Living Abroad (Intermediate)_Climate

ASKING QUESTIONS

Please ask me the following questions.
Take note of my responses as you will summarize them later.

ASK

1. What is your name?
2. What season do you like best?
3. What season do you not like?
4. Have you seen snow?
5. Do you want to live in a country with four seasons?

SUMMARIZING INFORMATION

Now, please summarize my responses to your questions.

SUMMARIZE

My tutor’s name is

DIALOGUE READING

Let’s read the dialogue below.
After reading it once, we’ll switch roles.

READ

Alex: I visited my friends in the Philippines last February.
Bill: I’ve never been there. How was it?
Alex: It was hot. I was wearing a sweater from Tokyo and got sweaty when I arrived there.
Bill: Well, the climate in the Philippines is categorized as a tropical climate. So, it’s hot throughout the year.
Alex: I want to live there because of its weather. I don’t like winter.
Bill: As for me, I prefer to live in a country that has four seasons.
Alex: Interesting. Why is that?
Bill: It’s because I will get to enjoy four different seasonal foods!

COMPREHENSION CHECK

Please answer the following questions based on the dialogue.

ANSWER

1. How is the climate in the Philippines?
Answer:
2. Why does Alex want to live in the Philippines?
Answer:
3. Why does Bill prefer to live in a country that has four seasons?
Answer:
DIALOGUE PRACTICE

Let’s read the dialogue below.
Complete each conversation by choosing the appropriate response from the choices below.

(Note to tutor: Please find the answer key in the last page.)

READ AND ANSWER

1. Tutor: What are you going to do during winter vacation?
Student: I will go to a beach in Australia.
Tutor: It’s winter in Japan. Are you sure about that?
Student:
a. It’s summer in Australia.
b. I don’t understand.
c. That’s awesome!
d. It’s famous.
(Answer is in the last page.)
READ AND ANSWER

2. Tutor: I will go to New York in January. It will be my first time to see snow.
Student: Amazing! Do you have a winter jacket?
Tutor: Yes, I do. But I’m wondering if I need to buy a pair of gloves. Do you think I will need them?
Student:
a. The cold never bothered me anyway.
b. I highly recommend that you buy a pair.
c. You are aware of it.
d. It says winter.
(Answer is in the last page.)
READ AND ANSWER

3. Tutor: I saw the Aurora in Alaska.
Student: Really? Did you take a picture?
Tutor: I couldn’t. Don’t you know that it reaches negative 27 degrees during winter?
Student:
a. Check it out.
b. What are you talking about?
c. I had no idea.
d. It reminds me of that.
(Answer is in the last page.)
READ AND ANSWER

4. Tutor: I want to live in a place that has summer season.
Student: You will love Southeast Asia. I’ve lived there before.
Tutor: Did you like the tropical climate?
Student:
a. I never saw it coming.
b. Yes, I liked it.
c. I like swimming.
d. The temperature was unstable.
(Answer is in the last page.)
READ AND ANSWER

5. Tutor: You are coughing so hard. Are you okay?
Student: I don’t think so. I caught a cold because it was raining heavily last night.
Tutor: Didn’t you have an umbrella?
Student:
a. No, I had one.
b. May I borrow it?
c. You can have mine.
d. No. I lent it to my sister.
(Answer is in the last page.)
ROLE PLAY

Let’s do a role play with the given situation. You should mention the items below during the conversation.

PLAY

Situation: Your tutor will pretend as a foreign student in your class.
You will ask your tutor questions about climate and seasons.
Items to mention:
– seasons you have in your country
– best month to enjoy skiing
– best month to swim in the sea
– best month to go hiking
– season people tend to catch a cold
– best season to go sightseeing
– best season for foreigners to visit Japan

ANSWERS FOR DIALOGUE PRACTICE

1. a
2. b
3. c
4. b
5. d