Inside view
I. Time Allotment
2 periods
II.Teaching Objectives and Requirements
1. Develop the Ss’ awareness of involving of making introductions.
2. Ask Ss to memorize expressions on "asking about names": "Can I have your family name?/ What's your first name?".
3. Strengthen Ss’ ability to listen for the specific information and practice Everyday English.
III. Teaching Procedures
Starting point
Ask your classmates questions to find out who has something in common with you. For example, if you want to find out who comes from the same province as you do, you go to ask one of your classmates and ask questions like “Do you come from … (your province)”. If the answer is no, then move on to the next one. If the answer is yes, you ask him / her to sign his / her name on the line following the statement.
comes from the same province as you do
liked the same subjects at school as you did
has an English name
worked during the summer vacation
did some studying during the summer vacation
knows where Oxford and Harvard universities are
conversation 1
Language and culture: Hertford College
founded in 1740
one of the 38 colleges of Oxford University
one of the first Oxford colleges to admit women
made up of three quads which are joined by a pedestrian bridge called the Bridge of Sighs

Think about when you might see or use a form like this.
Now watch Conversation 1 and complete the form.
| First name | Family name |
| Staircase number | |
| Room number | |
| Keys |
Watch conversation1 and answer the questions.
1. What does the porter ask Janet?
2. What does the porter give Janet?
3. What does Janet call the porter at first?
4. What does the porter ask Janet to call him?
5. What does the porter ask Janet to do?
Conversation 2

Role-play Activity:
Work with your partner, one introducing herself as Janet and the other as Kate. Use the information from the completed tables. Other students check their answers.
Conversation 3
Have students look at the picture and identify the characters from the video.
Ask students to do the prediction task and work in pairs.
Keys: the actual questions from the video:
1. You’re British, huh?
2. And you are …?
3. What are you reading?
4. How about you, Kate ?
5. And you?
Everyday English
There you are.
No need to call me sir.
This is awesome!
by the way.
How can you tell?
And you are …?
Step II . A. Practice
Student A Introduce yourself to Student B.
Student B Greet Student A and introduce yourself.
Student A Ask where Student B is from.
Student B Say where you’re from. Ask where Student A is from.
Student A Say where you’re from. Ask what Student B is studying.
Student B Say what you’re studying.
Ask what Student A is studying.
Student A Say what you’re studying
B. Work in pairs, make a dialogue based on the cues with the help of the functional expressions in the box
Asking about names
Can I have your family name, please?
What’s your first name?
Is Janet your real name?
And you are ...?
Making introductions
No need to call me ...
Please call me ...
My Chinese name is ...
It’s short for Catherine.
Everyone calls me ...
Example answer
Student A Hello, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Zhu Hongmei, but people
call me Holly.
Student B Hello Holly, I’m Wang Yanqing. My English name is Yana.
Student A Where are you from, Yana?
Student B I’m from Wuhan. And you?
Student A I’m from a small place near Xi’an. What’s your major, Yana?
Student B It’s Psychology but I’m also learning Spanish. How about
you?
Student A I’m studying electronic engineering.

