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The Speech that Made Obama

World Championship of Public Speaking

Analyse the following video clips in order to prepare for your Speaking Assessment. 

Remember - our assessment will take place on WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER. 

Your address to the class should last around 5 minutes. 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual/multilingual?

Deliver a speech considering the advantages and disadvantages of being multilingual/bilingual. Using facts, information and case studies.

Your personal ideas on bilingualism and multilingualism

From class work on -

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY

MULTILINGUAL IDENTITY

TED TALKS ON ENGLISH MANIA

SEARCH FOR MY TONGUE POEM

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POCKET ARTICLES COLLECTED FOR HOMEWORK

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LANGUAGE LEARNING VOCAB

MAKE/DO/GET VOCAB 

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CAMBRIDGE: OBJECTIVE ENGLISH Page 102-103

(Body idioms and techniques for hypothesising!)

Useful Vocab for Speaking Exam

Quizlet List here!

Grammar Check: TERM 1: MAKE DO GET

Make / Do / Get Collocations preparation

TEDTalks - English Mania and the Importance of Multiple languages

Watch the following TED talks and think about your own opinion. You can put English subtitles on to help your comprehension.


TED Talk - English Mania

TED Talk - Importance of multiple languages

Answer the following questions in your notebooks (Justify and develop your answers):
a) What is your opinion of the English Mania TED talk? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this attitude?
b) Do you agree of disagree with the speaker in the talk, "The Importance of multiple langauges"? Explain and justify your opinions.

Useful expressions:

As far as i´m concerned ..

According to this video, it seems that ...

Many people may claim that …, but others argue that …

Some people refuse to accept that …

We’re always told that …

We should ask whether …

We can’t always blame … on/for …

While there are ….

It’s true to say that

In some ways, … / In many ways, …

This doesn’t necessarily mean that…

It’s not necessarily true to say

Even if there are some occasions when …

Personally

In my eyes

I´m not expert but ..

…says we tend to associate…. With the words…

It is true that we tend to associate… with…

My personal attitude to this is…

His/her personal attitude to this seems to be

His/ her belief appears to be that

For me, it is difficult to understand where the writer is coming from

It would be difficult to envisage change in this respect

The idea of…. Is used to highlight…

True that he does make some legitimate points

This proves to us…

The author challenges the norm by saying

He errs on the side of caution

Her stance with regard to this matter is rather…

VOCABULARY IS BACK!

Click here to access the first Quizlet list of the year. You will be able to use these expressions in your Speaking Assessment!

Multilingual Identy - IB text review

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

1)      Why do you think she was able to understand four different varieties of Chinese?

2)      Under what circumstances did she learn English?

3)       How did she feel towards the English language while she was at school?

4)       What does she mean by 'linguistic schizophrenia' (lines 7 5-7 6)?

5)      What does she mean by the phrase, 'sometimes I am made to feel like a kind of cultural Frankenstein' (lines 118-119)?

TASK 3 

Find synonyms for the following words and phrases that appear in the text.

A  in an easy conspiracy (line 8)

B  aloof (line 9)

C  evoking (line l0)

D  sibilant (line l3)

E  unquestioningly (line 15)

F  resonance (line 20)

G  wallowing (line 50)

H  nuanced (line 53)

	CHINESE	THAI
In which social domains of the author´s life was each language used?
Who did Minfong Ho learn each language from?
How did she learn this language?
To which part of the body does the writer relate each language?
What problems did she have with each language?
What expressions might she use to describe her relationship with each language?
What does the writer wish to convey by these expressions?

Welcome to IB English

   

IB English Core Topics

• Communication and media
• Global Issues
• Social Relationships

IB English Optional topics

•  Cultural diversity
•  Customs and traditions
•  Health and Lifestyle
• Leisure
• Science and Technology

Content and Topics

Term 1

•Social Relationships: Language Learning, Linguistic Dominance,Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Identity

•Communication and Media: Internet, censorship, Media bias and misrepresentation

Term 2

•Science and Technology: Scientific/Technological Advancement and Ethics

Novel: PURPLE HIBISCUS

Term 3

•Global Issues: Immigration and Migration