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1. Introducing yourself

A. MODEL CONVERSATION

Mr. Beck: Hello. I am Hans Beck.

Mr. Lopez: Hi. My name is Pedro Lopez.
Mr. Beck: Pleased to meet you.

B. VOCABULARY: Countries and nationalities. Complete the nationalities based on the countries. Add two more you
know.
COUNTRIES NATIONALITIES
Bolivia ______Bolivian____
A: Where are you from?
Brazil ___________________
Thailand ___________________ B: I’m from __________.
(county)
Switzerland ___________________
Hungary ___________________ A: Where in __________
(country)
Canada ___________________
Indonesia ___________________ B: From ____________.
(city)
Ireland ___________________
Argentina ___________________
Mexico ___________________ A: Where are you from?
Egypt ___________________ B: I’m ______________.
Peru ___________________ (nationality)
___________________ ___________________
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C. LISTENING: Listen to the conversations and complete the missing words.

1. A: Hello. I______Hans Beck.
B: Hi. My _______is Pedro Lopez.
A: Pleased to meet _________.

2. A: Excuse me. ______you Mr. Rossi?

B: Yes, _____am.
A: Pleased to meet you, Mr.Rossi. __________Danielle Martin.
B: _______to meet you, Danielle.

3. A: Hi. My __________Jamal.
B: Hello, Jamal. _________Borys.
A: _______to meet you, Borys. _________you from Russia?
B: No, _________from Poland

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C. PAIR WORK: Take different roles to introduce yourself and find out nationalities.

E. TASK: Find 15 nationalities in the word search square. Look for the words in different directions: from right to left,
from left to right, diagonally, from top to bottom and form bottom to top.

NATIONALITIES
W C H K N N A I L A T I R N R

Y H B S A A P A T F G Z A S O

Q P S D I I M O M X S I P X K

Z J S Y S D G W L E V C F P T

Z A D C S A E K Q I R L V O P

N P R G U N L W L O S I Z R B

B A H P R A U O S F S H C R X

K N I K F C B E G Y P T I A N

O E N L F P P T H Q H T C A N

R S W G A T U S L A I L Y N P

E E E O T R I Y I S F I W S Z

A A A O P N T A H F R E N C H

N V D D A Y V S A V U P Y T F

W Z Q P X Y I W U N O H V O T

C Q S T Y R R K P A A A K T G

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D. TASK: Where are these brands from? Match the brands and the origins. Then in groups or in class ask:
where is ______ from?

BRAND ORIGIN
Amazon.com Germany
AUDI Japan
Lego Denmark
Sony Germany
Volkswagen The USA
Nike The USA

E. THE ALPHABET: Listen to the teacher read the vowels: A, E, I, O U. Classify the letters of the
alphabet into the given groups. Then practice saying the letters with a partner.

VOWELS CONSONANTS
A
E
I
O
U
Exceptions

F. PAIR WORK: In pairs spell the following words. Circle the wordsyour partner spells.

G. TASK:
1. Write 8 word at random.
2. Spell the words to your partner and complete the chart.
3. Compare the words.

YOUR WORDS YOUR PARTNER’S WORDS YOUR WORDS YOUR PARTNER’S WORDS
1 5
2 6
3 7
4 8
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H. MAJORS IN ENGINEERING: Listen and repeat.

Chemical engineering Materials engineering Petroleum engineering

Mechanic engineering Environmental engineering Metallurgical engineering

Civil engineering Food engineering Electrical engineering

Electronic engineering Inductrial engineering Gelogical engineering

I. GRAMMAR FOCUS: Occupations. Study the grammar charts and write conclussions.
You I am A civil engineer.
Do They They are metallurgical engineers.
We We are food engineers.
What do?
Does He He is an electronic engineer.
She She is A chemical engineer.
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J. TASK: Think of different people you know. Write occupations.

1. _______________________________________ 5. ________________________________________
2. ________________________________________ 6. ________________________________________
3. ________________________________________ 7. _______________________________________?
4. ________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________?

