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5 TALK2ME VIDEO |  Teacher’s notes B2
They seem to be …

Flipped classroom

How to use the worksheets

The worksheets are designed to be used in class or
for self-study. They can also be used by students
who have followed the flipped classroom approach
to the Speaking lesson.
How to use the Teacher’s notes
The Teacher’s notes provide ideas and extra
activities to use in class, either when students are
doing the worksheet or checking answers.
Before watching
Lead-in
Draw a circle on the board with a horizontal line
under it. Ask students What could it be? Invite
them to call out answers, and encourage them
to use their imagination. Ask questions too, for
example Could it be a car? Why not? Write some of
the following expressions on the board if students
don’t use them:
It looks like … It could/might be …
It can’t be … It must be …
1 The aim of this activity is to bring up vocabulary
related to the photo that students might hear
on the video, and to mirror the task that the
speakers will do, without copying it. Encourage
students in class to use their imagination when
answering the questions, and then to work with a
partner and tell them about the photo.
While watching
3 Students should read the Video skills tips
carefully, and then read the extracts from the
video that they have to complete. Tell them to
think about what the missing words might be,
and to make a note of their ideas. They then
watch the introduction and first interview again
and complete the extracts with a referring
word, or check their answers if they made a
note of them earlier. When they finish, students
write what each of the referring words refers
to. Students could compare answers with a
partner and discuss any differences before you
check them.
Answers
1 one – the photo Melissa is looking at
2 It – the situation (being up high on a zip-wire)
3 They – people
4 you – people
5 me – Melissa
6 here – in front of me
7 It – the situation in the photo
8 he – the man in the photo
9 this – paragliding
10 it – paragliding
After watching
4 This exercise practises language for speculating
and commenting on impressions. Students have
to match the two halves of the sentences.

2 This exercise requires students to listen to the Answers

four interviews and recognise things that the
different speakers say. Students answer by
circling the name of the speakers who express
the ideas in the sentences. At the end, they
decide which speaker’s interpretation of the
photo is closest to the one they thought of in
Exercise 1.
Answers
1 O 2 A, C 3 O, A, Z 4 O, A
1g 2e 3h 4a 5f 6c 7d 8b
Extra classroom activity
Students could continue the lead-in activity in pairs,
taking it in turns to draw pictures. Alternatively, if
students have access to the internet, they could do
an online search for ‘strange pictures’ and speculate
about the ones they find using the expressions from
Exercise 4.

Video skills
Understanding referring words
• Recognising referring words, and what they refer
to, is a key strategy because they are used so
frequently in speaking and writing. Speakers use
them to avoid repetition, but also to make what
they’re talking about clear to their listener. Students
will be familiar with pronouns, but the general use
of words like you and they could cause problems.

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