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UNIT 1

Hello
SPEAKING
1.1 Introduce yourself
1.2 Ask questions about people
1.3 Give personal information; check spelling
1.4 Speak about yourself and your country
LISTENING
1.1 Listen to people say hello
1.3 Listen to people give personal information
1.4 Watch a BBC programme about people around the world
READING
1.2 Read descriptions of people arriving at an airport
WRITING
1.1 Learn to use capital letters
1.4 Write a personal introduction
BBC PODCAST: Watch people taking about their names, where they are from and
their jobs.
[p01.00: large photo to depict greetings/introductions]
[p01.01: photo of a woman in colourful national costume]
[p01.02: photo of a friendly-looking male traveller with airport background; the OE
photo could be used here as it wont be used in the lesson]
[p01.03: photo of some letters in interesting fonts (funky, not childish) OR close-up of
nib of a pen writing on paper]
[p01.04: photo of an interesting-looking or spinning globe]
[add captions to photos P1.11.4]
[p01.01]
Where are you from?

p8

[p01.02]
Arrivals

p11

[p01.03]
How do you spell ?

p14

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[p01.04]
Around the World

p16

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1.1 WHERE ARE YOU FROM?


G: be: I/you
P: sentence stress
V: countries
VERSO
[P01.01-03: across top of VERSO, three photos of two people talking in such way that
they could be meeting for the first time. Between them, one photo has man-woman, one
has man-man, one has woman-woman. Ethnicity should vary; names in audio can be
adjusted after photos are secured. See suggestions at end of document. Each one shows
one of 3 places/situations: A: university environment; B: social/caf/non-descript; C:
business-y. Order TBD. Note that photos are higher/deeper than in OE, as matter
underneath is reduced (one less conversation shortens table, one less photo)]

LISTENING
1A
1
2
3

[Audio icon: 1.1] Listen and match conversations 1-3 with photos A-C.

B Listen again and match the person with the country and city.

[table inserted as below. As e.g. line drawn from Carmen to Spain and from Spain to
Madrid]
1

Carmen

Katie

Tom

Australia
Ireland
Spain

Dublin
Cork
Madrid
Barcelona
Sydney
Melbourne

GRAMMAR be: I/you


2A Complete the tables with m and are.
I

Carmen.
from Spain

Where

___
___

Yes,

you
you

from?
from Sydney?

am.
I

No,
B [Audio

___not.

icon: track 1.2] SENTENCE STRESS Listen and underline the stressed words.

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Im Carmen.
C Listen again and repeat the sentences.
LANGUAGEBANK
3A Complete the conversations with m or are.
Conversation 1
A:
Hello, I 1 m Janet.
B:
Hi, I2
Oscar. Nice to meet you.
A:
Nice to meet you, too. Where 3
you from?
B:
I4
from Colombia.
A:
Oh, where in Colombia?
B:
From Bogota.
Conversation 2
A:
Hello, I 1
Kasia.
B:
Hi, I 2
Peter.
A:
Nice to meet you.
B:
Nice to meet you, too. Where 3
A:
I4
from Poland.
5
B:
you from Warsaw?
A:
No, Im not. Im from Gdansk.

you from?

B [Audio icon: track 1.3] Listen and check.


C Work in pairs and practise the conversations.
D Work in pairs and talk about your name, country and town/city.
A:
Hello, Im
B:
Hi, Im

RECTO
[a/w 1.1: map of the world with colourful labels over it of the countries below. As a
reference, see http://www.rgu.ac.uk/inyourcountry. TBD whether it is better to have the
map at the top or the bottom of the page- the issue is partly to do with conflicting with
the photos on the verso. Column split TBD. Vocab is longer now with items listed and
not in a box, but Writing/Speaking not any shorter, so we could either split the writing
after 5B (5C starts 2nd column), OR move Speaking to after Vocabulary, OR have first
column 1/3 and shorten column 2 by putting some sections into 2 sub-columns (e.g. the
messages in 5C
The following countries are labelled: The UK, Germany, Turkey, Russia, China, The
USA, Italy, Argentina.]

VOCABULARY countries
4A Match the capital cities with the countries in the map.
1 Moscow
Russia
2 Beijing
3 London
4 Buenos Aires
5 Washington
6 Berlin
7 Ankara
8 Rome
B [Audio icon: track 1.4] Listen and check.
C Listen again and underline the stress in the countries. Then listen and repeat.

['Ru' underlined as e.g.]


Russia
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D Work in pairs. Student A: Ask Wheres ..? B: say the country.


A:
Wheres Berlin?
B:
Its in Germany.

Speakout tip
Write new words in your notebook and underline the stress, e.g. China, the USA.
PHOTO BANK

WRITING capital letters


5A Underline the capital letters in sentences 1-6.
1
A:
I m Karin.
2
B:
Hi, Im Tony Ferrari.
3
A:
Are you from Italy?
4
B:
No, Im from Australia, from Sydney.
5
A:
Are you a student?
6
B:
Yes, I am.
B Match rules 1-5 with sentences a-f above.

