Intermediate Listening and Speaking

Week Three
Taught by Fazil Munir BA JD Esq
• Sometimes we get tired of our jobs and our
neighborhoods. What should we do?

• GO ON VACATION!!!!!!!!
 Factors
• Weather
• Location
• Language
• Cost
• Activities (Things to do)
• Sights
• People
Beautiful Scenery/Views
• When on vacation, we often stay in ______. To
stay in a hotel we first need to make a
______________.
• Hotels, apartments, inns, and rental houses
are all types of ___________.
 The Arctic
• the Arctic Ocean, Alaska, Canada, Finland,
Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and
Sweden
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 Background vocab
• Sweden is a cold country.
• What are some fun things to do in the snow?
• Skiing
• Dogsledding
• Snowshoeing
• Snowmobiling
Sculptures
 Northern Lights
• collisions between gaseous particles in the
Earth with charged particles from the sun.
Ice Hotel
Ice Hotel
Closet
Sleeping Bag
• Theater
• Movie Theater…
 It’s worth it!
• Living alone in the forest is lonely and
dangerous but it is ________ it because you
will learn independence.

• Reading books is boring but it is _______ it

because you will learn a lot of knowledge.

• Driving a motorcycle is dangerous but it’s

_______ it because you can go anywhere.
 Discussion
• Ask 5 different people,
• “Would you like to stay in the Ice Hotel? Why
or why not?”
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Travel Agent
 MESSAGE
• Are you tired of studying? Are you ready to get away from
it all and go on the trip of your life? I know what you’re
thinking. “How can I go on a vacation? don’t have any
money. Are you kidding me?”
• Well, don’t worry. You can travel on a budget and still have
a great time!
• You can go backpacking. Just put some clothes in a
backpack and you’re ready to go!
• And you don’t have to stay in a hotel. There are many other
kinds of cheaper lodging. You could stay in a youth hostel.
It’s a great way to meet travelers from other places! You
can save money AND get to know people.
• Try it! Its worth it!
Youth Hostel
 How to travel on a budget
• If you are travelling on a budget, you can…
– Stay in a youth hostel
– Use an ongkat.
 Can/Can’t
• 1. What ____ you ____ in the Ice Hotel?
• You ____ look at paintings in the art gallery.
• You ______ put your clothes in the closet.
• You _________ watch a play in the theater
• 2. Can you get married there?
• _____ you ______.
• Meaning: able v. unable
• Can/can’t + Verb 1.
• What can you do in Bali?
– You can _________________
• What can you do in Los Angeles?

• What can you do in the Himalayas?

 Talk to your partner (Take Turns)
• Hi Friend. Tell me about your hometown.
• Well, I’m from ____________________.
• Oh cool. What can you do there?
• Well you can ______________________
• That’s so exciting. Are there any sights I can see there?
• Sure. You can __________________________.
• That’s sounds like fun. But I don’t have a lot of money. Can I
travel there on a budget?
• Sure. You can _______________________
• I see…I see. Well, can I __________ there?
• Umm…you can ___________________
• That sounds so cool. You’re such a cool guy!
 Travel Fair
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Travel Fair in Indonesia
Presentation at a Travel Fair
Travel Fair (Working in Groups of 3-4)!
• You will present a vacation destination at the travel
fair! Tell us…
• What is the weather like?
• Best time of year to visit?
• What can you do there?
• What sights can you see there?
• Lodging (where can you stay)?
• Cost (expensive? Can we travel there on a budget?
How?)
• Why will we like it?
• Encourage us to go! No reading from a paper.
 Expressions of Encouragement!
• You’ll have a blast!
• You’ll love it!
• You’ll have the time of your life!

• Listen and ask questions, and decide whose

vacation is the best
 Will be Collected

Group Members Name of Place What is special Do you want to

about the place? go there? Why?
 Glass G
• TIDY
• YOU CAN SUNBATHE
• PLEASE DON’T LAUGH
• DIVING v. SCUBA DIVING.
• WE CAN GO SCUBA DIVING
 Class D
• Couple
• Travel agent v. travel agency
• Clear/bening (crystal-clear)
• On April
• In the Beach
• If you are interesting
• Diving
• Come Join Us!
• Join Us!
• How much does it cost? What’s the cost?
• Let’s go fishing
• Cloudy v. Clear
• I didn’t hear that. Can you repeat it?
– Replay is for recordings.
• There are too many charges.
• I want to tell you about a special place in Sumatra,
specifically Lampung.
• I want to tell you about some special places in Sumatra,
especially Lampung.
• You can go hiking in the mountains
• Do people in Palembang hike?
• I like all coffee EXCEPT Luwak coffee.
• I love ginger coffee.
• What other coffee do you like BESIDES ginger
coffee.
• What can you eat in Turkey BESIDES kebab?
• I like all people EXCEPT Donald Trump.
• Who do you dislike BESIDES Donald Trump?
• No-one.
• I like to go swimming in August.
• I like to go swimming on August 28.
•
 What is a festival?
• Festival is a big gathering which people attend
in large numbers to have _____
– FUN
• Usually a festival happens once a _____.
– Year
• Festivals are not private; they are ________.
– Public
 Today’s Lesson
• Giving suggestions
• Talking about Festivals
• Collocations
• Speaking Activity (Create your own festival)
 Discussion Questions
Think of as many festivals as you can!

