FYI: All recorded material is indicated with the following • Write your title with your first name

our first name and your title with

icon 0:00 . CD track numbers for all recorded material your last name on the board. Ask Which is correct? Then
appear in this icon. For example, 1:02 indicates that the cross out your title with your first name. Make sure
recording is located on CD 1, track 2. students understand that a title is used with a full name
(first and last name) or with just the family (last) name,
C 1:02 Photo story but never with just the first name.
Suggested 10 Your actual • Ask Are you a man or a woman? Are you married or single?
teaching time: minutes teaching time:
Have students determine which title to use with their
• To warm up, ask: family names. Female students will have a choice of titles
How many people are in the photos? (Four.) (see the language and culture note below).
How many are men? (Two.) Option: (+5 minutes) Explain other titles students may come
How many are women? (Two.) across. (Dr. [doctor], Prof. [professor], etc.)
• After students read and listen to the conversation, check
Language and culture
comprehension. Ask:
• In some English-speaking countries, some women
In the first photo, what’s the man’s name? (Samuel Pike.)
prefer the title Ms. because it does not draw attention to
What’s his first (or given) name? (Samuel.)
whether they are married or single. Use Ms. when you
What’s his last (or family) name? (Pike.)
don’t know which title she prefers.
What is Cara’s friend’s name? (Susan Grant.)
• When meeting someone for the first time, you should use
What’s her nickname? (Suzy.)
a title and last name if the person is older or if you are in a
What’s her occupation? (Photographer.)
professional / formal situation.
Is Suzy married or single? (Married.)
What’s her husband’s first name? (Ted.)
Language and culture SPEAKING
• A nickname is a shorter form of someone’s real name, A Complete your response . . .
usually given by friends or family.
Suggested 2–3 Your actual
• From the Longman Corpus: Good to meet you and Pleased teaching time: minutes teaching time:
to meet you are also common ways to greet someone, but
• Before students complete the exercise, read the lines in
Nice to meet you is by far the most frequent of the three in
the speech balloons aloud to the class.
spoken American English.
• To review, have volunteer pairs read the completed
exchanges aloud.
D Focus on language Option: (+5 minutes) For further practice, have all the
Suggested 5–10 Your actual students write their names in large print on a folded piece
teaching time: minutes teaching time:
of paper and place it in front of them so other students
• To make sure the class understands the word informal, say can read it. On the board, refer to the phrases in the Being
Ted calls Samuel Pike “Mr. Pike.” Mr. Pike says “Please call Informal with People column in the chart from Exercise D.
me Sam.” He wants to be informal. Then walk around the classroom and introduce several
• Have students identify the underlined expressions in the students. Use the student’s title and family name. Say Class,
Photo Story by taking turns reading them aloud. this is Mr. / Ms. / Mrs. / Miss [family name]. Prompt the
student to reply with one of the phrases and his or her own
• After students find the answers with a partner, review
information (Just call me [first name or nickname]).
with the class. Write the answers on the board so
students see a list of the key expressions in this dialogue.
For example: B Role play
Suggested 8–12 Your actual
Introducing Greeting Being Informal teaching time: minutes teaching time:

People New People with People • Have students brainstorm the names of famous people.
I’d like you to It ’s a pleasure Everyone calls Write their ideas on the board.
meet . to meet you. me . • Have the class respond to each introduction with one
This is . Great to meet Just call me . of the phrases from the Photo Story. You can refer them
you. Please call me to the phrases in the Greeting New People column in the
How nice to . chart from Exercise D.
meet you.

1:03 Formal titles extras

• Make sure students understand the difference in Workbook
pronunciation between Ms. (/miz/) and Miss (/mis/).

T3 UNIT 1, PREVIEW