E-05.05 Progress with Oral-Skills & Strategies by Understanding & Making Small Talk About People

English in Everyday Life: The Family WorkLife English: Competency-Based Listening/Speaking, Book 2 Chapter 5.   Tapescript  11 + 2 = 13 pp Who It’s For: (Teachers & Helpers of) Learners Moving Beyond Beginning Levels Getting Comfortable with Vocabulary, Better Listening, Pronunciation, & Communication Activities That Improve Listening / Speaking Abilities Why It’s Useful: Having conversed about other everyday topics, users of E-05.05 (Chapter 5: the Family) can now apply their developing Oral Skills to talk about themselves & others.  What comes up first is illustrations of family members on a “tree” to match with their regular activities.  It’s followed by communication about finding housing for such a large family. Diction items contrasting potentially confusing Initial Consonants like / l r d t th / may be fun to work with because they seem to contain “alliteration.” Audio about relatives—and what they regularly do—prepares learners to exchange info themselves and