Speaking Activities for the Classroom
A Bird’s-Eye View of Bangkok from a Helicopter
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- Things to Do in Bangkok by Night
- Talking About Thai Food
- Complain About Life in the Big City of Bangkok
- Currency Exchange
- Currencies and their Corresponding Countries
- Continents, Nationalities and Languages
- Local Tastes
- If it’s Tuesday, We Must Be in Belgium.
- What We See When Driving Up Country
- Islands
- Geography Quiz
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A Bird’s-Eye View of Bangkok from a Helicopter Get the SDS to suppose they could fly over Bangkok in a helicopter and then to write a list on a blank page of all the things that they might see from the air. The list below is for comparison, once the SDS have written their own lists :
Skyscrapers Office buildings Bridges Factories The River Airport
Canals Military installations The port Construction sites Ships The Royal Palace and Grounds Boats The zoo
Docks Government house
Piers Electric power station Cranes Radio antenna towers Slums Bus stations Railway tracks Temples
Main train station Expressways Sky train Markets
Oil tanks Tennis courts Water tanks The Spots Club Monuments Billboards Hospitals The Main Post Office Hotels Condo-apartment buildings Universities The race track Sports fields Stadiums Swimming pools Traffic circles Parks Trees Department stores Streets
Hospitals Schools Gardens Parking lots Gas stations Mosques Intersections Churches Riverside restaurants Toll way exits Taxi stands Satellite discs Traffic signs Traffic jams
These are only some of the big things to be seen from the air. If they went into greater detail with binoculars, they could add a lot of other things as well. 177
Things to Do in Bangkok by Night Put the students into groups and see which group can find the most things that people might do in Bangkok at night. The list below is for comparison once they have written out their own lists :
Go to Royal City Avenue Visit a Night Bazaar Visit a nightclub Go to a movie Have dinner by the riverside Go out to eat Thai food Go out to eat seafood Go to a comedy show Play snooker Listen to live Thai singing Go to a golf driving range Sing Karaoke Go to a boxing match Go to a disco Visit an Internet cafe Go to a live theatre play Visit a fast food outlet Look at Thai dancing Visit an art gallery Have a Thai massage Go up Baiyoke Tower Go shopping in a department store Visit the sauna Visit Hollywood Street Visit a public lecture Go to a jazz pub Go to night school Go to a live concert Take a stroll along Sukhumvit Rd. Listen to live rock music Go bowling Go ice skating at WTC Go drinking with your buddies Go swimming Visit a fortune teller
Now, have them write out the things they actually do in the evening :
Do homework Watch TV
Talk on the phone Listen to music
Chat on the Internet Help mother with the housework
Cook and eat food Wash and iron laundry
Read cartoons and magazines
Fill in the blank spaces with individual activities that they might do at night. 178
Talking About Thai Food Here are some sentences that you may hear or say when you are talking about dining, if you go out to eat Thai food in Bangkok with an foreigner :
I suggest you try the spicy salad.
You should try the papaya salad. You might like the broad noodles.
The shrimp balls look very good. You may prefer to eat non-spicy food.
I would rather have the thin noodles. Can I have papaya salad without chili?
Please let me have some crab salad. I really enjoy the seafood soup with lemon grass.
That was a very good chicken noodle soup. Let’s order a plate of king prawns.
How about having a plate of fried rice with crab to finish off? Do you like to eat freshly boiled lobster or crab?
Waiter, can I have the bill now please? Oh, no, let me invite you. I insist.
Why don’t you let me pay for this dinner and you can get the next one? Please allow me to thank you very much for an excellent dinner.
I hope that we can meet again soon and do it again. 179
Complain About Life in the Big City of Bangkok Each student chooses a different topic to complain about. Give the class about ten or even fifteen minutes to think and to talk with their friends and to jot down some ideas. Then, have them stand up and speak spontaneously, for about two minutes each, without looking at any notes.
Bus drivers Street vendors Taxi drivers Supermarkets Truck drivers 711 stores Tuk tuk drivers Corruption Motorcycle drivers Center Point Waitresses Taxes Security guards Public toilets Express boats on the Klong Food stall operators Traffic police Road safety Bank employees Pat Pong Banking service RCA
Hospitals Lumpini Park
Medical health plans The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority Construction sites Silom Road Rental contracts Walking Streets School rules Parking problems Examinations Drugs
Boy/girl friends Drinking under age Cable TV Street hustlers Thai TV
Smoking in public places TOT Bar
girls CAT Discotheques Hotels Beer bars
Pharmacies Gambling Pollution Street dogs Chemical pollution Mini busses Noise pollution Mini vans Bad drivers Entrance examinations Traffic Language schools Right of way Suriwong Road Mobile phones Housemaids Dormitories Pickpockets 180
Currency Exchange When it comes to foreign exchange, there are so many countries and different currencies that it is sometimes hard to remember them all. Look at the following list and see how many of the types of currency you can fill in.
