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Module 1
Socialising In Academic and Professional Environment
Unit 1 Getting to Know Each Other Focus on · listening for detail · listening to the instructions · reading for detail · making notes · filling in the forms with personal information · introducing yourself and people By the end of the unit you will be: · able to introduce yourself and people in oral and in writing · able to fill in the forms with personal data · aware of the peculiarities of greetings in English-speaking countries Ice-breaker 1. Listen to your teacher introducing herself/himself and describing her/his life experience. By the end of your teacher’s monologue be ready to answer the following questions: · What’s your teacher’s name? · What’s your teacher’s family name? · Where is your teacher from? · Does your teacher have any hobbies? · What is your teacher’s working experience? · Does your teacher have a family? · How many members are there in your teacher’s family? · What do they do? · Does your teacher like her/his job? · What are your teacher’s requirements to students? If necessary ask questions for clarification. 2. Write down your teacher’s requirements to students in bullet points given below: Example: · Students shouldn’t miss English classes if there is no evident reason. · · · Speaking and Listening 3. Fill in the table given below with your personal information. Table 1.1
4. Fill in the last column of the table using the information given below.
5. Pair-work. Introduce yourself to a partner using the phrases from the list given below by putting them in the correct order. You may use the sample given above.
6. Fill in the table (Table1.1) with the information you have got about your partner. Be ready to introduce him or her to the whole group starting with the following phrases.
7. While listening to your groupmates presentations try to remember as much information about your future colleagues or buddies as possible.
Reading 8. Read the information about the rules how to behave adequately when greeting foreigners given in the box below.
Grammar Reference: Personal Pronouns. Present, Past and Future Simple of the verbs to be, to have, to do. 9. Read the personal information about Vladyslav Kravchenko and cross out the wrong form. My name is/are Vladyslav Ivanovych Kravchenko and I am/are Ukrainian. I am /are not from Dnipropetrovsk as my parents am/are from Pavlograd. I am / was born in Petropavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. My parents called me Vladyslav or Slava for short because it is / was my grandfather’s/ grandmother's name. I am / have 18 years old. My birthday is / are on the eleventh of January. I love having a birthday in winter because we aren't / won’t be always on holiday at that time. I am / are a first-year student and I study at the National Mining University in Dnipropetrovsk. I am/have been there for about 1 month. I really like studying but I am not/haven’t made friends yet. So I am/is still missing home. Grammar Reference: Question Formation. 10. Write the questions by putting appropriate word or words instead of slash. The contract form of the appropriate verb is possible. Example: What/name? – What’s your name? or What is your name? Here: ‘s is a contract form of is. 1. What/nationality?
Simulation Situation 1. Imagine it is your first day in a foreign university. You are the only one from Ukraine there. Be ready to: · introduce yourself to everyone · introduce your country in brief · learn something about each person you meet and their countries. Prepare yourself by: · giving yourself an identity – name, background, hobbies · preparing a small talk about your country, trip, weather, etc.
Situation 2. Imagine you have just arrived to a foreign university and been put in one of its residence halls. Be ready to: · introduce yourself to your neighbours · learn something about your neighbours. Prepare yourself by: · giving yourself an identity – name, background, hobbies · preparing a small talk about your country, trip, weather, etc.
Real-life situation. Within 10 minutes try to make as many friends within your group as possible. Prepare yourself by: · giving yourself an identity – name, background, the city you have come from, hobbies, likes and dislikes. Follow-up 11. Write a letter to your friend about your groupmates using the information you have got. If necessary ask them questions to get more details. Your letter should be not less than 100 words.
12. Write a short e-mail message introducing you to a pen pal. Try to be as brief as possible.
Note: When necessary refer the materials on Grammar in Part III Grammar Review and Practice and Part II Self-study Resources.
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