2.1 Reading and recognizing
capital letters; using the numbers 0-12 pages 16-19
2.2 Pronunciation practice pages 8-20
2.3 Practising closed questions in relation to
nationalities pages 16-18
2.1
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Objectives |
Reading / recognizing names of countries written in capitals and
practising saying where you’re from. Using the numbers 0-12. |
Materials
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Score sheets for points given in
international song competition. Master copy. |
1 Revise the names of countries from the book and add any others relevant to your learners.
2 Give each learner a score sheet and explain that the points filled in are as given by one of the countries to the others. The learner will be the representative of this country. All score sheets have the total scores filled in for each country.
Keep a ‘master copy’ with all points awarded filled in.
3 Demonstrate the announcement of points awarded as follows:
4 Ask learners either to circulate and give each other the scores for their country, or to sit in groups relevant to the number of countries and in turn read out the scores to the rest of the group. The others note down the scores and check that they have understood by totalling them at the end and seeing if they tally with the totals already on the score sheets. If not, they could ask the appropriate person to read their scores again.
The totals will be numbers not known yet, but the score sheets could be used again to revise the larger numbers in Unit 3.
2.2 |
Objectives |
Alphabet / sound recognition and pronunciation practice. |
Materials
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Set of cards, each with either the beginning or the end of a word written on it. |
1 Give each person a card and ask them to practise saying the sound on it.
2 Tell them that their aim is to find the person with the matching half of their word by repeating the sound to every person they meet.
3 The pairs then sit down and practise saying the whole word to the rest of the group to check pronunciation and meaning.
This activity is a very useful way of varying the pair combinations of learners in preparation for other activities. It can be used throughout the course, increasing in breadth and difficulty as the learners progress.
2.3
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Objectives |
Practising closed questions and intonation and reinforcing vocabulary relating to nationalities. |
Materials
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Cue cards, one per person, showing name and nationality
and indicating whether they are on holiday or business. Checklist. |
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Preparations |
Using the templates provided fill in names, nationalities and purpose of visit on the sets of cue cards and names and nationalities on the checklist. |
1 Revise the nationality words from the course and add any others relevant to your learners’ situations.
2 Give everyone a cue card and a checklist and then demonstrate this model dialogue:
4 Ask learners to circulate and practise the conversation with each other, indicating on their checklists whether the person is on holiday or business.
5 When this part of the activity is over, each person in turn introduces him/herself to the rest of the class according to the information on their cards. The rest of the class can then check their own information sheets.
Unit 1 activities | What is Talk Greek? | Unit 3 activities