## Telling something

I can give a clear explanation of familiar subject areas, such as personal experiences, school subjects, feelings and reactions, plots of books and films, hopes, dreams and ambitions. I can explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision, and how to use a piece of equipment.

1. Talk for a minute
   Pick a letter of the alphabet. Go to the page of that specific letter, and you'll see the subject about which you have to talk for a minute. Time yourself, or have a partner time you. If you work together, you can get feedback from your partner. They would also be practising their listening skills.
   Keep in mind: you have to be logged in with your DNS credentials to open this exercise.
2. Topics to talk about
   Work with a partner. On the website, you'll find different questions for different topics. Pick two topics from the website, and let your partner choose which of these two topics they would like to talk about. When they have chosen the topic, pick a question from that topic to ask them. For example, if they pick the topic daily routine, you can ask them "what time do you normally get up in the morning?'. Both you and your partner should talk about / answer this question. Make sure your answers are extended; in other words, try to talk for more than half a minute. When you've had your conversation about the picked question, you switch roles.
3. #Goals. Prepare an interview in which you are the one coming up with and answering the questions regarding your goals and ambitions. You can focus the discourse on talking about i.e. academic goals, short term and long term goals, goals regarding a relationship, goals regarding skill-building and travel goals. Go in detail with every question as if you're intensely interested in the answers.
4. Favourites. Pick your favourite movie or book. Practice speaking about it as if the person you are talking to has absolutely no idea what that movie or book is about. Explain what characters, plots and entertainment value it has.
5. What's trending? Go to the Twitter or TikTok trending page/for you page. Take note of what the current topics are. Discuss these topics with a partner and explain what you think of them, what relevance they have for you or the world and if you think it deserves to be a trending topic or not.