Gift of Gab

A Presentation Developed
By
Susila Ponnusamy
 You can improve your spoken English if you
practice regularly and follow these simple
techniques

 Listen.
1.pick up new words, phrases and
ways to respond
2. understand pronunciation...how
some words are omitted when
speaking, how some are joined
together, the rhythm, the intonation
(start with short English clips or videos..TV show, YouTube
channel...)
 You can improve your spoken English if you
practice regularly and follow these simple
techniques

 Imitate Imitate
1.after listening to lots of English
conversations, it’s time for some
imitation
2. copying someone will help you
become more accurate without
having to learn grammar rules
 Read.
1.Reading even a few minutes is
greatly beneficial
Tell me about yourself
 How are you?
 What’s your name?
 How old are you?
 Where do you live?
 Do you like apples?
 What day is it today?
 What time is it now?
 What time do you wake up in the morning?
 What do you have for breakfast?
 How do you go to school?
At a restaurant
 ask for a table
 ask for the menu
 ask about food
 choose what to order
 place your order
 give feedback
 pay your bill
Let’s Practice
 A School Event
 Dream Vacation
 My Favourite Movie
 Best Birthday Present
 A Memorable Book
 My Best Friend
 My Hobby
 My Dream Job
 A Sport I Like to Play
MONEY MATTERS
 What do you see in the picture?
 What would you buy for your best friend?

Sentence patterns:
I want to buy....
I would like to buy...
How much is...
How much are...
How much does...cost?
How much do....cost?
I’ll take....
Let’s tell a story
 SPEAKING : 4-PART STORY

What happened? Thanked / Felt grateful

/Learned
Who did what?

INTRODUCTION PROBLEM SOLUTION ENDING

When/Who/What/ Who helped to

solve the problem?
Where/Why/How
Part 1 : INTRODUCTION
Tell a story about a fire accident

When Where

Why
Who

How
What
 Part 2 : PROBLEM
Who did what?
What happened?
Part 3 : SOLUTION

Who helped
to solve the
problem?
 Part 4 : ENDING

Thanked Learned

Felt grateful
PART 1 :INTRODUCTION
when
How
Last Wednesday....
We were tired but happy.
who
my friends and I
were cycling Add descriptive words
What
Where / Why
Describe nouns/verb using
. home after school. It was adjectives/adverbs
after our football practice.
 PART 2 :PROBLEM PART 3 :SOLUTION

What happened..... Who did what to help...

Who did what....

Add feelings
Add feelings
 PART 4 : ENDING

thanked
Add descriptive words
felt grateful

Learned a lesson Use linkers

THANKS
!