B2 First needs analysis with sharing experiences and comparing practice
B2 First Speaking Parts 1 and 2
In threes or fours, share your experiences of the things below. Please mix up just responding to people’s stories with your own similar or different experiences and actually asking each other questions.
| Useful language for reacting to what your partner says/ comparing with them “Like/ Unlike + you/ (name), I…” “I have/ have had/ had (almost) the same experience as you/ as (name)” “I… too. In fact,…”/ “I… as well, and…” “My experience differs from… in that…” “My experience is (quite/ fairly/ very) different from/ similar to… because…” “I haven’t… (nearly/ quite) as much as…” “Rather than…, I…”/ “Instead of…, I…” |
| Present/ (Most) recent experience | Other experiences, e.g. first experience | Future | |
| English language exams | |||
| Using English in studies | |||
| Using English at work | |||
| Using English in your free time | |||
| Using English abroad |
| Present/ (Most) recent experience | Other experiences, e.g. first experience | Future | |
| Writing in English | |||
| Reading in English | |||
| Listening to English | |||
| English lessons | |||
| Self-study of English | |||
| Successful attempts at learning English | |||
| Unsuccessful attempts at learning English |
Brainstorm language for talking about similarities and differences, compare with above, share your extra phrases as a class, then use similar language to do Speaking Part Two.
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