Language Leader Unit 1 Communication Language Leader Intermediate

Language Leader Unit 1 Communication Language Leader, Intermediate Student’s Book By David Cotton, David Falvey & Simon Kent Published and Copyright by Pearson Education Limited, 2008 Presentation created by Araya Hongchindaket, 2010

1. 1 Great Communicators (P. 6) 2 a) Complete the sentences on the right with the words in the box. 1. listener 7. humour 2. language 8. appearance 3. rambler 9. eye 4. nerves 10. pace 5. cultures 11. charisma 6. vocabulary 12. digressions

Reading: (P. 7) John F Kennedy Martin Luther King Junior Margaret Thatcher

5 b) Read the speeches and try to match them with the people. 1. 2. 3. John F Kennedy Martin Luther King Junior Margaret Thatcher

6. What is the main topic of each speech? Choose from the following. Speech 1 b) the defence of liberty Speech 2 C) racial equality Speech 3 G) Becoming prime minister

7 a) Which speech does the following? There is one extra option. a) Gives a warning b) Outlines a hope Speech 2 c) Asks people to make a choice d) Makes a promise Speech 3 Speech 1

7 b) Find examples in the speeches of the following: a) repetition Text 1: My fellow…ask not what… (final 2 paragraphs) Text 2: I have a dream (beginning of each paragraph) Text 3: Where there is…, may we bring (final 4 lines)

b) tripling Text 1: The energy, the faith, the devotion (Para 1) Text 2: - Text 3: -

c) contrast Text 1: Shrink from/ welcome (para 1) Text 2: Former slaves/ former slave owners (Para 2), Injustice/ justice, oppression/ freedom (Para 3), Color of their skin/ content of their character (para 4) Text 3: Discord/ harmony, error/ truth, doubt/ faith, Despair/ hope (final 4 lines)

d) A quote Text 1: Text 2: We hold these truths to be self-evident, That all men are created equal (Para 1) Text 3: Where there is discord…may we bring hope (final 4 lines)

1. 2 Improving Communication (P. 8) • Reading 3) Read the leaflet. Match the following extracts from Andrea Barnard’s course handouts with the weeks in the leaflet. A. Week 3 B. Week 4 C. Week 5 D. Week 1 E. Week 2

4 a) Read the statements. Decide whether they are true or false. • This course…. 1 F. 2 F. 3 F. 4 T. 5 T. 6 F. 7 T

Vocabulary: idioms (P. 9) 5 a) Match the idioms with their definitions. 1. Actions speak louder than words 2. Think before you speak g 3. (can’t) get a word in edgeways d 4. Hear it on the grapevine c 5. Be on the same wavelength 6. Get straight to the point b a 7. Have a quick word with someone e f

Grammar: the continuous aspect 6 b) Tick the four words/ phrases that can describe the continuous aspect. Temporary habitual complete Unfinished in progress changing permanent

7. Look at the verb forms in the sentences. Name the verb form and say why it is used. 1. a) I’m writing an email … Pre con (in progress) b) I write a letter…every week. Pre sim (habitual) 2 a) I work in London. Pre sim (permanent) b) I’m working in…, but I’m looking for a job in Paris. Pre con (temporary)/ Pre con (in progress) 3. a) She wrote the report… Past sim (complete) b) She was writing the report… Past con (unfinished/ in progress during the flight)

• See ‘Language Reference’ for G 1 and G 2 on page 134.

8. Five of the following sentences are wrong. Identify which they are and discuss why they are wrong. 1. Agreeing changed to agree (state verb) 2. correct 3. correct 4. Stay changed to are staying (the action is temporary) 5. Knowing changed to know (state verb) 6. talks changed to is talking (in progress) 7. correct 8. get changed to is getting (in progress)

Grammar: the perfect aspect (P. 10) 3. Look at Track 1. 4 on P. 175 and underline examples of the present perfect, past perfect and past simple. Present perfect: Has become famous, has written, Has published, She’s also become, Has appeared, has been, has lectured Past perfect: Had already written, had published, Had written Past simple: Was published, spent, contained, decided, Was, wrote

4. Complete the following explanations with past simple, past perfect, and present perfect. Present perfectlooks back from now to a time • The _______ before now. Past perfect • The _______ looks back from a time in the past to another time before that. Past simple • The _______ refers to a completed event at a definite time in the past.

See ‘Language reference’ on Page 134.

5. Complete this report about communications company with the verbs in the box in the past simple or perfect tense. (Have) taken on 7. (employed) 1. started 2. Have built 8. Has grown 3. have just had 9. Have gone up 4. Employed (had) 10. Had reached 5. Had risen (gone up) 11. Has contributed 6. moved

Vocabulary: idioms 9 a) Match the expressions a-d with the ideas in 1 -4. a) Burst into (laughter) 3. Suddenly start to do something (e. g. cry) b) Run out of (things to say) 4. Use all of (something) c) The life of the party 2. Fun and exciting to be with d) Hold centre stage 1. Get a lot of attention