Page 19 - @ccess 2 Teacher´s Book

Activity 7
• As we mentioned earlier,
the audience is at the heart
of communication, because
communicative success is
measured upon the impact
on our listeners (or readers).
So, help your students to keep
their audience in mind when
preparing their PSA.
• PSAs aim to provide information
beneficial to a community and
should not include offensive
material. They try to
be memorable.
• Remember that it is better
to have many different PSAs.
However, if your students need
more help, you can change this
into a whole class activity.

Activity 8
• Have your students help create
a comfortable environment for
rack 2 • It is advisable to play the track
attentive listening.

T twice for their first impressions
and then at least twice more for
completing the table.
• One way to carry out
this activity is by sharing
answers. Using this approach,
cooperation is fostered. It is thought that knowledge is built on social interaction, with the added strengths
of everyone involved, i.e., everyone does her or his own best to help others’ learning processes.
• The reason there aren’t many exercises to complete in the book is because, in real life, there are no books
to answer, but rather communication issues. They also take time away from interactive activities while
filling in and checking the answers.

Activity 9
racks 3, 4 and 5 • If the option is available, you may change this activity to watching PSAs on video, since the visuals provide
• One way to progressively reduce the number of repetitions of the track that are needed is to help your
students to note changes in voice that point out important words or expressions.

additional clues for understanding.
• Remember that the answers are indicative. They are not meant to be exact transcriptions. However, help
your students to progressively streamline their answers.

T • The CD icon will appear throughout the practice to indicate the activity the track is linked to. However,
remember the way we order activities is a suggestion and you may change them to suit the purposes you
established with your students.

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