Greetings & Introductions
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Greetings & Introductions

This ESL lesson plan focuses on greetings and introductions in English for A2 level teens/adults. The 45-min lesson includes structured tasks aimed at improving vocabulary and speaking skills. Activities include pair discussions, video observation, gap-filling exercises, and dialogue creation to help students use simple, everyday expression to get to know each other.

Skills

  • Can use simple, everyday, polite forms of greeting and address.
  • Can express how they are feeling, using very basic stock expressions.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Discuss the questions in pairs.

1
Do you like meeting new people? Why?
2
Is it easy or hard to make new friends for you?
3
Do you prefer to meet people in person or online? Why?
4
What do you like to talk about when you meet someone new?
2

Watch the video and describe what is happening.

3

Watch the video once again. Fill in the gaps.

4

Look at the dialogues one more time. What phrases are used: 1) when saying your name 2) when saying how friends call you 3) when asking someone's name 4) when asking someone's last name 5) after meeting someone new?

5

Match the phrases to their definitions.

6

Work in pairs.

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