Rules:
Use capital letters for:
1
the name of a person 1,2
2
a country
3
a city
4
I
5
The first word in a sentence.
C Find and correct the mistakes with capitals in messages below.
1
hi, im bao, and im a teacher in china. Hi,
2
hi, im sylvia. im from russia. are you from beijing?
3
no, im from shanghai. are you from moscow ?
4
yes, i am. im a student.
6A Work in pairs. Write a chat message to your partner.
Hi, Im
B Swap messages. Answer the message.
A:
Hi, Im
B:
Hi, Im

SPEAKING
7A Write a country and a city from the country.
The UK Manchester
B Work in groups and take turns. Guess the cities.
A:
Where are you from?
B:
Im from the UK.
A:
Oh, are you from London?
B:
No, Im not.
A:
Are you from ... ?

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1.2 ARRIVALS
G be: he/she/it
P word stress
V jobs
1A Write the jobs in the box under pictures 18.
a teacher a doctor a taxi driver a waiter an actor
a businessman/businesswoman a singer an engineer

[a/w 1.2.1: small graphics/line drawings/icons of objects associated with jobs to look
much more modern than in the OE. Suggestions for representative items below may be
altered if the designer/artist can think of a better way to represent the profession
visually:
1: whiteboard with schoolwork (e.g. maths) on it and pen for teacher;
2: tray of food for waiter;
3: stethoscope for doctor;
4: microphone and musical notes for singer;
5: hard hat for engineer;
6: briefcase for businessman/woman;
7: taxi for taxi driver;
8: stage with curtains for actor. (Is the two masks comedy/tragedy an international
symbol for acting/theatre?If so, this could be an option)
Illus are numbered 18 with write-on rules under each (cant be letters as sts havent
done alphabet yet]
B [Audio icon: track 1.5] Listen and check.
C WORD STRESS Listen again and underline the stressed syllable. Then listen and
repeat.
2A Look at the conversation. Underline the correct alternative in the rules.
A:
Are you a teacher?
B:
No, Im a student, an English student. Are you an actor?
A:
No, Im a singer, an Italian singer.

Rules:
1
2

Use a/an with words starting with vowels ( a, e, i, o, u)


Use a/an with words starting with consonants ( b, c, d ...)

B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a job. Student B: say a or an.
A:
doctor
B:
a doctor
C Work with other students. Student A: mime a job. Other students: guess the job.
B:
Are you an engineer?
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A:
No, Im not.
C:
Are you a doctor?
A:
Yes, I am.
PHOTOBANK

READING
JFK International Airport
Arrivals

[P1.2.1: Five photos, four of which integrate the texts as captions with the photos.
Photos should look more authentically part of a magazine article than in OE. Think
newspaper magazine supplement, and link them better/more authentically so that they
work as a single article rather than four not obviously connected texts. Layout could
change from the OE (as we seem to be doing quite a lot of the across the top thing).
How about if the 3 photos on the recto are stacked in the 1st recto column, and not so
high (not landscape, but more square perhaps)? Then the grammar would just run down
the verso right-hand column. However, if this doesnt work because of the reading flow,
the current layout may well need to be retained in order to make a clearer flow from the
reading tasks to the grammar.]
Photo of each passenger should be against what look like backgrounds in an airport
terminal; many public spaces could substitute: Note, in each case we can change the
nationality if there is a better photo of someone who looks more appealing/interesting.
Some suggestions at the end of the document.
1: Photo of authentic sign for JFK International Airport; integrated or separately from
this is an authentic (US) Arrivals sign.
2 Wei Zhang is a young male computer engineer, casually dressed (20s);
3: Maria is a Latin American female (any age, from late20s to 40s)
4: Sonia is an Italian business student. (in 20s)
5: Jack is a young Australian actor (in his 20s);
Wei Zhang is a Chinese computer engineer. Im from Beijing but Im not here on business. Im here on
holiday. Its my first time in New York.
Maria Santas is from Brazil (or alternative Latin American country) Shes an English teacher. Shes in
New York for an International Teachers Conference. It isnt my first time in the US but its my first time
in New York. Im very happy to be here.
Sonia Conti is a student from Italy. Im a business student at the Columbia University. Is it a good
university? Yes, it is. Its very good for my English too.
Jack Brown is an actor from Sydney, Australia. Im a TV actor in Australia, but here in New York Im a
waiter in a restaurant. New Yorks a good city for actors.

3A Work in pairs. Look at the photos of people at JFK airport, New York. Who is a
tourist?
B Read the texts and check your answer.
C Complete the table with the correct information.
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name

Wei
Zhang

job
where from?
first time in New York?

actor/ waiter
Brazil
no

GRAMMAR be: he/she/it


4A Underline the verb be in the sentences.
1
Wei Zhang is a computer engineer.
2
Shes an English teacher.
3
It isnt my first time in England.
4
Is it a good university? Yes, it is.
B Complete the tables.
He She It

___

he/she/it

Yes,
No,

he/she/it

Where
C [Audio icon: track
LANGUAGEBANK

Is
s
Is not
___

from Italy.

from China?
a teacher?
your first time here?
is.
___.
___

he

from?

