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Activity 27
• Remind your students they
should ask any questions
racks 29, 30 and 31 • There are other tracks on the
about the instructions before
starting the activity, specifically
if they are unsure about what is
asked of them.

CD in which we show similar
difficulties and the strategies

case, intonation, volume and
T used to resolve them. In this
speed as prosodic features are
present in every text, so the
strategies for resolving them are
pretty similar.

• Fillers, despite their name,
have a role in communication.
Almost everyone hesitates
when speaking, so fillers exist to
hold the place while you think
of a response. The problem
is that most of the fillers in
your students’ first language
are not useful for signaling an
English interlocutor that you
are thinking. That is why it is
important to know how to use
these fillers.

Activity 28
• In real life, most interviews
are not shot or conducted in
one long conversation. When you read an interview in a magazine, for example, it is edited (the pauses,
hesitations and even the order). Usually, the interviewer sends the questions in advance to the interviewee,
who can then add or delete questions. Once they settle on the questionnaire, the interview is carried
out. Then, the interviewer sends the final version to the interviewee before publishing it. In television, if
the interviewee is not happy with what he said, it can be reshot. Live interviews are unusual and they are
mostly about factual issues, for which the interviewee does not need to give complex explanations.
• There are more tips about non-verbal language; for example, exaggerated or quick movements can startle
people and are best avoided, leaning back or having a poker face can also be annoying.
Activity 29
• Your students may have already learned how to improvise in their second year. Autonomy means the
flexibility to create new content from scratch at a moment’s notice. Give them plenty of chances to
improvise, not only in this practice but in others included in this year, so they can react more easily in case
rack 32 • Although the suggested product is an interview, there are a number of options that can be followed with the
they need to.

T same steps and by making minor adjustments. For example, they can record a video recommendation for a
vlog (video blog) with shared impressions. They can also have an informal conversation, like role-playing.
Translate icon / Additional definitions: hone (v.): afinar (sacar punta a algo)

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