Exercises to develop speaking skills

21. Read and learn these phrases necessary to start to retell a text.

22. Using the phrases above, tell about the text “Convergence technologies and services” (5-6 sentences).

23. Read and learn the dialogue.

Device manufacturer (D) and interviewer (I)

I - What are you doing these days?

D - To be honest, I don't know what to do these days.

I - What did you do in the past?

D - We used to make cameras and went digital.

I - What happened?

D - Then everybody wanted cameras on cellphones.

I - What did you decide to do then?

D - We started making those devices.

I - Were they popular among our population?

D - At first. But people are always wanting to upgrade and get the latest models or new gadgets.

I - Are you going to adapt to your customers' needs?

D - We have to, if we want to remain in business. But it is not easy. I went to a technology fair last week and they were demonstrating this jacket and hat that was your phone.

I - Amazing!

D - Yeah, there are so many disruptive technologies, I don't know what is going to happen.

I - Can you make a guess?

D - Maybe we'll have to get into clothing.

24. Using the dialogue above, make up your own dialogue between a TV broadcaster and an interviewer. Use the following text to help you.

TV broadcaster

A lot of broadcasters like us are having a hard time. The problem is that there are lots more channels these days and people also get them through different media. I can download the latest films from the phone company. My children don't even watch TV. They watch video online and their friends send them clips on their mobiles. But we have to survive on our advertising revenue and at the moment that's falling. Things are really not easy, and I'm sure there are some broadcasters that will go out of business.

25. Read and learn another dialogue.