Inside view
I. Time Allotment
2 periods
II.Teaching Objectives and Requirements
1. Develop the Ss’ awareness of involving of describing personality;
2. Ask Ss to remember useful words and expressions;
3. Strengthen Ss’ ability to make comparison;
4. Provide Ss some information about how to ask for more information.
III. Teaching Procedures
Conversation 1
Step 1 Cultural information of the conversation.
A mess is a situation in which a place is dirty or untidy; if you make a mess or the room is in a mess you need to tidy it up.
Pretty can mean either "fairly" or "very". In conversation 1, it is more likely to mean "fairly".
Easygoing means relaxed, calm, not getting upset about things, and happy to accept things without worrying.
Step 2 Detailed study of the conversation.
Work in pairs. Write down varied predictions for possible answers to the following questions.
Who are the people in the photos?
Where are the people in the photos?
What's the connection between the two photos?
Step 3 Summarize the main idea of the conversation.
Conversation 2
Step 1 Work in pairs and take turns to read aloud the following sentences. Discuss and put the sentences in the order according to your discussion.
I feel awful that we can't be with him.
He said his arm doesn't hurt him.
But they let him go home.
He fell down the steps in the backyard.
Listen, honey, Granded had a fall just before we left.
Step 2 Background information about the conversation
Honey is a term of affection used to show that you care about someone. Other examples of spoken terms of endearment include darling, sweetheart, sweetie, angel or just dear.
English pubs are sociable places which serve alcoholic drinks and non_alcoholic drinks too.
Step 3 Detailed study of the conversation.
Step 4 Practice Everyday English
1 Would you like me to give you a hand? (a) would you like me to help you. (b) would you like me to tidy your room?
2 Mum's pretty sociable. (a) she's very sociable. (b) she's quite sociable.
3 He's kind of quiet. (a) very quiet (b)quite quiet
4 He's a lot more chilled than Mum. (a) he's more relaxed (b) he isn't as friendly?
5 Listen, honey. (a) a reference to honey (b) a term of affection.
6 Poor Grandad! (a) a familiar term (b) a formal term for Grandfather.
Step 5 Oral practice
A. Work in pairs, and make a dialogue based on the cues with the help of the functional expressions on the next page.
Student A Answer the phone, giving your name.
Student B Ask to speak to a friend.
Student A Say you’ll check whether Student B’s friend is there and ask Student B to wait.
Student B Agree to wait.
Student A Explain why Student B’s friend can’t come to the phone and ask if you can give them a message.
Student B Say yes and give a message to change an arrangement.
Student A Check that you’ve understood.
Student B confirm that Student A is right.
Student A Say you’ll give Student B’s friend the message.
Student B Thank Student A and say goodbye.
B. Functional expressions:
Describing personality
Mum's (very / quite / pretty / really )sociable.
He reads a lot.
She tends to...
He's good at...
Making comparisons
Dad isn't as sociable.
He's more chilled than mum.
She tends to worry a lot, whereas Dad's quite easygoing.
Asking for more information
Tell me all about it.
What/ Who/ Where exactly...?
What else...?
Asking for reassurance
So he'll be ok, right?
There's no real concern?

