2.1 Talking about
nationality pages 16-17
2.2 Getting to know people pages
16-19
2.3 Exchanging telephone numbers
page 19
2.1
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Objectives |
Familiarisation with masculine / feminine endings and extension of vocabulary. |
Materials |
none |
1 Select at least a dozen names of major towns and cities from different countries, write them on the board or OHP and use with the whole group to practise pronunciation and to extend vocabulary.
2 Learners each choose one of the towns as their home town and write it down without revealing it.
3 In pairs, Partner A has to guess Partner B’s nationality (according to the town chosen), then roles are reversed.
Conversations start with Lei è . . . / Tu sei . . . + a nationality?. Demonstrate how they might develop with the following, reminding learners of the importance of correct -o/-a endings.
| Lei è tedesco/a? No, non sono tedesco/a? Di dov’è? Sono di Barcellona. Ah . . . lei è spagnolo/a! Sì, sono spagnolo/a. |
Tu sei tedesco/a? Sì – sono di Francoforte. |
4 Learners circulate to find the nationality of three other people then report their findings back to their original partner, e.g. John è francese, di Parigi. Alternatively, each learner can be asked to give the nationality and home town of their original partner to the whole group.
2.2
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Objectives |
Practising questions relating to nationality and occupation, reinforcing gender endings. |
Materials
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Sets of role cards, photocopied onto card. (or you may prefer to make your own role cards to include occupations particularly relevant to your class.) | |
Preparations |
Photocopy a set of role cards per group of four. The activity also works with three or five people. |
1 Divide the class into groups and give each learner a role card. Ask them to assume that role and to imagine they are in a queue at a bus stop, the bus is late and they start chatting.
2 Allow a few minutes preparation time to think of questions they might ask.
3 As they start talking, encourage them to greet each other, to use Scusi? and to say goodbye.
4 A potential follow-up activity could be to ask them to write down a profile of their
own ‘identity’ as on page 20 and / or the ‘identity’ of one of the
others in the group in the third person.
2.3
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Objectives |
Using the numbers 0 to 10. Assisting group dynamics. |
Materials |
None. With a large class this activity can be done in groups of 5 or 6 instead of the whole class and the check reduced to one or two per group. |
1 In pairs, learners prepare for the activity by practising the numbers. A shows a number using his/her hands and B says the number as quickly as possible. Repeat ten times then change roles.
2 Highlight the question Qual è il tuo/suo numero di telefono?
3 Ask learners to compile a list of everyone’s telephone numbers. Announce that anyone who prefers not to circulate their number should simply invent one. Encourage them to repeat the question each time, prefaced by Scusi and a name, and to say Grazie when they have the number. If necessary, the number can be repeated for confirmation.
4 Check the numbers are correct by asking each learner for his/her number and writing it on the board.
Unit 1 activities | What is Talk Italian? | Unit 3 activities