1.6] Listen and write sentences 1-5. Then listen and repeat.

5A Add s (is) in ten places.


Ellie Turner s from Liverpool in the UK. She a teacher at
UCL. It a big university in London. She in New York for a conference.
Yong-Joon from Korea. He a taxi driver in Seoul, the capital.
He in New York on holiday. He happy to be here.
Monika a businesswoman from Bogota in Colombia. She in London on business.
B Write the questions.
1
Ellie / the UK?
Is Ellie from the UK?
2
she / doctor?
3
UCL / London?
4
Yong-Joon / Japan?
5
he / London / on holiday?
6
Bogota / Colombia?
C Match answers a)-f) to questions 1-6 above.
a)
No, it isnt. 3
b)
Yes, he is.
c)
Yes, she is.
d)
No, he isnt.
e)
Yes, it is.
f)
No, she isnt.
D Cover the answers above. Work in pairs and ask and answer questions 1-6.

SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: turn to page 148. Student B: turn to page 152.
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1.3 HOW DO YOU SPELL ... ?


F giving personal information
P the alphabet; sentence stress
V the alphabet
[P1.3.1: Three photos of reception areas positioned over first, second and third cols,
identifiable as being located at the places below. Range of ethnicities is preferred.
Picture C in the OE looks too 'stock'. A suggestion at the end of the document for an
alternative. The photos will need to be fast-tracked so that the audio genders can be
confirmed. The photos can be in any order.
A: An office/business OR a conference
B: a gym
C: a language school]
Half-column under photo

VOCABULARY
the alphabet
The alphabet is written out as in OE, with capitals and small letters
1A [Audio

icon: track 1.7] Listen and repeat the letters.

B SOUNDS: THE ALPHABET Write the missing letters in the correct place in the table. .
Sound

Letter

1 name /e/

AHJ

2 meet /i/

BC

3 ten/e/

FL

4 nine/ai/

5 no//

6 you/u/

QU

7 car/a/

C [Audio
2A

icon: track 1.8] Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.

Work in pairs. Student A: turn to page 148. Student B: turn to page 152.

B
Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: turn to page 139 and spell four countries,
nationalities or jobs. Student B: listen to Student A and write the word. Student A: check
the spelling.

New column under photo


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FUNCTION giving personal information


3A [Audio
1
2
3

icon: track1.9] Listen and match conversations 1-3 with photos A-C.

B Listen again and complete the information.

The column for the Room number should be narrower than in OE. The column will only
be half width rather than two-thirds.
First name

Surname

1
2
3

Room
number

Byrne

4A Complete the form with the words in the box.


First name

Email address Nationality

Surname

Phone number

Styled as a simple form but significantly smaller than in OE.


Riverside Gym
MEMBERSHIP FORM
First name:

Stefanie

Thompson

American

0532 419

stef@yahoo.com

Recto: column under photo

B Underline the correct alternative. Check your answers in audio script 1.9 on page 154.
1
A:
What s /are your first name?
B:
Stefanie.
2
A:
How do you spell/say that?
B:
S-t-e-f-a-n-i-e.
3
A:
Whats your phone number?
B:
Its ow/oh five three two, four one nine.
4
A:
Whats your email address?
B:
Its stef at/it yahoo point/dot com.
C [Audio icon: track 1.10] SENTENCE STRESS Listen and underline the stressed
words. Then listen and repeat.
1
Whats your phone number?
2
Whats your email address?
LANGUAGEBANK

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5A Write a phone number and an email address.


B Work in pairs and take turns. Ask questions and write the answers.
A:
Whats your phone number?
B:
Its 382 7492.

New column from the top of the page

LEARN TO check spelling


6A [Audio icon: track 1.11] Listen to conversation and underline the stressed letters.
A:
And your first name?
B:
Its Frances.
A:
F-r-a-n-c is it i-s?
B:
No, e. E as in England. F-r-a-n-c-e-s.

speakout
Some names of letters are difficult, for example Y, J and G, I and E. Write words to help you
remember, e.g. Y as in yes, J as in Japan. Do this for G, I and E now.
B Work in pairs and take turns. Correct the spelling.
Not correct
1 Obdul
2 Cinthia
3 Neal
4 Geanette
5 Eves
6 Jeff

Correct
Abdul
Cynthia
Neil
Jeanette
Yves
Geoff

A: Is it O-b-d-u-l?
B: No, A. A as in Australia. A-b-d-u-l. Is it C-i-n-t-h-i-a

SPEAKING
7 Ask three students about their personal information and complete the tables below.
Use Exercise 3B to help.

