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1 TALK2ME VIDEO |  Teacher’s notes B2
In an average week, I …

Flipped classroom

How to use the worksheets the table with key words, not complete sentences.
Encourage students to compare with a partner
The worksheets are designed to be used in class or
before checking answers in class. They should use
for self-study. They can also be used by students
full sentences when doing this.
who have followed the flipped classroom approach
to the Speaking lesson.
How to use the Teacher’s notes Answers

The Teacher’s notes provide ideas and extra Studies Work Free time
activities to use in class, either when students are What? When? What? When? Hours a
week?
doing the worksheet or checking answers.
Jonathan Studies At weekends 25

Before watching part‑time


Most classes in
morning
Lead-in Sammy Full time 30
Students need a notebook and pen. Write the 10 am–5 pm
Wednesdays off
phrase ‘free time’ on the board. Students write the
Nina Studies during 25
first thing that comes to mind. They then compare
day
what they wrote with a partner, and then with the
Katie Studies at Works as 15
whole class. Did students write similar things?
university waitress in
Gets up at 7 am evenings during
1 Students should work individually, ticking to go to class week
Doing a theatre
sentences that are true and changing ones that
arts course
are not to make them true. See the Suggested
answer below for how they might do this. When Sammy has the most free time.
they finish, they could compare their answers
with a partner. Encourage them to discuss their 4 This exercise focuses explicitly on the Video skills
answers as fully as possible. Remind them that tips. You could stop the video after each extract
they are likely to be asked about their free time if you see that students need time to think and
at the start of the FCE oral exam. to write their answers. Again, ask students to
compare answers with a partner. This will help
Suggested answer them to recall and make sense of what they heard.
1 I don’t feel like I have enough free time.
Answers
1 That refers to ‘playing sports (with my friends)’
While watching Other than that means ‘apart from / in addition
2 Students watch the video and identify the to that’
speakers who said the sentences they worked 2 which refers to ‘learning the piano’
with in Exercise 1. They write the corresponding stick with means ‘continue doing, not stop doing’
numbers of the sentences in Exercise 1 in the 3 that refers to waitressing / working as a waitress /
gaps under the photo of each speaker. doing shift work
pretty much means ‘almost every’
4 25 hours refers to her free time
Answers give or take means ‘more or less’
Jonathan – 4, 7 Sammy – 2, 6 Nina – 1, 8 Katie – 3, 5 5 it refers to ‘more free time’
wisely means ‘well, in a sensible way’
6 it refers to ‘watch TV on demand’
Video skills fit in means ‘find time / combine’
Dealing with an unfamiliar word or meaning
• At B2 level, students are less likely to come across
completely new words, especially if speakers After watching
are talking about everyday topics like free time. 5 This exercise practises language for talking about
However, in natural speech they will inevitably hear habits and routines.
words that are less familiar, or familiar words used
in idiomatic ways, or as part of an expression or
phrasal verb. The video tips prepare them for this. Answers
1 average (1:24) 2 general (2:09) 3 often (2:15)
4 quite (other answers: very, fairly, pretty) (2:26)
3 Students read the Video skills tips carefully 5 involves (other answer: means) (3:00) 6 least (4:33)
before watching the video again to complete

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