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Vocabulary Thinking Listening An academic talk Speaking Presentations
SPEAKING COMPETENCE
1 Read the definitions and complete each one with 5 13 Listen to the words and phrases and check 9 15 Listen to the beginning of a presentation
them. the word Creative or Critical. you understand the definitions. about the future of transport in cities. Which TASK
three topics is the presentation going to cover? Give a short presentation to the class about the
thinking is the analysis and assessment of

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future. Choose a topic area and talk about possible
information in order to reach an objective judgement.
Good morning everyone. Thank you for coming. Today, future solutions to problems in this area. Make sure
thinking is coming up with different ways to you use signposting phrases to help your audience
I’m going to talk about the future of transport in cities.
• 2Be creative and playful and (2) imagine all of the possibilities that might work – think
approach things to improve on the original model. follow your talk.
It’s a major environmental issue nowadays and many
Work in pairs. Copy the Venn diagram and place cities are desperately searching for solutions. I’m
the phrases in it. going to begin by talking about existing technological PLAN
solutions: apps like Uber and Lyft that allow people to
( brainstorm solutions consider alternatives Choose one of the topics shown in the photos.
pool resources to move around and thus reduce traffic.
of as many solutions as possible.
draw conclusions identify pros and cons Research and think of problems and possible
I’ll go on to discuss other emerging technological solutions in this area of our lives. Decide what to say
imagine possibilities solutions, such as smart traffic lights, which will and write notes. Structure it with an introduction,
monitor traffic in surrounding streets and vary the two or three clear points and a summary. Use the
CREATIVE THINKING CRITICAL THINKING
feat – something impressive that someone does amount of time that they stay green or red. And finally, model in Ex 9 to help you.
I’ll mention solutions further in the future; self-driving
• Remember to (3) suspend judgement of people’s ideas –
shed light on something – provide new information that
use your
1 suspend predict the
4 5
helps you understand something
pods, for instance, are smaller autonomous vehicles
intuition judgement effects that can link together a little bit like buses.
feature – an important part or aspect of something

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2 6 So first, let’s look at the topic of how technology is
mess – when somewhere isn’t tidy or clean
3 7 beginning to tackle the issue of transport in our cities.

just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s wrong.
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6 14 Listen to part of a talk about human
creativity and say which topics the speaker SUB
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of Signposting SKILL
includes.
phrases from Ex 2. When making a presentation, help your audience to
• technological advances
• When you have a problem to solve, start by (1) follow you by ‘signposting’. Begin by telling them the

• Once you havethat might

Be creative and playful and (2)
•
got
Write down ideas as people think of them.
a list together, you can start to (4)
work –
•
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human communication
neuroscientific studies
topic of your talk. Then say what you’re going to talk
about first. Next explain what other areas you are also
FOOD LEARNING

going to cover and finally how you are going to finish.

think of as many solutions as possible. • psychology

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Look at the USEFUL LANGUAGE box for some examples.
• Remember to (3) of people’s ideas – just because • human achievements

identify the pros and cons of the solutions –use?the good points and
you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s wrong. • personality traits of creative people
10 15 Listen again. What examples of
• Once you have got a list together, you can start to
signposting does the speaker
(4) of the solutions – the good points and the SUB
bad points. SKILL Using discourse markers
• Think about the future and try to (5) of each
PRONUNCIATION
Discourse markers are used to organise and structure

the bad points.

solution – if we choose this one, or that one, what
will happen?
speech. They can indicate cause and effect, contrast,
summaries and conclusions. Listen out for discourse
16 When we’re speaking, we connect words in
different ways to make them easier to pronounce without
a break:
• Finally, when you have been through all these stages, markers to follow what the speaker is saying.
COMMUNICATION HOMES
you will be able to (6) about your ideas. A by linking the final consonant of one word with the initial
7 14 Listen again. Which discourse markers vowel or semi-consonant of the next: good‿evening;

• Think about the future does

and try to (5) predict the effects of
WORD SMART the speaker use? thank‿you
We often form nouns by adding the suffixes -ion, -ment or B by combining two sounds that are the same or similar into PRACTISE
-ism to a base form of the verb, eg imagine – imagination, as a result clearly finally for example for instance one: a lot‿to do; she has‿some Give your presentation to the class. Include some of
however in addition in conclusion last but not least
judge – judgement, criticise – criticism. C by inserting a /j/ or /w/ sound between two vowels: the phrases in the USEFUL LANGUAGE box. Each time
Let’s turn to obviously though to sum up
We often form adjectives by adding the suffixes -al, -able or I‿/j/‿agree; it’s too‿/w/‿easy you use a signposting phrase, you get a point. At

each solution – if we choose 14 this

identifiable, intuit – intuitive.
one,
Listen again oreachthat one, 11what
-ive to a base form of the verb, eg criticise – critical, identify –
8 and complete
sentence with a word or short phrase.
will happen?
EXAM
17 Listen to these groups of words in
the end of the activity, add up your points to see
how well you signposted your talk.
connected speech. Which words are linked?
1 The speaker is surprised by the fact that the human
4 Copy the table and complete with the words in is still a mystery to us.
Identify the type of link used (A, B or C above).

• Finally, when you have been through all these stages, going to will be able to (6)
you
the box, adding suffixes and making any other 1 discuss other solutions USEFUL LANGUAGE
2 Creativity has to do with intelligence or IQ.
necessary changes. today I’m 2 Today I’m going to talk For example/instance, …
3 It’s extremely to understand how creativity
3 talking about transport about … A good example of this is …
consider creative critical effect identify works.
imagine intuition judgement predict solution 4 what we know about I’m going to begin by Finally, I’d like to draw your
4 We say ‘Great minds think alike’ as creative people talking about … attention to …
have some in the way they think. 5 talking to you about
draw
Verb
consider
conclusions
Noun
consideration
Adjective
considerate
5 Science and technology have changed the way we
and work.
about science
your 6 ideas.
and technology
7 apps like Uber
I’ll go on to discuss …
Let’s turn to the topic of …
And finally, I’ll mention
To sum things up, …
Moving along quickly, …
8 smart traffic lights
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