General Education Office

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General Education Office

• LA.121 / LA1301
• English 1
• Unit 1Greetings and Small Talk

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Objectives

• You will be familiar with greetings Customs
  around the world
• You will be able to
• Get reacquainted with someone
• Greet a visitor to your country
• Describe an interesting experienceBy being able
  to
• understand and use the Present Perfect Tense
• describe and use vocabulary for tourist
  activities
• understand and use Participial Adjectives

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Customs Around the World

• Greetings

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How would you describe these?
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Business Cards
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Small Talk

• When people dont know each other, its normal to
  have a polite conversation to pass the time

Which of these topics is suitable for small talk?
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Meeting people and Introducing Yourself

• Top Notch Page 3 Photo Story
• C) Read and listen to two people meeting in a
  hotel lobby
• D) Focus on language
• E) Think and explain

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Lesson 1 Get reacquainted with someone

• Conversational Model
• Read and listen to the people getting
  reacquainted
• Listen again and repeat
• Practice with a partner

• 2) Pairwork
• Complete the conversations with the Present
  Perfect or Past Simple tense
• Practice with a partner

• 3) FaceSpace
• Complete the message with the Present Perfect or
  Past Simple tense

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Lesson 1 Get reacquainted with someone

• Pronunciation Sound reduction in the present
  perfect
• Listen to how the sound /t/ of the negative
  contraction disappears.
• Listen again and repeat
• I havent been to that class.
• He hasnt met his new teacher.
• They havent taken the test.
• She hasnt heard the news.
• C) Now practice saying the sentences on your own.

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Lesson 1 Get reacquainted with someone

• Now you can Get reacquainted with someone.
• A , have you met?
• B No, I havent.
• A.., Id like you to meet
• C.. You look familiar. Have we met before?
• B..

Adapt this you met at a party, at a meeting, at
a friends house, in a class
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Lesson 2 Greet a visitor to your country

• 1) Vocabulary Tourist activities around the
  world
• Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

climb Mt. Fuji
go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
go sightseeing in New York
take a tour of the Tower of London
take pictures of the Great Wall
try Korean food
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Lesson 2 Greet a visitor to your country

• 2) Pairwork What tourist activities have you
  done?
• Which havent you done?
• Use the vocabulary and the present perfect.

I havent gone to the top of the Empire State
Building in New York.
Ive climbed Doi Inthanon.
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Lesson 2 Greet a visitor to your country

• 3) Conversational Model
• Read and listen to someone greeting a visitor
• Listen again and repeat
• Practice with a partner

Welcome to Rio. Have you been here before?
No. Its my first time.
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Lesson 2 Greet a visitor to your country

• Now you can Greet a visitor to your country
• A Welcome to Have you been here before?
• B No, its my first time. (or Yes I have)
• A .., Have you yet?
• B ..

Adapt this ask about other places and tourist
attractions
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Lesson 3 Describe an interesting experience

• 1) Vocabulary Participial Adjectives
• Read and listen. Then listen again and repeat.

The ski trip was thrilling.(They were thrilled.)
The safari was fascinating.(They were
fascinated.)
The food was disgusting.(They were disgusted.)
The sky-dive was frightening.(They were
frightened.)
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Lesson 3 Describe an interesting experience

• 1) Vocabulary Participial Adjectives
• On a seperate sheet of paper, write lists of
  things that you think are
• fascinating, thrilling, frightening and
  disgusting.
• C) Compare with a partner

I think eating snails is disgusting.
Really? Ive tried them and I wasnt disgusted
at all..
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Lesson 3 Describe an interesting experience

• 2) Listening Comprehension
• Listen to associate Listen to three interviews.
• Then listen again and write the number of the
  speaker described by each statement.

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Lesson 3 Describe an interesting experience

• Now you can Describe an interesting experience
• Remember! LC Assignment 2
• Notepadding Answer the questions. Explain what
  happened
• 1) Have you ever been someplace that was really
  fascinating?
• 2) Have you ever eaten something that was really
  strange or disgusting?
• 3) Have you ever done something that was really
  thrilling or frightening?

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Summary

• Now you can
• Get reacquainted with someone
• Greet a visitor to your country
• Describe an interesting experience
• By being able to
• understand and use the Present Perfect Tense
• describe and use vocabulary for tourist
  activities
• understand and use Participial Adjectives