Personal Information: Grammar and Pronunciation Review

Section role: supports the 'Mapping Our Conversations' section while the teacher formalizes grammar, addresses phonetic sounds, and reviews polite requests with the class. Slides: (1) Title — 'Personal Information: Grammar and Pronunciation Review'; (2) Asking About Age — bullets: the question 'How old are you?', the correct answer structure 'I am [age]', explicitly showing 'I have [age]' as incorrect; (3) Asking About Location — bullets: the question 'Where do you live?', the answer structure 'I live in [city/neighborhood]'; (4) Asking About Dinner — bullets: the question 'What do you eat for dinner?', common dinner foods like 'rice', 'chicken', 'pasta', 'salad'; (5) Sounds of 'G' and 'J' — bullets: distinguishing the /g/ sound (as in 'Go', 'Egg') from the /ʤ/ sound (as in 'Age', 'Jacket'), with visual examples for each sound; (6) Polite Requests — bullets: the structure 'May I have...?', the response 'Here you go', reinforcing 'Excuse me, please', 'Sorry?'. Concrete examples: 'I am 10 years old' (not 'I have 10 years'), 'I live in Santiago', 'I eat chicken for dinner', 'May I have water?'. Hooks back to the rest of the lesson: builds on the interview questions from Section 2, preparing students to correctly apply these structures in Section 4. Closing slide: 'What is one new thing you learned about asking questions or being polite?' — prompts students for a quick reflection before teacher-led review. This material is part of a English foreign-language class for students in Chile learning English. Regardless of the material's language, the key terms and examples being taught must be written in English, not in the students' native language.

Lara de Teachy