Parents' evening: too much homework
Real life · At school and university
Parents' evening: too much homework
Your goal: Talk to the teacher about your son's homework and make a plan.
- A2
- 8 turns · about 6 min
You talk to: Class teacher
Phrases you will need
- Thank you for meeting me.
- He spent three hours on it.
- He's a bit shy.
- Thank you for your time.
A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.
- Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
- Read the other person's speech bubble.
- Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
- After a wrong reply you see why at once; at the end you can read the whole conversation again.
How to play? Scoring and details
- In this set
- You are a parent at a school meeting. Talk about your son's homework and agree what to do.
- This game reads words aloud
- This scene can be read aloud: Emma (British accent) reads the other person, Heart (American accent) reads the natural reply. Sound plays only when you press a speaker button, at a pace that suits your level.
The other person's line comes as sound only at first. Press the speaker, listen and reply; show the words if you need them.
- Scoring
- Your answers are checked; at the end you see your score, your mistakes and the right answers.
- With a keyboard
- Keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a reply; Enter continues the conversation.