1. Listening: Signposts and Places
Use of English

2. Introduction Case studies: Australia Today, we will be looking at…
Signpost words showing time sequences
Names of various places around the world
Case studies: Australia

3. Signpost Words
Logical combinations are important in words, sentences and ideas
Example: to signal time relationships
Help you to listen for the main points in a recount (memory) of something that happened

4. Examples Chronological order
to begin with
first
meanwhile
later
afterwards
finally
First / first of all / initially / to start with / the first step / at the first stage
Second / secondly / the second step / at the second stage
Third / thirdly / the third step / at the third stage
Then / after that / next
Finally / the final step / at the final stage

5. Exercise ~ Task 1 A list of areas where explorers would want to go
Unravel the jumbled words
Put them on the map of the world in the correct places
Match the numbers with the letters on the map
Answers:
1. The Sahara Desert B
2. The Amazon River C
3. The North Pole E
4. The South Pole D
5. The Himalayas F
6. The Gobi Desert A

6. Points to Note Important words: stressed
More slowly
More loudly
More carefully
A fast, nuclear and soft sentence: not giving new or important formation
Speakers do not present important information without stressing it

7. Exercise ~ Task 2
A man called David Adams, an explorer, talking about the preparations he made for an expedition
Expedition = adventure
Listen to the tape
Make notes about David’s preparations
Listen for the signposting language to guide you

8. Exercise ~ Task 2 (Answer Key)
Signpost
When
Preparations/ Steps taken
first of all
March 1997
Get permission
the second step
May 1997
Get sponsorship
the third thing
July & August 1997
Buy equipment

9. Exercise ~ Task 2 (Answer Key)
Signpost
When
Preparations/ Steps taken
the next stage
September 1997 – March 1998
Start a fitness programme
February 1998
Fly over the frozen Arctic
the last stage
March 1998
Set up a base camp in Resolute Bay

10. Places around the World
Write the letters A to Z (in a list form) on a piece of paper
You have 5-10 minutes to try and find the name of a country for each letter of the alphabet
e.g. A for Albania, B for Belgium, C for China etc

11. An A – Z List of Countries Around the World
Argentina / Australia
Brazil / Britain
China / Canada / Congo
Denmark
Egypt / Ecuador
Finland / France
Greece / Germany
Holland / Hungary
Iceland / Ireland / India
Japan / Jamaica
Korea / Kenya
Laos / Luxemberg
Morocco / Mexico
Nigeria / Nepal
Oman
Poland / Portugal

12. An A – Z List of Countries Around the World
Qatar
Romania
Switzerland / Sweden / Somali Republic
Turkey / Thailand
Uruguay / United States of America
Venezuela / Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia

13. Case Studies: Australia
Ex-Sight-seeing Spots in Australia.ppt