B1+ Unit 1 Everyday English Teacher's Notes.pdf

Everyday English teacher’s notes It's very fashionable

LEARNING OUTCOME

WARMER Go around the classroom giving students compliments on their clothes or some work they have recently done. Ask students what you have just been doing (giving/ paying a compliment). Ask students how they feel when they receive a compliment. Get some feedback from the class. Ask students to look at the learning outcome. Explain that in this lesson they are going to learn how to give and respond to a compliment.

  Everyday life 1 Ask students to work in pairs, look at the photograph and answer the questions.

Answers They might be students. They're meeting for the first time and introducing one another. They're shaking hands. They talk about things such as where they are from, who they know or their hobbies. They can smile. They can show interest by asking questions. They can say something nice or give a compliment.

  Everyday vocabulary 2 Ask students to write the adjectives in the possible categories. Remind them that the words can go in more than one column. It may be worth pointing out that ‘smart’ can also mean intelligent, though this usage is more common in US English.

Answers a haircut: fashionable, lovely, smart, trendy, cool a piece of written work: lovely, inspiring, well-written, enjoyable, (smart) a watch: fashionable, lovely, smart, trendy, cool some home-made cake: tasty, lovely, enjoyable, delicious 3 Ask students to work in pairs and add more positive adjectives to each category. Check answers as a class.

Possible answers a haircut: original, nice, modern a piece of written work: original, thoughtful, provocative a watch: beautiful, elegant, stylish some home-made cake: yummy, sweet, fruity, rich

Unit

learn how to give and respond to a compliment 5 Ask students to look at the dialogue on the page and complete gaps 1–6 with the missing sentences a–f. They check answers in pairs, then listen to the dialogue again and check.

Answers 1 d  ​2 f  ​3 c  ​4 a  ​5 b  ​6 e 6 Ask students to look at the dialogue again and find questions to ask someone when you first meet them.

Answers Where are you from? Do you know many people here?

EVERYDAY ENGLISH TOOLKIT Ask students to look at the expressions and find them in the dialogue, noting who says each. Ask students to write the four expressions under the correct heading.

Answers

1 I really liked your presentation in class. (Tara) 2 It makes you sound happy. (Mike) 3 I like it too, thanks for noticing. (Neal) 4 Did you make them yourself? (Neal) 7 Ask students to look at the dialogue again to find examples of giving and receiving compliments including comments and follow up questions. Model the pronunciation of each compliment. Ask students to underline the stressed words. Model the pronunciation again for students to repeat.

Answers Giving a compliment (1) Your accent is really cool; What a delicious cake!; I do love your shirt. Adding a comment/detail (2) You spoke really well; The flavours combine really well; The colours are really bright and original; It’s very fashionable. Receiving a compliment (3) Thank you so much. A lot of people say that; Thank you. That’s very kind of you; Thanks. I’m glad you like it. Asking a follow-up question (4) Which part of Ireland are you from?; Did it take you long to prepare?; Is it new?

  Over to you!

 Dialogue 4 Read the context for the situation aloud. Tell students that they are going to listen to two dialogues between people meeting for the first time: Tara and Mike, and Uma and Neal. They should cover the dialogue on the page and listen. Tell them not to worry about understanding every word. They should listen and find out who is wearing something new. Ask students to check their answer in pairs, before checking as a class.

Answer

B1+

8 Students work in pairs to give and receive a compliment. Ask them to read the instructions and follow the steps. Remind students to use expressions from the Toolkit and the positive adjectives in 2. Students swap roles and do the role-play again. Monitor and make a note of errors or good language during role-plays. Some pairs could act out their dialogues. Extension: Students repeat the activity, complimenting each other on something different. Encourage students to respond to the compliments they are given.

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