Attractively styled up, perhaps slightly tinted backgrounds for the tables. Definitely
room for students to write in. Borders do not have to be solid if they end up looking too
boxy
First name
Surname
Nationality
Phone number
Email address
First name
Surname
Nationality
Phone number
Email address
First name
Surname
Nationality

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Phone number
Email address

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1.4 AROUND THE WORLD


[P1.4.1: A3 photo of stunning background photo of a beach that could be in Malaysia.
This choice of photo (a) changes the look of the spread, (b) means needing one less
photo in the next set (verso top)]

DVD PREVIEW
[P.1.4.2: Smaller photos, labelled with name of place but not letter just here for
reference: order can differ as long as its not the same order as in the DVD:
A) Canada, showing mountain, river, countryside;
B) a skyscraper in 'Santiago, Chile ;
C) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: showing an old building, e.g. the old train station;
D) Finland a scene in the snow with a skier, similar to the DVD;
E) Oman showing Omani village similar to DVD.]
1A Work in pairs. Find the words in the box in the photos. OR Match the words in the
box to the photos.
a city
a beach
a mountain
the countryside the sea
A:
B:

a river a village

a building

Its a city.
Its a mountain.

B Work in pairs and take turns. Say an adjective from the box below and a word from the
box above.
old
cold
A:
B:
A:

new

big
hot

small

beautiful

an old city
an old building
an old

2 Read the programme information and underline the countries.

BBC Around The World


In this programme, people from around the world answer the questions: Who are you? Where
are you from? Whats your job? We speak to Kustaa in Finland, Mizna in Oman, Pablo in Chile,
Aisha in Malaysia and Eric in Canada.

DVD VIEW
3A Watch the DVD and number the places in the order you see them.
a)
British Columbia, Canada ___
b)
Santiago, Chile _1_
c)
Helsinki, Finland ___
d)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ___
e)
Muscat, Oman ___
B Work in pairs. Which things from Exercise 1A are in the places?

Chile building, mountain


C Watch the DVD again to check your answers.
D Work in pairs and underline the correct alternative. Then watch the DVD again to
check your answers.

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Santiago, Chile is old/ old and new.


The mountains in Chile are hot/cold .
Eric is a waiter/driver on a train.
Mizna is a teacher/student at university.
She is from a city/village.
In Finland, the countryside is good for winter/summer sport.
Kuala Lumpur is a(n) old/new city.
Aisha is a(n) shop/office assistant.

speakout you and your country


4A [Audio icon: 1.12] Listen and answer the questions for Kaitlin.
Name: Kaitlin
1
Where are you from? Rome in Italy
2
Is your city big? ___
3
Is your city old? ___
4
What's your job? ___
5
Wheres your job? ___
6
Is English important for you? ___
7
What is good about (name of city or country)? _____
B Listen again and tick the key phrases you hear.

keyphrases
Its a(n) [Irish/ Italian...] name.
Im a/an [teacher/hotel receptionist/engineer/] at
Dublin/Rome is [a city/a town/a village] in
Its/It isnt very [big/beautiful/hot/].
The countryside [here/in Ireland/in] is very beautiful.
I really love it here.
5A Prepare to talk about yourself. Write your answers to the questions in Exercise 4A.
Use the key phrases to help.
B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: ask student B questions. Student A: answer
and give extra information.

writeback a personal introduction


6A Read the personal introduction for a class blog. Tick the information in the
introduction.
a)
name
b)
nationality
c)
email address
d)
job
e)
city
f)
country
g)
Hello and Goodbye.
h)
languages
ABOUTME.COM
Rita Peterson's blogspot
Hello, or Hallo in German. Im Rita Petersen and Im from Germany. Im a businesswoman with
Volkswagen. I speak German and English in my job.
Im from Berlin, the capital city of Germany. Berlin is a city with a mix of old and new buildings. The
countryside in Germany is beautiful, with mountains and rivers.
5 comments
posted by Rita
B Write a personal introduction. Use the introduction above to help. Write 50-70 words.

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1.5 LOOKBACK
BE: I/YOU
1A Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
Are
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

am

in

you

not

six

_Are_ you from Beijing?


No, I 2___ not.
Are 3 ___ from Madrid?
Yes, I 4___.
Are you 5___ Mexico City now?
No, Im 6___
Are you number 7___?
Yes, 8___am.

B Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: choose a sentence from 1-6 below. Student B:
ask questions and guess the sentence.
1
Im from Beijing. Im in London now.
2
Im from Madrid. Im in Mexico City now.
3
Im from New York. Im in Tokyo now.
4
Im from New York. Im in London now.
5
Im from Madrid. Im in Tokyo now.
6
Im from Beijing. Im in Mexico City now.
B:
Are you from New York?
A:
Yes, I am.
B:
Are you in Tokyo?
A:
No, Im not.
B:
Number 4!

COUNTRIES
2A Work in pairs. Write the countries.
1
Cordoba Argentina
2
Hamburg G
3
St. Petersburg R
4
Milano I
5
Shanghai C
6
Istanbul T
B Write five countries and a city in each country.
China Beijing
C Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: say a city. Student B: say the country.
A:
Beijing
B:
China

JOBS
3A Add the vowels to the jobs.
1
w__ __ t__ r
2
t __ x __ dr __ v __ r
3
__ ng __n __r
4
d __ct __ __r
5
__ ct __r
6
t __ __ ch __ r
7
s __ ng __ r
8
b __ s __ n __ ssw __ m __ n
B Work in groups. Student A: choose your job. Other students: guess the job.
A:
Are you a businesswoman?
B:
No, Im not.
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C:
B:

Are you a doctor?


