Activity 3 Speech characteristics
Objective: to raise Ss’ awareness of different features of oral speech.
Time: 25 min
Materials: CD and CD player; handout 2, board
►Procedure: Ask Ss the following question. Elicit several random responses. Give one example if necessary.
∼ What can you learn about people from the way they speak?
Possible answers:
Age, gender, nationality, social background; emotional state (anger, happiness), physical state (tiredness, illness), social context (talking to friends; to boss; to shop assistant) etc.
Ask Ss to listen to a dialogue between Ms. Collie and Ali and to identify several characteristics of the speakers and their speech. Distribute handout 1 to each student.
™Play the recording. Elicit a few random responses from the group.
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