LOTE Speaking Prompts
HELP 5. You are now living with a host family. I am your sister/host family/mum/parent. You see my kitchen/living room/bedroom/garage/yard is very dirty, I am cleaning, you want to help. What would you say?
- Ask if they want help -
11. You are a high school student. Now that the summer vacation has started, you are helping your neighbor with the children so that you can earn some money. Can you tell me in Chinese how you took care of this child? How was your day with this kid?
- Describe routine by including times of the day and activities - Maybe include how you and the kid felt
1. On the weekend, you want to go shopping with your friends/dance/exercise/take a ferry or boat to New Jersey. How do you tell your friends?
- Explain that you want to do xyz -When are they free? -Do they want to go? -Do they want to ask other friends? -How much money does it cost to go/do you need to bring? -Offer a different suggestion if they don't want to/a different time
2. It's almost summer vacation, and your friends want to invite you to go shopping / eat Chinese food / go to Chinatown / exercise together. You want to go, but you need more information.
- Explain that you want to do xyz -When are they free? -Do they want to go? -Do they want to ask other friends? -How much money does it cost to go/do you need to bring? -Offer a different suggestion if they don't want to/a different time -What Chinese food/exercise do they like? -What clothes do they want to buy?
12. You are the host of an American TV channel (newscaster)/journalist. You want to interview an international student/exchange student from China. You are very interested in Chinese culture and traveling to China, so you asked him a lot of questions.
- How is China different from America? - What kind of dishes does China have? -How is China's weather? -What attractions does China have? -How to travel around in China?
8. You are a recent transfer student to Stuyvesant High School. You want to join some club activities, and now you want to know more about these clubs. Now you start to ask the person in charge of the club some questions.
- How many times/When does this club meet? - What does this club do? -How many people are in this club? - Do I have to pay fees? - Where does this club meet? - Is there a teacher?
7. You are a student at Stuyvesant High School. I am a new student/exchange student/international student/student in Stuyvesant High School who just transferred to Stuyvesant High School. You want to invite me to an after-school activity with you. I would like to ask you for more information, please introduce it.
- How many times/When does this club meet? - What does this club do? -How many people are in this club? - Do I have to pay fees? - Where does this club meet? -Do you like the club?
20. You are 16 years old and you just got your driver's license. You call your best friend right away and want to plan a drive around New York.
- I just got my license and I want to go to NY - I want to go on [DATE] -I want to [ACTIVITY] - Will your parents let? - You can bring your parents too
9. I am your teacher. You want to organize (organize/start) a new club. You come to me and ask me for some suggestions.
- Introduce you want to start a club but you dont know what club - What club should i start? - Who else do i ask to start it with me? - How many times does my club meet? OR you can bounce off ideas and like or dislike her suggestions
24. You are an American high school student, and now you are an exchange student in a high school in China. You are encountering a difficulty now and you need to ask someone to help you.
- Introduce yourself -How to get to cafeteria? - What do they have to eat? -Throw in a comparison too -Do you like this school?
10. You are the teacher. Your student comes to you to ask some questions because the student wants to start a new club. You want to help this student, but you don't know what this club does, so you ask the student a lot of questions.
- What does your club do? - Who else is helping you start it? - Do you have people already interested? - How many times will you guys meet? - Do you think people would want to join?
HELP 15. You and your parents are watching a basketball game in the gym. At this time, your neighbor calls your parents and says that in your house....(you make it up)....let you go back quickly. Your parents rushed to ask the neighbor what happened and asked the neighbor to help you deal with it before you go back. arrangements).
- ur dog threw up
61 I am a post office clerk/employee. You are a customer. You want to mail a very important letter/a very important document document, you said....
- what do you want to mail - where do you want to send - how heavy ? - prices to where to ship - did you write name, sender name, address
26. You are a high school student from the United States, and now you are an exchange student in China. You notice a lot of differences between China and America. Please talk about the difference.
-Chinese school is harder than American school -Chinese school also has better food for lunch - I like china better than america
27. You are a high school student from China, and now you are an exchange student in the United States. You notice a lot of differences between the US and China. Please talk about the difference.
-Chinese school is harder than American school -Chinese school also has better food for lunch - I like china better than america
3. You want to buy a train ticket to Boston, how do you tell the ticket seller? What information do you need to ask?
-Explain that you want to go to Boston -What time do you have to arrive? -What are you doing in Boston? -How much is one ticket? -How long does it take to get there? -What else is there to do in Boston?
25. You are a high school student in Beijing, you saw an exchange student from the United States encountered difficulties in your school, and you wanted to help him, so you said to him....
-Hi how can I help you? - Do you want me to show you around? -Pool is on this floor -Cafe is on this floor -When did you come to BJ?
22. Last year, Wang Peng from China came to Stuyvesant High School in New York as an international student/exchange student. This year you are going to China as an international student/exchange student. Before going to China, you want to know more about China, so you have a lot of questions to ask Gao Wenzhong. Now you start calling Gao Wenzhong.
-How are China schools different from America schools? -How is China's weather? -What is there to do in China? -How to travel around in China?
23. You are a student from China. Last year, an international student from the United States came to your school as an exchange student. You became good friends and kept writing emails or calling. This year you are going to New York, USA as an exchange student. You gave him a call and asked him a lot of questions.
-How is New York different from China? -What is there to do in NY? -How to travel around in NY? Talk about trains and buses
19. You are the owner of a Chinese restaurant. A high school student is coming to hold a party for his friend. You answered yes, but you have to ask this high school student some questions about the gathering.
-How many people are coming? -Any dietary restrictions? -When are you coming? - Is this a birthday party? If so, how old are they turning? Do you need a cake?
