Oral English LESSON 7 TEXTBOOK: UNIT 7 FUNCTIONS: speculating, assuming and predicting.
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Oral English
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’ “-----------”
[explanation of function] “------------”
[explaining the process of speculating] “------------”
[example of formal/informal speculation]
Your examples
“-------------”[speculating can involve two speculations]
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Your examples
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[example] “------------”
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[example]
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’ “-----------”
[explanation of assuming] “------------”
[explaining the process of assuming] “------------”
[example of formal/informal assumption]
Your examples
“-------------”[speculating can involve two assumptions]
“-------------”[example of assuming]
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Your examples
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[example] “------------”
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[example]
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
“-------------”[speculating can involve two predictions]
“-------------”[example of predicting]
“-------------”[example of predicting]
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Your examples
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[example] “------------”
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[example]
Group activity
Watch some video of people speculating …
Pair work
Get in pairs and practice predicting
recap
Speculating Assuming Predicting
