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Be like
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Be like
CONTENTS
1.
Level, topic, language, aims, materials
2.
Lesson stages
3.
Answers
4.
Audio script
5. Student worksheets 1, 2, 3
Level:
Intermediate and above
Topic:
The word ‘like’
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Language – ‘be like’ and reported speech
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
Listening section 1
Worksheet 2 – Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary, language and discussion
Audio script – Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk – Available online at
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Be like
LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Gavin Dudeny, an expert
on the English language, and that the talk is about the way English is changing. This
particular talk is about the expression ‘be like’.
B
Hand out
Student Worksheet 1
. Students do
Speaking, Exercise 1
in small groups or
pairs.
C
Students do
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: Section 1, Exercise 3
and then listen to Section 1 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
Students listen again and do
Listening: Section 1, Exercise 4
.
E
Hand out
Student Worksheet 2
Students read
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 5
and then listen to Section 2 of the talk.
They answer question ‘a’.
F
Students try to answer
Listening: Section 2, Exercise 6
. They listen again to 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 audio script and play the
complete talk as they read.
The language work focuses on reported speech.
The final speaking activity is designed for students to use reported speech to report a
simple interview.
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Be like
AUDIO SCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
So I was talking to a friend the other day about this series, and he was like, ‘Why are you
doing that?’, and I was like ‘Actually, it’s quite fun’ and he was like ‘No way!’ and I was
like ‘Way!’...
I expect you’ve got the idea now.
When recounting a story, or an encounter with someone else, it’s now quite common to
hear the speaker introducing each piece of reported speech with the word ‘like’. It’s used
as a kind of hedge or paraphrase (when we’re not really sure of the exact words originally
used) and is usually accompanied by some fairly sophisticated paralinguistic features to
recreate the original conversation, complete with facial gestures, arm movements, etc.
Listening Section 2
This use of ‘like’ came from ‘Valspeak’ originally, the sociolect common to the San
Fernando Valley area of California. Valspeak has been responsible for many additions to
our language, including the famous ‘duh!’ which we also look at in this series. ‘Like’ has
largely replaced other similar devices such as ‘go’ (so he went ‘Where are you off to?’ and
I went ‘Just down to the shop for some milk’) and ‘be all’ (I was all ‘Why isn’t anyone
working?’ and Sue was all ‘It’s lunchtime, John... calm down!’).
Today it’s not confined to California, or even the USA, but is becoming more common in
British English too. Anyway, I’m like so tired after all that writing that I think I’ll have to
go and have a lie down.
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Lesson Plan: Teacher's notes
Be like
ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
Exercise 2
a. to recount a story
to say or describe what happened
b. an encounter
a time when you meet someone or something
c. to paraphrase something
a to say the same thing, but in different words
d. paralinguistic features
ways of communicating without words, by using hand
signals, for example
e.
facial gestures
expressions that you make, like a smile or a frown, to
communicate feelings
f. sociolect
a version of a language that is associated with a
particular social group e.g. slang and teenagers
LISTENING: SECTION 1
Exercise 3
a.
ii.
To introduce what someone else said earlier
Exercise 4
a.
False – ‘it’s now quite common to hear the speaker introducing each piece of reported
speech with the word ‘like’.’
b.
True – ‘when we’re not really sure of the exact words originally used’
c.
True – ‘[it]is usually accompanied by some fairly sophisticated paralinguistic features’
LISTENING: SECTION 2
Exercise 5
a.
to go (he goes…) and to be all (she was all…)
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