Conversations in Class A2_book1

Conversation

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1. Listening

/isten to the GialoJ anG ȴll in the blanks.

Jim:

Hi Terry. It’s nice you are taking this class! Are you (1) ............................... any other computer classes? Hi Jim. Yeah, I am also (2) ............................... in Basic Programming. Same (3) ........................ ! Today is a very busy day for me. I have three classes, and then my part-time job afterwards.

Terry:

Jim:

Terry:

That’s a (4) ........................ !

Sounding Natural

TO TEACHERS

• Golden Rule 3: 'on’t always wait for a Tuestion Talk about yourself (see p. 89) • Strategy 1: Openings (see p. 91)

Here students think about how the Golden Rules and Strategies play out in actual conversations. If time permits, have students look in the listening dialog for examples of these.

Suggested time frame for this activity: 10 mins.

2. Dialog

Step 1: Write your own short dialog with a classmate. Use only one question, as in the Listening dialog above see *olGen 5ule paJe . Step 2: Practice it with your partner.

Suggested time frame for this activity: 10 mins.

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TO TEACHERS Now, you can turn to page 62 and spend a few minutes running through the items on the Lesson 1 PREVIEW Summary Sheet. If students study a few key vocabulary items before the next class, in-class activities will run much more smoothly. Students can be motivated to prepare by the prospect of a quick written test on these items at the beginning of the next class (see Teacher’s Manual for suggestions on how to do this quickly and efficiently).

L1 Preview Sheet: p.62 Orientation Review Sheet: p.61 Review + Preview

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Lesson 0 - Orientation