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TELEVISION
THEME 10 AND SOCIAL MEDIA

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making predictions about the future
9 GRADE F2 Asking for and giving opinion (agreement, disagreement, etc…)
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Interrupting someone in a conversation
F3
F4 Gaining time in a conversation
7 Knock Knock!

This activity aims to have students interrupt someone in a conversation.

Materials and Preparation
Smartboard/Laptop
Internet Access

Procedure
1 Scan the QR code.
2 Play the podcast from 0:00 to 0:41. Rich tells Jack a joke about a cow. Ask students if they think it is
funny or not.
3 Write the word ‘interrupt’ on the board. Draw two circles, and write who and why in the middle of the
circles. Ask students to brainstorm ideas about who they might interrupt someone in a conversation
and why.
4 Write on the board the following sentences.
• Sorry for interrupting but why didn't you invite me to the match?
• Not far from Madrid, yes. Anyway, as I was saying, they’re...
Explain to learners that the first phrase in the first sentence is used to interrupt and the phrases in
the second sentence are used to get back to the topic.
5 Play the next part of the podcast - 02:00 > 05:04. Tell them to pay attention to the phrases to interrupt
and phrases to return to a previous topic. Ask them to write down the phrases they hear.
6 After they have finished listening, encourage them to write the phrases they have found on the
board.

8 Hold On!

This activity aims to have students interrupt someone in a conversation.

Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up the material on page 223.
Fold the topic cards.
Procedure
1 Ask students to come to the board in pairs. Tell them to decide whether they want to be the speaker
or the interrupter and have them take the role cards accordingly.
2 Tell the speaker to pick a topic card and talk about that topic using the phrases written on his/her
role card. Then, tell the interrupter to interrupt the speaker appropriately using the phrases written
on his/her role card. Give them a minute to prepare.
3 Have them change roles when they finish. Continue until all the students have spoken about most
or all of the topics.

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