SPEAKING ACTIVITIES

PART A

Get ready students!
Here I have some expressions of asking for opinion and giving opinion.
Please, read and understand it.

Asking for Opinions

What do you think?

What's your opinion?

What are your ideas?

Do you have any thoughts on that?

How do you feel about that?

Giving Opinions

I think ……….

I don't think……………

I believe (that)………

I don't believe (that)………

In my opinion……….

I feel that…………..

I don't feel that …………

ACTIVITY 1

A. I have an example dialogue of asking and giving opinion.
Practice the dialogue with your friends.
Have fun!

Tika : Do you have any plan for this long weekend?

Doni : No, do you?

Tika : Well, I have a plan to go to Jogja. What do you think about it?

Doni: That’s a good a plan. May I join you?

Tika : Of course you may. But I still haven’t decided how I get there.

Doni: What do you think if we go there by train?

Tika: Well, I think it’s a good idea, but don’t you think that it will be over crowded?

It is a long weekeend you know?

Doni: You’re right, so how?

Tika: What do you think if we go there by motorcycle?

Doni: By motorcycle is good. Jogja is not very far from Semarang.

Tika: Yeah, we can exchange ourselves. First I drive, then you drive.

Doni: OK, see you .

B. Well students, I believe you can do the fun activity above.
-Now, it is your turn to make a dialogue use asking and giving opinion.
-The theme is based on your creativity.
-Have fun!


ACTIVITY 2

-Let’s go to the next fun activity.
-Here, I have an audio about asking and giving opinion.
-Listen to carefully, after that make a short dialogue based on the pictures below.
-Use the expressions from the audio.
-It’s easy right? Good luck !

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Activity 3

-Do you still enjoy the activities students?
-OK, now watch the video below.
-Then, retell the story based on your own words in front of class.
-Happy watching !

REFERENCES

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/slideshow-photo/diskusi-2orang-clon-ulama-bnten-tb-ulil-albab-indonesia-indonesia.html?sid=13851182&fid=fb-100001155428390_211400

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/3562317/Financial-crisis-Markets-must-be-free-they-give-us-the-power-to-make-choices.html

http://www.conversantlife.com/morality/upcoming-debate-on-god-and-morality

http://sejarahperang.com/2008/07/07/erwin-rommmel/

http://sourcelife.tk/2011/ditinggalkan-oleh-sahabat/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a7hYqWWTQDM

SPEAKING

PART B

Website for Teaching English Speaking

URL:http://talkenglish.com/

1. Website review

The name of website is talkenglish.com. It focuses solely on English speaking. Their goal is to help people with English speaking so we can speak English fluently. This website is very appropriate for teaching English. TalkEnglish.com developed the "Click, Listen, and Repeat" functionality. In most of the lessons, we read the sentence, click on the sentence to listen to the sentence, and then we can practice speaking by repeating after the audio file provided by a native English speaker. This proven method strengthens our reading, speaking, and listening all at the same time and enables us to speak English fluently. This website also provide so many examples of dialogue. It is divided into six parts. They are English speaking basic, business English lessons, interview English lesson, English listening lesson, regular English lessons, travel English lesson, phrases and idioms and the last is pronunciation lessons. The English speaking basic is for beginners using common expressions. Business English lessons is to increase fluency in professional business communication in an office setting. Interview English lessons is prepared for any kind of interview conducted in English and gain confidence. In the part phrases and idioms, we can learn phrases and idioms that are hard to translate into a different language. In the English listening lessons, we can improve our listening skills with fun questions and answers. Regular English lessons is provided to learn what to say and how to say things in daily conversations. Travel English lessons is specifically created for people going to an English speaking country for vacation. In pronunciation lessons, we learns American English pronunciation lessons with explanations to help our speaking. Beside speaking English, there is listening lesson. It is also divided into some parts. Part 1 is basic listening lesson, part 2 is intermediate listening lesson and part 3 is advanced listening lesson.

2. What teachers can do

By this website, the teachers can get materials of speaking easier because there are many examples of dialogue for their students. Beside that, the materials also can be downloaded. So, it will support their learning process of speaking.

3. What students can do

The students can study speaking by themselves. They can read the dialogues and then listen the audio to know the way to pronounce the sentences. Beside that, they also can download the audio, so they can improve their listening ability.

4. My opinion about this website

This website has many advantages for teaching English both speakingand listening. They provide many materials that appropriate with speaking lesson. They also give audio to help people to know the way to pronounce the sentences. Beside that, they also divide the materials based on the ability. There are basic, intermediate and advanced. So, it make people study English easier.

5. Recommendation

The website should provide pictures, so it can make students more interesting with this website.

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

NARRATIVE TEXT

PRE LISTENING ACTIVITY

Are you ready to begin students?OK, look at the pictures below, and then choose the right sentence based on the picture!

1. a. The two mice are having dinner.

b. The two mice are writing.

2. a. The mouse is bringing an umbrella.

b. The mouse is bringing a bag.

3. a. The two mice are riding a car.

b. A mouse is riding a car.

4. a. The two mice want to eat a cheese.

b. The two mice want to eat a bread.

5. a. The short mouse brings an umbrella.

b. The tall mouse wears a hat.

WHILST QUESTIONS

Well students, here I have an audio. Please listen to the monologue carefully. After that, answer the questions.

Aesop - The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse "> Found at abmp3 search engine

QUESTIONS

Listening Section » online quizzes

POST LISTENING ACTIVITY

Match the words below with the meaning!

1.Acquaintances	a. a cupboard or small room used, especially in the past, for storing food in a person's home
2. Mouse	b. place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than a city
3. Country	c. to give someone something that they need
4. Town	d. to ask or request someone to go to an event
5.Invite	e. to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit
6.Oatmeal	f. a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail
7.Provide	g. to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized
8. Exceed	h. a type of flour made from oats
9.Venture	i. and which is not in towns, cities or industrial areas and is either used for farming or left in its natural condition
10.Larder	j. a person that you have met but do not know well

Well students, please send your answer to sha.witri@yahoo.co.id. Don't forget to give your name,class and number (e.g. sawitri, VIII C, 32 ).

Read the story below !

THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were acquaintances, and the Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour. The fare was not much to the taste of the guest, and presently he broke out with "My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me, and I promise you you shall live on the fat of the land." So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him, and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates. The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it, and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided: but before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again; but some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. "Good-bye," said he, "I'm off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers; whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace."

The Important Words

Memorize all the words!

1. Town : kota

2. Country : desa

3. Acquaintances: kenalan

4. Invited : mengundang

5. Distinctly: dengan jelas

6. Fare: makanan

7. Larder : tempat penyimpanan makanan

8. Scampered : berlari – lari

9. Exceedingly : sangat

10. Ventured : melakukan sesuatu yang berbahaya

TASK

Listen to the listening material below on your own time.

Aesop - The Fox And The Crow Found at abmp3 search engine

HAVE FUN STUDENTS !

REFERENCES

http://www.happychild.org.uk/nvs/cont/stories/aesopsfables/page0119.htm

http://abmp3.com/download/2062725-the-town-mouse-and-the-country-mouse.html

http://abmp3.com/download_ht.php?file_name=5318940-the-fox-and-the-crow

http://www.bygosh.com/Features/082000/mouse.htm

http://ezziatiamira.blogspot.com/2011/02/town-mouse-and-country-mouse.html

http://mrdidiktw.blogspot.com/2010/12/town-mouse-and-country-mouse.html

http://www.kidsgen.com/moral_stories/townmouse_countrymouse.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Town-Mouse-Country-Picture-Classics/dp/079451877X