Gateway A1+ Teacher's Resources UNIT 1 Everyday English Teacher's Notes

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Everyday English teacher’s notes A1+ Unit

Where do you want to go? LEARNING OUTCOME learn how to talk about an exchange programme
WARMER 5 Ask students to look at the dialogue on the page and
Ask students what their favourite country is. Compare complete gaps 1–6 with the missing sentences a–f. They
answers around the class. check answers in pairs, then listen to the dialogue again
and check.
Ask students if they know what an international
student exchange programme is. (It is where a Answers
student spends time in another country. Exchanges 1 d  2 f  3 e  4 a  5 b  6 c
can either be academic, where the student studies
in that country, or cultural, where the exchange EVERYDAY ENGLISH TOOLKIT
happens out of school time. Students usually stay
with a host family.) Ask students why they think Ask students to look at the expressions and find them in
people go on student exchange programmes. the dialogue, noting who says each one. Ask students to
think about the meaning of each expression. Check the
Ask students to look at the learning outcome.
answers as a class. Ask students to practice saying the
Explain that in this lesson they are going to learn
expressions.
how to ask and answer questions about an exchange
programme.
Answers
What’s your full name? (Secretary)
  Everyday life How do you spell your surname? (Secretary)
1 Ask students to work in pairs, look at the photograph Is it possible to go to Italy? (Maria)
and answer the questions. I like singing and I’m into American music. (Maria)
Answers What country do you want to go to? (Secretary)
The girls are in Paris. They are looking at a map. They I’m sorry, could you repeat that? (Maria)
might be deciding where to go next. The expressions used to check information are:
How do you spell your surname?
  Everyday vocabulary I’m sorry, could you repeat that?

2 Check students understand each category and elicit an


example for each one. Then ask students to look at the   Over to you!
words in the box and write them in the correct category. 6 Students work in pairs and decide who will be the
Encourage students to look up any unknown words in a student and who will be the secretary. Ask them to read
dictionary, or ask other students. the instructions and follow the steps. Remind students
Answers to use expressions from the Toolkit and the dialogue
in 4. Students can then swap roles and do the role-
Hobbies: sport; drama; photography; music; travelling; play again. Monitor and make a note of errors or good
drawing language during role-plays. Write these on the board
Personal details: age; address; telephone number; (anonymously) for the class to correct or note in their
e-mail address; surname; postcode; nationality notebooks. Some pairs could act out their dialogues
in front of the class. Then students could use the
3 Ask students to work in pairs and brainstorm any other Internet to research real international student exchange
words they know and add them to the correct category. programmes and compare them in class. Students could
Ask pairs to share their ideas with the class. Check create their own application form with some different
answers and write the words on the board. questions and do another role-play based on their new
application forms.
 Dialogue
4 Read the context for the situation aloud. Tell students
that they are going to listen to a dialogue between
Maria and a secretary in the school office. 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 which country Maria wants to go
to. Ask students to check their answer in pairs, before
checking as a class.
Answer
Maria wants to go Italy.

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