Yes, I am.

BE: HE/SHE/IT
4A Find and correct the wrong information in the sentences below. Use the countries in
the box to help.
China
France India
Turkey

Japan Poland Russia Spain

the UK the USA

1
Paris is in Italy.
No, it isnt. Its in France.
2
Vladimir Putins from Germany.
3
The Blue Mosques in Argentina.
4
Agnieszka Radwaska's from China.
5
The Great Walls in Japan.
6
Tokyos in India.
7
Rafael Nadals from Colombia.
8
The Taj Mahals in Mexico.
9
Brad Pitts from Libya.
10
J K Rowlings from Russia.
B Work in pairs. Write three false sentences - one about a man, one about a woman, and
one about a place.
C Work with other students and take turns. Student A: say a sentence. Other students:
say the correct information.
A:
Lionel Messi's from the UK.
B:
No, he isnt. Hes from Argentina.

THE ALPHABET
5A Correct the spelling.
1
fone phone
2
telivison ___
3
camra ___
4
univercity ___
5
resterant ___
6
emial ___
7
futbal ___
8
choklat ___
9
infomashion ___
10
intenet ___
B Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer about the spelling.
A:
How do you spell phone?
B:
p-h-o-n-e.
A:
Right.

GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION


6A Look at the information and write questions for 1-5.
Dr 1akan2Osman
Bilkent University, Ankara, 3Turkey. 4 Phone: 039 387 4425 5Email: Osman@mail.bilkent.edu.tr
1 Whats your first name?
B Change three things in 1-5 above.
Phone: 034 387 4425
C Work in pairs and take turns. Student A: ask questions 1-5. Student B: answer the
questions. Student A: find the three changes.

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1 LANGUAGE BANK
GRAMMAR
1.1
be: I /you
Positive
+ I
m
am
You
re
are
Negative

I
You

m not
am not
arent
are not

Keira
from Ireland.

Felipa.
from Spain.
from here.

I m = I am. Youre = You are. Use contractions (Im, youre) in speaking and informal writing.
Questions
?
Where
am
I?
are
you
from?
Am
I
right?
Are
you
Ed Black?
from Sydney?

Arrows as in OE:
Im in classroom 3. Am I in classroom 3?
Youre Jim .Are you Jim?
Use be + subject (I /you) for questions.
Short answers
Yes,
I
you
No,
I
you

am.
are.
m not.
arent.

Use short answers to yes/no questions: Are you David Snow? Yes, I am David Snow.
Dont use contractions in positive short answers: Yes, I am. NOT Yes, Im.
Use be with names: Im Olga.
Use be to say or ask where a person is from: Are you from Russia?
Use be with ages: Im nine.

PRACTICE
1.1
A

Complete the conversation with words in the box.


m Am re I you Im m Are not Im arent youre

A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:

Hi, I1 m Wayne.
Hi, 2 ___ m Fernando.
3
___ you from Colombia?
4
___ I from Colombia?
Yes.
No, Im 5___
You 6___ from Colombia. Really?
Thats right. 7___ from Spain.
You 8___ from Spain! Where in Spain ?
I 9___ from Barcelona.
Oh,10 ___ from Barcelona, Spain. Nice.

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B:
A:
B:

Thanks.
Are 11___ OK?
No,12___ not!

[a/w01.LB1: small humorous illus: man 1 in walking gear hanging on to a spindly tree
with chasm below (having fallen off a cliff); man 2 peering over edge of cliff and having
starting a conversation with man 1; man 1 looks angry; fine to reuse the one from the
OE]
B Put the words in the correct order. Start with the underlined word.
1
A:
I / George / m /Hi Hi, Im George.
2
B:
are / from / Where / you?
3
A:
m / Italy / from / I.
4
B:
from / Are / Rome / you?
5
A:
Im / No, / not. 6 Venice / from /Im.
7
you / from / Rome / Are ?
8
B:
from / Im / Italy / No, / not.
9
Bogota, / Im / Colombia / from / in.

1.2
be: he/she/it
Positive and negative
+
He She
It
He/She/It

s is

a doctor. from Germany.


in South Africa.
right.

isnt is not

Hes, shes, its = he is, she is, it is.


He isn t, she isn t, it isn t = he is not, she is not, it is not.
Use contractions (hes, shes, etc.) in speaking.
Questions
?

Where

is
Is

he/she/it

Use be + subject (he/she/it) for questions.


Shes a student. Is she a student?
Short answers
Yes,
he/she/it
No,

from?
in Australia?

is.
isnt.

Use short answers to yes/no questions: Is she from Spain? Yes, she is.
Dont use contractions in positive short answers: Yes, it is. NOT Yes, its.
Use be + a /an to talk about jobs: Im a nurse. Hes an actor.

PRACTICE
1.2
A
1
2
3
4
5
6

Complete the answers.


