GETTING STARTED What is it? Each unit begins with two or three simple
Getting Started questions directed at the student. The aim of the questions
is to introduce the topic and prepare for the material which
will follow.
Suggested implementation: 1. Direct the questions at the class, personalizing the theme
for the students and getting them thinking about the
topic – which you can then discuss or brainstorm for
vocabulary.
2. Get students to ask the questions of each other.
3. Get students to think of additional questions on the same
topic. They can then ask these questions of their partners
or the group and use these as the basis of a survey.
4. Create a mingle activity by distributing students’ secret
written answers to other students and getting them to
fi nd the student whose answers they have.
5. Highlight/clarify key basic vocabulary for the unit.
CONVERSATIONS What is it? Students can listen to a conversation and read the transcript
where key words and phrases are highlighted. Exercises
in this section check the students’ understanding of the
conversation, and of the meaning and usage of the key
words and phrases.
Suggested implementation: 1. After completing the
Conversations section you can
ask the students to rehearse and perform one of the
dialogues.
2. They can do this either in a pair or for the whole class,
but it is often a good idea to get them to come to the
front to perform rather than letting them talk from their
chairs.
3. You can ask students to work towards improvising a new
scene by asking them to think of what language they
would use if the situation were slightly altered
(e.g.
talk about moving schools instead of moving house ).
