Cambridge English Empower A2
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UMeeting people
1 SPEAKING
a Direct students to the photos and ask them what the people
are doing. (texting, talking / speaking to friends, meeting
friends). Tell the class that you talk to your friends every
day/week and in what way(s), e.g. that you sometimes
talk on the phone or Skype, Facebook, etc. Students then
ask and answer Question 1 in pairs. Conduct open class
feedback before introducing Question 2.
Make sure students understand the meaning of meeting
people. You could approach one or two students, hold out
your hand to shake hands, and say, ‘Hello. Nice to meet
you.’ Repeat the word meet and elicit the meaning. Ask
students where you can meet new people. (Some possible
places: at school, at work, at parties, on social media). Ask
students to discuss the question in pairs. Monitor and help
as necessary before bringing the class together. Ask three
or four pairs to feed back to the class.
2 READING
BETTER READING: SCANNING
Scanning is a skill all readers use in their L1 but not always in
their L2. It means to look across a text very quickly to identify
specific information. Students often tend to read on a word-
by-word basis, sometimes actually following a finger moving
slowly along the text as a word is decoded or understood.
Tell students that if they want to find a specific piece of
information in a text, then reading word-by-word is not a
very efficient technique. Ask students why they would scan
this text and direct them to the questions. Elicit or give the
following answers: you might use the technique to know if
this is a conversation among many people, or just a dialogue
between two. You could set a very short time limit of, say, one
minute to nudge students into scanning.
Ask for volunteers to give answers, and nominate others to
see if they agree before feeding back.
Answers
a four (Ariel, Simone, Martin, Chris)
b the names are highlighted in blue (hyperlinks in social media)
a Direct students to read questions 1–6 and check vocabulary
as necessary. Ask students to identify key words in the
questions which will help them to find information in the
social media post. Ask students to compare answers in pairs
before feeding back.
Answers
1 Martin  2 Ariel  3 Toni  4 Tom  5 Chris  6 Simone
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READING PLUS
b Read through the instructions and point out that the post
in which students can find the answer is given in each
question. You could do the first item together as a class,
pointing out that there is a clue in the meaning in item 1 –
people is plural. Monitor and help as necessary. Check
answers as a class.
Answers
1 contacts  2  local  3  show you around  4  to be honest 
5  get together (with)
c Ask students to read the questions and optional answers
and check vocabulary as necessary. Before students
do the activity, explain that they should consider each
option carefully and be prepared to say why the answer
they choose is the best answer. Ask students to work
individually before comparing in pairs. Ask for volunteers
to give answers and see if the class agrees before feeding
back. Ask for another volunteer to say why the answer is
correct. Do not over-correct for accuracy and help students
get their meaning across as necessary.
Answers
1 b  (She asks, ‘What’s he like?’)
2 c  (‘He’s married to a famous Brazilian singer’)
3 a  (‘I know an Irish woman’; ‘Tina Cross? From Ireland?’)
4 b  (‘Cross? I know an Irish woman … with the same surname’)
3 SPEAKING
a Put students into pairs to discuss the questions.
Monitor and encourage students to say more than just
‘yes’ or ‘no’ and to explain their answers. Encourage them
to ask follow-up questions, if necessary by writing ‘who,
what, where, why, when’ on the board.
Ask for different pairs to volunteer to present their
discussions to the class. Finally, you could take a class
vote on each of the discussion topics to see how popular
each of the actions is.
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