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76 Making-Introductions US
Making Introductions
In this lesson, you will learn useful vocabulary
and expressions for meeting new people.
Let’s start by getting into groups of three.
Pre-Reading
A. Warm-Up Questions
1. T
ell your group about your family members.
Do you have any brothers, sisters, cousins,
aunts, uncles, etc.?
3. T
ell your group about a friend or neighbor
that you would like your classmates to meet.
B. Vocabulary Preview
Match the words from this lesson to the correct meanings on the right.
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Dialogue Reading
Read the dialogue with your group members a few times. Take turns
being each character. Practice your intonation and pronunciation.
Circle any new words or phrases that you need to practice. You
can change the gender of the characters to match your group.
Hello, Richard. It’s nice to meet you. I’m Amy’s brother, Charlie.
Hi, Charlie. I’m very pleased to meet you. Amy has told me all about you.
Amy has told me all about you, too. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you for a long time.
Well, now that you’ve finally met, why don’t we sit down and have a coffee?
Sounds great.
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Practice
Work with your group members. Role-play the dialogue,
substituting the different expressions below. Then switch roles.
• Charlie, I’d like to introduce you to... • I’m glad to meet you.
• Charlie, let me introduce you to... • I’m pleased to meet you.
• Charlie, I want you to meet... • I’m happy to meet you.
• It’s a pleasure to meet you.
2. ...my roommate, Richard.
5. Amy has told me all about you.
• my husband
• my son • Amy has told me so much about you.
• my colleague • I’ve heard so much about you.
• my friend
• my girlfriend 6. I ’ve been looking forward to
• my fiancé meeting you for a long time.
• my uncle
• I’ve wanted to meet you for ages.
• my nephew
• I’ve been hoping to meet you for a while.
• my grandfather
• my father-in-law
7. Well, now that you’ve finally met...
• my wife
• my daughter • Now that you’ve finally been introduced...
• my classmate • Since you finally know each other...
• my boyfriend
• my neighbor 8. ...why don’t we sit down and have a coffee?
• my cousin
• ...let’s sit down and have a cup of coffee.
• my aunt
• ...why don’t we sit down and have dinner?
• my niece
• ...how about we sit down and have a chat?
• my grandmother
• my mother-in-law
9. Sounds great.
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Listening Practice
Listen to the recording of the dialogue from page 2. Fill in the missing
words as you listen. Listen again. Now look back at page 2 and check your
work. Did you fill in the correct words? Did you spell everything correctly?
Hi, Charlie. I’m very to meet you. Amy has told me all about you.
Well, now that you’ve met, we sit down and have a coffee?
Sounds .
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Review
Task 1
Task 2
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Review cont.
Task 3
Janis: Thanks.
Janis: .
You: .
Janis: Sounds .
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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Beg – Low Int
In this lesson, students will get into groups of three TIME: 1 hour
to practice introducing others. They will also review
TAGS: introduce, introductions,
members of the family and community.
meeting, family, friends, dialogue
Discuss as a class or in small groups. Individual answers. The following tasks can be used for assessment purposes
and/or review practice. You can save all of the tasks until
B. VOCABULARY PREVIEW the end or assess your students throughout the lesson.
Give your students time to read the dialogue in groups of three. 5. A my, Charlie, and Richard are going
to have a coffee together now.
Practice
TASK 2
Have your students read the dialogue again and Assess three students at a time as they role-play the scenario.
practice subbing in some of the different expressions. Answers will vary.
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TASK 3
Janis: Thanks.
SPELLING NOTE:
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