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O R A L P R A C T I C E Lessons 1 - 25 - Shenker

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OP 6 - WORDS<br />

- Here are some questions for you…<br />

The little "asides", e.g. on capital cities, are not obligatory. They are just examples of the kind of extra<br />

"spin-off" questions that you can always work into an exercise of this type.<br />

What language do they speak in Japan?<br />

What language do they speak in China?<br />

What language do they speak in Greece?<br />

What language do they speak in Turkey?<br />

What language do they speak in Egypt?<br />

In some countries they speak more than one language…<br />

What languages do they speak in Canada?<br />

What languages do they speak in Switzerland?<br />

What languages do they speak in Belgium<br />

What languages do they speak in Wales?<br />

What languages do they speak in Bolzano? (Northern Italy)<br />

BY THE WAY, do you know the capitals of these countries?<br />

What's the capital of Japan?<br />

Can you spell "Tokyo"?<br />

What about China? (This is more difficult!) / …spelling?<br />

Greece? / Turkey? / Egypt?<br />

Who's your favourite writer?<br />

Who's your favourite singer?<br />

Who's your favourite actor?<br />

Who's your favourite painter?<br />

Who's your favourite football player?<br />

(very quickly at first; if necessary repeat more slowly:)<br />

You can't understand me. What can you say?<br />

Now you understand. What can you say?<br />

You can't believe something…<br />

The following three items refer to a Conversation on PCB.<br />

(NB: Xerxes = / zΐ:k si: z / )<br />

I've got a little friend, a little boy named Tommy. Can you<br />

spell "Tommy"?<br />

Tommy's got a girl friend. Her name is Susie. Can you spell<br />

"Susie"?<br />

Tommy's got a dog. The dog's name is Xerxes. Can you spell<br />

"Xerxes"?<br />

Possible segue to next exercise: Now, can you sing…?<br />

46<br />

Japanese.<br />

Chinese.<br />

Greek.<br />

Turkish.<br />

Arabic.<br />

French and English.<br />

German, French and Italian<br />

French and FLEMISH<br />

English and Welsh<br />

Italian and German.<br />

TOKYO<br />

T O K Y O<br />

BEIJING / B E I J I N G<br />

ATHENS / ANKARA / CAIRO<br />

[…]<br />

[…]<br />

[…]<br />

[…]<br />

[…]<br />

Can you repeat that?<br />

Can you speak (more) slowly, please?<br />

(W&E, L.6)<br />

I see.(W&E, L.6)<br />

I can't believe it!<br />

T-O-M-M-Y<br />

S-U-S-I-E<br />

X-E-R-X-E-S

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