(Upper-Intermediate) Miscommunication

Before watching

1. Have you ever talked with a friend about a problem, only to realize that he just doesn’t seem to grasp why the issue is so important to you?

2. Have you ever presented an idea to a group, and it’s met with utter confusion?

3. Have you been having an argument and been accused of not listening at all?

4. What other experiences of miscommunication have you had?

5. Is it always easier to communicate 'face to face'?


Lesson link:

Miscommunication


1. What is the transmission model of communication?

2. What is the transactional model of communication?

3. What's the difference between the two?

4. What do perceptual filters do as we communicate?

5. What are some examples of filters?

6. What other things can interfere with communication?

7. Simple practices to improve communication:

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8. How do reach a common understanding of things?



Kahoot!

Trump's First Chakra

Deepak Chopra believes Donald Trump is stuck in the first of the seven chakras. Apparently this means he "thinks with his penis" and "has the emotional development of a 3-year-old."

Guide questions:

What are the 4 'f's of the Root chakra?
F
F
F
F

What is Trump not capable of as a result of being stuck in the first chakra?

being c____
being in____
has no ______
_______
_______
_______
No capacity to offer _______, ________, _________, or _________

What will be affected if you wear dirty underwear?

What does Deepak see in Donald Trump

R
G
F
H
G
S
D
P

What does the presenter mean by "breaking new ground"? And "kicking him in his first chakra"?


Watch:

Trump's chakra

15 Question Kahoot

B2.3 Unit 3: Awkward Situations

 

Role Play

You have made a big mistake; you agreed to go on a holiday with a friend but you have changed your mind as you can't afford it but you don't know how to tell them. The holiday is only a week away and your friend is so excited about going with you. What should you say to them?

A coworker has very bad body odour. They cycle into work and have a shower before they come into the office however, they still smell very badly of body odour. What are you going to tell them?

Your colleague at work has been slacking off work a lot lately. They are supposed to be answering the phone and taking customer enquiries. However, they've been coming in late every day, leaving the office for long periods of time and leaving work early every day. You've had to take over answering the phone which makes you unable to do your job. What will you say to them?

(Intermediate) How To Eat Sushi

Don't even think about putting that pickled ginger on the fish. A Tokyo chef explains how it's done.

Watch:

How to Eat Sushi

True or false?

1. Mr. Yasuda owns his own restaurant.
2. Fish is the most important element of sushi.
3. Wasabi is not a radish.
4. Wasabi is bitter.
5. Good seaweed is tender.
6. The best tuna has no fat.
7. Don’t use chopsticks to eat sushi roll.
8. Never put ginger in soy sauce.
9. Only use a touch of soy sauce.
10. Use chopsticks with pickled ginger.
11. Eat the ginger to cleanse the palate.
12. Shake off the excess soy sauce when dipping a single piece of sushi
13. Shaking reminds us of something unappetizing.
14. It makes no difference whether you eat the sushi at the counter or the table.

(Game) Blind Spelling, Camaraderie, Elvis lives

Students divide into teams. 
One player (speller) from each team comes to the board. 
Speller puts on a blindfold. 
Referee says a word.
The players race to spell the word as quickly as they can on the board. 
Team can help after 20 seconds.

First team to spell ten readable words correctly wins.

Cut up these words into piles of individual letters

give them randomly to the students and get them to stand in the correct order to spell the words.

Afterwards, discuss the words and try to write sentences using them.

16 letters for 16 students

characterization, multiprogramming, misunderstanding, enthusiastically, hydroelectricity, reinterpretation, responsibilities, authoritarianism, Christianization, environmentalist, creditworthiness, administratively, counterbalancing, undiscriminating,  misappropriation, collectivisation, contraindication, disqualification, simultaneousness, environmentalism, remilitarization,  incomprehensible

15 letters for 15 students

procrastination, personification, characteristics, desertification, congratulations, alphabetisation, methamphetamine, interdependence,, accomplishments, unprepossessing, acknowledgeable, Americanization, acknowledgement, prognostication, antepenultimate, acclimatization, maneuverability, rationalisation, mischievousness, parthenogenesis, acclimatisation, discombobulated, trustworthiness, carnivorousness, misapprehension, nationalisation, insubordination, kindheartedness

