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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