Level A2 Module 1 Week 1

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• Level A2 Module 1 Week 1

Marina Canapero University of Padova Language
Centre (CLA)
Centro Linguistico di Ateneo Università di
Padova
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Module 1People and Places

• Grammar
• What English do you know? Overview
• Quick test (numbers, plurals, alphabet, pronouns,
  possessive adjectives)
• To be names and countries personal information
  personal questions
• Indefinite articles a,an jobs
• Possessive adjectives

Coursebook Cutting Edge Elementary, Longman
edition
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What English do you know?

• Numbers 0-21 write the numbers next to the
  wordstwenty.eight.nine.four.sixteen.fiftee
  n.five.ten.threezero.seven.two.one.sevent
  een.twelve.thirteen.six.twenty-one.nineteen
  .eleven.eighteen.fourteen
• Numbers 22-100
• Listen to your teacher. Note the STRESS13
  30 thirteen - thirty15 50 fifteen - fifty
• Say some numbered pairs together after your
  teacher, and then write down the numbers you hear
  from a list

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Plurals /S/ and /Z/ sounds and irregular plurals

• Write the plurals of the listed words on page
  6. Pronounce the plurals with your teacher.
  What do you notice about the endings (sound and
  spelling)?
• book_ teacher_ desk_ pen_ chair_ student_ woman
  man girl_ boy_ child__ scientist__laboratory
  
• gtgtGo to Learning Links for further practice
  using PLURALS (http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/keiron/u
  ser/user.phpgtgt Level A1, mod. 2 things,
  things, things)

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The English Alphabet

• How many letters are there in the ITALIAN
  alphabet?
• Which extra letters exist in the ENGLISH
  Alphabet?
• Which letters have an /ei/ sound? (day)
• Which letters have an /i/ sound? (tree)
• Which letters have an /e/ sound? (egg)
• Which letters have an /ai/ sound? (my)
• Which letter(s) have an /??/ sound? (phone)
• Which letters have a /i?/ sound? (you)

Go to Learning Links A1gtMod 1gtAlphabet
http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/keiron/user/user.php
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Pairwork communication activities

• Now take out your driving licenceWhat is the
  number?
• Take out your health insurance card or National
  Insurance number (C.F.) Tell your partner what
  it is (combination of numbers and letters)

• With your partner, look at your ID cards
• Spell your full names
• Your birthtown
• The name of your street

gtgt Practise the conversation on pg 8 n.2 of
CUTTING EDGE and meet 3 or 4 new people from your
group
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Introducing yourself A. formally Place in the
correct order and practice the conversation
C. Nice to meet you!

• A. Hello, my name is Paolo Rossi

B. Nice to meet you, too!
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Greeting someone informally Place in the
correct order and practice the conversation

• A. Whats up?

D. Oh, hi!
B. Oh, nothing much!
C. Hi!
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Introducing someone else informally Place in
the correct order and practice the conversation

• A. This is Emma

D. Oh, hi, Sam!
B. Oh, hello Emma. Nice to meet you
C. Hi, Jerry!
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Introducing someone else formally Place in
the correct order and practice the conversation

• A. Professor James may I introduce you to Dr.
  Jones?

D. Good morning, John
B. Of course! Nice to meet you, Dr. Jones.
C. Good morning, Professor James
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Lets explore Learning Links gtgt

• http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/keiron/user/user.php

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Saying hello INTRODUCTIONS A1 Mod 1
gtgtTO ENTER LEARNING LINKS, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR
NAME, N. MATRICOLA AND DEGREE SUBJECT WITH
MARINA AT THE END OF THE CLASS
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Personal details whats?

gtgt Question forms using the verb BE inversion
of subject and verb - Abbreviation using
apostrophe, eg. Whats, shes, theyre
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Pronunciation Countries and Nationalities

• Listen and practise saying these countries
• Brazil Britain France Italy
  ArgentinaWhere is the stress in the following
  countries? Use dots as above
• Japan Poland Spain the USA the UK
  Egypt China India
• Listen and practise saying these nationalities
• Japanese French Italian
  ArgentinianWhere is the stress in the
  following? Use dots as above
• Polish Spanish Ukranian Brazilian Indian
  Irish

Go to learning links http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/k
eiron/user/user.php Home gt Vocabulary
Pronunciation gt A1 - Module 1 gt Nationalities
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International Melting Pot Match the two parts
eg. RUSSIAN caviar
ARGENTINIAN
GREEK
salmon
chocolate
whiskey
RUSSIAN
NORWEGIAN
DUTCH
beer
goulasch
champagne
parmesan
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
HUNGARIAN
caviar
yoghurt
chilli
SCOTTISH
cheese
SWISS
FRENCH
Make up your OWN combinations!!!
GERMAN
beef
Go to learning links http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/k
eiron/user/user.php Home gt Vocabulary
Pronunciation gt A1 - Module 1 gt Nationalities
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Online resources Scientific English

• English for Science
• http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mcanapero/
• http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mcanapero/greenspe
  ak/frontpage.htm
• Reading Listening The Elementary Quiz Game
• http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mcanapero/exercise
  s/element.htm

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Elementary Chemistry - Reading Listening
http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/mcanapero/exercise
s/element.htm

• Q1...Hydrogen The sun converts 700 million
  tonnes of hydrogen into helium every second. "I'm
  more than 90 of the universe" Hydrogen atoms are
  everywhere. You find them in water (H20), which
  is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen
  atom. It is found in the sun and most stars and
  it is the building block of the universe. In a
  May 1957, a hydrogen bomb was tested on Christmas
  Island in the South Pacific. "I could be the fuel
  of the future" It's more efficient than petrol
  and it doesn't pollute the environment because
  the waste product is water, not carbon dioxide
  and other greenhouse gases.
• gtgtUnderline NOUNS, circle verbs and show
  adjectives

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Thank you for your kind attention! Please
contact me at the University of Padova Language
Centre on First Class explore our Website
http//claweb.cla.unipd.it/

• Marina_Canapero_at_fc.cla.unipd.it
• Or ingegneria_at_fc.cla.unipd.it