorts

skirtsneakers socks sweater underpants

belt boots

trousers

jacket

necklace

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WHILE TEACHING

d. Describing actions:- Which tense do you use when describing activities inthe photo?

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WHILE TEACHING

e. Making guesses/ assumptions and giving reasons:- WEATHER AND SEASON:

+ It probably summer because they are swimming in the pool.

+ I think it is winter because there is some snow on the mountains and it is very foggy.

WHILE TEACHING

d. Making guesses and giving reasons:- PLACE, COUNTRY:

+ This can be Europe because of the buildings.+ It looks like …Russia…… because of the man’sappearance and the church behind him.

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WHILE TEACHING

e. Making guesses and assumptions- RELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE:+ I’m not sure but they can be friends/ relatives / workmates/ classmates/…

- PEOPLE’S FEELINGS:+ I think they are enjoying themselvesbecause they are smiling.+ He seems a bit scared maybe because…+ They look/seem (very/quite) worried/sad/ happy/ excited/ nervous/ bored/ tiredmaybe because they are lost in the mountains.

Remember thequestion words!

What?How many? Where?

Why?When?

Who?

How?

PRACTICE describing a photoRole-play: one examiner and one candidate

PRACTICE describing a photoRole-play: one examiner and one candidate

PRACTICE describing a photoRole-play: one examiner and one candidate

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CONSOLIDATIONRemember:+ What can you see in the photo?+ Who are they?+ Where are they?+ How old are they? (make guess)+ What are they wearing?+ What are they doing?+ What are their feelings?

HOMEWORK

Audio-record yourself describing a photo and sendit to T’s email before 9h00 pm on Wednesday