Week 3: Introduction--how to make yourself more interesting

Week 3: Introduction--how to make yourself more interesting

Learning goals

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

1. apply useful vocabulary and expressions to describe interesting personality traits.

2. make conversations more engaging in three different ways. 

Task 1: Think-pair-share

"What makes a person interesting?"

* THINK about what makes a person or you interesting?

* PAIR: Discuss with your partner your answer

* SHARE with everyone what you discussed.

Words to
describe someone

Name 3 personality traits that you know (eg, funny, boring)

Task 2: expanding vocabulary

1. Search online for 10 positive and 10 negative adjectives for personality traits. Note it down in your document/notebook.

2. Use these in your introduction for yourself.

Some more suggestions:

Challenge 1

Use a variety of sentence structures, instead of "I am...", "I have...". Eg: "My friends often say that I am an extrovert. However, I also enjoy being alone."

Pair with a partner and introduce yourself in 2 minutes. When your partner starts the sentence with "I am...", you get a point. The person with the higher point, wins the game!

Task 3: 3 linking words and 1 idiom

Write your introduction down in your notebook or type in your laptop. Now, add 3 linking words and 1 idiom into your introduction. 

Practise this on your partner.

Learning goals

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

1. apply useful vocabulary and expressions to describe interesting personality traits.

2. make conversations more engaging in three different ways.