Well, the
statement that the title to this blog makes is entirely logical to me! I love
presenting this statement to my students and getting them to think deeper. I
always try to make my students remember that they’ve probably all imitated
native speakers of their own language, both
intentionally and unintentionally, through the years and that is why they
sound like native speakers in their own language. I’m pretty sure that
everyone, at one time or another, tried to memorise and rehearse the words of a
cool actor, politician, writer or a singer etc... and tried to use them to
sound, cool, intelligent or even just romantic when they uttered these words to
other people. We’ve all perfected and personalised these utterances to make
them our own. This is simply the way for us to discover and express ourselves
in our own language. And this is the secret to artfully discover and express
ourselves in a new language.
As I make
this point to my students and try to get them to get on board, I normally try
to help them grasp some expressions used to talk about one topic or another. In
this lesson, based on a Unit from Innovations
Upper Intermediate (by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley), the topic is – Describing People...
Download the Lesson Plan and Handouts here: Link to Lesson Plan and Handouts
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