Responding to Visual Prompts

In Teil 2 geht es um das Auswerten von Bildern (engl: Responding to Visual Prompts). Du und dein Partner müsst für je 60 Sekunden über ein Bild sprechen. Beide Bilder haben ein gemeinsames Thema (Hobbies, Sports, Freizeit, Essen, etc), über das ihr danach 2min reden müsst. Diskutiert über das Thema und geht auf den anderen ein und reagiert auf seine Fragen / Äußerungen!

Die Themen konzentrieren sich auf immer wiederkehrende Gebiete - auch wenn "Which room in your house do you like best?" erst einmal schockt - eigentlich geht es nur um Hobbies und Freizeitgewohnheiten.

Now, I'm going to give each of you a photograph.

Candidate A, here is your photograph.

(Hand one of the photographs to Candidate A).

Would you show it to Candidate B and talk about it, please?

Candidate B, you just listen to Candidate A. I'll give you a photograph in a moment.

Candidate A, please tell us what you can see in your photograph.

Useful Tips

• Start with a general idea of the subject of the picture before going into details.

  "My picture is about …"

  "This photo shows a …"

• Organise your description – don’t describe the same thing more than once

Use directions:

• Talk in sentences – don’t produce lists of items you can see

• Use the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

  "She's wearing a …"

  "They are just doing their homework."

Achtung

Wenn Du über Gefühle und Zustände redest, musst du wieder PRESENT SIMPLE verwenden!

  "The dog seems to be …"

  "The boy looks very happy."

• Give reasons (related to the picture) for your ideas

  "I can't see it very well, but it seems as if …;"

• Talk about the situation as well as the physical things you can see in the picture.

60 Sekunden gehen schnell vorüber. Sucht nicht nach einem bestimmten Wort, sondern umschreibt es / oder beschreibt andere Sachen.

Example Tasks

Activities

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Your pictures showed people playing. Discuss what kind of games you like to play and with whom.

Your pictures showed people playing. Discuss what kind of games you like to play and which ones do you like to watch.

Your pictures showed people playing. Discuss what kind of games you like to play when the weather is fine and when it is raining.

Dinner

Your pictures showed people eating. Discuss what food do you like when you're at home and what you eat when going out.

Your pictures showed people eating. Discuss which places you like most for going out and what kind of meals are fitting best there.

Your pictures showed people together. Discuss who you would like to take with you if you go out and where you would go.

Celebrations

Your pictures showed people celebrating. Discuss which days are special to you and how you celebrate them.

Your pictures showed people in special places. At which special event would you like to take part? Where should it take place? Explain why and discuss.

Sports

Your pictures showed people doing sports. Discuss which sports you like to do and which sports you like to watch.

Your pictures showed people doing sports. Discuss which sports are good to keep fit and which sports are good to meet new friends.

Career

Your pictures showed people working. Which job would you like to do when your older? Discuss if you would like to have a job with much stress! What do you think is most stressful?

Your pictures showed people working. Which job would you like to do when your older? Discuss if you would prefer to work outside or inside. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Weblinks

• LISTENINGS TO PRACTICE (trinitysantaquiteria.blogspot.de) - many good pictures with vocabulary - scroll down to lower half of page)
• Download-Materialien als PDF:
  • isb.bayern.de › st_mock_exam (PDF mit 5 Aufgaben)

• PDF-Worksheets:
  • Responding to Visual Prompts
  • Typical mistakes

• MEBIS: mebisfortbildung.alp.dillingen.de