This document provides an introduction to a university level English course, including the unit topic of introducing oneself and discussing one's major choice. The skills covered are listening, speaking, and grammar and vocabulary related to greetings and introductions. The task is for students to practice greeting someone and introducing themselves by providing their name, age, and major.
This document provides an introduction to a university level English course, including the unit topic of introducing oneself and discussing one's major choice. The skills covered are listening, speaking, and grammar and vocabulary related to greetings and introductions. The task is for students to practice greeting someone and introducing themselves by providing their name, age, and major.
This document provides an introduction to a university level English course, including the unit topic of introducing oneself and discussing one's major choice. The skills covered are listening, speaking, and grammar and vocabulary related to greetings and introductions. The task is for students to practice greeting someone and introducing themselves by providing their name, age, and major.
This document provides an introduction to a university level English course, including the unit topic of introducing oneself and discussing one's major choice. The skills covered are listening, speaking, and grammar and vocabulary related to greetings and introductions. The task is for students to practice greeting someone and introducing themselves by providing their name, age, and major.
Grajales. I am nineteen years old and I study to be nurse. This is my first (second, third…) semester. Hello, my name is Roberto Paz. I am seventeen years old and I study to be a musician
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with your personal information. Hi, my name is __________________________________ I am ____________________________ years old and I study to be ___________________________.
Informal greetings Formal greetings
Hi! Jose. Good morning Susana. Hello Kevin. Good afternoon Jose. Good evening Kevin
Good morning. This is Susana Grajales
She is nineteen years old. She studies to be an engineer.
Good evening. This is Roberto Paz
He is nineteen years old. He studies to be a musician.
Exercise 2. Introduce to the class the person next to you. Do it formally or informally.
Informally Hello. This is __________________________________. He/She _________ years old. He/She studies to be _______________________.
Formally Good morning. Let me introduce to you __________________________________. He/She _________ years old. He/She studies to be _______________________.
Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives
I MY YOU YOUR HE HIS SHE HER IT ITS WE OUR YOU YOUR THEY THEIR
Susana introduces Roberto.
Hello, my name is Susana. I have a friend. His name is Roberto. We study in Univalle.
Exercise 3 Complete the information with the appropriate possessive pronoun.
Roberto introduces Susana.
Hello, my name is Roberto. I have a friend. ____ name is Susana. We study in Univalle.
● What do they say? ● When do you use these expressions? ● Which other clues from the context make you think that these situations are formal or informal?
● How do they answer? ● When do you use these expressions?
Look at the different ways people can greet each other:
Formal Greetings Sample sentence Sample response Hello, Mr. Jones Hello. Hello, teacher. Hello. Good morning. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Good evening. Good evening. How are you? Fine, thank you. How do you do? Very well, thank you. How are you doing? Pretty well, thank you.
Informal Greetings Sample sentence Sample response Hey, Hi. Hey, Hi. How are ya? I’m great. Couldn't be better. I’m good. I’m all right. How are things? Pretty good. How are things going? Can’t complain. How’s it going? Not bad. How about you? What’s up? Nothin much. What’s new? Not a whole lot. What are you up to? Nothin. What’s going on? Nothin special. Not much Long time no see. It has been a long time. A. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use the simple present or the present continuous tense. (__)
1 My brother __________________________ (like) this CD very much.
2 He __________________________ (travel) in China this summer. 3 We __________________________ (go) to lunch now. Would you like to join us? 4 We always __________________________ (visit) Grandma on Sundays. 5 In this photo, we __________________________ (play) volleyball on the beach. 6 I __________________________ (play) tennis every day. 7 My father can’t come to the phone now. He __________________________ (take) a shower. 8 My father __________________________ (work) as an accountant in a big company. 9 I think this pen __________________________ (cost) HK$8. 10 I can’t play online games now. My brother __________________________ (use)
B. Organize the following questions:
a. this/are/they/weekend/what/doing? ________________________________________ b.are /the main public/in/country/your/holidays/what? ________________________________________ c. this/are/they/weekend/what/doing? ________________________________________
C. This is Gabriel´s daily routine. Please, change it into third person: (10 points) I go to work at 8.45am every morning. I usually drive to work. I always check my emails when I get to work, but I don't always reply to them immediately. I take a taxi or a train if I have a lunch meeting. I never take the bus because it is too slow. When I am at my desk I usually work on the computer, even during morning tea. At 1:00 pm most days I have lunch. At 3:00 pm I have afternoon tea, and that is when I usually talk and eat cake. When I am in the office I probably have a lot of papers. It is important for me to file my papers, and so that I can find them again. Aside from that, I have to make telephone calls. If an important issue happens I ask my secretary to organize a meeting. Once a month I report to my boss. I usually write a document that my boss can read. Greetings and introductions
Hello, my name is ____________________. I am ________ years old and I study to be nurse. This is my first (second, third…) semester. 1. Read the teacher´s introduction.
Reading 1.
Hello. This is Professor Elizabeth. My last name is Nuñez and I am
your English teacher. It is my pleasure to be with you in the third level of the course Inglés con fines generales y académicos III. My favorite subjects in school were Spanish, English, French and maths. In my free time, I use to go out for a walk, talk to my son, family, and share special moments with them. One of my pleasures is to see new places and to travel.
I really like my profession because I learn a lot from my students.
When young, my dream was to become a psychologist, but it was so hard to get a place at Univalle. In that time, in the eighties, students had a second chance, so I made use of this advantage. I began to study my major in languages and I really liked it. I did well so here we are in this classroom.
2. Write and read aloud a short introduction about you (name, age, personal interests, family, likes, dislikes. Tell a little about favorite pastime, the university, and the classes you are taking this semester). Practice it for the first synchronous class.
