Page 1 - Level 1 Additional Skills Book 01-15.cdr

Topic 1 - Introductions

Timings depend on student ability but have been approximated to include activity, feedback with
concept checking, and pronunciation focus where necessary.

By the end of the lesson you will be able to…
- Ask and answer questions about yourself and others
- Use a range of different tenses (present simple and
Aims for today continuous, past simple and present perfect simple.)
- Practice using intonation and sentence stress when
asking questions.
- Write information about yourself and others

Write 5 or 6 answers on the board that are related to
different aspects of your life. (E.g.: 27, Paris, Chocolate…).
Students then have time to discuss in small groups what
Optional Warmer they think the question is to match each answer. (E.g.: How
old are you? Where do you live? What is your favourite
food?). Groups get 1 point for every question which elicits
one of the Teacher’s answers.

Task 1
Skill Speaking

Time 20 mins
C.
Give each student a role card and allow them a few minutes to
Teaching Tips read and understand their person. For weaker classes you may

want to review some question forms before beginning the activity.
A.
Allow time for students to match the questions and answers and
monitor to check correct matches. This should be a review and
so only feedback briefly.
You can focus on question intonation at this point. Listen to pairs
speaking as they ask and answer the questions using their own
information.
Assessment During feedback ask stronger students to feedback with their
answers. You can also highlight 3rd person forms to talk about a
partner.

C.
Monitor as students speak and highlight common errors in
question formation or sentence structure during feedback.