English Speaking lesson 1

Getting to know you

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Getting started

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Small talks

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Make questions

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1. Use the words/phrases to complete the text

2. Make questions about Maurizio.

Complete the sentences

1. My name/Maurizio Celi. 2. I/Bologna, a city in the north of Italy. 3. I/a student/at the University of Bologna. 4. I/studying/modern languages – English and

Russian. 5. I/also/know/a little/Spanish, so/I/speak/four

languages. 6. I/enjoying/the course/a lot, but/it’s/really

/hard work. 7. 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 name’s Lin. I’m from China. I’m Chinese. I am 20 years old. I am a university student. I study Business Administration at my university. I live with my friends in Shanghai. I don’t 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. He’s 15. He’s 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. London/ the capital city/ England. 2. My mother/ a 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? He’s studying English here in Bournemouth.

Mary: Hello. Please to meet you.

Gianni: Please to meet you, too.

Mary: Where are you from, Gianni?

Gianni: I’m 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 I’ve forget ….er forget?

Mary: Forgotten.

Gianni: Yes, of course. I’ve forgotten a lot of it. My big problem is listening. People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.

Mary: But do you like studying English?

Gianni: Oh, yes. It’s interesting language and it’s very useful. I can talk to people from all over the world…and I can understand the words of my favourite songs, too.

Mary: Well, that’s a very good reason.

Gianni: But what about you? What do you do?

Mary: I’m a student. I’m 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 name’s Gianni. I’m from …..and I’m 26 years old. I’m studying English because I need it …….. I work ……… I learnt English at ………and at ……., too. But I’ve forgotten a lot of it. I think that my biggest problem with English is ……. People speak very ……..and I can’t …….them. But I like English. I can talk to people ………., and I can understand the ……..of …….., too.

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Vocabulary

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Sounds in English

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Pronunciation 1

Let’s 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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Pronunciation consonant /b/, /p/

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Practice /b/

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Practice /p/

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End of Lesson 1

Thank you for joining us

Have a nice day!

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