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LESSON 7 TEXTBOOK: UNIT 7 FUNCTIONS: speculating, assuming

and predicting

Speculating

SPECULATING What is a speculating? Why do we speculate?

recall

What did the textbook say about speculating?

speculating

‘speculating’ is verb of ‘speculation’ [n] meaning ‘an act of speculating’ [v]

sense: ‘to assume something to be true without conclusive evidence’

= speculation [formal] Another sense: ‘A message expressing an

opinion based on incomplete evidence’

= an assumption

brainstorming

Try to think of some ways to speculate?

It can be either in the form of imagining the future or the outcome of some activity

Your examples

Some student ‘speculations’ “-----------”

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[example of formal/informal speculation]

Your examples

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Some general examples

‘it’s gonna rain tomorrow’ ‘I’m gonna pass the exam’ ‘winter’s gonna be warm’ ‘the uni’s gonna pass it’s evaluation’ ‘I’m gonna marry that girl’ ‘I’ve got the winning numbers [to win the lottery]’ ‘there’ll be no humans a hundred years from

now’ ‘the Artic will completely melt in the next few

years’ ‘her music’ll be popular next year’

Ways to introduce speculating

Lexical phrases used to introduce a speculation but aren’t the speculation

“it’s going to …” “I’m going to …” “the agent/actor is going to …” “I’ve got …” “there’ll be …” “her something will be …”

Group activity

Watch some video of people speculating …

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2160966250001/speculation-swirls-over-who-will-become-the-next-pope/

Pair work

Get in pairs and practice speculating

Assuming

ASSUMING What is a assuming? Why do we assume?

recall

What did the textbook say about assuming?

assuming

‘assuming’ is verb of ‘assumption’ [n] meaning ‘an act of assuming’ [v]

sense: ‘to take for granted without proof’

= an assumption [formal] Other senses: ‘to assume everyone wants

peace’;

= an assumption

brainstorming

Try to think of some ways to assume? It can be either in the form of imagining

the relationship between two things or a belief about something or someone

Your examples

Some student ‘assumptions’ “-----------”

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[explaining the process of assuming] “------------”

[example of formal/informal assumption]

Your examples

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Ways to introduce assuming

Lexical phrases used to introduce an assumption but aren’t the assumption

“it’s going to …” “I’m going to …” “the agent/actor is going to …” “I’ve got …” “there’ll be …” “her something will be …”

Group activity

Watch some video of people speculating …

Pair work

Get in pairs and practice assuming

predicting

‘predicting’ is verb of ‘prediction’ [n] meaning ‘an act of predicting’ [v]

sense: ‘to state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge’

= to predict [formal] Other senses: ‘to foretell something’;

‘prophesy’

= to predict

recall

What did the textbook say about predicting?

brainstorming

Try to think of some ways to predict? It must be about the future, something

that may happen or could happen but you don’t know for sure

Your examples

Some student ‘predictions’ “-----------”

[explanation of predicting] “------------”

[explaining the process of predicting] “------------”

[example of formal/informal prediction]

Your examples

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Group activity

Watch some video of people speculating …

Pair work

Get in pairs and practice predicting

recap

Speculating Assuming Predicting