Wheres / Saint Petersburg?
It / Russia. _Its in Russia_.
Wheres Tripoli?,
It / Libya.________
Wheres Shakira from?
She / Colombia.________.
Is Angela Merkel from Germany?
Yes, / she. ________.
Is Toyota from China?
No, / it. It / Japan. ________.
Wheres Hagia Sophia?

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7
8

It / Turkey.________
Is Emma Watson from the USA?
No, / she. She / the UK. ________.
Is Buenos Aires in Brazil?
No, / it. It / Argentina. ________

B Complete the questions.


1
_Wheres_ Frank?
Hes in New York.
2
___ Maria ___?
Shes from Spain.
3
___Melbourne ___ the USA?
No, it isnt. Its in Australia.
4
___Liverpool?
Its in the UK.
5
___waiter?
No, hes a customer.
6
___teacher?
No, shes a student.
7
__from Germany?
Yes, it is.
8
___Magda?
Shes in Warsaw.
1.3
giving personal information
Whats What is your
first name?
family name?
nationality?
job?
phone number?
email address?
Im

Argentinian.
an engineer.

Its

Marie.
0147385.
marie.973@hotmail.com

For email addresses, say: marie dot nine seven three at hotmail dot com.
For telephone numbers, for 0, say oh in British English In American English, say oh or zero.

PRACTICE
1.3
A
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

Find and correct the mistakes in the conversation. There are six mistakes.
What s your first name?
Ana.
whats your family name?
Im Fernandez.
whats you nationality?
Im Italian.
And your number phone?
Its 0372 952 594.
Whats email address?
Its anastella247@hotmail.com.
How you spell anastella? With one n?
Yes, one n and two ls.

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PHOTOBANK
1.1 COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES
1A Match the countries with the maps.
1
Spain
2
Colombia
3
Mexico
4
Poland
5
Australia
6
Japan
7
India
8
Libya

[a/wLI.PB01-a/wLI.PB12: 'funky' maps of the following countries with at least one


adjacent country labeled in light/small capitals to help Ss identify; maps are numbered
18: 1: Spain 2 Colombia 3 Mexico 4 Poland 5 Australia 6 Japan 7 India 8 Libya OR
South Africa
1B Cover the countries above and complete the table with the correct countries
Nationality
- an /- ian
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
- ese
9
10
-ish
11
12
13
14

Country
American
Argentinian
Colombian
German
Italian
Libyan
Mexican
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
British
Polish
Spanish
Turkish

1.2 JOBS
1A Match the jobs with photos AJ.
1
a cleaner
2
a cook/chef
3
a hotel manager
4
a nurse
5
an office worker A
6
a police officer
7
a receptionist
8
retired
9
a shop assistant
10
a tourist information assistant

[p01.PB01-P01.PB14: 14 photos of jobs, labelled AN:


A: office worker;
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B: nurse;
C: receptionist
D: hotel manager;
E: retired (older man in 70s relaxing)
F: cleaner;
G: tourist information assistant;
H: police officer;
I: cook / chef;
J: shop assistant ]
B Put the jobs in the correct group.
a sportsman
an actor
an actress
a waiter

a businesswoman
a waitress
a sportswoman a businessman

[a/w01.PB13: international symbol for male]


[a/w01.PB14: international symbol for female]
[a/w01.PB13]

[a/w01.PB14]

a sportsman

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COMMUNICATION BANK
1.2
6A Student A: write three yes/no questions about photos AC. Ask about jobs and
places.
Photo A:
Is she a singer? Is she from the USA?
Photo C:
Is it in Russia?

[p01.CB1-p01.CB6: Six photos in two rows (labelled A, B, C and D, E, F).


A: Young black woman, looks pretty and active;
B: older man, dark (could be Argentinian), looks intelligent;
C: Attractive small city in the US (e.g. San Francisco):, not too easily recognisable
though OK to have a bit of the bridge in the foreground!;
D: a young man, Asian, trendy and quite rich-looking;
E: a middle-aged Arabic woman, looks like a politician or businesswoman;
F: Attractive small city in Italy (e.g. Florence), not too easily recognisable.
Photos AC have blank caption spaces for sts to write in.
Pictures DF have the following captions: D) Kenji is from Japan. Hes an actor. E)
Fatima is an engineer from Libya. F) Its the city of Florence, in Italy. ]
B Ask Student B your questions about photos AC.
C Listen to Student B and answer questions about photos DF.

1.2
6A Student B: write three yes/no questions about photos DF. Ask about jobs and
places.
Photo D:
Is he a doctor? Is he from China?
Photo F:
Is it in Mexico?

[Same photos Six photos as p01.CB1-p01.CB6: layout as per brief. Pictures DF have
blank captions for sts to write in.
Pictures AC have the following captions:
A: Yolanda is from England. Shes a sports teacher.
B: Marcos is a taxi driver from Argentina.
C: Its the city of San Francisco, in the USA.]
B Listen to Student A and answer questions about photos AC.
C Ask Student A your questions about photos DF.

1.3
1D Student A: read the letters below to Student B.

