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.