General English Pre-Intermediate Modules 1-4 Teacher's Guide (2.1 ...

C. Look at the picture and discuss it. What is happening (an informal introduction)
Brainstorm possible replies. Look at the four replies. Which ones are appropriate Elicit suggestions.
Answer:
It would be best to say ‘Hi Jane’ or ‘Pleased to meet you,’ or both of them together: ‘Hi Jane.
Pleased to meet you.’ You could say ‘How do you do’ but it is not common in modern English
except in very formal situations. Also, we do not normally say ‘How are you’ when meeting
someone for the first time. We say it when we see someone who we already know.
1.4 Introducing other people
This section is about introducing other people. When you introduce someone, it is good to provide some
interesting information about them.
A. Play audio 1.3. Students decide what information is being provided.
Answers:
a. name and organisation
b. name and family
c. name and job
d. name, family and hobbies
e. name and country
Brainstorm suggestions for other useful information you can provide, e.g.
an achievement: ‘This is Jenny. She just graduated from university.’
their future plans: ‘Meet Sai Htoo. He’s going to get married next month.’
their past: ‘This is William Shakespeare. He wrote Romeo and Juliet.’
The best information is information that other people will find interesting.
B. Roleplay. In groups of three, students practise introducing each other formally and informally.
After they have spent some time practising, get each group to perform one introduction to the class.
The class can vote on the best introduction.
2. The Present Simple
This section reviews the present simple tense, positive and negative forms, in its most common uses:
• talking about repeated activities
• talking about things that are true for a long time
2.1 Love and marriage
A. Ask the class why people get married, e.g. love, money, not to be lonely, to have a family, etc.
Write their ideas on the board.
B. In groups, students brainstorm free time activities. Get them to think of lists of free time activities
that use these verbs, e.g.
listen to… music, the radio, cassettes
read… books, newspapers, magazines
play… football, chess, volleyball
watch… videos, television, football
visit… friends, relatives
go… to the cinema, swimming, to the market, etc.
C. Pre-teach important, to work hard, to spend (money), band, boring, alcohol, fashionable, to organise,
to invite, teashop.
Students read about the women. Clarify anything they don’t understand.
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