What are some activities people do at festivals?

If you could “invent” a festival, what festival

would it be?
Festival of Venice
Harbin Snow and Ice Festival (China)
Jaipur Elephant Festival
Monkey Buffet Festival
Texas Book Festival 2011
Albuquerque balloon festival
Sun Dance Film Festival
Day of the Dead
Carnaval (Rio De Janeiro)
Running of the Bulls
 Board Race
• Let’s ________ some photos!
• Take
• Let’s ______ ____ the mall!
• Go to
• Let’s ________ lunch.
• Have
• Exercises on page 41

• Ask your partner the questions on part 10

Garden Festival/Art Festival
 Imagine you are putting on the
festivals
• Fill in
FESTIVAL TIME AND FOOD AND ACTIVITIES SIGHTS AND
PLACE DRINK SOUNDS

Garden
Festival

Art Show

AMERICAN Maliboro French Fries Singing Fireworks

FESTIVAL This Sunday Coca Cola Dancing Country Music
Hot Dogs Storytelling Fireworks
Hamburgers
 Grammar Review
• Swim
– Infinitive (verb 1)
• Swimming
– Gerund

• I like to swimming
• I like swimming
• I like swim
• I like to swim

RULE: We don’t use ______ with the gerund.

 Page
• This/could/You/online/look at/
• Starting/How/wedding cake/?/with/about
• Not/Why/yourself/?/try it
 Ways to make suggestions
“Where should we go?”
• Infinitive (Verb 1)
• Why not go to the mall?
• Shall we go to the mall?
• We could go to the mall
• -Ing (Gerund)
• How about going to the mall?
• I’d suggest going to the mall
• Can we think about going to the mall?
Practice Dialogue
 Responding to Suggestions
(Why not go to the mall?)
• Saying no
– I’m not sure if that’s a good idea.

• Saying yes
– OK. Good idea.
– Yes. I’d love to.
– That’s a great idea.
– Yes that sounds good
Weekend trip to Singapore. Make
suggestions and choose one.
Create your own festival in groups of
2-3.
Writing? Yes!

NAME OF WHY TIME AND FOOD AND ACTIVITIES SIGHTS

FESTIVAL PLACE DRINK AND
SOUNDS
SMELLS
To
celebrate
_________
_________
_________
 Interview EVERY other group
No writing. Only English.
• Hi ____________. I heard you’re holding a festival.
• What is it called?
• What is it about?
• What can we eat there?
• What can we see there?
• What can we do there?
• Your party sounds like fun OR sorry I can’t come.

• You must move around for this activity!!!

• When you are finished, decide which festival you
would like to attend.
 Now discuss with your group; which
festival would you like to go to?
• Use the suggestion vocabulary.
 We will learn about three more
festivals
• Let’s first learn some vocabulary
• Page 36, part 1
Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Muscat Festival of Heritage and
Culture
Iceland Airwaves Music Festival
 Listening
• Fill in the gaps on page 37
 Listening 2
• Vocabulary (Part 1)

• 2 listening exercises.
 Listening 3
• Wedding Festivals
• Which two ways of introducing examples can be
followed by a noun

– Such as, like

• Which two ways of introducing examples can be

followed by a subject and verb or by a comma
and a noun.

– For example for instance

 Spanish festival charges for tomato
throwing (30th August, 2013)
• Spanish festival charges for tomato throwing
(30th August, 2013)
 Vocabulary
• Mayor • Woes
• decades. • Take part
• financial • Minimum
• security • Local residents
• various • Costs
• origins. • Hour-long
• brawl
• Pelting
• Charging/free
• Why is the festival so expensive for the city?

• How will charging for tickets make the festival

cheaper for the city?

• Why is the festival unsafe?

• How will charging for tickets make the festival

safer?
• Does it sound like fun?????

• Goal: Try to find a solution that makes

everyone happy.
– Compromise, give and take
 (DURIAN FESTIVAL IN JOGJA)

• A Jogja mayor- you want foreign visitors to pay!

Think of 3 reasons why.
• B Tourist. You don’t want to pay for the festival.
Think of 3 reasons why you shouldn’t have to pay.
• C Local resident of Jogja. You think that the
tourists should be charged a higher price. bring
their own durians, AND clean up after the
festival. Think of 3 reasons why.
• D Humanitarian: You think the festival is a waste
of time and money, and unsafe. Think of 3
reasons why the festival should be stopped.
 Find a solution/Compromise
• Make the mayor happy!

• Make the humanitarian happy!

• Make the local resident happy!

• Make the tourist happy!