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1A Nice to meet you

Ice-breaker
I play the piano I love animals I play tennis

New English File Elementary

Which one is false? Now you do the same

1. Saying Hello
a) Look at the pictures Listen to, and read the conversations Match each conversation to a picture Example (CD 1 Track 2) b) Look at the chart Hello/Hi what do they mean? Are they different? When do we use them? Hi is more informal Fill in the chart with words from the list that mean the same as the words above Second row more informal

1A Nice to meet you

c) (English some words said more strongly than others) Nice to meet you What can you notice about the sound? Play CD and ask students to repeat line after line Conversation 3: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening drill pronunciation and explain when used Last two more formal than hello Use body language to demonstrate formal and informal greetings e.g. shaking hands and waving

d) Look at the conversation (assign characters) You are going to act them out with sound effects from CD Demonstrate Students repeat e) Stand up Imagine you are at a party and you dont know anyone Introduce yourselves and use gestures Say, Sorry? If you dont hear other students name

2. Grammar a) Look at first sentence: Im Tom Im contraction of two words I + am

1A Nice to meet you

Complete other gaps b) Grammar Bank Go through rules Model and drill example sentences and pronunciation of contractions Fluent speakers nearly always use contractions and only one form of you for singular and plural Wok out exercises for 1A c) Point to male student and say Hes _____, point to female student and say Shes ______ Ask students to do the same 3. Pronunciation a) Look at cartoon English has 20 vowel sounds (vowels: a,e,I,o,u) Phonemic alphabet helps you know how words are pronounced Play CD (track 4) Note: no one to one relation between letter and sound e.g. fish and bike Two dots in symbols mean its a long sound Diphthongs: two sounds together Model mouth position b) Draw column on the board and write red letters in color Look at the example words in the column under each sound Red letters are same sound as picture word theyre under Demonstrate by reading columns Look at words in list (write also on board)

1A Nice to meet you

Ask to decide what sound of pink letter is and write word under corresponding sound (encourage to say out loud) CD track 5 to check answers Play again and pause after each group of words for students to repeat them c)

1A Nice to meet you

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