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Noticing things Vague language

Have you seen that / those? I think it’s a sort of …
My goodness! What on earth is that / are they? It’s probably used for … and stuff like that.
Oh, look over there! It’s made from … and that sort of thing.
What’s that? I don’t really … things like that.
What are they? I think it’s a … or something.
I’ve never seen one of those before! It’s kind of …
… and so on.
I sort of feel …
Don’t they do … and all that?

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 11 Experimental travel
Activity
Groupwork. Students talk about an imaginary trip.

Focus
Speech feature: vague language.

Preparation
Photocopy one worksheet for each group of three students.
Cut the worksheet up into separate picture cards and the
phrases card.

Procedure
• Divide the class into groups of three students. Hand out
one set of picture cards to each group, placed face down
on the table, and the phrases card.
• Explain that each group is on holiday together in an
unusual place. They should imagine that they are going on
a walk and will see a number of interesting things.
• Students take it in turns to turn over a random picture card
and draw their friends’ attention to it, by saying one of the
phrases from the card, e.g. Oh, look over there! All three
students should now discuss what they can see.
• Students can speculate about what the things are used
for, how they work, who the people are, and so on. They
should use as much vague language from the phrases card
(or similar expressions) as possible.
• After a short time, the next student turns over the next
picture, and so on, until the ‘walk’ is over.

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