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Lesson 25
Wannabe
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Lesson 25: Wannabe
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:
Fame
Aims:
Listening skills – A short talk
Language
: Phrases and words and expressions connected to fame
Materials:
Worksheet 1 – Introductory speaking and vocabulary exercises,
Listening section 1
Worksheet 2 – Listening section 2
Worksheet 3 – Extra work: Vocabulary and language
Tapescript – Available in teacher’s notes
Recording of the talk – Available online at
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Lesson 25: Wannabe
LESSON STAGES
A
Explain to the students that they are going to listen to a talk by Professor Crystal and that
the talk is about the way the English language changes. This particular talk is about a word
which became popular through an association with pop music and musicians
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 answer 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.
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Lesson 25: Wannabe
TAPESCRIPTS
Listening Section 1
A very unusual feature of some languages, and of English in particular, is that you can
have phrases that can be used as words: a phrase used as a word! ‘Wannabe’ is a good case
in point. It’s of course a colloquial version of “want to be” – wannabe: w - a- double n- a
– b – e. Sometimes there are two e’s at the end. If I say “he’s a wannabe”, what I mean is
he’s an admirer or a fan; somebody who wants to emulate a celebrity by copying that
celebrity’s dress or behaviour or something like this.
Listening Section 2
It actually started back in the United States sometime in the 1980s. I think it first became
very popular when people wanted to be like Madonna the pop star. Certainly that’s when I
first heard it very very regularly and a ‘wannabe’ person is someone who wants to be as
famous, or just get some reflected glory from the person, in this case Madonna, that they
were admiring. It reflects the colloquial pronunciation. Notice, it’s not a very polite
expression. You can talk about other people as being wannabes, but you wouldn’t say that
you yourself were a wannabe, and if you say about somebody “he’s a wannabe”, you’re
really being a bit sceptical about that person’s state of mind I think, to some extent. But it’s
a very popular term – you’ll hear everybody use it these days.
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Lesson 25: Wannabe
ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY
2.
a.
to emulate someone
to copy someone, to try to achieve the same as someone
c.
glory
honour or praise that you earn
d.
expression
common phrase or saying
e.
sceptical
unbelieving or doubting
f.
state of mind
mental condition, mental health
LISTENING SECTION 1
3.
a.
want to be
4.
a.
False – “A very unusual feature of SOME languages, and of English in particular,
is that you can phrases that can be used as words”
b.
False – “It’s of course a colloquial version”
c.
True – “somebody who wants to emulate a celebrity by copying that celebrity’s
dress or behaviour or something like this.”
LISTENING SECTION 2
5.
a.
ii. – The USA
b.
It is rather negative
6.
a.
True
b.
False – “but you wouldn’t say that you yourself were a wannabe”
c.
False – “But it’s a very popular term – you’ll hear everybody use it these days.”
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b.
colloquial
slang or informal
b.
wannabe
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