Where are you

from?

Time: 45 minutes

Materials:

- Lecture slide: BE - Foundation 1 - Lesson 21 - Where are you from?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oTPlX7XE4VHMv867nX8n0LO0N2IM0NF4/view?u
sp=sharing

- There is 1 video for this lesson:

1. Slide 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70yCqfBZIyI
- Flashcards
- Whiteboard and pen.

General notes:

- Speed: For each level, speed is really important. Speed will be decided based on the
student's English level. The higher level, the faster speed. Speed will also depend on
the students’ characteristics.
- Pronunciation: For ESL student, correcting pronunciation is really important and
teachers should correct during the class using the back-chaining technique.
- The teacher should appraise the student or correct positively frequently.
- As students are adults, T should ask a lot of questions as well as giving examples to
enhance interaction and to check S’s comprehension. T may ask S to share their own
experience related to the lesson topic.
- If the student cannot answer, the teacher can ask guiding questions to help the S to
get to the answer.

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 - For students at low levels, T should explain the vocabulary/ grammar points/ answers
with simple sentences and examples.
For students at higher levels, T should ask S to explain their answers.

!!! Please make sure that the student tool mode is ON during class. For writing
activities, please ask the student to TYPE on the slide or in the chat box.

Evaluate the student performance after class (for teachers): Please spare five minutes to
fill in the performance evaluation for the student via Kyna Teacher’s App or
https://teacher.kynaenglish.com/ . This is compulsory in order to finish the class. Please be
noticed that the form should be filled in for each class within 24 hours.

TEACHING TECHNIQUES & TPR:

(1 min)

Teacher introduces himself or herself; ask for student's name

- Teacher introduces his/her name, nationality
- Teacher asks "What is your name?" and helps the student to reply.

AND OTHER COMMUNICATION (School, lunch, dinner, etc.) TO WARM UP THE CLASS
Role-play

Ms. Kelly: Good morning, everyone!

Nice to see you again.
Students: Good morning, Ms. Kelly.
Ms. Kelly: How are you today, John?
John: I'm very well. Thank you. And
you?
Ms. Kelly: I'm fine.
Ann: Good morning, Ms. Kelly. Sorry,
I'm late.
Ms. Kelly: Yes, come in, please.

(2 mins)

T: Today, we're going to learn more things about greetings. Now, let's role-play the
conversation between Ms. Kelly - the teacher and her students.

T should pay attention to S's pronunciation and fix their errors. T can ask S if they remember
other ways to say hello.

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Vocabulary

1
 2


morning afternoon
3
 4


evening night
3

(2 mins)

T: Let's learn some new vocabulary together. Let's look at these pictures and repeat after me.

T points to to each picture and ask the S to repeat twice.

T should fixx S's pronunciation errors.

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Vocabulary

Good morning. I'm

Alex. I'm new here.

Good morning,
Zoe. Good morning,
Ben! Nice to see Hi, Alex. It's nice to
you again. meet you.

1
 2


(4 mins)

T: Let's continue to learn some more words in these conversations. Look at the 1st one!

T circles the 1st picture and says: This is Miss Hoa. She can see her class again after summer
holiday. Let's see what do they say to each other.
T reads aloud the text, then emphasizes on the red words and asks the S to repeat twice.

Similar with the rest

Then T and S do the role play with the conversations again.

Wordlist: see, again, meet you

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Vocabulary

Sorry, everyone.
I'm late. Goodbye.

Yes, come
in, please. Bye, everyone. See you
tomorrow.
3
 4


(cont.)

Wordlist: late, tomorrow

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Vocabulary

1
 2
 3


Viet Nam England America

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 5
 6


Australia Japan Thailand

(2 mins)

T: Let's learn some new words.

T circles each flag and signals the S to repeat the words twice

T should fix S's pronunciation

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Look and match

A B
1. A. afternoon

2. B. evening

3. C. night

4. D. morning

(3 mins)

T: Let's check your memory about vocab you have learned. First, you will do matching by
drawing a line from the picture in column A to the correct word in column B.

T asks S to say the answer aloud, then grants tool for him/ herr to draw lines.

T gives feedback and corrections.

