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Unit 1: In school
Day Two: Greetings and dialogues
Objective1. Students will be able to model how to greet
different people of various ages/social status.2. Students will be
able to read a dialogue that depicts greeting scenes.3. Students
will be able to react to teacher commands.
Setting the stage
Teacher shows a 2-minute videotape (taped from TV or other
source that depicts several !greeting!
scenes. The sound is turned down so that students onl" view the
tape but cannot hear an" dialogue.
The teacher shows the tape several times. #fter the second
showing$ the teacher as%s the students$
with partners$ to tell each other what the" thin% the dialogue
on the videotape might have been.
InputThe teacher has written several dialogues on the board in
the target language (T&.
A:
--Good morning,
young man.
--Good morning,
Sir/Madame.
--What is your
name?
--My name is ...
B:
--Good afternoon,
Madame.
--Good afternoon. What is
your name?
--My name is ...
--Very pleased to meet
you.--i!e to meet you, too.
":
#t$o young people of
appro%imately the same age&
--'i, good e(ening. What)s your
name?
--'i, My name is ... And you?
--My name is ...
--i!e to meet you.--Same for me.
The teacher reads aloud the first dialogue. The students 'ust
listen.
The teacher now rereads the first dialogue and as%s for
volunteers to name the first missing name.
The teacher encourages students to be creative. The more unusual
the name$ the more the students
will remember the dialogue. !Superman! or an" popular singer$
actor$ cartoon character$ TV
personalit"$ etc.
Then$ the teacher reads the other two paragraphs and as%s the
class to create other names in the
missing sections. The students en'o" this and feel that the" are
helping to create their own lesson$ a
real sense of empowerment.
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ow$ the teacher models$ with hand puppets or with two large
photos held up for all to see$ or with a
heritage spea%er student (a student whose famil" spea%s the
T& at home these phrases)
*. 'o$ are you today?+. Very $ell, than you.
. )m $ell, too.. What)s happening? 'o$ is it going?0. See you
later.
The teacher then as%s the students where the" would li%e to add
the new phrases to the three
dialogues written on the board. The teacher adds these phrases
to the dialogues.
The teacher states and models the following e*pressions and the
students mimic his or her actions.
*. 1lease+. Attention, please. 2epeat, please. 3ae a sheet of
paper, please0. Write, please
4. Get up, please
Guided Practice (10 minutes)
The teacher as%s the students to cop" the dialogues.
+hen the students have finished writing$ the teacher reads each
dialogue aloud and as%s students to
indicate in writing which of the following categories describe
the dialogues.
*. 3he people in the dialogue no$ ea!h other.+. 3he tea!her is a
man.
. We no$ the last names of 5oth people.. 3he student tals $ith
the tea!her in a formal tone.0. either person is feeling $ell.
Then$ the students compare their answers with someone sitting
near them.
The teacher (in the T& as%s students get up out of their
seats. The teacher models b" reading a
dialogue with another student. Then the teacher indicates$ with
voice and bod" language$ that now all
the students need to stand up and read the first dialogue with
at least two different partners. Then$
the teacher directs the students to move to a 3rd partner and
,th partner and practice the second
dialogue. The students then wor% with the third dialogue with a
th and th partner.
Independent Practice (10 minutes)
The teacher writes the following on the board)
6our 5rother
6our tea!her
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6our 5est friend
6our friend)s mother
6our !at
6our prin!ipal
A ne$ a!7uaintan!e $ho is a5out your age
The students choose two of these and write an appropriate
dialogue.(1 min
The teacher sets a time limit and gives !warnings! as to how
much time remains$ e.g.$ !0ou have five
minutes left...$ 3 min...$ 1 min...$ 3 secs!
Students pair up with someone sitting nearb" and read their
dialogues aloud to each other.
losure
Several volunteer students read their dialogues aloud to the
class. The teacher encourages their
classmates to applaud$ cheer$ etc. The teacher compliments the
volunteers first and then the entire
class for all their good wor% toda".
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