17. You have been losing weight recently. You remember that swimming can help you lose weight, but none of your friends have time to go swimming with you, so you plan to go alone. Your friend Wang Peng is very worried about you, because swimming alone is very dangerous, so he asked you a lot of questions, this is how you answered him...
-I know how to swim because I've been taking classes - Do you have time to go with me? - I am going to a pool so it's not that dangerous - Will it be better if I go another time with someone? - Fine, I will go another time
18. You want to hold a birthday party for your mother in a Chinese restaurant, you need to talk to the restaurant owner.
-Introduce that it is your mother's birthday -What kind of food do they serve? -Can I bring a cake? -How many people can you fit? -Do they have availability on [DATE]?
13. You are a Chinese student, and now you are coming to the United States as an international student/exchange student. One day you were shopping and there was an American TV channel host (newscaster)/reporter who wanted to interview you. You want to give a good introduction to the places of interest in China/Chinese food/Chinese culture/Chinese cities.
-List attractions (Tian An Men Square, Ping An Financial Center, Great Wall) -How to get to these places -Dishes: Ma Po Tofu, Sweet and Sour Soup/Fish, BBQ Pork? -What clothes to bring?
32. Your friend invited you to dinner at her house, and you agreed. But you call your friend at the last minute and say you can't go.
-Sorry I cannot go -My mom said I cant go because it is my grandma's birthday -Can we do another time?
30. You and your parents are Chinese. This winter vacation, a high school student from the United States lives in your home as an international student. You and your family want to cook a great meal for this American student. So you say to your parents... or So you say to this American student...
-What kind of dishes are in America? han bao bao/ yi da li mian/ Niú bā/ Zhà shǔ tiáo -What's your favorite dish? -How does it taste? -Can you get this in restaurants?
29. You and your parents are from the United States. This summer, a high school student from China came to the United States for exchange. You and your parents want to cook a dinner that impresses this Chinese student. So you say to this Chinese student... or So you say to your parents....
-What kind of dishes are in China? -What's your favorite dish? -How does it taste? -Can you get this in restaurants?
4. You are the ticket seller. There are passengers who want to take the ferry to New Jersey, but they don't know which ticket to buy. You need to ask them some questions to help them decide which ticket to buy.
-What time do you have to arrive? -What are you doing in NJ? -How much is one ticket? -How long does it take to get there? -What else is there to do in NJ? -How many people are also going?
21. Your good friend just got his driver's license earlier this year. He drives you out to play. You promised, but you need to ask some questions about this time out.
-Where are we going? -What are we doing? -What time are we going? -Do you know how to get there?
16. Your friend Gao Wenzhong is losing weight recently. He thinks losing weight is a good way, so he wants to go swimming alone. You're worried about him because it's dangerous to swim alone, so you ask him some questions.
-Where are you swimming? -When are you going swimming? -Can I come with you? -How long have you been swimming? -Express your worry -He could drown
28. You go to a new country as an exchange student. Today is your first day of class. You and your new classmates are waiting for the teacher to start the class. You want to chat with your classmates, so you say...
-Where is the teacher? -Do you like the teacher? -Does she give a lot of homework? -Are her tests hard? -What is her name? -What is your name?
33. You invite your friend over for dinner and he says yes. But at the last minute he calls again to tell you he can't come. You want to ask him what's going on.
-Why can't you come?
31. You came from China to the United States/or you came to China from the United States, you lived with a host family, and you liked your host family's parents very much. The host family's child is older/smaller than you, and he is now sick and hospitalized. Now you are discussing this with your host family parents and you are also very concerned about how this older brother/brother is doing now.
-is he still at the hospital? -why is he at the hospital -can we go visit him?
34. You are a teacher. You have a student who comes to you because the school offers too many courses and he doesn't know which course he should take. He needs your help.
-language classes
72. You are an international student from China, and you don't know much about American sports. I am an American high school student and I invite you to go to/watch a sporting event with you. you told me....
GO OVER SPORTS AKA FOOTBALL/SOCCER
92 I am a teacher in a high school in China. You are traveling to China from the United States. We are both friends. I called you and invited you to give a speech at our school. Please introduce the United States. I'm talking to you on the phone...
attractions food
93 You work as a teacher in a high school in the United States. I am traveling to the United States from China. We are both friends. You call me and invite me to give a speech at your school, please introduce China. I'm glad to hear it, but I need to ask some questions, and I'm talking to you on the phone...
attractions food
77. I am your neighbor, I have a problem, I need your help, I say to you.....
fix my fridge
67 You are an exchange student from China. Your American host family mom and dad are ready to celebrate their wedding anniversary anniversary. I'm your friend, we're talking about celebrating our wedding anniversary, I'm telling you.../You're telling me...
how you feel about them?
102 You are an exchange student from China and are now studying in the United States. I am your teacher at the American school. I want you to come to my class to make a fā yán(presentation). I tell you....
introduce
36. You go shopping with your friends. Your friend sees it...it's beautiful and he wants to buy it. But he didn't have enough money. You see that he doesn't have enough money, so you say....
offer to buy can talk about price which color size
100 I am your classmate/friend. We were discussing what to do after graduation. I ask you...
party
75. You lost your wallet while traveling in China. I am a police officer in China officer, you told me....
waht color is the wallet how much money
40. I am your teacher and you are my student. Our Chinese class will perform a show for the teachers and students of the whole school during the Spring Festival next year. Now we need more students/volunteers zhì yuan zhě (volunteer students) come and perform with us, so I say to you...
what are we going to be doing?
44. I am a Chinese tourist souvenir (souvenirs shop/specialty shop) boss. You are looking for a job/applying to my shop. you told me....
when work, how many hours a day, what am i doing, what future positions r there, when start working, yearly salary =?, how can i contact