ISE II Interview - Lesson plan 1: choosing a Topic

 
Handout 1: an example mind map

Only use/talk about 4 ideas

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 ISE II Interview - Lesson pl an 1: choosing a Topic
 
Handou
ut 2: ISE II example language (Please se
ee the ISE Syllabus
S p..39 for fulll details.)

2 ISE
Here are som me exam
of ISE II lang
mples
guage...

Example language::
Give advice and make e suggestions: What yo ou should do o is ....
including sshould/ough
ht to, etc. If I were
e you, I’d ....
You oug ght to
You’d be etter ....
Have yo ou thought about
a ....ingg ....?
What should be don ne is ....

Talk aboutt advantage

es/disadvan
ntages: There arre advantag
ges and disaadvantagess.
One of the
t advanta ages is ....
One of the
t disadvan ntages is .....

Describe p
past habits using
u ‘used to’: When I was
w younge er, I used to ....
We didn’t use to ....
It’s diffe
erent now, but
b it used tto ....

Present pe
erfect continuous: I’ve been
n studying English
E for 10 years.
I’ve been
n thinking about
a ....

Past perfect tense: Before I met you, I had never m

met an Eng glish person.
I had never been to
o England unntil last mo
onth.

The simple
e passive te
ense: I’m not sure
s what should be doone.
It is used
d for ....ing.
It is madde from ....

Relative clauses: She’s the person who ....

It’s a thiing that/which ....
ace where ....
It’s a pla

2nd conditio
onal: If I could
d ...., I would
d ....
If I were
e rich, I would ....
It would be better if ....

3rd conditio
onal: If I hadn
n’t studied so hard, I woouldn’t have e passed.
It could be ....
It may be
b ....
I would have
h gone, if I hadn’t bbeen late.
If I hadn
n’t had an acccident, I wo
would have won.
w

Ask for furrther inform

mation: Can you
u tell me mo
ore?
What ha
ave you donne so far?

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Agreement/disagreement:
‘Because of’ and ‘due to’
Feeling and emotions:
Speculating:
Possibility and uncertainty:
Impossibility:
Persuading and discouraging:
Reporting the conversation of others:
Linking expressions/cohesive devices:
Even though, in spite of, although,
to continue, in other words,
for example
ISE II Interview - Lesson plan 1: choosing a Topic
I’m not sure I agree with you.
I’m sorry, I don’t agree.
I completely agree.
I couldn’t agree more.
He couldn’t go due to the weather
I passed the exam because of the teacher.
It makes me feel...
I have mixed feelings about it.
I can’t be sure, but it might be ....
One possibility is that it could be ....
A reason for this may be ....
I might/might not ....
I’m sure it can’t be ....
It can’t possibly be ....
There is no way I would ....
Have you ever considered ....?
It might be better if you ....
I wouldn’t do that if I were in your shoes.
I’m not sure that would be a good idea.
My friends say that I ....
My family think that ....
Most people seem to believe that ....
My teacher told me she had ....
I heard that you shouldn’t ....
Even though it’s raining, it’s still warm
I passed the exam, in spite of the noisy room.
I enjoyed windsurfing, although I wouldn’t go again.
To continue, I was talking about my plans.
In other words, I don’t understand!
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