WRITING & SPEAKING S P EA K I N G 1 –
Talking about yourself and others
You are going to introduce a person to others. 1. Ask a classmate questions about the following topics:
• why he/she chose this study program • her/his favourite free-time activity • something s/he really hates doing • something s/he loves doing • something unusual s/he would like to do 2. Make notes of the answers to your questions. 3. Introduce your classmate to another pair. Try to speak for half
a minute. Use some of these conversation linkers to give your talk more fluency: • Another very interesting side to X is … • In addition to … X (is) also … • Moving on to another side of X, … • On the other hand, X … • It might surprise/interest you to hear that X … • Finally X’s ambition is to … • One more thing needs to be said about X … • Last but not least, X …
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