USA dollars Canada England France Spain
Italy Turkey
Portugal Greece
Australia Hong Kong
Mexico
Switzerland Saudi Arabia
Malaysia India Sri Lanka
Japan
Laos Cambodia Belgium Holland Vietnam China
Austria Myanmar South Korea
Phillipines Russia New Zealand
Singapore Many countries now have Euros, but can you remember the old currencies? 181
Currencies and their Corresponding Countries Below is a list of different currencies used and/or formerly used in different countries. Match the currencies with the countries by filling in the blanks.
US dollars Canadian dollars
Pound Sterling Fr. Francs
Deutsche Marks Spanish Pesetas
Lira
Escudos Drachma Australian. Dollars
HK dollars Mex. Pesetas
Swiss francs Turkish lira
Real
Ringit Rupees
Lankan rupees
Yen Kip Rubles
Belgian Francs
Guilders Dong Yuan
Schilling Euros
Euros Euros
Euros Euros
Can you tell us at the end what are some countries that now use Euros? If you don’t know some currencies check the newspaper, bank, or Internet. Remember this is a speaking task, so students should read out their answers. 182
Continents, Nationalities and Languages
Get the class to tell you as many countries as they can think of for each of the following continents or sub-continents, as the case may be :
South America Europe Asia USA Argentina France China
Canada Brazil Spain Japan Greenland Columbia Italy Nepal Labrador Chile Greece Bangladesh Ecuador Germany Pakistan Paraguay Holland
India Uruguay Belgium Afghanistan Bolivia Denmark
The Koreas
Central America Eastern Europe S. E. Asia Morocco Mexico Poland Thailand Egypt Guatemala Hungary
Cambodia Sudan Nicaragua Bulgaria Laos
Kenya Panama Romania
Myanmar Somalia Czechoslovakia Malaysia Ethiopia Russia Singapore Zimbabwe Georgia Indonesia Zaire Ukraine
Brunei South Africa
Uzbekistan Vietnam Mozambique Chechnya The
Philippines
What are some countries in the following? Middle East The Caribbean The Pacific Saudi Arabia Jamaica Fiji
Israel Cuba Tahiti Jordan Aruba Solomon Islands
Syria Trinidad
Turkey Bermuda
Check for any missing items and add them to the lists. 183
Local Tastes Americans like to eat hamburgers. Englishmen like to drink tea, etc. Fill in the following chart to tell what various nationalities and peoples usually like :
Americans would probably like Hamburgers. Frenchmen Camembert. Chinese Rice.
Japanese Sukiyaki. Koreans Pickled
cabbage. Austrians Schnaps. Australians Kangaroo steaks.
Germans Sausage. Italians Spaghetti. Dutchmen Gouda
cheese. Swedes
smorgasbord Norwegians Viking steaks
Greeks
Stuffed vine leaves Saudi Arabians
Mutton. Turks Turkish
coffee Indians Curry. Mexicans Chili. Russians
Vodka.
Malaysians Satay
Indonesians Nasigoring Mongolians Mongolian barbecue Vietnamese Fresh vegetables. The Swiss
Swiss cheese Egyptians Red
beans Moroccans Couscous. Hungarians Goulash. South Americans
Chick peas The Danish
Pastry. Englishmen
Fish and chips Belgians French
fries The Spanish
Red wine The Portuguese
Tapas. Can you think of any other meals or drinks that are typical of different regions? 184
If it’s Tuesday, We Must Be in Belgium.
Imagine that you are on a tour somewhere in the world and look at the details of the itinerary and tell us in which countries you are traveling : Tour Number One : Monday : Arrive by boat at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria. Disembark and spend two days on the beach and Tuesday : Fly to Cairo, transfer to hotel and take city tour Wednesday : Bus tour to the Pyramids at Giza during the day Followed by visit to the night Bazar Thursday : Air transfer to the Valley of the Kings, Temple Tour Lunch on Nile River Boat with visit to Karnack Friday : Flight to Aswan, transfer to hotel. Tour of Dam Saturday : Special speedboat trip to Abu Simbul Sunday : return flight
Sunday : Arrive at airport at 9 p.m., hotel transfer Monday : Visit to Parthenon before Lunch in Pireaus and a tour of the harbor Tuesday : visit original Olympic stadium, lunch and shopping in city center Wednesday : Bus tour To Corinth, Mycenae and Overnight Thursday : Sparta and the Peleponesus, typical dinner with folk dancing Friday : Bus tour to Corinth and Ferryboat toi Ithaca Saturday : Onone day on luxury cruise ship to Corfu in the Ionean Sea Sunday : return flight Tour Number Three : Sunday : Arrival at Berlin International Airport, special at the Opera House Monday : Morning visit to antiquities museum, afternoon in Gallery of Art Tuesday : Flight to Munich, transfer to hotel, afternoon City Tour, shopping Bavarian Lunch followed by ballet evening at National Theatre Wednesday : Bus tour to Bad Toelz, Kochel and Garmisch/Partenkirchen Thursday : bus tour King Ludwig’s Castle at Hohenshwanstein with overnight Friday : bus to Oberammergau, Morality Play, visit to wood carving exhibit Saturday : Bus to Munich stops in Murnau for lunch, tour of the countryside A night at Hofbrauhaus, with Bavarian food and Big Steins of beer. Sunday : Return flight
Divide the class into three groups. Each group pretends that they have arrived back home from one of the holidays and are telling their friends about it. 185
