Conversation & Listening - Book 2 - Blended Learning Edition

This book has been designed as a teachers’ guide to the use of the digital and interactive materials from the second 10 units of the Conversation & Listening series.

The book contains the step-by-step instructions outlining how to use the materials and presentations and implement the activities in each stage of the lesson units.

The Conversation & Listening series was designed to help and encourage young adult English language students (A2/B1 or higher) to engage in conversation and interaction around a range of common topics and in a range of situations that will be of interest to them.

Each unit contains materials for 90 -120 mins contact time and an additional 60+ mins interactive self-study materials.

Unit Topics

1. A Good Book - To enable students to discuss different types of books.
2. A Night Out - To enable students to talk about different places they like to go in the evening.
3. My Goals - To enable students to talk about their goals in life and their attitudes to achieving their goals.
4. My Sense of Humour - To enable students to discuss their sense of humour and describe different types of humour.
5. The Dancer - To enable students to share their opinions and experiences of dance.
6. The Gamer - To enable students to discuss their experiences of a range of issues around video games.
7. The News - To develop students’ abilities to think more critically about news and how they access it.
8. The Story - To develop students’ abilities to tell stories and anecdotes.
9. The Tattoo - To enable students to talk about body art, how it is viewed in different cultures and why people have tattoos.
10. The Vegan - To develop students’ ability to discuss the types of food they like and their attitudes to eating meat.