Communication practice
1. Ask for / Give Direction ('Jungle City' practice)
2. Teacher-Student
1) 'Jungle City' (Picture & Help)
Help:
Questions:
Excuse me , can you help me?
Can you please tell me where is..........?
How can I find..........?
How can I get to..........?
How far is ............? - Koliko daleko je ....(Koliko mi treba do...)?
How much time do I need to get to.................? - Koliko vremena mi treba da stignem do....?
Is there another way to get to..........? - Ima li još jedan put do.....?
Answers:
Sure. / Certainly. / Of course./ No problem./ Why not?!/ I'll try./
go straight ahead - idi ravno
turn left (right) - skreni lijevo (desno)
take the first turning on the left (right) - skreni na prvom skretanju lijevo (desno)
take the second turning..... - skreni na drugom skretanju....
cross the street - pređi ulicu
follow ..... - prati.....
go (continue) up the street - idi (nastavi) duž ulice
go (continue) down the street - idi (nastavi) niz ulicu
go along this street - idi duž ove ulice (kreći se ovom ulicom)
walk past .............. - prođi pored............
until you get to crossroads - dok ne dođeš do raskrsnice
when you see.........., then........... - kada vidiš......, onda.........
you will see ??? on the left (right) - vidjećeš ??? na lijevoj (desnoj) strani
take a taxi (cab) - uzmi taksi
2) Teacher-Student (Neformalni razgovor na času)
Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
A - Accidents at home
- What is the most dangerous thing in your home? How can your home be made less dangerous?
- What dangers can be found in the kitchen that can cause accidents?
- What can a parent do to childproof a kitchen?
- What can a parent do to childproof the different rooms of the home?
- Where at home would you put your first aid kit?
- What do you need to do if...
- you cut your finger preparing food?
- you fall down and can not move a limb?
- the toilet is flooding the bathroom?
- a pan on the stove is on fire?
- a neighbor's dog is growling at you?
- What is the phone number for the police?
- How do you call an ambulance?
A-Advertising
- What is the most shocking advertisement you have seen?
- What is the funniest advertisement you have seen? Describe it.
- What makes an ad memorable?
- What are the different types of advertising? (Eg. TV)
- Do you buy products because of advertising?
- Do you find advertising persuasive?
- Should alcohol or tobacco companies be allowed to advertise? Why or why not?
- What do you think of celebrity endorsements?
- Do favorite or annoying celebrities make you want or not want to buy a product?
- Is there truth in advertising?
- What kind of advertisements attract your attention?
- Do you think advertising should be allowed to interrupt TV or radio programs? What are the alternatives?
- Do you think advertising is too expensive?
- What are some effective adverts you have seen lately (on TV, newspaper, etc)?
- Can you remember an advertising campaign that caught your attention?
- Do you think that the Internet and cable/satellite TV have become more important than national TV for advertising products?
- When out walking or shopping in the city, do you accept advertising fliers or free samples that are offered to you?
- What is the funniest commercial that you have seen? Describe it.
- What differences can you notice between commercials from 10 or 15 years ago and commercials today?
- Do you think there are too many ads in newspapers? Why/why not?
- Which advertisements do you like most and which least? Why?
- Do you think that commercials on TV are annoying because they interrupt programs or do you think that many ads are more amusing that the programs on TV?
A-Amusement Parks
- Have you ever visited an amusement park?
- If so, what was it called?
- Where was it?
- What has been the best amusement park you have ever visited? Why?
- What was your favorite ride or activity? Why?
- What was your worst ride or activity? Why?
- Was it expensive?
- What rides or activities would you recommend?
- How regularly do you visit amusement parks?
- Do you have any plans to go to an amusement park in the near future?
A-Anger
- What causes anger?
- Are there different types of anger?
- Is anger ever a good thing? If so, when? Why?
- Are there better and worse ways to respond to one's own anger?
- How do you decide what to do when you get angry?
- Do you think men and women show their angry differently?
- What makes you angry?
- When was the last time you got angry?
- Tell us about it.
- What do you usually do when you get angry?
- What are the situations that make you angry?
- What are the physical effects of getting angry? (e.g blood pressure...)
