DISTINGUISHING OPINIONS FROM FACTS Instructor: Nguyễn Ngọc Vũ Presenters: Trần Thúy My Nguyễn Hồng Ngọc Thúy Class: 3C04

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy CONTENTS Pre-speaking: Warm-up activity While speaking: Distinguishing opinions from facts Definition Common expressions Examples Practice Post-speaking: Application in real life conversations

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy Warm-up class activity Instructions: Students get into groups of three or four to play an interesting game. This game consists of 5 riddles which require students to think wisely and logically in order to get the correct answer.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy Rules : Students in the same group think of the answer together and one student will raise his hand to be allowed to answer in front of the other groups. The group which raises its hand first will have the priority to give the answer first. If that group does not have a correct answer, the other groups will have the chance to answer the question again.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy Each question only receives 2 possible answers. If the first group gets the correct answer, it will score 100 points for each question. If the first group fails to get the right answer and the second group can answer the question correctly, the second group will score 50 points for that question. After that, the game will moves on with the next question.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy The game will stop when all the 6 riddles are given feedback from the teacher and which group has the highest score will be the winner and receive a beautiful gift. The most important thing is that each group when giving the answer has to use one of the patterns below: “ We think that …” “ We feel that …” “ In our opinion …” “ In our view …”

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy RIDDLE 1 If you were standing directly on Antarctica's South Pole facing north, which direction would you travel if you took one step backward? Answer: Still traveling North because all directions are North in the South.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy RIDDLE 2 There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a man, the first three signify a woman, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word represents a great woman. What is the word? Answer: Heroine.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy RIDDLE 3 They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they? Answer: Gloves.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy RIDDLE 4 Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? Answer: Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy RIDDLE 5 I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I? Answer: I am a shadow.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy CONCLUSION OF THE ACTIVITY What the students have just done has a particular purpose. That is to take the first step to approach the way of expressing opinions, ideas, points of view subjectively. It is rather different from the way to say a fact. So what is an opinion and what is a fact? And how do they differ from each other?

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy Distinguishing opinions from facts

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy DEFINITION Facts: Reflect truth, accuracy. Are objective. Are reliable sources of information. Opinions: Are personal beliefs or judgment. Are not objective.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy COMMON EXPRESSIONS FACTS:  According to the latest statistics, …  Research findings prove that …  The news said that …  Research studies have shown that …  The local authorities said that … OPINIONS:  I (don’t) think that …  I (don’t) feel that …  In my opinion …  In my view …  It seems to me that …  Personally, I (don’t) think …  I (don’t) believe that …

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy EXAMPLES Facts: According to official statistics, children in remote areas need more schools and textbooks. Opinions: I think that the people living in the flood- affected areas need more help from charity organizations.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy PRACTICE Students work in pairs, practice the above common expressions as much as possible by talking about one of the following topics: Helping people in need. Participating in a charity organization. Donating blood. Joining the Green Voluntary Movements in Vietnam.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy APPLICATION IN REAL LIFE CONVERSATIONS Students will watch a video clip and discuss what they hear with each other in pairs to point out what expressions are used by the speakers and the reason for using those expressions.

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy

Technology in Language Teaching Presenters: Thúy My & Ngọc Thúy