Speaking Activities for the Classroom
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Well-dressed Bad-tempered Hospitable Witty
Clever
Quick-minded Beautiful Attractive Shapely
Vivacious Tasteful Tender
Gentle
Moderate Quiet
Diligent Reliable Disciplined Compromising Sweet
Innocent Trusting Endearing Dependable Cooperative Modest
Shy
Unassuming Peaceful Free of vices Free-thinking 280
What Qualities Do You Seek in Marriage? Put an “x” to indicate the degree of any quality you seek in a marriage partner Then, go through the list again, and, using a red pen to indicate which qualities that you think your potential marriage partner would probably expect you to have.
Undersexed Hard-working
x Lazy Interesting Boring Gracious Ungracious Shapely Overweight Helpful Unhelpful Responsible Irresponsible Moral Immoral Honest Dishonest Disciplined Undisciplined Caring Uncaring Kind Unkind Intelligent Unintelligent Rich
Poor Well-known Unknown Considerate Inconsiderate Thoughtful Not thoughtful Understanding Unsympathetic Faithful Unfaithful Loyal
Disloyal Trustworthy Untrustworthy Cheerful Morose Sweet Bitter Clean Dirty Considerate Indifferent Lovely Ugly Clever Stupid Patient Irritable Possessive Not possessive Dependable Undependable
Compromising uncompromising Prudish Loose Inquisitive Complacent
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A Marriage Partner Made to Order? Would you like to be able to predetermine the qualities of your spouse, stipulating what qualities you would desire? Don’t laugh. There are already companies that are thinking of ways to make money with such schemes. Let’s help them in their market research by filling-in the following research questionnaire. In order of preference, (from 1 being the most important to 30 the least, number the qualities you would like to have in a partner :
Attractive Sexy Faithful Understanding Caring
Loving
Talkative Inquisitive Quiet
Rich Hard-working Disciplined Responsible Good listener Enjoys food
Non-smoker Aggressive Enthusiastic Fashionable Charming Well-mannered Friendly Thoughtful Good dancer
Generous Intelligent Compromising Obedient Dependable
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Computer-Dating Service Please fill-in the blanks to provide data on what you want in a partner.
Gender desired Age range
Height
Weight Job level
Salary
Education Background Appearance Style of dress
Musical preference Personal habits
Intellectual interests
Free-time activities
Type of car Type of housing
Hobbies
Sports
Personal qualities most desired
Personal qualities least desired
Add some other required qualities in the blank spaces, at no extra cost. 283
Using Questionnaires for Student Interaction Two teachers can mix two classes together. In both classes each individual student has written his/her own separate Survey Questionnaire in advance. For example, if the teachers are mixing two groups of 20 students each, there will be 40 different surveys being given and taking place all at the same time.
Each student should move around the room and ask a different person a different question each time he/she speaks. Let them wander around in an open space, with something like a clipboard in their hands, so they can record the answers easily.
Everyone will be talking at once and it can get loud, but it is a lot of fun. There should be a rule that only English is spoken. The students can choose their survey topic themselves on any subject that is not too broad. Some sample topics might be as follow :
Music videos Cosmetics Computer games TV viewing Football players Sex education • Football teams Designer fashions Chat rooms Movies Discussion groups Movie stars Cyber sex Student’s spending money How students use the Internet What sports students play E-mail
What sports students watch Mobile phones Shampoo Study habits Brand name products Discos Favorite Thai foods
Restaurants International cuisine
Fast food Ice cream 284
Are You Physically Fit? At what age do you think that you are the most-fit? Fill in the boxes :
Physically
Psychologically Sexually
Spiritually Athletically
Intellectually Anatomically
Other
Are you Fit or Unfit? Are You Clever or Stupid? Place an “X” in the box that you consider to be the most appropriate.
Fit
X unfit
clever stupid energetic lethargic enthusiastic apathetic overweight underweight happy unhappy rich poor attractive ugly honest dishonest friendly unfriendly fast slow open guarded tall
short meticulous sloppy Loud
quiet active passive normal abnormal careful
careless discreet
indiscreet generous
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What Kind of Person Are You? Write an “X” in pencil on the appropriate space.
Decisive Slow Modest Shy
Careful Realistic Ambitious Curios Religious Cool
Distant Unfeeling Unsatisfied Accepting Intellectual Patient Stable
Orderly Ordinary Disciplined Dissipated Indecisive Aggressive Impressive Quick
Proud
Impulsive Romantic Lazy
Dull
Warm
Tender Emotional Unstable Lethargic
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Are you Physically and Mentally OK?
Put an “x” at the appropriate place in the line to show how sexy you are, etc. sexy………………………………………………………….........not very sexy slender……………………………………………….……………..overweight attractive……………………………………………….…………..unattractive young……………………………………………………….………………old active………………………………………………………….…..……inactive enthusiastic……………………………………………………...unenthusiastic energetic……………………………………………………………....lethargic quick-witted………………………………………………………………..dull decisive………………………………………………………………indecisive self-confident………………………………….…………………….…passive docile...…………………………………………….……….….……aggressive friendly………………………………………………...............…….unfriendly atheletic……………………………………..………….……………unathletic fit…………………………………………………………………………unfit competitive.........................................................................................non-competetive muscular………………………………………………………………flabby warm…………………………………………………………………….cold firm-bodied……………….…………………………………………….flaccid giving…………………………………………………………………..selfish open-minded……………………………………….…………closed-minded strong………………………………….…………………………………weak Disciplined……………………………………………………….undisciplined compromising………………………………………………uncompromising trim……………………………………….……………………………..plump clear-headed…………………………………………………………..confused calm………………………………………………………….……….panicky comforting………………..…………………………………………disturbing courageous…………………………………………………………..cowardly complex……………………………………………………………..….simple serene …………………………………………………………….…..worried confident……..…………………………….……………………….…..unsure kind ………………………………………………………………………cruel merciful………………………………………………………………merciless humble………………………………………………………………….proud unperturbed…………………………………………………………perturbed compassionate………………….……………………………..…inconsiderate polite………………………………………………………… …….…rude 287
Have You Ever Considered Plastic Surgery?
Plastic surgery is becoming ever more popular, especially in Asia. Some people feel quite dissatisfied with how the look. If you could alter your appearance, which body parts would you most like to change?
Hair
Eyes
Ears
Nose
Lips
Chin
Breasts
Waistline
Legs
Feet
Thighs
Skin
Cheeks
Eyelids
stomach
Posterior
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Discussion Topics Consult the suggested list of topics below that can be used in the classroom for discussion or debate. You can do unstructured, informal discussion, going around the class in a circle and asking each person to say what he/she thinks or structured debate, dividing the class in two groups and hearing arguments alternatively for or against, followed by a question session afterwards.
Should Police shoot drug dealers extra-judicially? Do girls like talkative boys or clever boys?
Should school uniform regulations dictate what kind of shoes you wear? Should teenagers be allowed to go to nightclubs after 10 PM?
Should men be required to do military service? Should you have to pay a fine if you do not vote?
Should up-country folks be allowed to distill their own alcoholic drinks? Should girls take diet pills to be thin?
Should unmarried women be allowed to take birth control pills? Should we have all the street dogs in the city exterminated?
Students who are caught cheating should be expelled from school forever. Should we legalize the sale of speed pills to help shut- down the drug trade.
Illegal lotteries should be shut down and the people who run them put in jail. It is OK to avoid paying taxes to the government if you can get away with it.
The Revenue Department should imprison people who cheat on their taxes. Should there be some kind of software provided that censors websites? |