10 letters for ten students

California, everything, aboveboard, Washington, basketball, weathering, characters, literature, perfection, volleyball, depression, homecoming, technology, maleficent, watermelon, appreciate, relaxation, convection, abominable, government, salmonella, strawberry, aberration, retirement, television, contraband, Alzheimers, silhouette, friendship, loneliness, punishment, university, Cinderella, confidence, restaurant, abstinence, blackboard, discipline, renovation, helicopter, generation, adaptation, skateboard, lightboard, Apocalypse, understand, leadership, revolution, insulation

9 letters for nine students

identical, chocolate, Christmas, beautiful, happiness, Wednesday, challenge, celebrate, adventure, important, consonant, Christian, dangerous, masculine, Australia, irregular, something, knowledge, Elizabeth, macaronic, pollution, President, wrestling, pineapple, adjective, secretary, undefined, Halloween, Amerindic, ambulance, alligator, seventeen, affection, congruent, marijuana, community, different, vegetable, influence, structure, invisible, wonderful, packaging, provoking, nutrition, crocodile, education

8 letters for 8 students

thirteen, Thursday, princess, assonant, thousand, fourteen, language, chipotle, American, business,  elephant, children, birthday, mountain, feminine, football, kindness, syllable, abdicate, treasure, Virginia, envelope, strength, together, memories, darkness, February, sandwich, calendar, bullying, equation, violence, marriage, building, internal, function, November, drooping, abortion, Victoria, squirrel, tomorrow, champion, sentence, personal, remember, daughter, hospital, ordinary

7 letters for 7 students

perfect, Tuesday, country, pumpkin, special, America, freedom, picture, husband, monster, seventy, Melissa, nothing, sixteen, morning, journey, history, Georgia, fifteen, amazing, rihanna, January, dolphin, teacher, forever, kitchen, holiday, Madison, welcome, Jupiter, justice, diamond, courage, hundred, silence, someone, science, revenge, leonine, harmony, problem, awesome, penguin, youtube, blanket, yielder, England, dancing

6 letters for 6 students

purple, orange, family, twelve, silver, thirty, donate, people, future, Heaven, banana, Africa, Monday, office, nature, eleven, Mumbai, animal, twenty, snitch, Rachel, Friday, Father, yellow, poetry, August, broken, potato, Sunday, circle, school, breath, moment, circus, person, scarce, London, energy, sister, spring, change, monkey, system, secret, pirate, turtle, ninety

Write letters randomly on the board

Students divde into small groups

Call out the three words together

First team to write three words correctly wins a point
If you have the right number of students, you can give the letters out as sheets or cars an get students race to form the words as in Camaraderie.

4-letter anagrams

acre
care
race

demo
dome
mode

diet
edit
tide

dare
dear
read



5-letter anagrams

alert
alter
later


coats
coast
tacos

below
bowel
elbow

capes
paces
space

6-letter anagrams

airmen
marine
remain

antler
learnt
rental

arches
chaser
search

asleep
elapse
please

caller
cellar
recall

desert
deters
rested

enlist
listen
silent

7-letter anagrams

alerted
altered
related

earnest
eastern
nearest

capitol
optical
topical

aligned
dealing
leading

claimed
decimal
medical

8-letter anagrams

lameness
nameless
salesman

construe
counters
recounts

B2.1 Unit 6 Lifestyles

Listen to someone talk about his lifestyle choice (p66 Listening)

Discuss different lifestyles  - practice agreeing and disagreeing (p67)

Practice speaking for a set amount of time (p67)

Use and listen to phrasal verbs used in context of topic of lifestyles (p68)

Practice using verb patterns (p69)

Read about a conventional and unconventional lifestyle (p70)

Write a story (p72)

Learn and use some useful vocabulary around the topic of lifestyles (p73)

Practice using Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous (p74)

Recently this couple decided to change their lifestyle.