Key: 1B - 2D - 3A - 4C

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Read and fill in the blanks

see, meet, again, late, new, tomorrow

1. Nice to .................. you ....................... .

2. Hello. My name is Ann. I'm ........................ .

3. Sorry, everyone. I'm .............. .

4. It's nice to ................... you!

5. Goodbye. See you ................. !

(2 mins)

T: Let's read these sentences and fill in the blanks with suitable words.

T asks S to read and give the answers orally first. Then T grants the tool for S to type the
answers.

T gives feedback and corrections.

Answer key:
1. see/ again
2. new
3. late
4. meet
5. tomorrow

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 Listen and number.

A B C

D E

(4 mins)

T: Let's listen and circle. Let's look at these pictures first and tell me what countries they are in.
T circles each flag and signals the S to identify the countries.

Then T plays the video and pauses at each info to ask the S give the answer orally. After that,
T grants tool for S to circle the correct picture.
(T should play the video again in case S can't give the answer at the 1st listening).
T gives feedback and corrections.

Answer key:
1. E 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. A

Script:
Listen and circle

One. Hello. I'm Kevin. I'm from England.

Two. Hi. I'm Phong. I'm from Viet Nam.
Three. Hello. My name is Kiko. I'm from Japan.
Four. Good morning, Miss Lan. My name is Anna. I'm a new pupil. I'm from America.
Five. Hi. I'm Julia. I'm from Australia. It's nice to meet you.

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Order the sentences to complete the conversations below

Conversation 1: Conversation 2: Conversation 3:

1- ............. 1- ............. 1- .............

2- ............. 2- ............. 2- .............
3- ............. 3- ............. 3- .............
4- ............. 4- ............. 4- .............
5- .............

A. I'm good. Thank you.
B. Good morning, Mia. Nice to
see you again.
C. I'm very well. Thank you.
And you?
D. Hello, Nick. How are you?
A. Oh. Nice to meet you, Tony.
B. Yes. My name is Tony. I'm
from America.
C. Sorry, Ms. Lucy. I'm late.
D. It's OK. Come in, please.
Are you new here?
A. Goodbye. See you tomorrow.
B. I'm fine, too. Thanks.
Goodbye.
C. Good afternoon, Ms. Jane.
D. I’m fine, thank you. How
about you?
E. Hi Peter. How are you?

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(3 mins)

T: Let's read and order the sentences to have a complete conversation. Let's look at the 1st
conversation.

T asks the S to read the given options, then grants tool for him/ her to type the answer in the
blanks. T gives feedback and corrections.

Similar with the 2nd conversation.

After that, T and S role-play the 2 conversations again.

Answer key:
Conversation 1: 1-B 2-D 3-C 4-A
Conversation 2: 1-C 2-D 3-B 4-A
Conversation 3: 1-C 2-E 3-D 4-B 5-A

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Game: What country?

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(1 min)

T introduces the game. There are 2 rows of pictures about 2 countries. T asks S to look at the
pictures and guess the country.

*Answer:
1. Japan; 2. England

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Look and write missing letters

1 4 7

ev_n_ng n_gh_ A_str_lia

2 5 8

m_ _ ning Am_ric_ J_ _ an

3 6 9

_ft_rnoon _ngl_nd _ha_ _ and

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(3 mins)

T: Let's review the vocabulary. You will look at each picture and write the missing letters to
complete the words.

T circles each picture and signals the S to say the answer orally first. Then T grants tool for S
to type the answers.

T gives feedback and correction.

Answer key:
1. evening 2. morning 3. afternoon 4. night
5. America 6. England 7. Australia 8. Japan 9. Thailan

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Vocabulary

A. Sorry. I'm later. A. Nice to see you again. A. See you tomorrow.

B. Sorry. I'm late. B. Nice to see you agian. B. See you tomorow.

A. It's nice to meet you. A. I'm a new puppil. I'm from England.

B. It's nice to met you. B. I'm a new pupil. I'm from England.

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(3 mins)

T: Let's read the sentences and choose the correct one.

T signals the S to read and say the correct answer aloud. Then grant tool for S to circle the
correct option.

T gives feedback and correction.

