Lesson 2 – 2013

Getting to Know the Students

Answer and Question / Why Study English?

Overview:

Students practice more questions like those in Lesson One and also talk about

reasons for studying English.

Grade: High School Grade 1 and 2 (American grades 10 and 11)

Objectives:

To practice asking and answering various questions

To get to know their new teacher some more

To get to know the students some more

Target Language:

“Question, Answer, reason”(basic questions like, “Where are you from?”) How many _____ do you have/want/like? What ______ do you have/want/like?

What [category] do you like?

Part I – (15 minutes) Why Study English?

The teacher asks students to give reasons for studying English. Then the teacher

gives a presentation giving 6 reasons for learning English. The point of this

presentation is to get students motivated and to warm them up before they start

speaking.

Why study English?

Why study English?

1. Good grades

2. Good job/ more money

3. Travel outside Korea

4. Meet a handsome

foreigner

5. Have fun!

Why study English?

1. Good grades

2. Good job/ more

money

3. Travel outside Korea

4. Meet a handsome

foreigner

5. Have fun!

6. Candy!!!

Part II – (15 minutes) Answer Question Game

The teacher writes several answers on the board like “hiking” “Pizza” “5”.

The students form teams and try guessing the question that corresponds to

each answer. The student asks the question and the teacher answers it

honestly. They get a point if they are right. The point of this activity is to

practice asking questions and to get to know their teacher some more.

Student: “What’s your favorite food?”

Teacher: “Pizza” (correct answer)

- Correct Answers Are:

Pizza: What is your favorite food? Suji: What is your wife’s name?

Hiking: What do you like to do? /

What is your hobby?

Movie Director: What is your dream? /

What do you want to be?

5: How many family members do

you have?

Kimchi: What is your least favorite

food? / What food do you not like?

Fine: How are you? Oberlin: Where did you go to

university?

- If They Guess Wrong: Keep Asking!

If they are wrong, the teacher simply answers the question honestly. For example, if

the student is trying to elicit the number, “5” and asks, “How old is your son?” The

teacher simply answers, “My son is one.” The students keep trying to ask questions

to get the teacher to answer with one of the answers on the board.

- Useful Phrases

Students learn the key phrases now because they are the most useful at this time:

1. What ______ do you like? (What food/Korean food/singer/ movies) do you like?

2. How many ______ do you have*?

*Students are also told they can change the verb to any other verb they want.

Part III – (20 minutes) Your turn

The point of this activity is for the students to practice asking and answering basic

questions and for the teacher and the students to get to know each other more. The

teacher gives each student a piece of paper with three shapes on it.

The students must do what the teacher did on the board and write three answers

inside the shapes.

Then students take turns standing up and saying their answers. Another student from

another team has to ask the question to elicit that answer. If the student asks the

wrong question, the original student must answer the question anyway. Points

are awarded and the game continues.