Unit 1: Nice to meet you!

Teacher’s notes
Aim
To practice introducing oneself, and asking and talking about nationality.

Language focus
Personal pronouns, simple present of be, countries, nationalities.

Materials and preparation

Cut the page along the dotted lines so that each student has his / her own card. If you have
more than 16 students in class, put them in large groups and give each student within the
group his / her own individual card. Students might need a pen or pencil and paper.

Student organization
Whole class or large groups.

Suggested time
15-20 minutes.

Procedures
• Write this model dialog on the board, eliciting sentences from students and choosing one
nationality as an example:
A: Hi, my name’s (name on A’s card).
B: Hi, I’m (name on B’s card). Nice to meet you.
A: Nice to meet you, (name on B’s card).
B: Where are you from, (name on A’s card)?
A: I’m from (country on the card).
B: Oh, you’re (A’s nationality). I’m from (country on the card).
A: Oh, you’re (B’s nationality).
• Explain to students that they are going to play the role of the person described on their
card. Students should go around the room and “meet” all the other people in the class or
in their group. After each introduction, they can write down the name and the nationality
of the other person if they want to do so. When they have “met” all the people, they can
sit down.
• Erase the dialog on the board from the top down as the activity progresses.
• When all the students have finished, follow up by checking the spelling of all the
nationalities on the board.

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Unit 1: Nice to meet you!

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