Teachers Notes

1A: Address book

Groups of six to twelve students or the

whole class

6. Have students mingle with their

classmates, asking questions to ll in
their phone books.

Time

Sample Conversation

1520 minutes

A: Whats your rst name?

B: Maria.
A: How do you spell that?
B: M-A-R-I-A.
A: Whats your last name?
B: My last name is . . .

Interaction

Objectives
Asking for and giving basic personal
information
To practice the possessive adjectives your
and my

Follow Up
Activity Language
Whats your rst name?; My rst name is . . . ;
How do you spell that?
rst name; last name; phone number;
address; e-mail address; nickname

Preparation
Make one copy of Worksheet 1A: Address
book for each student.

Procedure
1. Give each student a copy of the activity.
2. Explain to students that they are
forming study groups. In their address
books, they need to write the contact
information of people who will be in their
study group (tell students that if they
would prefer not to give out personal
information they should just make it up).
3. Elicit the questions students will ask:
Whats your rst name? How do you spell
that? etc.
4. Have students write their own
information in their address book before
they interact with their classmates.
5. Divide the class into groups of six to
twelve students (or use this as a whole
class activity).

World Link Intro Unit 1 Lesson A

1. Ask the class to imagine that they work

for a tourist information center. Their job
is to design a poster of interesting places
for English-speaking tourists.
2. Elicit some places that could go on the
poster and write them on the board,
e.g., the names of restaurants, museums,
shopping centers. Elicit the kind of
contact information the poster could
include, e.g., addresses, telephone
numbers, and e-mail addresses, and
write these words on the board.
3. Divide the class into small groups and
have them design posters for the tourist
information center.

Worksheet

1A: Address book

Fill in the address book with your details and your classmates details.

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First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

First name:

Address:

Last name:

E-mail address:

Phone number:

Nickname:

World Link Intro Unit 1 Lesson A