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Topic: |
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| easy |
introductions |
man – girl |
00:52 |
Pre-Listening Exercise
What are the kinds of questions you ask when meeting someone for the first time? Would you ask different questions depending on the age, social status, and gender of the person to whom you are speaking? Write down your ideas before you listen to the conversation.
Listening Exercise
A. Listen to the recording and answer the questions.
Vocabulary Practice
Do the vocabulary quizzes with the words from the conversation for more practice:
Post-Listening Exercise
Introduce yourself to three other people in your class including information on your nationality, family, school, work, and hobbies.
Use the Internet to do research on a famous person. Find out as much information as you can including the points mentioned in number one. Then, pretend you are that person and introduce yourself to other students in the class.
Online Investigation
People say hello and greet one another differently in the world. Some shake hands, and others hug each other. Use the Internet to search for information about how people greet each other in the countries below. What do they say when they meet in formal or casual situations? What do people do when they greet each other?
- Mexico
- Japan
- India
- Ghana or Senegal
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia, Yemen, or Oman
- Thailand
- the United States