EXPLORING ENGLISH EVERYDAY ENGLISH BASIC 1. INTRODUCING YOURSELF How to use this Exporing Engish earning series: Read the Learning Points marked L Learning Point Practice the conversations marked CP1 to CP5 Try the Practice Sheet (downoadabe from the site) What you need: A notebook Writing toos A voice recording device / voice recorder on your mobie phone Time: 20 30 min L Learning Point 1 Basic Greeting - Heo, I m James. Most peope say (to someone new): Good Morning / Afternoon / Evening / Heo / Hi My name is... / I m... I m peased to meet you / Nice to meet you. CP1 Conversation Practice Matthew: Good morning. My name is James Smith. It's nice to meet you. Heo, my name is Matthew. I'm peased to meet you. CP2 Conversation Practice Matthew: Hi, I'm James. It s nice to meet you. Hi, I'm Matthew. You can ca me Matt. Nice to meet you.
Exporing Engish Everyday Engish Basic 1 Introducing Yoursef L Learning Point 2 Basic Greeting - Hi, how are you? Most peope say (to a friend/someone you know): How are you? How's everything / things? How's your day? How are you doing? What's up? What's going on? How s work / schoo coming aong? Most peope say (to someone you haven t met for a whie): How have you been? How's ife? AUS Sang: Hows it going? How are you going? Good day Mate! CP3 Conversation Practice Jess: Hey, how s things Jess? I'm great. How about you? How s work coming aong? I'm pretty a right. Work has been reay busy, but I m managing it we. 2
Exporing Engish Everyday Engish Basic 1 Introducing Yoursef L Learning Point 3 Asking questions - Where... who... why...? WHO... is your Engish teacher? is that man there? are those peope in the ibrary? My Engish teacher is Ms Sarah. He s my unce. They are eementary schoo students on a schoo trip. WHAT... is your name? My name is Peter Edwards. is your address? My address is 44 Bevy Street, Caifornia. is your mobie number? My mobie number is 6784 2742. do you do? I'm a fashion designer. is your job? I work at Uniqo as a manager. anguages can you speak? I can speak Engish and French. are your hobbies? I ike istening to music and do you do in your free time? hiking. My hobbies are reading and paying tennis. WHERE... do you work? do you ive? are you from? I work at LG Eectronics. I ive in the U.S / Yang-gu. I ive at 35 Prince Street. I ive on Centra Road. I'm from Vietnam. 3
Exporing Engish Everyday Engish Basic 1 Introducing Yoursef WHEN... is your birthday? did you come to Korea? did you start working at Appe? My birthday is on 9th December. I came to Korea ast year. In December 2009. I started working at Appe in 2005. I came to Appe on 17th June 2014. WHY... did you come to Korea? did you decide to study aw? I came here to work. I came here for my university studies. I want to become an estate awyer. HOW... ong have you been here? ong have you been studying Engish? often do you pay tennis? often do you trave? is your coffee? was your trip to Mexico? do you find your new boss? we can you speak Maay? I have been here since 1998. I have been studying Engish for 5 years. I pay tennis once a week. I usuay trave with my parents twice a year. It's nice. I ike it. It was very fun. I reay enjoyed mysef. She's friendy, but sometimes rather strict. I can speak Maay quite we. 4
Exporing Engish Everyday Engish Basic 1 Introducing Yoursef CP4 Conversation Practice Tim and Bethany have just met on campus. Hep Tim to come up with six questions that he can ask to know Bethany better. Then, imagine you re Bethany and try to answer them creativey. For exampe: What subjects do you take at schoo? I take Advanced Mathematics, Physics and Basic Chemistry. [using Who ] [using What ] [using Where ] [using When ] 5
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Exporing Engish Everyday Engish Basic 1 Introducing Yoursef L Learning Point 4 Basic Conversation Ending - Goodbye! Most peope say (when they want to end a conversation): I m sorry but I have to go. I have to get going. See you soon. Have a good weekend. Have a good rest. Take care. Goodbye. Bye! CP5 Conversation Practice Tim and Bethany meet at the schoo cafeteria. They re taking about their pans for the weekend. Fi in the banks with appropriate phrases. Hey Bethany,? I m good. I just ended my Chemistry cass.? Not too bad. So, this weekend? Oh, good uck with that! I m free on Saturday afternoon. What s up? How about watching a movie? That s a good idea.? X-Men sounds ike a great movie. Where sha we go? Crossroads Cinema is nearby.? I meet you at 6pm at Crossroads. Okay? Sounds great.!! 7