St. Mary's College Welcoming Process PDF

LESSON 01 WELCOMING PROCESS Formal and informal greetings. Introducing yourself. Lesson aims & objectives By the end of this lesson, students should be able to successfully understand some basic questions about the...

LESSON 01 WELCOMING PROCESS Formal and informal greetings. Introducing yourself. Lesson aims & objectives By the end of this lesson, students should be able to successfully understand some basic questions about their personal information, and to give some basic responses. They will be able to give their name, age, location and simple general information about their history and to ask similar information of other people. Topic explanation Question Response 1. What is your name? 1. My name is………………. 2. Where are you from? (originally) 2. I am (I’m) from……………….. 3. How old are you? 3. I am (I’m)………….(years old). 4. When is your birthday? 4. My birthday is in…………………… 5. Where do you live? 5. I live in………………………….. 6. Do you have children? 6. Yes, I have……………children. No. I don’t have (any) children. 7. What is your profession? 7. I am (I’m) a(n)……………………… 8. Are you married? 8. Yes, I am (I´m) married. No, I’m not married. 9. What are your plans? 9. My plans are to……………………………… 10. Do you have time to talk? 10. Yes, I have time. No, I don’t have time at the moment. 11. What are your interests? 11. I like (to)……………………………….. Teachers’ directives 1. When a person gives his/her name, emphasize that they can give the complete sentence, as above, or simply answer with the person’s name (David, Simon, Paul etc.) Also emphasize the optional use of the contraction. Encourage the students to use contractions whenever possible, in all situations. 2. When a person answers where they are from, they can use the complete sentence, as above, or answer by simply stating the name of the city/country where they originally come from. When using the complete sentence, emphasize the optional choice of using a contraction. 3. Students can answer by using the complete sentence with or without a contraction, as above, or simple by stating their age as a number (34, 16, 22 etc.) 4. Students can state their birthday by stating the month (in September, in January etc.) or by stating the specific date, in which case, the preposition would change from in to on ( on the 15th of July, on the 1st of November, or simply the 15th of July, the 1st of November etc.) 5. When answering this question, the students can use the complete sentence, as in the above example, or they can simply state the name of the town/city/country where they live (Cogua, Amsterdam, Colombia etc.) 6. Students can also answer this question by saying how many sons and daughters they have (yes, I have 1 son and 2 daughters….yes I have 1 boy and 2 girls etc.) 7. Emphasize that when answering this question, an article is used in English before the name of the profession, whereas in Spanish, this is not the case. The article may change according to the profession ( a driver, a teacher, an architect, an accountant etc.). Explain to the students why the article may change. 8. The student can answer this question with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but it is customary to add a little more information, maybe for saying ‘for how long’ the person has been married (yes, I’ve been married for 3 years….yes I’m married to my wife Wendy etc.) 9. This question is usually answered with actions, using an infinitive after the preposition to (my plans ate to study English….my plans are to spend 6 months in France, to learn French etc.) 10. This question is usually asked if a person wants to talk to another person in greater detail, to find out more information. If the person answering the question agrees, they can simply answer by saying Yes. However, if the person disagrees, they could invent an excuse to decline a more detailed conversation (actually, I’m at work at the moment…..I’m a little busy right now…etc.) 11. This question is usually answered in the present simple or continuous tenses. Typical examples include ‘I like to read books’ or ‘I like reading books.’ Another example is ‘I like to play soccer and watch action movies’ or ‘I like playing soccer and watching action movies. Either tense is acceptable. Follow the conversation below with your students. Clarify pronunciation and translate any words or vocabulary they don’t understand. Pick 2 or 3 pairs of students to read the conversation and simulate the characters. Then divide all the students into pairs and have them create their own, similar conversation. This conversation is between 2 young students. They are studying English in London and they have never previously met. Angela Hello, my name is Angela. What is your name? Darren Hey Angela. My name is Darren. Angela How old are you Darren? Darren I’m 21. How old are you? Angela I’m almost 19. Where are you from Darren? Darren I’m from Michigan, USA. And you? Angela I’m from Bogota in Colombia. Darren Where do you live now? Angela I live in Camden with my sister Ana. How about you? Darren I am staying with a friend in Soho. Angela Which class are you in? Darren I’m in an intermediate class with Mr. Williams. And you? Angela I’m a beginner. I’m in the elementary class with Miss Jones. Darren I have to go to class now Angela. It was nice to meet you. I’m sure I’ll see you around. Angela Sure Darren, it was nice meeting you too. Darren Let’s meet up in the canteen for a milkshake sometime. Angela That would be great. See you around.