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Preview • This dialog previews the main sub-theme of part 2, which is talking about movies. • Things you could mention about this dialog: • Line 2 : “ Believe it or not ” is a good expression to use when introducing a surprising bit of information. • Line 4 : Junko uses multiple expressions to give herself time to think of an answer. This is natural, as it is not everyday that someone asks you to name your favorite movie. • Line 6 : Junko previews a nice long answer about how to talk about a recently seen film.

Sounding Natural Note: Use “echo questions” to give yourself time to think English transcript of audio track 3-6 “Echo questions” are an effective strategy that can be used to give yourself time to think of an answer, which is something that will likely come up in this topic. Just repeat part of the question with a rising intonation. This will buy you some time to come up with your reply. For example: A: What’s your favorite movie? B: Favorite movie? Hm… good question. Um, Star Wars, I think. Also remember to use other Getting Time to Think sounds that we learned back in Unit 2, such as um, ah, and hm. How about you? • Write “ How do you say~ in English? ” up on the board have have your students repeat this a few times. This will hopefully encourage them to ask you for help when chatting about movies. • Have students spend a few minutes filling in the blanks with answers true for them. Mill about the class, helping students come up with the words they’ll need. It might help a bit before hand to go over some more movie genre vocab on the board. Alternatively, you could refer students to the Unit 6 vocab list at cic-multimedia.com. • Model the dialog with several students. Even though open and closed forms were not focused upon in this unit, free to switch up the way you ask questions as you talk with your students. Students should be familiar with this idea by now. • Have students practice the model dialog with several classmates. Having them stand up while speaking can help them stay focused.

Model Sentences 1 Romaji transcript of audio track 3-5

What kind of movies are you into? Donna eiga ni hamatte imasu ka? I love action films. Akushon eiga ga daisuki desu. What’s your favorite movie? Okiniiri no eiga wa nan desu ka? I love “Star Wars.” Sutaa Uoozu ga daisuki desu. Who’s your favorite actor? Okiniiri no haiyuu wa dare desu ka? I love Johnny Depp. Jonii Deppu ga daisuki desu. ❉❉ I love action films.

Of course it's also okay to use a different verb here. For example, if you like action films, you can also say" I really like action films ", “ I love action films ” or " I'm really into action films ." Using different ways to say the same thing will help your English sound more natural.

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