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General Education Office. LA.121 / LA1301 English 1 Unit 1 Greetings and Small Talk. 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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  1. General Education Office LA.121 / LA1301 English 1 Unit 1Greetings and Small Talk

  2. 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

  3. Customs Around the World Greetings 1 2 3 4 5

  4. How would you describe these?

  5. Business Cards Some countries are informal Some countries are formal

  6. Small Talk When people don’t know each other, it’s normal to have a polite conversation to pass the time… The weather Someone’s religion Someone’s history Someone’s job Drugs/Alcohol Someone’s family Boyfriends/girlfriends Illegal Downloading Sport Which of these topics is suitable for small talk?

  7. Meeting people and Introducing Yourself Top Notch Page 3 – Photo Story C) Read and listen to two people meeting in a hotel lobby D) Focus on language E) Think and explain

  8. Lesson 1 – Get reacquainted with someone • Conversational Model • Read and listen to the people getting reacquainted • Listen again and repeat • Practice with a partner • 2) Pairwork • Complete the conversations with the Present Perfect or Past Simple tense • Practice with a partner • 3) FaceSpace • Complete the message with the Present Perfect or Past Simple tense

  9. Lesson 1 – Get reacquainted with someone • Pronunciation – Sound reduction in the present perfect • Listen to how the sound /t/ of the negative contraction “disappears”. • Listen again and repeat • I haven’t been to that class. • He hasn’t met his new teacher. • They haven’t taken the test. • She hasn’t heard the news. C) Now practice saying the sentences on your own.

  10. Lesson 1 – Get reacquainted with someone Now 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

  11. Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country 1) Vocabulary – Tourist activities around the world • Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat. climb Mt. Fuji goto the top of the Eiffel Tower gosightseeing in New York take a tour of the Tower of London take pictures of the Great Wall try Korean food

  12. 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 DoiInthanon.” “I haven’t gone to the top of the Empire State Building in New York.”

  13. Lesson 2 – Greet a visitor to your country 3) Conversational Model • Read and listen to someone greeting a visitor • Listen again and repeat • Practice with a partner “Welcome to Rio. Have you been here before? “No. It’s my first time….”

  14. 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

  15. Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience 1) Vocabulary – Participial Adjectives • Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat. The ski trip was thrilling.(They were thrilled.) The safari was fascinating.(They were fascinated.) The food was disgusting.(They were disgusted.) The sky-dive was frightening.(They were frightened.)

  16. Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience 1) Vocabulary – Participial Adjectives • 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.….”

  17. Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience 2) Listening Comprehension • Listen to associate – Listen to three interviews. • Then listen again and write the number of the speaker described by each statement. • Listen for Details • 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 Barlow • A) 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”?

  18. Lesson 3 – Describe an interesting experience Now you can: Describe an interesting experience • Notepadding – Answer the questions. Explain what happened 1) 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? • Ask you partner about the experiences on his or her notepad. • Tell the group about your partner’s experience.

  19. Summary • Now you can: • Get reacquainted with someone • Greet a visitor to your country • Describe an interesting experience

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