Giving a short presentation - health and fitness

This is the third of our series of activities to help you prepare for ESOL speaking examinations and giving short, informal presentations. You will be able to hear real ESOL learners trying out the activities, and compare your speaking with theirs'. In this activity, Iwona talks about health and fitness.

Download of Iwona's audio

When you do task 4 you will need the audio of Iwona giving her talk.

Click here to listen to Iwona or listen below:

Iwona health by ESOL Nexus

Preparation - listen for gist

You’re going to hear Iwona, a student, giving a short talk. Listen to the first part of the talk, and see if you can decide what it’s about.

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Task 1 - fill in the gaps

Here’s a transcript of the talk with some words missing. Fill in the gaps, then listen to the talk and see if you were right.

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Task 2 - correct the error!

One answer in the task above is different from what Iwona actually says. Can you find out which one it is?

Clue: It's a preposition

Click here for the answer or look at the answers below.

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Task 3 - prepare your talk

Now you’re going to prepare a talk entitled:

‘Modern life makes it difficult to keep fit and healthy’

Before you start, think about:

- the amount of free time people have today.

- how modern technology has changed lifestyles.

- the benefits to society of a fit and healthy population.

(Cambridge ESOL Speaking & Listening Level 1 Past Paper 4)

You can make written notes, but don’t spend more than 2 minutes preparing them.

Click here to record yourself giving your talk. There is some information to help you do this here For video instructions, click here You could also record yourself using your mobile phone.

task 4 - listen to Iwona

Listen to Iwona giving her talk.

Click here to listen to Iwona or listen below:

Iwona health by ESOL Nexus

Did she say the same things as you? What useful expressions did she use?

There is a transcript at the end of these tasks if you would like to read and listen at the same time.

Task 5 - record yourself

Now try recording yourself doing the same talk one more time. Think about what you said the first time, and use expressions and ideas from Iwona’s talk.

Compare your final talk with the first one you recorded. Can you notice any improvements? If so, what are your top three improvements? Why not write them down or tell your teacher (if you have one)?

Transcript

‘Modern lifestyle makes it difficult to keep fit and healthy’.

Yes and no. Let’s have a look of how modern technology has changed our lives. Modern technology has changed medicine and nowadays many illnesses are curable whereas 100 years ago they were a cause of death.

For example diabetes. 100 years ago, it was a cause of death shortly after being diagnosed, whereas nowadays it’s just a chronic illness. Still serious, but it’s just a chronic illness, we can resist this for many years. Also vaccinations saved millions of peoples’ lives around the world. And also technical achievements in medicine make possible to diagnose, for example, cancer in early stages and that gives a bigger chance to have a treatment at right time in early stages and to be cured.

But modern technology has changed our lifestyle forever and there are not really good sides of this. For example, we are moving less than many years ago. We spend a lot of time in front of computers or in front of the television and we are less moving in our work so it doesn’t help to keep our bodies fit and healthy.

But there is also a good aspect of this. Because of the achievements of modern technology we have much more free time than ever before and it depends on us what are we going to with this free time.

We can choose to go to gym or the park or we can choose to go out for weekends and just trek or walk in the mountains or we can spend the free time in front of television or in front of our computers.

Answers

Iwona says "look of", instead of the correct form, "look at"

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carsonn

Submitted by carsonn on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 07:02.

You have done a perfect presentation on this topic as it is clearly a good and a perfect love to read them all.

apple

Submitted by apple on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 19:38.

The article written very well, writing technique looked very skillful and has a good sense of humor, let a person think, and let people with a cheerful mood, the feeling is very good. I like the article, the heart be thank the authors of shares.

jaffa

Submitted by jaffa on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 08:35.

The management and administration of health care is another sector vital to the delivery of health care services. In particular, the practice of health professionals and operation of health care institutions is typically regulated by national or state or provincial authorities through appropriate regulatory bodies for purposes of quality assurance. Thanks. Regards, hcg1234

ESOL Nexus (not verified)

Submitted by ESOL Nexus (not verified) on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 11:12.

anne.candan, the recording can be found by clicking on Task 4. Please keep us posted if you have difficulty finding any other materials and we'll try to ensure the activities are more clearly signposted.

anne.candan

Submitted by anne.candan on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 12:58.

I can't find the recording!

angelarichmondfuller

Submitted by angelarichmondfuller on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 09:03.

Thanks for the feedback Anne. The listening is in Task 4. We have also now added a copy nearer the top of the activity so it's easily accessible.

Best wishes,

The ESOL Nexus team

Giving a short presentation - health and fitness

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