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Grammar

Topic: introductions
Vocabulary Pronunciation Listening Speaking exchanging personal information

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listening to a conversation

Elicit a few English first names from the class. They will probably know some English names from the world of music and movies. Ask each student to write down three English first names. Then ask them to share their suggestions. Ask students to tell you which names are female and which are male.

Introduce the topic

1 Listening skills
Ask students to underline the six names in the dialogues in Exercise Ia. Two of the names may be unfamiliar to students. Ask them whether they think Ravi is a man's name or a woman's name. Do the same for Tomoko. Then ask them to look at the picture and match the names with the people. Before playing the audio tell students that they will hear the number of the conversation, followed by the letter identifying the picture, followed by the conversation. After students have checked their answers individually in Exercise Ib, compare answers with the whole class. Answers: A: Mário and Mary, B: Marina and Tomoko, C: Ravi and John

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2 Writing Skills
Have students do Exercise 2a individually, then compare their answers in pairs. After they have listened in Exercise 2b, check the answers by having two students read the conversation across the classroom. Explain to students that they should use their own names and home cities for Exercise 2c. Walk around the classroom to provide help and check pronunciation.
The activity in exercise 2c can be extended by asking students to walk around the class introducing themselves to their classmates in English. Encourage them to use both My name's... and l'm .... and to speak to as many people as they can in three minutes.

Additional activity

John Hi there. Ravi Hélio, my name's Ravi. Whafs your name? John l'm John. Ravi Nice to meet you, John. Mary Hi, l'm Mary. Mano Hi, Mary. l'm