K. VOCABULARY: e-mail punctuation

Punctuation Mark Name Example

full stop or period I like English.

comma I speak English, French and Thai.

semi-colon I don't often go swimming; I prefer to play tennis.

colon You have two choices: finish the work today or lose the contract.

hyphen This is a rather out-of-date book.

dash In each town—London, Paris and Rome—we stayed in youth hostels.

question mark Where is Shangri-La?

exclamation mark
exclamation point (AmE) "Help!" she cried. "I'm drowning!"

slash, forward slash or

oblique Please press your browser's Refresh/Reload button.

backslash C:\Users\Files\jse.doc

double quotation marks "I love you," she said.

single quotation marks 'I love you,' she said.

apostrophe This is John's car.

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underline Have you read War and Peace?

underscore bin_lad@cia.gov

round brackets I went to Bangkok (my favourite city) and stayed there for two weeks.

The newspaper reported that the hostages [most of them French] had
square brackets been released.

One happy customer wrote: "This is the best program...that I have ever
ellipsis mark seen."

at dot My e-mail address is carmenartovar@gmail.com

@ .

K. VOCABULARY: NUMBERS: Practice saying the numbers.

L. TASK: Fill in SUDOKU number game.

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M. PAIR WORK: Read the model conversaion.

A: What’s your cell number?

B: It’s 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.
A: Is it 3 7 0 2 5 6 5 8 3?
B: No, it isn’t. It’s 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.
A: Is it 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.?
B: Yes. That’s right.

N. TASK: Fill in the telephone book with information from 10 partners in your class.
Ask: What’s your ________? / What do you do?. Confirm Spelling and correct information.

NAME LAST NAME e-mail address CELL PHONE NUMBER OCCUPATION

O. TASK: Look at the model business card. Compleete your own card
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P. LISTENING: Listen and correct the mistakes in the business cards.

Q. LISTENING: Listen and complete the forms.

1.
SURNAME
COMPANY
e-mail address

2.
Emergency service FIRE
Address
Postcode
Surname:

3.
Problems with your product?
Phone COSTUMER SERVICE HELPLINE
Full name
Postcode
House number
Model number

R. VOCABULARY: Numbers and aritmetics.

Symbol Symbol Name Meaning / definition Example

= equals Equality 5 = 2+3

() Parentheses calculate expression inside first 2 × (3+5) = 16

[] Brackets calculate expression inside first [(1+2)*(1+5)] = 18

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+ plus Addition 1+1=2

− minus Subtraction 2−1=1

* asterisk Multiplication 2*3=6

× times Multiplication 2×3=6

/ divided by División 6/2=3

. Period decimal point, decimal separator 2.56 = 2+56/100

% percent 1% = 1/100 10% × 30 = 3

S. VOCABULARY: More numbers. Complete the chart with a partner

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 25 28 30
31 33 34 37 39 40
42 44 46 50
52 55 57 59 60
61 63 65 68 70
73 74 76 79 80
81 84 87 88 90
92 94 96 99 100
T. TASK: Are you good at numbers?: do some aritmetics and answer the question: __________________-
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U. VOCABULARY: The time: Answer: what time is it?

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V. GRAMMAR FOCUS: The simple present of BE: Functions

Verb BE has the following forms in the simple present tense: am, is, are
Look at these affirmative ad negative sentences:
FUNCTIONS
I am an engineer. I’m not an architect. Occupations
Peter and Charlie are technicians. They are not technicians.
She is Canadian. She is not American. Origin and nationality
Mabel and Pedro are Bolivian. They are not Peruvian.
It is cold today. It is not sunny. Adjectives
They are married. They are not fiancés.
I am tired. I’m not sick.
Bus 2 is blue. It’s not red.
Tokyo and Kyoto are in Japan. They are not in China. Locations
The bank is on Camacho Ave. It is not on Bueno St.
It is 6:30 p.m. It’s not 7:00. Time
Your classes are at 7:30. They are not at 7:00
Jorge is 25 years old. He’s not 30 years old. Age
Cynthia is Alejandra’s sister. She’s not her mother. Relationships

Now look at these question:

FUNCTIONS
Yes, I am. Occupations
Are you an engineer?
No, I’m not
Yes, she is. Origin and nationality
Is she from Canada?
No, she isn’t
Yes, it is. Adjectives
Is it cold today?
No, it isn’t.
Yes they are.
Are they tired?
No, they aren’t.
Is the book on the shelf? Yes, it is. Locations
No, it isn’t.
Is English class at 4.00? Yes, it is. Time
No, it isn’t.
Are your friends 20 years old? Yes, they are. Age
Is Bart homer’s son? Yes, he is Relationships

Now draw conclusions.

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