Speaking workshop

11 Maio 2017, 12:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Speaking workshop.

Students carried out three speaking exercises.

1. Speed Dating

• You’re looking for the love of your life, right?
• Here’s what you’re going to do:

• Each person will be given a letter ‘A’ or ‘B’;
• All of the ‘A’s will remain seated;
• All of the ‘B’s will rotate clockwise;
• Each conversation will last five minutes;
• Each of you will have, therefore, about 2.5 minutes to provide the listener with the following information:

• Your name
• Where you’re from;
• What you do for a living or what you’re doing at the moment;
• What your goals are for your future in terms of family, career, location.
• What your qualities are and what you feel you have to offer someone;
• What you look for in the perfect partner;
• What you’re willing to compromise on;
• Your ‘dealbreakers’ (i.e. what you simply will not accept in someone).
• http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/

2.  The Tate Museum

• You’re going to go around the art gallery in pairs.
• Each time you approach a painting or photo, you will discuss the following with your partner:
• What you think the painting is about or what you think is happening in it;
• Anything you may know about the artist;
• What the painting/photo makes you feel and why;
• What it reminds you of or makes you think of;
• Anything else the painting/photo inspires you to talk about.

• You have 20 minutes to see the whole gallery.
• You do not have to see all of the images or spend the same amount of time with each image.
• You are free to do exactly as you would in a real gallery.

3. Your Oral Presentation

• Tell your partner about your upcoming oral presentation.
• Include information such as:
• The topic;
• Why you chose your topic;
• Any information you would like to give on the topic;
• Your goals for your oral presentation (i.e. what you would like people to understand or learn);
• Your hopes and fears abour your presentation.