To Find Someone who …

This topic will train the students to demonstrate their ability to implement their English orally. The aim of this topic is that the students should be able to :

1. get to know their classmates

2. think about what he/she can say in English.

The following steps is what the students do in the classroom:

First teacher explain to the students that they will practice speaking by looking for data from their friends in the classroom. The students are asked to find the data by interviewing his/her friends about:

• who likes playing sportss.
• who doesn’t like speaking in the class
• who loves eating meat ball
• who didn’t do the last homework.
• who enjoys coming to English lesson
• who has a pet at home
• who has been to the beach recently
• who has got a tattoo

Make sure the students understand how to approach this speaking activity. If you think your students may have problems forming the questions, you as teacher, could do this with them orally firs, and then allow them to ‘ find someone who…….’ Also help them with some prompts for the follow up questions.

The students report back on their survey. For example, Andi likes playing Futsal because his house is not far from the Fotsal club. But it is difference with Anton, he doesn’t like playing sport even though the clubs of sports are surrounding his house,  he prefers going to the beach with his sweaty pet, doggy, her name is Rindu.

As students decide what they can say in English, get them to give each other examples. This activity will make the students more aware of what they can already say in English. To do this, you can ask your students about what can they say in English, Example : In English I can say ……

numbers                                                the color of the rainbow

the month of the year                      10 verbs

ten animals                                            The days of the week

ten adjectives                                       the parts of the body

five sports                                              ten adverbs

the time                                                   the alphabet

Here is another list! What can you do in English? Be Honest!

In English I can ………..

describe my self

describe my family

describe my friends

talk about school

talk about I want to do in the future

talk about my last holiday

describe the food I like to eat

talk about my favorite hobbies

Practice! Choose two or three and tell to a classmate. Don’t write anything.

Speaking

All Students should be able to :

1. Demonstrate competence in a range of speech activities e.g respond to questions on topics within a defined range such as past and present schooling, future plans, current affairs.

2. Conduct a sustained conversation.

Listening

All students should be able to :

1. Demonstrate understanding of specific details, information and semi formal announcements e.g news, weather, travel, and in interviews, dialogues and telephone conversations.

2. Demonstrate general comprehension of the speaker’s intentions where appropriate.

Writing

All students should be able to :

1. Carry out simple writing task, such as completing forms, writing postcards or short letters in an appropriate and accurate form of English in response to a written stimulus.

2. Demonstrate the ability to describe, report, give personal information.

3. Identify, organize and present given material in a particular form.

Reading

All students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to recognize public notices and signs ( including timetables and advertisements)

2. Demonstrate the ability to extract relevant specific information from forms, letters, brochures and examples of imaginative writing considered likely to be within the experience of and reflecting the interests of young people from varied cultural background.

3. Scan for particular information, organize the relevant information and present it in a logical manner.

Assesment at a glance

Paper 1 : Reading and Writing. The time needed around 2 hours and the total of marks is 70%.

Paper 2 : Listening. The time needed about 30 – 40 minutes and the total marks is 15 %

Oral Test: Speaking. The time needed about 10 – 12 minutes and the total marks is 15 %

Assessments objective in the exam papers are:

The students must demonstrate ability in the following areas:

AO1 : READING

R1 : Understand and respond to information presented in a variety of forms.

R2 : select and organise materials relevant to specific purposes.

R3 : Recognise, understand and distinguish between facts, ideas and opinion.

R4 : Infer information from texts.

AO2 ; WRITING

W1 : communicate clearly, accurately, and appropriately.

W2 : convey information and express opinions effectively.

W3 : employ and control a variety of grammatical structures.

W4 : demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of appropriate vocabulary.

W5 : observe conventions of paragraphing, punctuating and spelling.

W6 : employ appropriate register/style.

WO3:LISTENING

L1 : Understand and respond to information presented in a variety of forms

L2 : recognise, understand and distinguish between facts, ideas and opinions.

L3 : select and organise material relevant to specific purposes

L4 : infer information from texts.

AO4 :SPEAKING

S1 : communicate clearly, accurately, and appropriately.

S2 : convey information and express opinions effectively.

S3 : employ and control a variety of grammatical structures.

S4 : demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of appropriate vocabulary

S5 : engage in and influence the direction of conversation

S6 : employ suitable pronunciation and stress patterns.

IGCSE

This blog is for all my students of SMA Negeri 10 Malang and other students all over the world who needs sources of English subject. The contents of English is based on Cambridge IGCSE -  International General Certificate of Secondary Education. By browsing this blog you will find and practice standard of Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language accepted by universities and employers as proof of ability to understand and communicate in English. It is aimed at students whose first language is not English, but who use it as a lingua franca or language of study. Successful English as a second language students have better educational or employent prospects and gain lifelong skills, including:

• better communication ability in English.
• improved ability to understand a range of social registers and styles
• a greater awareness of the nature of language and language-learning skills
• greater international perspective

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Siswanto