English Elementary - Unit 1 > page > Let's Talk > CLIx English Let's Talk: Good and bad sides Have you ever been in situations where it is difficult for you to decide if something is good or bad? What do you do then? Let us try and see this through the following activity. Answer This Option 1 What is good about television? What is bad about television? Transcript What is good about television? What is bad about television? Answer This Option 2 What do you think about mobile phones? Transcript Here you will listen to two friends discussing the good and bad points about learning from computers. You can listen to this and use some points to discuss good and bad points of using mobile phones. Let's Talk: Option 1 Listen to the model conversation below. Discuss with your partner,choose a role and create a dialogue for the chosen option. You can also use the words and phrases from the word cloud on your screen to create your dialogue. After you have practised,click 'Record'. If you want to hear your recording, click on the button. If you are happy with your recording, click on 'Save File'. Option 1 What is good about television? What is bad about television? Transcript What is good about television? What is bad about television? Model Conversation 01 Transcript A:Hi, I am Ina. I love watching television. B:Hi, I am Tashi. I don't like television. A:Why don't you like television? We can watch different programs. B:It is a waste of time. Students like us keep watching television and forget everything. A:You can see programs about plants, animals, different places, history. We can learn so much. B:Yes, but most people watch only songs and dance. They get no knowledge. A:But that is not the fault of television programs. It is the people who do that. B:Well, I think television is to be blamed. Too much television can be bad for the eyesight. A:My family sits together to watch television. B:But don't you think people watch television and don't talk to each other? A:Depends on how you see it. After a tiring day, television can be relaxing. B:Hmmm, so television can be good or bad, depending on how we use it! Word Cloud Let's Talk: Option 2 Listen to the model conversation below. Discuss with your partner,choose a role and create a dialogue for the chosen option. You can also use the words and phrases from the word cloud on your screen to create your dialogue. After you have practised,click 'Record'. If you want to hear your recording, click on the button. If you are happy with your recording, click on 'Save File'. Option 2 What do you think about mobile phones? Transcript Here you will listen to two friends discussing the good and bad points about learning from computers. You can listen to this and use some points to discuss good and bad points of using mobile phones. Click on the button in the audio player below and listen to the question. Model Conversation 02 Transcript "A Hi, Sukho. Did you hear that we are going to have only computers to teach us? B Really? Teachers will go? That's bad. A Why? I think it's great. Just think. Computers will be such fun. B No. I like it when teachers are around. They teach us much than just subjects. A But each one of us can learn as many times as we like from a computer. Play, repeat, play, repeat. Wow! B Teachers should be with us even if we have computers. Who will guide us? Who will tell us what is right or wrong? A With computers, we can try answering as many times. There is no right or wrong. Only learning. B Yes, computers can bring wonderful learning. But a teacher is our guide too. A We should discuss things more often. We can tell each other what we think!" Word Cloud Back [Contributed by administrator on 10. Januar 2018 21:40:30] × Tags No tags defined yet! Views Show no. of views Rating 5 4 3 2 1 0 Graphs Dependency Graph Programs
Let's Talk: Good and bad sides
What do you do then?
Let us try and see this through the following activity.
Option 1
What is good about television?
What is bad about television?
Option 2
What do you think about mobile phones?
Let's Talk: Option 1
Option 1
What is good about television?
What is bad about television?
Model Conversation 01
Let's Talk: Option 2
Option 2
What do you think about mobile phones?
Model Conversation 02