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[style following text in different impactful typefaces see 1e p148 for ref]
BBC
USA
VIP
FAQ
OK
E Listen to Student B and write the letters.

1.3
1D Student B: listen to Student A and write the letters.
E Read the letters below to Student A.

[style following text in different impactful typefaces see 1e p152 for ref]
DVD
EU
WWW
IBM
UK

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AUDIO SCRIPTS
UNIT 1 Recording 1
[each recording has background noise, to be briefed once settings are settled. Because
of gender change from OE, conversations 2 and 3 have to be rerecorded. Suggest re-recording all 3 for continuity
Conversations may have very slight background noise depending on where the photos
are set. We can flesh out the context more once we know the contexts.
Actors to sound natural, as in a radio play for adults, i.e. not ELTy]
Conversation 1
A:
Hello, Im Simon.
B:
Hi, Im Carmen.
A:
Nice to meet you.
B:
Nice to meet you, too.
A:
Where are you from?
B:
Im from Spain.
A:
Oh, where in Spain?
B:
From Madrid.
Conversation 2
A:
Hi, Im Marianne.
B:
Hi, Im Katie.
A:
Nice to meet you.
B:
Nice to meet you, too.
A:
Are you from Ireland?
B:
Yes, I am.
A:
Oh, where in Ireland?
B:
From Dublin.
Conversation 3
A:
Hi, Im James.
B:
Hello, Im Tom.
A:
Nice to meet you.
B:
Nice to meet you, too.
A:
Where are you from?
B:
Im from Australia
A:
Oh. Are you from Sydney?
B:
No, Im not. Im from Melbourne.

UNIT 1 Recording 2
[For pron purposes: these could be lifted from the recording 1.1 or rerecorded]
Carmen:
Simon:
James:
Katie:
Tom:

Im Carmen. Im from Spain.


Where are you from?
Are you from Sydney?
Yes, I am.
No, Im not.

UNIT 1 Recording 3
B/Oscar has a slight Spanish accent.
Conversation 1
A:
Hello, Im Janet.
B:
Hi, Im Oscar. Nice to meet you.
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A:
B:
A:
B:

Nice to meet you, too. Where are you from?


Im from Colombia.
Oh, where in Colombia?
From Bogota.

Conversation 2

[suggest re-recording so that pacing/style matches above conversation]


A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:

Hello, Im Kasia.
Hi, Im Peter.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too. Where are you from?
Im from Poland.
Are you from Warsaw?
No, Im not. Im from Gdansk.

Unit 1. Recording 4
[for pron purposes; not the final version,which will depend on the order on the page]
1 Russia
2 China
3 the UK
4 Argentina
5 the USA
6 Germany
7 Turkey
8 Italy

UNIT 1 Recording 5
1 a teacher
2 a waiter
3 a doctor
4 a singer
5 an engineer
6 a businessman, a businesswoman
7 a taxi driver
8 an actor

UNIT 1 Recording 6
1
2
3
4
5

Hes an actor.
Shes a student.
Is he from India?
Is it your first time here?
Yes, it is.

UNIT 1 Recording 7
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

UNIT 1 Recording 8
1 A, H, J, K
2 B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V
3 F, L, M, N, S, X
4 I, Y
5O
6 Q, U, W
7R

UNIT 1 Recording 9
All three conversations to be recorded.

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The recording should sound natural as if on a radio play for adults. A is a reasonably
friendly professional receptionist. B is coming for business/a conference. Audio/Context
to be adjusted in the light of photos selected.
Conversation 1
A:
Good morning. Can I help you?
B:
Yes. My names Byrne. Frances Byrne.
A:
How do you spell that?
B:
B-y-r-n-e.
A:
B-y-r-n-e.
B:
Yes.
A:
And your first name?
B:
Its Frances.
A:
F-r-a-n-c is it i-s?
B:
No, e. E as in England. F-r-a-n-c-e-s.
A:
Thanks. OK, heres your visitors card/name badge. Youre /The conference is in
room 379.
B:
Thank you.
A:
Youre welcome.

A: is a friendly receptionist at a language school, used to dealing with foreign students


and able to simplify their language appropriately to sound natural without sounding
patronising; they are dealing with adults. Gender will depend on the photo selected.
B: needs to be an authentic speaker of another language in the dialogue as written we
have someone from a Spanish speaking country but we could adjust the
nationality/name as needed to accommodate the actor, who could be male or female.
This will also depend on the photo selected.
Conversation 2
A:
Can I help you?
B:
Yes, Im a student, a new student.
A:
Welcome to the school. Whats your family name?
B:
Almeida.
A:
How do you spell Almeida?
B:
A-l-m-e-i-d-a.
A:
And whats your first name?
B:
Anabella.
A:
OK, Anabella. Heres your student card.
B:
Thank you. Oh, my first names wrong.
A:
Oh, sorry. How do you spell it?
B:
Its Anabella, A-n-a-b-e-l-l-a.
A:
A-n-a-b-e-l-l-a.
B:
Thats right.
A:
OK, Anabella. Youre in room 124.
B:
124?
A:
Yes.

