englishbanana.com’s Talk a Lot Spoken English Course Elementary Book 1 This book is dedicated to Anna and Julia, with love and thanks xx and also: ………………………………………………………………. (Insert the name of the teacher who has most inspired you to learn.) English Banana.com info@englishbanana.com ISBN-13: 978-0955701511 English Banana.com Copying Licence: You may freely print, copy and distribute this book, subject to our Copying Licence (visit our website at www.englishbanana.com for full details) First published in the UK by English Banana.com 2008 © Copyright Matt Purland 2008 Talk a Lot Introduction For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Banana.com i Welcome to a new kind of English course! Talk a Lot is a great new way to learn spoken English, and quite a departure from the standard ELT course book. Instead of spending hours reading and writing, students have the opportunity to engage in challenging and fun speaking and listening activities with their friends. On this course students learn how to think in English as well as Talk a Lot! The Talk a Lot course objectives are very simple: • Every student talking in English • Every student listening to and understanding English • Every student thinking in English, and • Every student taking part in class Talk a Lot is structured so that every student can practise and improve English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation, word and sentence stress, and interpersonal skills, by working in pairs, groups and one to one with the teacher. The main benefits of Talk a Lot are: • Students have to think in English during lessons in a controlled and focused way • Students learn how to memorise correct English structures naturally, without abstract and unrelated grammar lessons • Students learn how to construct eight different common verb forms, using positive, negative and question forms, as well as embedded grammar appropriate to their level. The verb forms studied are: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Present Perfect, Modal Verbs, Future Forms, and First Conditional • Students learn 400+ essential vocabulary words by heart • Students enjoy following a simple and effective method that produces results quickly The ten lesson topics studied in Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 are: Town, Food, Shopping, Health, Transport, Clothes, Work, Family, Home, and Free Time. Thanks to all of our students who have been trialling this course in recent months. Remember, teachers can download and print all the blank forms that are necessary for running an English course, such as blank registers and enrolment forms, individual learning plans, and initial assessments, all for free, from our website at www.englishbanana.com. We’d love to hear from you about how you have used this book and how your course went, so please feel free to contact us via our website feedback form or by emailing info@englishbanana.com. We’d also be really excited to hear about your ideas and proposals for new Talk a Lot topics and activities that we can use in future Talk a Lot books. With best wishes for a successful course, Matt Purland, Ostróda, Poland (6th April 2008) Talk a Lot Contents For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1 © English Unit Munir Virani: Why I love vultures Part I would like to talk to you about a very special group of animals There are 10,000 species of birds in the world Vultures are amongst the most threatened group of birds When you see a vulture like this, the first thing that comes to your mind is, these are disgusting, ugly, greedy creatures that are just after your flesh, associated with politicians I want to change that perception I want to change those feelings you have for these birds, because they need our sympathy They really And I’ll tell you why First of all, why they have such a bad press? When Charles Darwin went across the Atlantic in 1832 on the Beagle, he saw the turkey vulture, and he said, “These are disgusting birds with bald scarlet heads that are formed to revel in putridity.” You could not get a worse insult, and that from Charles Darwin You know, he changed his mind when he came back, and I’ll tell you why They’ve also be associated with Disney—personified as goofy, dumb, stupid characters […] So there’s two types of vultures in this planet There are the New World vultures that are mainly found in the Americas, like the condors and the caracaras, and then the Old World vultures, where we have 16 species From these 16, 11 of them are facing a high risk of extinction So why are vultures important? First of all, they provide vital ecological services They clean up They’re our natural garbage collectors They clean up carcasses right to the bone They help to kill all the bacteria They help absorb anthrax that would otherwise spread and cause huge livestock losses and diseases in other animals Recent studies have shown that in areas where there are no vultures, carcasses take up to three to four times to decompose, and this has huge ramifications for the spread of diseases Part So what is the problem with vultures? We have eight species of vultures that occur in Kenya, of which six are highly threatened with extinction […] In South Asia, in countries like India and Pakistan, four species of vultures are listed as critically endangered, which means they have less than 10 or 15 years to go extinct, […] So what’s being done? Well, we’re conducting research on these birds We’re putting transmitters on them We’re trying to determine their basic ecology, and see where they go We can see that they travel different countries, so if you focus on a problem locally, it’s not going to help you We need to work with governments in regional levels We’re working with local communities We’re talking to them about appreciating vultures, about the need from within to appreciate these wonderful creatures and the services that they provide How can you help? You can become active, make noise You can write a letter to your government and tell them that we need to focus on these very misunderstood creatures Volunteer your time to spread the word Spread the word When you walk out of this room, you will be informed about vultures, but speak to your families, to your children, to your neighbors about vultures They are very graceful Charles Darwin said he changed his mind because he watched them fly effortlessly without energy in the skies Kenya, this world, will be much poorer without these wonderful species Thank you very much Unit A J Jacobs: The world’s largest family reunion Part Six months ago, I got an email from a man in Israel who had read one of my books, and the email said, “You don’t know me, but I’m your 12th cousin.” And it said, “I have a family tree with 80,000 people on it, including you, Karl Marx, and several European aristocrats.” […] So this email inspired me to dive into genealogy, which I always thought was a very staid and proper field, but it turns out it’s going through a fascinating revolution, and a controversial one Partly, this is because of DNA and genetic testing, but partly, it’s because of the Internet There are sites that now take the Wikipedia approach to family trees, collaboration and crowdsourcing, and what you is, you load your family tree on, and then these sites search to see if the A J Jacobs in your tree is the same as the A J Jacobs in another tree, and if it is, then you can combine, and then you combine and combine and combine until you get these massive, mega-family trees with thousands of people on them, or even millions I’m on something on Geni called the world family tree, which has no less than a jaw-dropping 75 million people So that’s 75 million people connected by blood or marriage, sometimes both It’s in all seven continents, including Antarctica I’m on it Many of you are on it, whether you know it or not, and you can see the links Here’s my cousin Gwyneth Paltrow She has no idea I exist, but we are officially cousins We have just 17 links between us And there’s my cousin Barack Obama And he is my aunt’s fifth great-aunt’s husband’s father’s wife’s seventh great-nephew, so practically my older brother […] Now, I’m not boasting, because all of you have famous people and ... englishbanana.com’s Talk a Lot Spoken English Course by Matt Purland A Great New Way to Learn Spoken English Elementary Book 2 • Complete 12-week spoken English course • All materials, instructions and answers are included • Brand new and unique learning method • Learn and recall questions, answers and negatives using 8 common verb forms • Learn 400+ essential vocabulary words • 100% photocopiable This book is dedicated to Anna, Julia, Sylwia, and Piotr, without whose support and enthusiasm it wouldn’t exist and also: ………………………………………………………………. 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