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The key takeaways are that the document discusses an English learning lesson that covers topics like personal information, conversations, pronunciation and vocabulary.

The lesson is about getting to know personal information and having conversations in English.

The pronunciation section covers common problems in pronouncing letters like A, H, B, P and S, X.

English Speaking lesson 1 Getting to know you

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Getting started
How often do you like to do these things in English conversations?

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Make questions
1. Use the words/phrases to complete the text 2. Make questions about Maurizio.

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Complete the sentences


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My name/Maurizio Celi. I/Bologna, a city in north of Italy. I/student/at the University of Bologna. I/studying/modern languages English and Russian. I/also/know/a little/Spanish, so/I/speak/four languages. I/enjoying/the course/a lot, but/its/really /hard work. The course/started/three years ago.
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Personal Information
Name, nationality, nation (hometown), Job, marital status, children, work, work place.. Questions to practice: make questions with the suggestions 1. What ..name? 2. Where .. come from? / Where . from? 3. What . do?/ what . job? 4. .. married? / single? 5. Where . live? 6. Who with? 7. What .. studying? /working? 8. .. enjoy . study/work? 9. How many languages can . speak? 10. What hobbies? 11. What in . free time? 12. Do/Does like ? Do /Does.play?

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Lin Hua
Hi! My names Lin. I am from China. I am Chinese. I am 20 years old. I am a university student. I study Business Administration in my university. I live with my friends in Shanghai. I dont live with my family because I go to Shanghai for studying. My family lives in Canton, in a small village. I have a younger brother. Hes 15. Hes a high school student. My parents are both teachers. They teach in a secondary school. I love my family. I visit them every summer. Practice: 1. Make questions about Lin Hua. 2. Change the I into She and read the text above. 3. Tell people about you. Using the talk above as sample.

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Complete sentences
1. 2. London/a capital city/ England. My mother/receptionist/ in a hotel. 3. My father/watch TV/ in the evening. 4. He/like/watching football. 5. On Sundays/we/go to a restaurant. 6. John/businessman. 7. Your family/very nice. 8. I/like/listening to music. 9. Our school/have a lot of students. 10. The children/go to school/near here. 11. We/have dinner/at 7.00. 12. Buses/in London/red. 13. My sister/have a good job. 14. I/want/an ice cream 15. My flat/near here. 16. I/live/my parents. 17. We/study/Business Administration/university. 18. I/get up/6.30 am/every day. 19. I/take/the bus/school. 20. My school/3 km/away/home.

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Practice
Read the conversation and fill in the blank in the passage in next slide about Gianni:
Host: Mary, can I introduce you to Gianni? Hes studying English here in Bournemouth. Mary: Hello. Please to meet you. Gianni: Please to meet you, too. Mary: Where are you from, Gianni? Gianni: Im from Italy - near Bologna. Mary: And why are you learning English here? Gianni: I need it for my job. Mary: Really? What do you do? Gianni: I work in a bank- an international bank. Mary: Oh, I see. Did you learn English at school? Gianni: Yes and at university, too. But Ive forget .er forget? Mary: Forgotten. Gianni: Yes, of course. Ive forgotten a lot of it. My big problem is listening. People talk very quickly and I cant understand them. Mary: But do you like studying English? Gianni: Oh, yes. Its interesting language and its very useful. I can talk to people from all over the worldand I can understand the words of my favourite songs, too. Mary: Well, thats a very good reason. Gianni: But what about you? What do you do? Mary: Im a student. Im studying chemistry at the local university. I..

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Practice
Fill in the blank with the information from the conversation above

Hi. My names Gianni. Im from ..and Im 26 years old. Im studying English because I need it .. I work I learnt English at and at ., too. But Ive forgotten a lot of it. I think that my biggest problem with English is . People speak very ..and I cant .them. But I like English. I can talk to people ., and I can understand the ..of .., too.
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Other Personal Information Questions 1


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What is your favourite food? My favourite food is _______. Is there any food that you do not like? Yes, I don't like _______. or I like all food. What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is _______. Why do you want to learn English? I want to learn English because _______. What languages do you speak? I speak _______.

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Do you have any pets? Yes, I do. or No, I don't. What pets do you have? I have _______. What are their names? Their names are _______. Which sports do you like? The sport I like is _______.

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Other Personal Information Questions 2


1. Do you have a favourite team? My favourite team is _______. 2. What is something you do well? I am good at _______. 3. What is something you do not do well? I am bad at _______. 4. Are you romantic? _______ romantic.
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5. Do you have any tattoos? Yes, I do. or No, I don't. 6. Describe yourself using only two words. I am _______ and _______. 7. What makes you happy? I am happy when _______. 8. Are you a good cook/singer/driver? Yes, I do. or No, I don't.
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Vocabulary

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Sounds in English

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Pronunciation 1
Lets look at common problem in saying:

1. A - H - 8 2. B - P 3. S - X
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Pronunciation 2

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End of Lesson 1

Thank you for joining us Have a nice day!

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