A: is a youngish receptionist at a gym (male/female will depend on the selected photo).


Friendly. Registering/checking a young woman (again, depends on the selected photo).
Faint gym-type music in the background. Young woman is from the US.
Conversation 3
A:
OK, whats your surname?
B:
Thompson, T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N
A:
Ah-huh. And whats your first name?
B:
Stefanie.
A:
How do you spell that?
B:
S-t-e-f-a-n-i-e.
A:
Ah yes, for the fitness class in room ten.
B:
Thats right.
A:
Whats your phone number?
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B:
A:
B:
A:

Er its oh five three two, four one nine.


And whats your email address?
Its stef at yahoo dot com.
OK, thank you.

UNIT 1 Recording 10
Re recorded for pron purposes. These should sound natural. Students have to identify
the stressed words
1
2

Whats your phone number?


Whats your email address?

UNIT 1 Recording 11

[extracted from recording 9 conversation 1]


A:
B:
A:
B:

And your first name?


Its Frances.
F-r-a-n-c is it i-s?
No, e. E as in England. F-r-a-n-c-e-s.

UNIT 1 DVD script - here for reference although it will only be in the T Book
1
Hello, or hola from Chile. My names Pablo and Im from Santiago. Santiago is a mix of old
buildings and new buildings. My job ... Im a bus driver in Santiago. In my job I
speak Spanish and English. The mountains in Chile are very beautiful. Its very
cold, but I love it.
2
Hello, my names Eric and Im from British Columbia in Canada. Im a waiter in a restaurant ... a
restaurant on a train. Its a good job. . People are very nice, very friendly. I
speak English and French in my job. Canada is beautiful ... the rivers, the
mountains. Really beautiful. I love it here.
3
Alsalam alaykum ... thats hello in my country, Oman. My name is Mizna, and Im a student at
university in Muscat. I speak English and Arabic at university. Muscat is a
beautiful city, with many big buildings, for example the Grand Mosque. But Im
not from Muscat, Im from a small village in the countryside. Its very hot in my
village. But I love it.
4
Hello, or moi from Finland. My names Kustaa and Im from Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.,
Im a businessman in Helsinki. I speak English and Finnish in my work. And yes,
its very very cold here! The countryside around Helsinki is beautiful, and its
very good for sportswinter sports. I really love it here.
5
Hello, or halo in Malay. Im Aisha and Im from Kuala Lumpur. KL is a big city with a lot of new
buildings. Im a shop assistant in a tourist shop. I speak English and Malay in
my job. The countryside in Malaysia is beautiful... the beaches... and the sea.
And the rivers. Its very hot here. I love it.

UNIT 1 Recording 12

[Man: Slight Irish accent; Woman: Slight Italian accent, slight sound effects of
caf/people. The conversation should sound natural but not too fast and using pausings
between phrases rather than slowing them up to help students follow]
A:
B:
A:
B:

(fade in) So, your names Catherine?


No, its Catarina.
Catarina?
Yes, its an Italian name. Im from Italy.

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A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:
A:
B:

(showing interest) Yeah? Where in Italy?


Im from Rome.
Oh, Rome! The capital of Italy, a beautiful city! Very big.
That's true, it is a very big city, and very old. I love it.
And whats your job?
In Dublin?
Yes, here in Dublin.
Im a hotel receptionist here in the centre of the city.
Oh really? So English is important for you.
Yes, of course. In my job I speak English, and I also speak German and Italian of course.
Italian people visit Dublin a lot.
A:
And do you like Ireland?
B:
Oh, yes. The countryside here is very beautiful, with mountains, rivers and the sea. And
the villages are old and beautiful. I really love it here. And you are you Irish?
A:
Yes, but not from Dublin [fade] Im from a small town in County Wexford..

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Key (To be written later)

Teachers Book suggestions:

1.1
3D The teacher may decide to customise the lesson, e.g. Which province in China do
you come from?
5A T could generate more items relevant to the teaching context.
Speaking - If students might have limited or not enough shared background
(geographical) knowledge for this task, you might precede it by eliciting from the whole
group a list of 8-10 countries that they know, and two cities in each country (on the
WB).
1.2
Vocabulary: the photobank photos provide extra vocabulary on jobs. Depending on the
level of the class, the teacher might want to use these before the practice activity or
leave them for self-study/homework/another lesson.
1.3
Functional phrases:
Additional idea: Get students to add the questions to their phrasebook. Check their
writing and spelling.
Additional idea: You could ask students to translate the questions in to their own
language and then translate them back.
1.4
1B In relevant teaching contexts, point out that adjectives are placed before nouns
in English.

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Photo suggestions
1.1 photo suggestions

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1.2

2 Wei Zhang is a young male computer engineer, possibly casually dressed (20s) (OK,
neither of these show him casually dressed, but we think they'll do. We like the first as it
places this well in NYC).

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3: Maria is a Latin American female (any age, from late20s to 40s)

4: Sonia is an Italian business student. (in 20s)

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5: Jack is a young Australian actor (in his 20s);

Possible photo for business reception.

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