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Lesson 11
Phwoar!
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Lesson 11: Phwoar!
CONTENTS
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Tapescripts
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
Showing emotions and feelings
Language:
Interjections: Phwoar
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
listening section 1
Worksheet 2 - Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary
Tapescript – Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk – Available online at
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Lesson 11: Phwoar!
LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor David Crystal
about the way the English language changes. This particular talk is about interjections: in
this case a word that shows a strong feeling.
B
Hand out
Student Worksheet 1
. Students do
Speaking Exercise 1
in small groups or
pairs.
C
Students do the
Vocabulary Exercise 2
, without dictionaries at first.
Practise the pronunciation of the vocabulary, as they will hear it in the talk.
D
Students read
Listening Exercise 3
and then listen to Section 1 of the talk.
They answer the questions.
Students listen again and answer
Listening Exercise 4
E
Hand out
Student Worksheet 2
Students answer
Listening Exercise 5
Students listen to section 2 of the talk and check their answers for
Listening exercise 5
F
Students try to answer
Listening Exercise 6
. They listen again to
Listening Section 2
to
check/complete their answers.
G
If you wish to do some extra work with the class, hand out
Student Worksheet 3
For the vocabulary exercise, give the students copies of the tapescript and play the
complete talk as they read.
The language work focuses on other interjections. Encourage the students to try to say the
words when they are trying to work out when they are used.
The word ‘cooer’ is mentioned by Professor Crystal, but it is not dealt with in the extra
work exercise. It has a similar meaning to ‘gosh’ – mild surprise.
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Lesson 11: Phwoar!
TAPESCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
Interjections are words which express emotions and some of them are very old: words like
'cooer', 'gosh' or 'phew'. You don't get new interjections very often, but one did arrive in
the 1980s. It was a sort of expression of enthusiastic desire - usually by a man about a
woman. Easy to say 'phwoar!' like that - less easy to write. How do you spell such a thing?
All interjections have this kind of problem. Well, I've seen it spelled f-o-o-o-a-r for
instance…all sorts of things beginning with 'f'. But the one that is most widely used these
days is p-h-w-o-a-r: 'phwoar!' like that.
Listening section 2
Well it's becoming very frequent, in all kinds of television programmes I've heard it used
recently. Interestingly, although it was originally a male noise, it's now being used by
women. Women are using it back to the men. 'Phwoar' these days could be a man looking
at a woman in an enthusiastic way, or a woman looking at a man in an enthusiastic way.
Nobody's ever said it to me; I just can't be an object of enthusiastic desire I suppose!
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ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
2.
a.
to express your emotions
to show your feelings
b.
enthusiastic
keen, like something very much
c.
desire
a strong feeling that you want something very much,
often used when you are attracted to someone
d.
to be widely used
common or popular, frequent
e.
originally
how something was at first
LISTENING SECTION 1
3.
a.
iii. It shows you find someone physically attractive
b.
PHWOAR
4.
a.
True – “Interjections are words which express emotions”
b.
False – “You don't get new interjections very often”
c.
False – “usually by a man about a woman.”
d.
True – “How do you spell such a thing. All interjections have this kind of problem”
LISTENING SECTION 2
5.
b.
It is now used by women
6.
a.
True – “Well it's becoming very frequent”
b.
False – “in all kinds of television programmes I've heard it used recently”
c.
False – “Nobody's ever said it to me”
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