A speaking lesson for learners of English based on an authentic video. Level: Intermediate. Activities: listening (gist and decoding), modal verbs, linkers for listing, presenting favourite apps

1. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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Warmer.How many of these logosdoyourecognize?
Task 1. Match the activities in column A with apps and tools in column B.
Which of these activities in column A do you need to do regularly? What tools from column B do
you use? Work in pairs. Ask each other:
Task 2. You’re going to watch a video of a software developer. Put the following phrases in order.
Then listen and check. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=NJJhqOVcjsI
(Source: Android Developers Channel)
1. hi / one of the / I’m / my name is Leland / user experience designers on
Android
Hi,___________________________________________________________
2 And one of the / a lot of the / is it does / the Android browser / on my
desktop browser/ things I like about / things I could do
And one of the ____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
Task 3. Watch and answer these questions:
a. How many great features of the Android browser does Leland mention?
b. Which features? What details about them can you catch?
A to stay in touch with my friends and family / my customers /
colleagues / my personal network
B to make sure I don’t forget to do anything important
C to keep the data on my computer organized
D to keep up with the news
E to keep track of online articles that I want to read
F to access the web
G to listen to music and watch videos
1 a browser
2 an email client
3 an instant messenger
4 a file manager
5 a news aggregator
6 a to-do list app
7 audio / video players
8 social networks
Are you on Facebook?
What’s your favourite ______________ [news aggregator/email client/…]?
Do you use any tools and apps to _________________[make sure you don’t forget todo
anything important / stay in touch with yourpersonal network/…]?

2. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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Task 4. Listen and fill the gaps.
>> LELAND: Hi, my name is Leland, I’m one of the user experiences Androids on Android.
And one of the things I like about the Android browser is it does a lot of things I
(1)_______________ on my desktop browser. I (2) __________________ you some of that. So one
of the things I like about the Android browsers is I (3) ___________________ Youtube videos
directly from WebPages. So here I am on Google news, and I’m going to click on a Youtube video
and here we go.
It goes right into the Youtube app... And I (4) __________________ my daily news video.
So another cool thing is I (5) __________________ photos right to my phone. So here’s a photo
that my friend posted. I (6)__________________ it, so I’m just going to long press on the photo,
click save image, and it’s going to download. So, while I (7) ________________________, just go,
click, open it, and it goes right into the photo gallery. So in the photo gallery, you
(8)___________________________.
But, you know, one thing I love is that, like right from the photo gallery, I
(9)________________________, right as a wallpaper. There we go. And there it is. Pretty cool.
So the last thing I’m going to show you is downloading mp3s. One of the things I
(10) _______________ is follow one of my favorite radio shows, the host posts mp3s. So
(11) _______________ is download them right from his website. And what happen is, I
(12) _____________________ it download, I (13) _______________ and browse the rest of the
page. Now, so I notice that the download's done because the notification part blinked. So I’m just
going to go to the notification bar and see that download's complete. Just click on the file...
There you go, you (14)__________________ listening to my favorite radio show.
Task 5. Sort the expressions from the gaps into
Actions that are
possible
An action that is
necessary
An action that isn’t
necessary
Other

3. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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Task 6. Now sort the verbs from Tasks 4-5 into two groups:
Task 7. Write about one or two of the tools that you talked about in task 1.
Actions that are
possible
Actions that are
necessary
Actions that aren’t
necessary
Other
Task 8. Look at the sentences highlighted in the transcript. What do they have in common?
Task 9. Listen to these sentences again. (a) Mark the pauses that Leland makes. (b) Mark which
words are stressed or said higher than the rest of the sentence.
And one of the things I like about the Android browser is it does a lot of things I could do on my
desktop browser. …. So one of the things I like about the Android browsers is I could watch
Youtube videos directly from the browser. ….
So another cool thing is I could save photos right from my phone. ….
So the last thing I’m going to show you is downloading mp3s. …. One of the things I like to do is
follow one of my favorite radio shows
Task 10. Work in new pairs. Tell your partner about your favourite tools and apps. Make sure that
you
 Use the expressions that link lists
 Use the verb patterns correctly
 Pronounce the linking expressions and the modals naturally

4. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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Transcript
0:00
>> LELAND: Hi, my name is Leland, I’m one of the user experiences Androids on Android.
0:04
And one of the things I like about the Android browser is it does a lot of things I could do on my
desktop browser. I want to show you some of that. So one of the things I like about the Android
browsers is I could play Youtube videos directly from WebPages.
So here I am on Google news, and I’m going to click on a Youtube video and here we go. It goes
right into the Youtube app... And I could watch my daily news video.
0:33
>> So another cool thing is I could save photos right to my phone. So here’s a photo that my friend
posted. I want to save it, so I’m just going to long press on the photo, click save image, and it’s
going to download. So, while I wait for it to download, just go, click, open it, and it goes right into
the photo gallery. So in the photo gallery, I could do whatever I want but, you know, one thing I’d
love is that, like right from the photo gallery, I can go and save it right as a wallpaper. There we go.
And there it is, pretty cool.
So the last thing I’m going to show you is downloading mp3s. One of the things I like to do is follow
one of my favorite radio shows, the host posts mp3s. So all I have to do is download them right
from his website. And what happen is, I don't have to wait and watch it download, I could just go
back and browse the rest of the page. Now, so I notice that the download's done because the
notification part blinked. So I’m just going to go to the notification bar and see that download's
complete. Just click on the file...
1:56
>> There you go, you could start listening to my favorite radio show.
Teacher’s notes and key
Warmer. Focus the learners on the picture, check which ones they recognize
Find out if they all use the same browser. Brainstorm and board some more tools and
app types that they use daily.
Logos: Twitter (a social network), Pocket (an article aggregator), VLC (a video player),
Facebook (a social network), Outlook (an email client), Skype (and instant
messenger), browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Chrome)
Task 1 A: 2/3/8
B: 6
C: 4
D: 5

5. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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E: 5
F: 1
G: 7
Task 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=NJJhqOVcjsI
Key: Hi // my name is Leland // I’m // one of the // user experiences Androids on
Android.
To play the sentences one by one, open the video in Youtube, click on ‘More’ under
the video and load the interactive transcript.
Culture note. Android is an operating systemfor mobile phones created by Google.
Task 3 The ability to
 Watch youtube videos in the browser
 Download photos from the browser and set them as wallpaper
 Download music from the browser, get a notification when the download is
done
Task 4 Key
1. could do
2. want to
3. could play
4. could watch
5. could save
6. want to save
7. wait for it to download
8. could do whatever I want
9. can go
10. like to do
11. all I have to do
12. don’t have to
13. could just go back
14. could start
See Task 2 for instructions how to re-play lines of transcripts on youtube.
Pronunciation focus: As you listen, get the learners to notice how the words are
pronounced: could, to (‘ta’) wantto, just
Task 5 Actions that are possible: all expressions with ‘could’ and ‘can’
Action that’s necessary: all I have to do is…
Action that’s not necessary: don’t have to
Other: want to save/play, wait for it to download, like to do
Task 6 Verb + verb: modals (could do, can go)
Verb + to + verb: have to do, like to do, want to save, wait for it to download

6. V i d e o : h t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / N J J h q O V c j s I ( A n d r o i d D e v e l o p e r s c h a n n e l )
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Task 7 [Written practice] Monitor to make sure the learners are using target verbs correctly
[Spoken practice] Model this task to encourage the learners to pronounce the verbs
naturally.
Task 8 Linking expressions used for listing
Task 9 Key
And ONE of the things // I like about the Android browser // is it does a LOT of things
I could do // on my desktop browser. ….
So ONE of the things I like about the Android browsers // is I could watch YOUTUBE
videos directly from web pages. ….
So ANOTHER cool thing is // I could save PHOTOS right from my phone. ….
So the LAST thing I want to show you // is downloading MPs. ….
ONE of the things I like to DO // is follow one of my favorite RADIO shows
You can find these sentences in the interactive transcript by searching in your
browser for the word ‘thing’ (CTR + F in most Windows browsers)
Board the phrases.
1st play: concentrate on the pauses. Stop after each target sentence and check /
board the pauses
2nd play: concentrate on words that sound higher and/or stressed more / highlight
the stresses on the board
Pronunciation practice: the learners practice ‘in chorus’ the pronunciation of the
expressions, starting from the ending:
About the Android browser
I like about the Android browser
ONE of the things I like about the Android browser
And ONE of the things I like about the Android browser
Task 10 Allow 2-3 minutes for preparation.
Before they start talking, encourage the students to practice the pronunciation of the
linkers ‘under their breath’ one more time.
After the task, encourage the learners to analyze if they had used all the linkers and
pronounced them naturally.
If time and group size permits, repeat in new pairs.
Home
work
The students choose two more apps / tools / pieces of technology they like and
record themselves.