tailieunhanh - Headway - Talking Points

New Headway Talking Points is designed to lead students through a process of skill development in speaking skills from the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework (CEF) level A2 to CEF level B2. Each of the 20 units is based on a different topic, and the activities progressively develop the students’ skills in spoken interaction (dialogues, discussion, negotiations) and spoken production (talks). | I n New Talking Points CONTENTS UNIT TEXT LANGUAGE 1 Hobbies and free time p6 Leisure activities in the UK p8 Henry Dabbit the hobby doctor p9 Giving a talk p7 2 Science and technology plO Three short texts the motor car television and penicillin pl2 13 Giving opinions pl 1 3 Sports and games p 4 Ex-Olympics chief wants to go soft Asking for and agreeing disagreeing with on drugs pl6 opinions pl5 4 Animals p 8 Three short texts Save the whale Tigers Making refusing and accepting offers p 19 under threat and Will the polar bear disappear p20 5 Shopping P22 London s four most famous shops p25 Emphasizing positive things and minimizing negative things p23 6 Tourism holidays and transport p26 Three short texts tourist sites in the UK Asking polite indirect questions p27 the Czech Republic and the USA Interrupting politely p27 p28 29 7 Culture and entertainment p30 Ellie p32 Asking open questions p31 Asking for explanations p31 8 The media and communications p34 Internet news sites p37 Talking about the future p36 9 Customs and celebrations p38 An honour from the Queen p41 Giving orders and advice p40 10 Weather and climate p42 Global warming chills winter sports industry p44 Explaining cause and effect p42 2 VOCABULARY PRACTICE ACTIVITIES TALKING POINTS Hobbies and leisure activities p6 Talking about pictures of free time activities p6 Roleplay - a hobby doctor and a patient P9 The effectiveness of hobby consultations p9 Inventions and discoveries plO Synonyms pll Talking about photos of discoveries and inventions plO Nominating and voting for the most important invention of the millennium pl 3 Diet sport and lifestyle pl4 15 Roleplay - a coach and a sportsman woman p 14 A plan of action to combat drug-taking in sport p 17 Animals pl8 Modifying adverbs pl8 Giving your opinions on photos of activities connected with animals pl8 Talking about an endangered animal p21 Preparing a plan to support the World Wildlife Fund WWF at your school p21 Shopping p23 Customer service