introduction lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

A riddle to warm up!

A shadow!

Your names

Please write your name BIG and bold on your nametag (paper). 

Add two small drawings of things that are important to you. 

Please keep your nametag in your English notebook and put it on your desk during the English lessons.

It would help me massively! 

Introducing yourself

Hello!

My name is .....

I am   .... years old.

I live in ....

I have one sister and one brother.

We have two pets, they are cats. 

My hobbies are watching movies/tv shows/Netflix ;-) 

My family, books and music are important to me. 

Nice to meet you! 

Now introduce yourself to two classmates, then sit down.

Hello!

My name is ...

I am ...years old.

I live in ...

I have ... (brothers or sisters?)

I have pets. / I have a pet. / I don't have any pets. 

My hobbies are ... and .... 

... and ... are important to me. 

Nice to meet you! 

Why learn English? 

English is everywhere! 

It is the most spoken language in the world. You can find English in commercials and in the streets, you hear it in songs and on TV and in films, lots of books and texts are printed in English, many computer games use English and English is the international language of business and the internet. So, it's pretty useful to know English! 

So, wherever you plan to go, you can probably use English! 

Have a guess.

How many people in the world speak English (approximately)? 

Uncountable! 

There are +/- 7.8 billion people in the world.  Estimates range from 470 million 

to over 1 billion! 

What goes wrong in the next video? 

Do you want to learn (more) English? Show me! 

Show what you know!

You know more than only 'yes' in English.

You have one minute to write down the English words of the things you see around you. If you don't know the spelling, just write what you think. Ready? Go for it! 

Share with a neighbour which words you wrote down.

Be proud of yourself and your classmate! 

Poetry time!

How do you think the poem ends? 

Time is up!

Thank you for your attention!

That's it for today.

Thank you for your attention and participation. 

I am already looking forward to the next lesson! 

How is your English? 

Open your notebook. 

Write down: November 2023

Then write down a number from 1 to 10

1 = I do not know any English and I am about to cry because I do not understand ANYTHING!

6 = I am OK, there is still lots to learn for me.

10 = I am already very good at English. 

Show me! 

Let's practise! 

Sometimes, you want to describe someone (because you lost the person on a busy festival, or you want to describe your perfect boyfriend or girlfriend or you forgot someone's name and want to describe him or her). 

Look at the example sentences on the board.

Any questions? 

Now work together.

In turns, describe someone on the picture. The other one guesses who you are describing.

Good luck! 

See you next week!