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The Words You KnowAim: To show the students how much they may already know

Ask students to listen and circle the words they hear.

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Mexico pizza Russia football Japan sport movie hotelhamburger China coffee English water exit stop videotelephone club TV fiesta America

Play the tape again and ask students to listen and repeat the words. As you play eachword ask the students to repeat chorally and then choose individuals at random torepeat the word.

Now ask students to work in groups and think of other words they know. Tellthem to write them in their books. Ask groups to tell you what words their grouphas come up with. Ask a member of each group to write their words on the board.Ask the students to copy all the new words into their books.

Pronunciation of the /´/ sound. Tell students that many English words have thesame sound. One of the most common is the schwa. Ask students to listen andpractice saying the words containing the /´/ sound.

pizza - Russia - Japan - China - telephone - fiesta - America

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The AlphabetAim: To present and practice the letters of the alphabet

Ask students to listen to the alphabet.

Tapescript:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Students will then hear the alphabet repeated with letters grouped as below. Ask stu-dents to repeat the letters in groups.

Tapescript:A B C D - E F G - H I J K - L M N O P - Q R S T - U V W - X Y Z

Ask students to listen again. Letters in each group have the same sound.

Tapescript:/I…/ B C D E G P T V Z/e/ F L M N S X /eI/ A H J K/u…/ Q U W/aI/ I Y/oU/ O/A…r/ R

Ask students to listen and repeat the letters.

Ask students to work individually or in groups and write the letters they hear. Theywill hear the following words spelled

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M-e-x-i-c-o

1. J-a-p-a-n 2. h-o-t-e-l 3. m-o-v-i-e 4. E-n-g-l-i-s-h 5. e-x-i-t 6. i-n-t-e-l-l-i-g-e-n-t 7. O-u-a-g-a-d-o-u-g-o-u

Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso, a country in the West Africa.

Now practice spelling words with the class. Ask students to form two teams and haveeach team ask a member of the other team to spell a word.

Martha, spell “hotel.”

If the student spells the word correctly the team gets a point. If he or she makes amistake, the questioner’s team gets a point. Ask each team to spell five or six words.

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Hi! I’m SueAim: To present and practice basic forms for introducing oneself

Ask students to listen to the introductions and check the names they hear.

Hello, I’m Boris.Hi, I’m Claudia.Hello, I’m Renata.Hi, I’m Michel.Hello, I’m Betty.Hi, I’m Patrick.

Shake hands with a few students and repeat “Hello, I’m (+ your name).”

Ask students to introduce themselves to each other using the same form. Ask themto write their classmates’ names in their books.

How Do You Spell Boris?Aim: To practice recognition of letters

To practice spelling words in English

Ask students to listen and write down the names they hear.

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1. H-e-l-e-n 2. T-i-m3. B-e-l-i-n-d-a 4. S-u-s-a-n 5. D-a-v-i-d 6. E-l-i-s-a-b-e-t-h 7. R-i-c-h-a-r-d 8. B-e-r-n-a-r-d 9. C-h-r-i-s

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What’s the Word? Aim: To practice working with the English alphabet

Ask students to unscramble the words.

1. ecimxo Mexico2. elloh hello3. napja Japan4. zzipa pizza5. efefoc coffee6. opst stop7. lfolobta football8. ovide video9. eeetphnlo telephone

10. lteho hotel11. eiovm movie12. rac car13. snaej jeans14. ooollhwyd Hollywood

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Five VowelsAim: To present the English vowels

Point out the five vowels to the students. Practice pronouncing the letters with the students.

Ask the students to listen to the words and write them under the sound they contain.

Tapescript:don’t - eight - few - go - my - name - new - nice - no - read - she - they - three -wife - you

/eI/ /I…/ /aI/ /oU/ /u…/

they me wife don’t feweight she my go newname three nice no you

This is a listening exercise, but you can point out that sounds and spelling inEnglish don’t always match.

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Word SquareAim: To practice recognition of words

Ask students to work individually or with a partner and find the 20 words in the square.

Across: sport, stop, China, football, English, jeans, movie, coffee, water, exit, Hollywood, pizza

Down: word, computer, hello, car, video, Japan, telephone, club

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Warm-upAim: To review greetings and practice the alphabet

Ask students to introduce themselves to their friends in class. Then ask them topractice spelling their classmates’ names.

Famous NamesAim: To present some typical English first names and practice spelling

Here are some famous names. Ask the students to match the first names with thelast names.

Bill GatesJackie OnassisJames BondJohn LennonYoko OnoDiana SpencerElvis PresleyMargaret ThatcherPablo PicassoMarilyn Monroe

Divide the class into small groups. Ask the students to think of some of the otherfirst names they know in English.

When they have finished, ask one student to write the names up on the board asanother student spells them out. Then ask the students to copy any new namesinto their books.

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Introducing PeopleAim: To introduce and practice the key phrases highlighted in the dialogues

Ask students to listen to the three dialogues and fill in the missing words.

