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(Ec1922) Speaking Structure Part 2

This document provides guidance on speaking structures for responding to different types of questions. It discusses responding to topic questions, quote questions, and personal questions. For quote questions, it recommends introducing the quote, breaking down your response into three parts (agreement/disagreement, reasons, lessons), and concluding by summarizing your message. For personal questions, it suggests providing background on the subject, describing what or who is being discussed, explaining your reasons for liking it, and sharing any lessons for yourself.

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(Ec1922) Speaking Structure Part 2

This document provides guidance on speaking structures for responding to different types of questions. It discusses responding to topic questions, quote questions, and personal questions. For quote questions, it recommends introducing the quote, breaking down your response into three parts (agreement/disagreement, reasons, lessons), and concluding by summarizing your message. For personal questions, it suggests providing background on the subject, describing what or who is being discussed, explaining your reasons for liking it, and sharing any lessons for yourself.

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SPEAKING STRUCTURE PART 2

1. Topic questions
- câu hỏi essay của mình
- cause/effect - prob/solution
2. Quote questions
3. Personal Questions
- what is your favorite holiday?
- who do you admire the most?
5 minutes to prepare
5 minutes to answer
audio platinum recorder
https://tienganhcantho.forumvi.com/t60-topic

HOMEWORK:
1. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”
(Walter Winchell). Discuss the quote and give your opinion.

2. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
(Winston Churchill). Discuss the quote and give your opinion.

3. “It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s
who you are.” (Elvis Presley) Discuss the quote and give your opinion.

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."


-Benjamin Franklin

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
-Robert Louis Stevenson

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." -Herman Melville


pioneers/trailblazer vs

TYPE 2: QUOTE
INTRO:
Background info
Introduce the quote:
C1: As stated in a popular proverb/saying/quote, some people believe that
“quote”
C2: Many people believe that…….. One such person is + tên ngườ i nó i + who once
said “quote”
C3: There is a famous saying/quote/proverb that goes “quote”
Breakdown of the talk:
To present my view upon this quote, I will divide my answer into three parts.
(optional)
C1 (totally agree/disagree): First, I will clarify the meaning of the quote.
Secondly, I will give the reasons for my agreement/disagreement. And finally, I
will present some ways in which we can learn from this quote
C2 (partly agree/disagree): In the first part, I will elaborate on/talk about the
meaning of the proverb. In the second part, I will give the reasons why it is true
to some extent. And in the final part, I will explain why I hold a belief that it’s not
entirely accurate

BODY:
Part 1:
C1 (nếu em k biết quá nhiều): Firstly, as far as I understand/I’m concerned,
“quote” means + giả i nghĩa gọ n
C2 (biết nhiều, muốn giải thích nhiều): Firstly, it is important that one
understand the meaning behind the quote. Giả i nghĩa từ ng từ mộ t trong câ u.
Combined together, the quote means that …..
Part 2: Supporting ideas (2-3)
C1: (totally agree/disagree)
-On individual scale
-On societal scale
-Counterfactual: what would happen without/with the principles in the
quotation
C2: (when you partly agree)
-reasons why you agree
-reasons why you think it’s not entirely correct
Overall structure:
-topic sentence
-elaboration
-example
Part 3: How to adopt/avoid the principle in the quote (optional)
-action 1
-action 2
-action 3

CONCLUSION: summarize + message

http://www.thebookoflife.org/
trailblazer = pioneer
trail follower
TYPE 3: PERSONAL QUESTIONS (celebration, sb you admire, etc)
INTRO:
Background info
Your answer
Breakdown of your talk
BODY:
Part 1: Describe the THING (what’s in it/ what is she/he like, what is his/her job,
etc)
Part 2: Why do you like this/him/her?
Part 3: Lesson for yourself
CONCLUSION: summarize + message

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