GENERAL ENGLISH

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION
INSTRUCTOR GUIDE
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
Name Nationality I am / I’m (not)
Hello / Hi a city - cities You are / You’re not.
I’m (name) a country – countries Are you ...?
First name Am I…?
Last Name job What (country/city) is this?
Letter – letters of the alphabet degree Where are you ….?
Your How do you ….?
study – studying.
My My name is …
Work - working
Mr./ Ms. / Mrs./ Miss It’s ….

Lesson Goals:
• Introduce yourself.
• Give your name.
• Say where you live. / Where you come from.
• What job/ studies do you do

WARM UP
Hello / Hi – Term used to greet others.
I am/ I’m – hello I’m ……

Ask classes mates what your name is. My name is…

Have student ask each other or if it is one on one you ask the student and let them ask you.

Present: Nice to meet you- we say this after meeting someone new. It to let them know you enjoyed talking to
them and meeting them. Letters- These (show the page/ screen) are all letters. They are alphabet letters.
We also us them to spell our names.
Write and spell your own name as an example.

Have student work in pair or if one-on-one work alone and complete the conversation of the first activity.
(1) Hi
(2) I’m
(3) meet
(4) are
(5) is
(6) spell
(7) too

Let them introduce each themselves to the class.

Write: Hello my name is ……
(Listen to answers and correct mistakes)

ANECHKA SMIT 1
Ask: Have you ever introduced yourself to someone else? Can you name the time you had to introduce yourself?
Do you usually start with introducing yourself or do you wait for the other person to do so?
PRESENTATION (1)
I’m (name) – My name is….
You’re (student’s name) – Your name is …. – Is your name (a Name)? –
Yes, it is. / No, it’s not.

Is your name ….? [N] Is it …? [N]

What is your name?
It’s (name).

(Your first name) is my first name.

(Your last name) is my last name.
What’s your first/ last name? [it’s…]

Is your last name …? [Y} – so you’re (Mr. / Ms. / Mrs.)

PRACTICE
QAQ = Question answer Question

Is your name? [ Yes, it is. / No, it’s not.]

What is my name?
What’s your first name/ What your last name?
Do you have a Middle name? etc.

QFS

Is…...your last name? Did you change your last name/ Did your wife change her last name? To what.
Are you Mr. / Ms. / Mrs?
Etc.

PRESENTATION (2)
The devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject – Study
Did you go to school/ University? What did you Study? What was your favourite subject? Etc.
So, you were/ are a student.
What are you/ did you studying?
You have a degree in ___________/ you will obtain a degree in__________

PRACTICE – READING ACTIVITY

Read the ongoing conversation between Mia and Leo.
Notice the vocabulary just presented.
Fill in the order listing activity.
Answers of activity:
• Job or studies (2)
• Nice comments (4)
• Country or city (1)
• Reason for studying English (3)

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SPELLING AND ALPHABET PRACTICE (GRAMMAR 1)
- Have students say the alphabet. Ask them to say each letter go over the one’s they struggle to
pronounce.
- Write letters in sound groups on board. / Write on white board in Zoom call.
- Drill and make them repeat by sounds—this helps them retain the sounds of the letters.
SOUND GROUPS

A B F O R I Q
H C L Y U
J D M W
K E N
G S
P X
T Z (UK)
V
Z (US)
- Point to the letter on the board:
Model and have students repeat the letters following the columns below. Then drill, first in order, then
randomly. Focus on those letters that are easily confused (e.g., B-V, G-H-J, I-E, V-W).
- Is this (A / H / J)? [N]
What letter is it? [K]
And this? What letter is this?

Spelling practice:
Is that …? / How do you spell …? / How do you spell that?
- What’s your last name? __________
Is that… (spell it incorrectly)? [N]
How do you spell your last name? Let student write and spell out loud.
How do you spell your first name? – I’m sorry how do you spell that?

QA- How do you spell “English”? How do you spell “nationality” How do you spell “study”? etc.
Continue activity with a game using the hexagon. Encourage student to come up with their own
questions and spell out the answer.

PRESENT GRAMMAR (3)

I’m from … / And you? / Are you from …? / Where are you from? / What (country / city) are you from?

- I’m from (country / city).

And you? [I’m from….]
Are you from …...? etc.
- Are you from …? [N] from …? [N] – Where are you from? Etc.
Are you from China? [N] from Japan? [N] – What country are you from? etc.
- And what city are you from? etc.

