Listen and say (p. 4)
Warm-up: Bring two puppets to the class. Pretend that you are introducing Tim, one puppet, to another, Pat. Say: “Tim, this is Pat”, Tim shakes hand with Pat and says: “Nice to meet
you”, Pat answers: “Nice to meet you, too”. Continue working with one puppet. Introduce a student to your puppet, for example: “Tim, this is...”, Tim says: “Nice to meet you”. Encourage the student to say: “Nice to meet you, too”. Continue doing this until many SS have practised the greeting.
Activity: Open your book at page 4. Tell the SS that this is David’s first day at school. Point to the teacher and say: “This is the teacher”. Point to David’s mum and say: “This is David’s
mum”. Explain that David is introducing them. Ask the SS to go to page 4. Show the SS the pictures again and say “Let’s listen”. Play the CD and ask SS to listen in silence. Divide the class into three groups and assign a character to each group to role play. Play the CD again and encourage each group to repeat only what their character says. Change the roles and continue the activity till all SS have practised the different parts of the dialogue.
Track 3, page 4: Introduction
More ideas!
David: Hello, Miss. This is my mum, Martha.
You can play a variation of the “Hello game!”
Teacher: Nice to meet you, Martha.
Development:
Mum: Nice to meet you, too.
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All the SS sit on chairs in a circle. You are in the middle.
2.
Go up to a child, shake hands, and say: “Hello, my name’s.... Nice to meet you”.
3.
Encourage the student to say: “Nice to meet you, too”.
4.
You sit down and the student whom you have introduced to introduces him/herself to another one.
5.
Continue doing this until all the SS have the opportunity to take part in the game.
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