Project C: Speaking

Advantages and Disadvantages of mobile phones

In Lesson 1: 'having a mobile phone' you have read a text about advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones. Think about this statement about mobile phones.

With a classmate you will discuss about four of the following advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones.

Assignment:


Advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones

In school

  1. education tool
  2. interrupting gadget

Sleeping

  1. alarm and reminder; helps you wake up
  2. sleeping problems

Connecting

  1. connect to the world
  2. isolation

Use

  1. entertainment
  2. distraction - addiction

How did it go?

  Good Sufficient Insufficient

 

Knowing and using the right words

I can use all the simple words to introduce myself and ask for the information.

I can use the most necessary words to introduce myself and ask for the information.

I cannot use the simplest words to introduce myself and ask for the information.

 

Grammar - making sentences

I can use all learned grammar in simple sentences.

I can use most but not all grammar in simple sentences.

I cannot formulate the learned sentences, but I use single words with no context.

 

Speaking clearly - fluently

I talk smoothly, almost without hesitation.

I talk fairly quickly, with the occasional hesitation.

I talk with too many pauses and hesitations and without intonation.

 

Pronunciation

With some effort, the pronunciation of what I have learned sounds intelligible to my classmate.

The pronunciation of what I have learned sounds quite understandable to my classmate.

The pronunciation of what I have learned does not sound intelligible enough to my classmate.

 

Conveying the message

I can tell others what I mean and what I want without much effort.

With some effort I can tell others what I mean.

I cannot explain what I mean.