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PRACTICE GRAMMAR
Write key questions on the board.

- Are you from …? - And you?

- Where are you from? - What country …?
- Are you from … or …? - What city …?

Activity 1 (circle the country the flag belongs to) answers:

1) a – United Kingdom 4) b – United States of America

2) b – Brazil 5) c – Japan
3) c – Canada 6) b – Australia

Activity 2 (country or city)

Student own answers. Go through and make sure they answered correctly and understood the activity.

Activity 3 (job or studies)

Student own answers. Go through and make sure they answered correctly and understood the activity.

Activity 4 (Reason for studying English)

Student own answers. Go through and make sure they answered correctly and understood the activity.

LANGUAGE IN USE
Refer students to the photos in the warmup exercise, pointing out that Leo and Mia are people having a
conversation. Ask the class to help you select the correct word for the first gap. Then ask students to complete
the rest of the exercise in pairs. Monitor as they do so, helping weaker groups. Finally, elicit the correct answers.

Activity 1- answers

1.name 4.do
2.too 5.own
3.capital 6.Do

Activity 2- answers

a) city e) hot
b) capital f) organisation
c) crowded g) stressful
d) rainy h) accent

REVIEW
Repeat goals.

Complete the table with information from other students in your class. Remember to also say some nice
comments (compliments)!

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STUDENT GUIDE – LESSON 1
VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
Name Nationality I am / I’m (not)
Hello / Hi a city - cities You are / You’re not.
I’m (name) a country – countries Are you ...?
First name Am I…?
Last Name job What (country/city) is this?
Letter – letters of the alphabet degree Where are you ….?
Your How do you ….?
study – studying.
My My name is …
Work - working
Mr./ Ms. / Mrs./ Miss It’s

WARM UP
1. Ask your classmate: What’s your name?
2. Work in pair (if a group). Complete the conversation with the missing words.

Conversation part 1.
Fill in the missing words using the vocabulary in the box.

Leo: Hello Mia: ___________ (1)!

Leo: __________(2) Leo. Mia: Oh, nice to ___________ (3) you.

Leo:And you ___________(4)? Mia: My name __________ (5) Laura.

Leo:Sorry? Mia: Mia

Leo:Could you ___________(6) that? Mia: Yes, of course. M-I-A.

Leo: ‘Mia’ Mia: Exactly!

Leo: Oh, good! Nice to meet you ______(7), Mia.

meet is spell are Hi I’m Too

3. Now talk to other students in the class. Introduce yourself!

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PRACTICE ACTIVITY
1. Have a look at the second part of the conversation. There are a few of the new terms we just
practiced mentioned in the conversation!
Part 2 of Mia and Leo’s conversation.
Read through. Notice the bold terms. Complete the activity below

Leo: Where are you from, Mia? Mia: I’m from Philippines.
Leo: Oh, what part? Mia: Laoag. It’s in the north. And you?
Leo: I’m from Madrid, the capital of Spain. Mia: And what do you do?
Leo: I’m currently a student. I study Engineering.
What about you? Mia: I’m a doctor. I work in a hospital.
Leo: Oh, interesting! And why do you need Mia: For my work. I need to talk to doctors from
English? other countries. And you?
Leo: I need English for my studies. Most of my Mia: Oh, I see. Leo, I have to say, I like your Shirt!
classes are in English. Blue is my favourite colour!
Leo: Oh, really? Mia: Yes, since I’ve been young.
Leo: Thank you! I like your glasses. It’s a nice Mia: Thanks very much, I really appreciate your
shape. comment

Task: The conversation contains some different topics.

Put them in the order in which they appear, writing the numbers 1–4 in the spaces.
• Job or studies ______
• Nice comments ______
• Country or city ______
• Reason for studying English ______

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SPELLING AND ALPHABET PRACTICE (GRAMMAR 1)
1. Say the alphabet letter one by one. Practice sound pronunciation.