What We See When Driving Up Country If you’re looking through the car window, driving up country, what do you see? Break the class into groups and see which group can write down and read out the most items they might see. Give them a time-limit or it will take forever. The words below are intended as a key or model for teachers and students. Cars, busses, pickups, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, bicycles, taxis, tuk tuks
Vehicles carrying fruit, vegetables, clay pots, sugar cane, poultry, people Construction equipment, gas bottles, window glass, gas stations, restrooms
Restaurants, tire shops, mechanic’s shops, repair shops, tourist stalls, 711’s Fences, walls, flowers, grass, crops, small side roads, ditches, weeds, litter
Fields, trees, bushes, water lilies, ponds, lakes, rivers, water tanks, waterfalls Roosters, Chickens, dogs, cats, ducks, cows, pigs, buffaloes, birds, insects
Temples, schools, police stations, city halls, army camps, airports, service areas Traffic lights, traffic signs, stop signs, curves, no parking areas, parking areas
Roundabouts, road junctions, t-junctions, highways, motorways, toll booths Bridges, telephone poles, water towers, electric lines, power stations, RR tracks
Factories, industrial estates, plantations, forests, mountains, hills, valleys Houses, water pots, fruit trees, gardens, chicken coops, cow stalls, pigsties
Street vendors, soup kitchens, shopping malls, hotels, department stores Hospitals, clinics, dentist’s offices, banks, registration offices. etc.
These are only a few of the things that you see out the window of the car when you are traveling upcountry. Foreigners may ask you questions about what they see by the roadside. In the space between the lines, write a few more. 186
Islands Match the island with its description or write it into the empty space provided.
Hawaii
Off the SE tip of India Bahamas
The southernmost island in the world Newfoundland
Islands north of Scotland Iceland
In Atlantic to the east of the USA Crete
The home of the Italian Mafia British Isles
One state of the American union Cyprus
An island fortress North of Libya Malta
Natural island habitat east of Ecuador Catalina
An island country in the North Atlantic Madagascar
Off the California coast Ithaca
A big island belonging to Australia Corsica
England, Whales, Scotland, N. Ireland The Balearic Isles
Belongs to France in the Mediterranean Ko Samet
Largest Greek Island In S. Aegean Sri Lanka
The home of Ulysses Sicily
In Mediterranean belonging to Spain Camin Islands
A tax haven foe offshore banking Australia
Located between England and Ireland Staten Island
Resort to west of India almost at sea level Manhattan Island
Off NE coast of Canada Tahiti
Off the coast of Rayong Indonesia
Polynesian island in the Pacific Cuba
Part of New York City Ko Samui
Off NE coast of S America Bali
The fifth continent/down under Trinidad
The US took it from Japan in the 2WW The Maldives
Resort in Gulf of Thailand Jamaica
Has largest Muslim population Elba
Most popular Indonesian resort The Isle of Mann
Famous for Castro cigars in Caribbean The Galapagos
Famous for rum in Caribbean Tasmania
Location of Statue of Liberty Okinawa
South of Turkey and East of Israel/Palestine Antarctica
Off the East coast of the Southern part of Africa The Orkneys
Where Napoleon was imprisoned 187
Geography Quiz Draw an arrow matching the description on the left-hand side to the name on the right-hand side.
US island in pacific famous for pineapple Singapore An ocean between Europe and America
Switzerland Small country between France and Germany
Luxembourg Where does the Roman Catholic Pope live?
Mediterranean Honeymoon resort between USA and Canada
Hong Kong Country directly south of USA
Chang Rai A country that Iraq invaded for oil
Kuwait The capital city of Spain
Atlantic The body of water between Europe and Africa The Vatican The British gave it back to the Chinese
Hawaii The southernmost country in Africa
Madrid Northern Hill tribe Thai city
Cape Horn In which continent is Victoria Falls?
Niagara Falls Rio de Janeiro is the capital city
Mexico What country does champagne come from?
South Africa Where is the Eiffel Tower located?
Manila A volcano in the Philippines
Brazil What is the capital of the Philippines?
Africa The southernmost tip of South America
Paris Island state South of Malaysia
Vesuvius Mountainous country famous for cheese
France The pyramids are located there
Etna In what city is the coliseum situated?
Columbia What’s the name of an extinct Italian volcano?
South America What’s the westernmost province in Canada?
Penitubo An Island off the west coast of Canada
Penang The name of a city in Scotland
Monaco Where the Acropolis is located
Monte Carlo A South American country with drug lords
Egypt In what continent is the Amazon River?
Athens, Greece A little country on the South coast of France
British Columbia The capital of Monaco
Glasgow A big island off the western coast of Malaysia
Rome What volcano is still erupting in Sicily?
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