Bill: Hello. I’m Bill.Tom: Hi, Bill! I’m Tom. How are you?Bill: Fine, thanks! How are you?Tom: I’m fine.

James: Hello. I’m James. James Bond.Marilyn: Hi, James! I’m Marilyn. How are you?James: Fine, thanks! Excuse me! What’s your name?Marilyn: Marilyn. Marilyn Monroe.

Diana: Hello. I’m Diana.Julia: Hi, Diana! I’m Julia. Julia Roberts. How are you?Diana: Fine, thanks! How are you?Julia: I’m fine.Diana: How do you spell your last name?

Ask students to complete the conversations.

Mike: Hello. I’m Mike.Sarah: Hi, Mike! I’m Sarah. How are you?Mike: Fine, thanks! How are you?Sarah: I’m fine.

Henry: Hello. I’m Henry. Henry Ford.Annabel: Hi, Henry! I’m Annabel. How are you?Henry: Fine, thanks. Excuse me! What’s your name?Annabel: Annabel. Annabel Ford.

Lucy: Hello. I’m Lucy.Bill: Hi, Lucy! I’m Bill. Bill Gates. How are you?Lucy: Fine, thanks! How are you?Bill: I’m fine.Lucy: How do you spell your last name?

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Now ask students to adopt an identity and practice the dialogue with other students. Students should meet as many other “famous people” as possible.

DictationAim: To practice some of the expressions introduced so far

Play the sentences twice.

Tapescript:1. Hello, I’m Diana.2. How are you?3. What’s your name?4. Fine, thanks5. I’m fine.6. Excuse me!

When the students have finished, write the phrases on the board so that the stu-dents can check their answers.

GreetingsAim: To present and practice further forms of informal greetings

Ask students to listen and complete the conversation.

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Sarah: Good morning, Tim.Tim: Hi, Sarah. How are you?Sarah: Fine, thanks. How are you?Tim: I’m fine. Sarah, this is Lucy.Sarah: Hello, Lucy. Nice to meet you.Lucy: Nice to meet you, too.

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!:*);?(.&?Aim: To present and practice the basic elements of English punctuation

Explain the use of capital letters, periods, and question marks in English. Ask studentsto write out the sentences using the correct punctuation.

1. Good morning.2. This is Sue.3. What’s your name?4. Hello, Joe!

Saying GoodbyeAim: To teach students some ways to say goodbye

Tapescript:

Bye! Goodbye! See you! See you later! Goodbye! Bye for now!See you later! Goodbye! Bye for now! Bye! See you! See you later! See you later, alligator! In a while, crocodile!

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Can You Repeat That, Please?Students listen and practice the alphabet.

Tapescript:

A B C D - E F G - H I J K - L M N O P - Q R S T - U V W - X Y Z

B C D E G P T V Z F L M N S X A H J K Q U W I Y O R

What’s the Word?Students rearrange the letters to form a word they have met in the unit.

1. bcul club2. tupreomc computer3. xtia taxi4. rubmahreg hamburger5. ssurai Russia6. nicha China7. twear water8. shilneg English9. trops sport

10. vsinoileet television

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THESE EXERCISES MAY BE ASSIGNED AS HOMEWORK OR USED IN CLASS.

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How Do You Spell That?Students spell the words they hear.

Tapescript:

1. n-a-m-e2. l-e-t-t-e-r3. w-o-r-d4. r-e-a-d5. a-s-k6. s-a-y7. w-h-a-t8. y-o-u-r9. g-o-o-d-b-y-e

10. l-i-s-t-e-n

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Around the WorldStudents find the names of the countries in the spiral; then listen and check their answers.

INDIA COLOMBIA CANADA DENMARK GREECE IRAN THAILANDAUSTRALIA CHILE CUBA GREENLAND FRANCE TURKEY VIETNAMINDONESIA RUSSIA BRAZIL SPAIN ENGLAND AUSTRIA

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Out of Order

Ask students to number the sentences in the correct order.

2 Hi, Ahmet. How are you?7 Nice to meet you, too.4 I’m fine, thanks. 5 Sumio, this is David.1 Good morning, Sumio.3 I’m fine. How are you?6 Hello, David. Nice to meet you.

Students write the dialogue in the correct order.

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!:*);?(.&? Students punctuate the sentences.

A. This is Yoko.Hi, Yoko! Nice to meet you! I’m Andrew.Hi, Andrew.

B Hi, José. How are you?Fine, thanks. How are you?I’m fine.

C Goodbye, Diana.See you, John.

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Where Are You From? Ask students to spell the words they hear.

Tapescript:

1. B-r-i-t-a-i-n2. A-u-s-t-r-a-l-i-a3. M-o-r-o-c-c-o4. I-n-d-o-n-e-s-i-a5. T-o-k-y-o6. L-o-n-d-o-n7. C-o-l-o-m-b-i-a8. C-a-n-a-d-a9. W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n

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