The Alphabet

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee

Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj

Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo

Pp Qq Rr Ss T t

Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy

Zz

2. Practice sound groups. Teacher will write the groups on the

SOUND GROUPS
white board.
26 English sounds can be divided into five sound groups. As ä sound ë sounds e sounds ï sounds
shown on the left. Letter sound groups have the same sound ü sounds
A -a B - ee F-e O I-i
either at the beginning or the end of the letters name. Now, let's
Q - oo C - ee L-e R Y-i
examine those letters which have similar sounds grouped H-a D - ee M-e
together: U - oo E - ee N-e
In the first groups there are the letters that sound similar to J - a G - ee S-e
W - oo P - ee X–e
word “age”: A, H, J, K
K-a T - ee
The letters in the second group sound similar to the “ee” in the V - ee
word “see”: Z (US)- ee
B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V.
The letters in the third group sound similar to the “e” in the word "ten":
F, L, M, N, S, X.
The letters in the fourth group sound similar to the “i” in the word “drive”: I, Y.
In the next group the letters sound like “oo” in the word “too”: Q, U, W.
The letter names O and R have their own sound and do not belong to a sound group.
3. Using the hexagon play a spelling bee game.

Which city
are you
from?
What
What's your
country are
name?
you from?

Questions

What job Are you you

do you do? from...?

Are you
studying?

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 GRAMMAR ACTIVITY
1. Circle the country that the flag belongs to:
1) I am from 2) I am from 3) I am from
a. The United Kingdom a. South Africa a. Ireland
b. Japan b. Brazil b. Italie
c. Australia c. Portugal c. Canada

4) I am from 5) I am from 6) I am from

a. Poland a. Unite states of America a. Germany
b. Unite states of America b. Brazil b. Australia
c. France c. Japan c. Ireland

2. Country or City:
Select (or complete) the information which is correct for you.
I’m from … a village a town a city the capital city of I’m from the city Johannesburg
…. in South Africa.

It’s very … beautiful green crowded expensive City life vibes, but only a few
kilometres away there is a beautiful
nature reserve

The weather there hot cold windy rainy

is …
3. Job or studies
Select (or complete) the information which is correct for you.
I study/ I studied… Art Law Science Business

I work in …. My own a company an organisation a

business multinational
I work as … a nurse an engineer a teacher a waiter

My work is… / My creative stressful difficult Interesting

studies are…
4. Reason for studying English.
Select (or complete) the information which is correct for you.

I need English for my job my studies my family my friends travelling watching TV

… /movies

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 LANGUAGE IN USE
Activities:

1. A conversation between Mila and Toby. Write one 2. Choose the best word to complete the sentence:
word in each gap to complete the conversation.
Mila: Hello. I’m Mila. a) I think my favourite village/city/country is New York – it has
so many incredible buildings!
Toby: Oh, hi Mila. My _________ (1) is Toby. b) Moscow is the capital/beautiful/town city of Russia.
c) I don’t like the centre of my city because it is always
Mila: Nice to meet you.
town/expensive/crowded with tourists.
Toby: Nice to meet you _________ (2). d) In my country, it is very beautiful/hot/rainy, so people don’t
go to the beach a lot.
Mila: Where are you from? e) In my city, you can’t walk on the street in summer because it
is too expensive/hot/interesting.
Toby: I’m from Santiago, which is the ____________ (3) city of
f) UNICEF is a famous capital/science/organisation which helps
Chile. And you?
children around the world.
Mila: I’m from a small town in the south of Germany. g) I don’t like my job because it is too
stressful/creative/interesting. I work a lot and I need to make
Toby: Ok. And what do you ____________ (4)? very, difficult decisions.
h) I have to say, I like your country/accent/studies. Are you from
Mila: I’m a chef. I have my ______________ (5) business – a France?
little restaurant.

Toby: Oh, interesting! Is that stressful?

Mila: A little! But I like it.

Toby: And why ___________ (6) you need English?

Mila Well, my sister lives in Canada, so I travel there a lot

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PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY
• Introduce yourself.
• Give your name.
• Say where you live. / Where you come from.
• What job/ Studies do you do.

Complete the table with information from other students in your class. Remember to also say some nice
comments (compliments)!
Example: ….is from Cyprus, a city near Greece.
Student’s name (Extra:) It’s crowded in summer and has beautiful blue
= Kelly waters.
…. works in the Marketing department of Sephora.
(Extra:) It’s stressful but creative fun.
… needs English for her job and travelling.
(Extra:) She travels to America for work and fun
1. Student’s Name …is from…
=_______________ (Extra:)
… works / studies …
(extra:)
… needs English for …
(extra:)
2. Student’s Name …is from…
=_______________ (Extra:)

… works / studies …
(extra:)
… needs English for …
(extra:)
3. Student’s Name …is from…
=_______________ (Extra:)

… works / studies …
(extra:)
… needs English for …
(extra:)

Above activity tested students’ overall knowledge of what they learned in the lesson

End of lesson one

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