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General Education OfficeLA.121 / LA1301

English 1Unit 1

Greetings and Small Talk

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Objectives• You will be familiar with greetings ‘Customs around the world’• You will be able to:

– Get reacquainted with someone– Greet a visitor to your country– Describe an interesting experience

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Customs Around the World

Greetings

1 2 4

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How would you describe these?

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Business Cards

Some countries are informal Some countries are formal

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Small TalkWhen people don’t know each other, it’s normal to have a polite conversation to pass the time…

The weather

Someone’s job

Someone’s religion

Someone’s family

Someone’s history

SportBoyfriends/girlfriends Illegal Downloading

Drugs/Alcohol

Which of these topics is suitable for small talk?

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Meeting people and Introducing Yourself

Top Notch Page 3 – Photo StoryC) Read and listen to two people meeting in a hotel lobbyD) Focus on language E) Think and explain

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someone1) Conversational ModelA) Read and listen to the people getting

reacquaintedB) Listen again and repeatC) Practice with a partner

2) PairworkA) Complete the conversations with the

Present Perfect or Past Simple tenseB) Practice with a partner3) FaceSpace A) Complete the message with the Present

Perfect or Past Simple tense

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someone4) Pronunciation – Sound reduction in the present perfect

A) Listen to how the sound /t/ of the negative contraction “disappears”.

B) Listen again and repeat

1. I haven’t been to that class.2. He hasn’t met his new teacher.3. They haven’t taken the test.4. She hasn’t heard the news.

C) Now practice saying the sentences on your own.

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someoneNow you can: Get reacquainted with someone.

A …………, have you met……………?B No, I haven’t.A………….., I’d like you to

meet……………C………….. You look familiar. Have we

met before?B…………..

Adapt this: you met at a party, at a meeting, at a friend’s house, in a class

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Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country

1) Vocabulary – Tourist activities around the world

A) Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

climb Mt. Fuji go sightseeing in New York go to the top of the Eiffel Tower

try Korean food take a tour of the Tower of London

take pictures of the Great Wall

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Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country

2) Pairwork – What tourist activities have you done? Which haven’t you done? Use the vocabulary and the present perfect.

“I’ve climbed

Doi

Inthanon.”

“I haven’t gone to the top of the

Empire State

Building in New York.”

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Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country

3) Conversational ModelA) Read and listen to someone greeting a

visitorB) Listen again and repeatC) Practice with a partner“Welcome

to Rio. Have you been here

before?

“No. It’s my first time….”

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Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country

Now you can: Greet a visitor to your country

A Welcome to ………… Have you been here before?

B No, it’s my first time. (or Yes I have)

A ………….., Have you …………… yet?B…………..Adapt this: ask about other places and

tourist attractions

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Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience

1) Vocabulary – Participial Adjectives

A) Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

The safari was fascinating.(They were fascinated.)

The ski trip was thrilling.(They were thrilled.)

The sky-dive was frightening.(They were frightened.)

The food was disgusting.(They were disgusted.)

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Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience

1) Vocabulary – Participial Adjectives

B) On a seperate sheet of paper, write lists of things that you think are:fascinating, thrilling, frightening and disgusting.

C) Compare with a partner

“I think eating

snails is disgusting.

“Really? I’ve tried

them and I wasn’t

disgusted at all.….”

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Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience

2) Listening ComprehensionA) Listen to associate – Listen to three

interviews.B) Then listen again and write the number

of the speaker described by each statement.

3) Listen for Details

A) Listen again and answer the questions in complete sentences.1) Nancy SullivanA) How many countries has she visited?B) What did she notice about gestures in India

2) Andrew BarlowA) What did the people in the village do to thank him?B) Why did he eat something he didn’t want to?

3) Mieko Nakamura A) What has she done

twice?B) How did she get to “the

top of the world”?

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Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience

Now you can: Describe an interesting experience

A) Notepadding – Answer the questions. Explain what happened1) Have you ever been someplace that was really fascinating?2) Have you ever eaten something that was really strange or disgusting?3) Have you ever done something that was really thrilling or frightening?

B) Ask you partner about the experiences on his or her notepad.

C) Tell the group about your partner’s experience.

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Summary• Now you can:

– Get reacquainted with someone– Greet a visitor to your country– Describe an interesting experience