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• Encourage students to give longer answers by answering implicit questions, or to ask implicit questions out loud if their partner gives short replies. Step 2: • If you have time, try the Guided Role-play activity. This will give students a break from always talking about themselves and give them an opportunity to work on improvising answers in the moment. • Go over the directions on page 124. • Have students begin by doing a round of just “getting to know each other” using the info on each card. This will give everyone a chance to create their character’s background story. • Next, have students improvise complete answers to the Unit 2 questions listed in Step 1. Again, you may have to model this with a few students so that everyone gets how to do it. • If possible, join the students as they role play their characters. Toss in some extra questions to help everyone create more details answers. Have fun improvising yourself and showing everyone how it’s done. Your own enthusiasm will make a big difference for the success of this activity.

Listening Practice 1. Go over the Useful Expressions . 2. Play the three audio tracks continuously and have students fill in the blanks. 3. Go over any differences between the three versions, both pronunciation and vocabulary. 4. (optional) Have students pair-read the dialog out loud without looking at the text as they speak. Full transcript of audio tracks 3-14, 15, 16 (including answers and variations) A: I like watching comedy when I’m tired. Laughing (1) a bit helps me relax. B: Yeah, I know what you mean. I find reading a good book is also very relaxing. A: Oh yeah? Me, too. But I don’t have much time for reading (2) these days. B: I usually read while commuting on the train. A: Yeah, I do that sometimes, but I usually play games (3) on my phone. B: Sounds fun! What’s your favorite? A: Well, these days I’m into (4) “Candy Crush”. B: Oh yeah, I heard about that (AUS: that one) . I’d like to try it. A: It’s really addictive (5) ! Watch out! B: Yeah...It’s not good to play too much, I guess. A: Oh, listen- I gotta (6) run (UK: must) . Message me on Facebook, okay? B: Okay, sounds good! (AUS: no worries!) See you later! A: Bye! Speaking Time: Free Conversation Step 1: • This activity is an opportunity for students to bring together all three parts of unit 2 into one coherent conversation. Feel free to conduct it in any way that works for you. • In step 1, go over the questions listed in the table. Point out that these are the open and closed forms of the Model Sentences. Either one is perfectly fine. • Also remember to point out that the activities in each of these questions can easily be changed to include other ones.

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