A2 UNIT 4 Life Skills Video Worksheet

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Life skills A2 Unit

Developing a product VIDEO SKILLS: Understanding new words


1 Look for the word in the video. Does the speaker
  Before watching
touch or point to it, or say where it is?
1 Look at the tips for presenting a new product. 2 Think about the context. Can you guess its meaning
Which do you think are good and bad? Circle from other words the speaker says, or from what the
✓ or ✗. speaker is talking about?
1 Show people the product. ✓/✗
2 Say how the product can help people. ✓/✗
3a 43 Watch again and answer the questions.
3 Say negative things about other products. ✓/✗
1 The CashCap is good if you go to two places. What
4 Say how much the product costs. ✓/✗
places?
5 Say things that aren’t true about the product. ✓/✗
6 Speak clearly and look at people when
2 Why don’t people touch the CashCap?
you talk. ✓/✗

  While watching 3 How many people in the class usually wear a cap?
2a 43 Watch the product presentation and
complete the sentences. 4 Where can you buy a CashCap?

5 Why is it a good product for teenagers?

3b Do you think the presentation for the product


was good? Why/Why not? Look at the tips in 1 to
help you.

  After reading
4a Think of a product that’s very popular with
teenagers at the moment (but not a digital
device). Why is it successful? How does it help
you in your daily life?
1 The product is called the .
2 You can put your or a key in it.
4b SKILLS 4 LIFE  We are in contact with aliens from
3 Half the class says it’s a .
another part of the universe. This opens up new
markets for popular products on Earth. Prepare a
2b 43  VIDEO SKILLS  Read the video skills box. Before short presentation of a popular product to show
you watch again, can you remember what the to the aliens. Follow these steps.
things below are? Think of the word in your
language. Then watch again. Do you want to 1 Think of a popular product – something that helps us
change your answers? Finally, match the words in our daily lives.
with the definitions below. 2 Think how to describe the object, and make a list of
towel baseball cap the reasons why it’s useful.
3 Prepare a short presentation of the product for the
sandals or flip-flops pockets aliens. Remember that they haven’t seen the product
sunglasses questionnaire before and need to know everything about it. Use
these expressions to help you:
1 You wear them on your feet when it’s hot.
It’s called …
2 It’s a collection of questions for other people.
3 There are some in your jeans. You put things You use it for verb + -ing … It’s very useful when you
in them. need to …
4 You use it after you have a shower, bath or swim.
5 They protect your eyes when it’s sunny. REFLECT ON IT
6 You wear it on your head. We often hear that we live in a consumer society,
and that we buy a lot of things that we don’t really
need. Do you think this is true? Can you think
of any examples? Do product presentations and
adverts make us buy these things?

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