1. What exactly did they decide to do?
2. What do you think motivated them?

3. How about you? Is you lifestyle different from how it used to be?

4. If yes, what motivated you to change you lifestyle?

Stages of life:

1. Did you have a good lifestyle as a kid? What was it like?

2. What kind of lifestyle to do you hope to have over the next decade or so?

3. How would you like to live in your old age?

4. Is there anyone who's lifestyle you really envy or admire?

(Advanced) The Record Breaker

Meet Ashrita Furman. If he isn’t a real-life inspiration for a Wes Anderson character, well I don’t know who is. He was a kid who could have gone to any Ivy league college and had any job he wanted, but instead, Ashrita chose to dedicate his life to breaking records. Oh, and to being happy. Watch this short film until the end, I guarantee it will leave you with a big smile and generally feeling warm and fuzzy about life.

Watch:

The Record Breaker


Before watching, match the questions to the answers:


A) What does Ashrita's mom say about him

B) Why does Ashrita's father believe he would have made an outstanding lawyer?

C) What does Ashrita get out of breaking records?

D) What does Ashrita want to attain?

E) What was Ashrita like as a kid

F) What's Ashrita's dog's name?



Champ

Fulfilment

Because he asks questions that get right to the heart

Enlightenment

He was very industrious

A big nerd



Watch for a few minutes and put the questions in order.


Discuss

Is Ashrita inspiring?

Who inspires you?

B2.1 Unit 5: Excellence

Grammar:

So and such
Too and enough
Modifying superlatives

Vocab:

Words describing feelings and attitudes and others to do with the topic of "Excellence".

37 words and phrases


Reading:

About people who have done extraordinary things.



 
Listening: p 59

To people talk about their experiences doing extreme sports.


Speaking:

Talking in detail about pictures. Pointing out similarities and differences.

Discussing talents and personal qualities with respect to different professions and careers.

Talking about shades of emotion. Verbal, non-verbal and para-verbal expressions of emotion.

Talking about what can help people excel in their lives.


Vocab: p 61 - adjectives of attitude and feeling

Noun:
Verb:
Adj: amusing
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: attractive
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: brave
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: excellent
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: exhausted
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: fascinating
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: horrible
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: scary
Adverb:


Noun:
Verb:
Adj: unique
Adverb:


Try writing a sentence using one of the words in all its basic forms.


E.g.

I have a fascination for Japan.
Japan fascinates me.
Japan is a fascinating place.
Some of the buildings in Japan are fascinatingly designed.


Reading - p 54

Superlatives:

the s________ breeze

the record for the h_______ sky-dive

the most d______ example of extreme athleticism

to e____ their personal best

nearly the best sprinting p_________ I have ever seen

al_______ the strongest man in the universe



Modals of the past:

may have boiled
might have failed
could have interrupted

The slightest breeze ___________ his flight pattern.
His pressurised suit _________, or his blood ____________.



Some words and phrases:

deploy
went on to
blow sth out of the water
strive
cultivate
push limits
brute strength
thrive
quest (for)
garner


Quantifiers and modifiers

the slightest breeze
how far the human body can be pushed
much the most dramatic example
That's fast - but not fast enough
it takes considerable training
isn't measured on brute strength, bravery or speed alone
three times as high as
with a little creativity and a lot of ambition


Listening - p 59


Some words and phrases:

adrenaline junkies
daredevils
feat
unstoppable (adj)
What a rush!
on hold
a run-in
coward
to lunge
get spooked
an invaluable lesson
to head over
to be bucked off
rodeo clown
my heart races
be trampled
a startling range
to spill blood



Gradable and ungradable adjectives - lesson

(Intermediate) The Briefcase - expressing purpose and reason

A

Grammar focus:

In order to  +  verb

e.g. I brought this briefcase (in order) to carry all my stuff. 

Because + sub + verb + obj

e.g. I bought this briefcase to work because I lost my backpack.

You're at the office. Here is your partner's briefcase. It accidentally fell off their desk and all these things spilled out across the floor. As you help put them back in the suitcase, politely ask them why they have brought these items with them to work today. They should begin each answer with "I brought that/those in order to... or because...

Before answering think of the best verb to use with this item.

Grammar focus:

So that  +  subject  +  (modal verb?)  +  verb

e.g. I brought this briefcase so (that) I can carry all my stuff. 

Because of + noun phrase

e.g. I bought this briefcase to work because of the stylish way it looks.

Here is your partner's briefcase. It accidentally fell off their desk and all these things spilled out across the floor. As you help put them back in the suitcase, politely ask them why they have brought these items with them to work. They should begin each answer with "I brought that/those so that... or because of...