- Is getting angry an effective way of dealing with problems?
A-Animals and Pets
- Do you have a pet?
- How old is it?
- Where did you get it from?
- Who takes care of it?
- What does it look like (color, breed, etc.)?
- What do you feed it?
- Do you play with it?
- What is it's name? How did you choose this name?
- Does it know any tricks or understand any words?
- If you don't have a pet, why not?
- Would you ever consider getting a pet?
- Did you grow up with pets in your home?
- What are the pros and cons of keeping a pet?
- What is the best pet to own?
- What are some animals that live in your country?
- Are there animal rights groups where you live?
- Are you afraid of snakes? What is the biggest snake you have seen? Are there any poisonous snakes in your country?
- Are you frightened of spiders? What do you do if you see one?
- Can you name some endangered species?
- Have you ever ridden a horse?
- Are there birds or squirrels in your neighborhood?
- Do you know someone who owns an unusual pet?
- Do you think it is acceptable to test cosmetics on animals?
- How do you feel about the use of animals for medical research?
- Do you think it is okay to eat meat? Do you know any vegetarians?
- Is there any kind of meat you would not eat?
- What kind of meats have you eaten?
- Have you ever been to a zoo?
- Are there laws about hunting in your country?
- What do you think of hunting? Would you eat an animal that you killed yourself?
- Do you think it's okay to free animals that have been in captivity all their lives? Why or why not?
- Do you think people should buy and wear fur coats?
- Do you think that animals dream?
- Have you ever been bitten by a dog? Have you been stung by a bee?
- Have you ever been to a farm? What animals did you see there?
- Have you ever been to a horse race?
- Have you ever eaten rabbit meat? Have you eaten octopus?
- Have you ever seen a dog that helps people, such as one to assist a blind person or a policeman?
- If so, what did you notice about the dog?
- How do you think that dog was trained?
- What animals do you think are cute?
- What animals do you think are ugly?
- What can children learn by having a pet?
- What is the largest animal you have ever seen?
- Why do some people not like pets?
- What can people learn from animals?
- Does feeding an animal bring you happiness?
- If you saw a stranger drowning, and you also saw your pet drowning, and you could only save one, who would you save? What would most people choose?
- Can people be too attached to their pets?
- Do you think animals have souls?
A-Anoying things
- What annoys you about living where you live now?
- What annoys you about taking trains to work?
- What annoys you about driving a car?
- What annoys you most about living at home with your family?
- Do you think you have habits that annoy other people?
- Does it annoy you when people kiss in public?
- Do you get annoyed when someone cuts in front of you when you are waiting in line?
- What are some new pet peeves you have as a result of recent technology (i.e. cell phone use)?
- What annoying habits does your best friend have?
- Does smoking bother you?
- Do you get annoyed when other people display bad manners? Give some examples.
- What is the most annoying thing for you?
- What is the most annoying thing about your partner?
- Do you annoy people with some of your habits?
- What is something that your parents do that annoy you?
- Can annoying someone be a good thing?
- If something is annoying you, what do you usually do?
- What are some things that annoy you that don't annoy your best friend?
- How do you change annoying habits
- What are some things that car drivers do that annoy you?
- Can you think of some things children do that annoy adults around them?
- What does pet peeve mean?
- What is your pet peeve?
- Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?
- What kind of people annoy you?
- Who is the most annoying person you know? Why?
- How do you inform someone they are being annoying
- Do you think other people find you annoying? Why?
- Who is the most annoying celebrity? Why?
- Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?
- Is there anything about your teacher that annoys you? What will you do about it?
- Does it annoy you when people don't use the right punctuation?
- Do you think it is annoying if people can't or don't speak your language?
- Which is more annoying, being caught in the rain without an umbrella, or finding out you don't have enough money to pay for something you really need?
- Why do people get annoyed?
- Do bandaids on ladies feet annoy you?
- What's the most annoying thing about your partner?
- What's the most annoying catchphrase or cliche you can think of?
- Is it worse to be ignorant or annoying?
- What annoys you about yourself?
- What do people do on the subway that annoys you?
- What do people do on the bus that annoys you?
- What do people do on the street that annoys you?
- Does it annoy you when people snore?