Answer key:
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B

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Greetings

● Hello.
● Hi.
● Good morning.
● Good afternoon.
● Good evening.

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(2 mins)

T: Now, let's learn some structures about how to greet and respond to greetings.

T asks S to look at the structures and point out:

1. What sentence do we use when greetings someone? - Hello/ Hi
2. When it's morning/ afternoon/ evening, what can we say? - Good morning/ Good
afternoon/ Good evening.

If S is a fast learner, T can introduce some other ways:

- How're you doing?
- Long time, no see.

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Greetings

● Goodbye. See you

tomorrow.
● Goodbye. See you later.
● Bye. See you again.
● Bye-bye. See you. ● Have a good day.
● Good day.
● Good night.

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(1 min)

T: So, we've learned structure about greetings. Now, let's continue to learn some ways to say
goodbye to someone. Listen and repeat after me.

T should fix S's pronunciation.

After that, T and S role-play saying goodbye to each other.

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Read and match

1. Good morning. A. Nice to see you, too.

2. How are you, Sam? B. Bye, Ann. See you tomorrow.

3. Goodbye, Ms. Lisa. C. Good night.

4. Nice to see you again. D. Good morning, Jack.

5. Good night. E. I'm very well, thanks.

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(2 mins)

T: Let's read and match with the correct response.

T signals S to read and grants tool for S to match.

T gives feedback and corrections.

Answer key:
1. D 2. E 3. B 4. A 5. C

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Asking about the
I'm from
home country
Viet Nam.

Where are you from?

Where are
they from?

They're from
Where is She's from America.
she from? Thailand.

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(3 mins)

T says: In today's lesson, we will learn how to ask and answer about the hometown.

First, if you want to ask the hometown of the person who you are talking to, you can say:
Where are you from? Then the answer will be: I'm from ......... .
T asks S to practice asking and answering with the example.

T follows similar steps for the subject he/ she/ they.

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Asking about the home country

● _____________ am from …….... .

1. Where are + ____________ + from?
● _____________ are from …...... .
2. Where is + ____________ + from?
● _____________ is from ........... .

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(1 min)

T recaps how to form the questions and answers about the home country.
T asks S which subjects should be put in the blanks. If S doesn't know, T can provide the
example again as hints.

Answer:
1.
(?) you/ they
(!) I - we/ they

2.
(?) He - She

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Unscramble the words

1. she/ Thailand/ is/ from

_________________________________________ .

2. see/ night/ good / Jesse/ you/ tomorrow

___________________. _____________________ .

3. you/ are/ from/ where

_________________________________________ ?

4. England/ are / we/ from

_________________________________________ .

5. to/ you/ it's/ meet/ nice

_________________________________________ .
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(3 mins)

T: Now, let's unscramble the words to make the sentences.

T asks S to say aloud each sentence. T checks and gives feedback. Then T grants tool for S to
type the correct sentences on the slide.

Answer key:
1. She is from Thailand.
2. Good night, Jesse. See you tomorrow.
3. Where are you from?
4. We are from England.
5. It's nice to meet you.

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Read and tick 'True' or 'False'.

1 2 3

A: Hello, I’m Linda. A: Good morning, everyone. A: Good night, Dad.

Nice to see you again.
B: Hi Ben. Fine, True B: Good morning, B: Good day,
True True
thanks. And you? Mr. John. Daughter.
False
False False

4 5 6
A: Hi, William. How are you? A: Good evening, Mum. I'm A: Where are you from?
home.
B: Hi. My name is True B: Good evening, B: We're from True
True
Nancy. It's nice Tom. How's your Japan.
False False
to meet you. day? False

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(3 mins)

T: Now, let's read and see if B uses the best response.

For each conversation, T asks S to choose 'True' or 'False'. If it's false, T asks S to say the
appropriate one.
Then T checks and gives feedback.

After that, T and S role-play the dialogues again.

T should fix s's pronunciation.

Answer key:
1. False. (Hi. Ben. How are you?)
2. True.
3. False. (Good night, Daughter.)
4. False. (Hi. I'm fine. Thank you. And you?)
5. True.
6. True.

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 GOODBYE
and remember to do
homework!

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(1 min)

Teacher summarizes the lesson and ask the student to do homework.

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