MEDUCA

DIRECCIÓN REGIONAL DE PANAMÁ CENTRO

Instituto Comercial Panamá
English Course: Tenth Graders
Commerce and Bilingual Bachelors

DIDACTIC AND INTERACTIVE MODULE OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONS

Greetings, farewells, introductions, weather and seasons

TEACHERS: ANAYS AVILA and CLARA CASTILLO

 CONTENT:
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Course Description………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Justification…………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
General Objectives………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Specific Objectives……………………………………………………………………………………………….2
Learning outcomes………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Methodology……………………………………………………………………………………………………….2
Students Information…………………………………………………………………………………………..3
Greetings, farewells and introductions………………………………………………………………..4
Section 1 Greetings……………………………………………………………………………………………..5
Activities 1,2 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………6
Activity 3……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7
Section 2 Farewells………………………………………………………………………………………………8
Activities 1,2…………………………………………………………………………………………………………9
Activities 3,4………………………………………………………………………………………………………10
Section 3 Introductions………………………………………………………………………………………11
Activities 1, 2………………………………………………………………………………………………………12
Activities 3,4……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
Lesson 2 The Weather………………………………………………………………………………………..14
Vocabulary………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15
Activities 1,2………………………………………………………………………………………………………..16
Activities 3……………………………………………………………………………………………………………17
Lesson 3 Seasons………………………………………………………………………………………………….18
Summer……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….19
Winter………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….20
Spring……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………21
Autumn…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………22
Bibliography &Links……………………………………………………………………………………………….23

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1. Course Description:
This course provides learners with the necessary tools to gradually develop the
four basic language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in natural
contexts. This course meets three times a month (on March 9 th, 24th and 31st)
from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

2. Justification:
In our daily life, we often need to greet someone, to introduce ourselves and
other person and to express thanking. That’s why you need to learn this unit. It
will be beneficial for you to get along well with people around you, either today
or later when you get into the world of work

3. General Objectives:
 To use integrally the four basic language skills in real life situations.
 To develop oral fluency and writing skills for communicating in English
in different contexts.
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4. Specific Objectives:
 Develops skills and abilities to communicate with others.
 Uses a great variety of resources and practical strategies to interact with
people in natural contexts.

5. Learning Outcomes
After studying this module, you will be able to:
 greet somebody
 express leave-takings and goodbye
 introduce yourself and other person
 talk about weather and seasons.

6. Methodology:
This course allows learners to display their abilities and skills through an
interactive methodology, practical activities and abundant teaching-learning
strategies used with ESL students.

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 STUDENTS INFORMATION

Nombre del Estudiante: ______________________________

Número de Cédula: _______________________________

Bachillerato en: ____________________________

Nivel: 100 ______

EVALUATION RUBRIC

Criteria
Excellent Very good Good Regular Deficient Observation
5 4 3 2 1
Punctuality
Order
Follow instruction
Completed job according
to the task description
Grammar structure
Neatness
Classroom Evaluation

Total points
GRADE

Date: / / / 2020

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LESSON 1 Greetings Farewells and Introductions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 Review vocabulary related to greetings, farewells and introductions.

 Reads dialogues/sentences about the topic.

In this lesson, students will review vocabulary to make them more comfortable when
starting a spontaneous conversation. It allows them to know other person.

Greetings, farewells and introductions are one of the most important topics when you
are learning a language.
We use greeting, farewells and introduction in our first-time interaction with people.
To understand this topic, we must learn how to greet people in English since there are
many expressions we can use.
It is important that we don’t forget that some greetings apply only to formal situations
and other greetings are more suited to informal situation such when you meet a friend
at school or university.
Also, it is important when we leave people to use correct farewells.
Learning how to introduce ourselves and how to show interest by asking personal
information questions is also a goal to reach since most conversation tend to go
beyond a simple greeting and introduction.

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Section 1 Greetings
There are different ways to greet people in English, we usually categorize greeting into
formal and informal situations.
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Formal Greetings Responses Informal Greetings Responses

– Good morning. – Hello. – Hi, how’s life? – Terrific. And you?

– Good afternoon. – Hello, good – What’s news? – Just fine, thanks.

afternoon.
– Good evening. – How’s everything? – Great, thanks.
– Good evening.
– Hello, how are – How’s business? – Pretty well. What
you? – I’m fine. Thank you. about
– Good to see you.
– Very well, thank you. you?

Activity 1 Read, practice and learn the different dialogues about greetings.

1. Nick: Hello, Lucy. Nice to see you again.

Lucy: Nice to see you too, Nick.

Nick: How are you doing?

Lucy: Pretty well, thanks.

Nick: How is Hendra?

Lucy: He’s fine, thank you.

2. Lucy: Good morning, sir.

Teacher: Good morning, Lucy. How are you?

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Lucy: I’m very well, thank you.

Teacher: What are you doing here in the hospital?

Lucy: I am going to visit my neighbor. She has just delivered a baby.

Teacher: I see. Are you alone?

Lucy: No, I’m with my Mom. There she comes. I’m sorry, I have to go now. Good bye, sir.

Teacher: Good bye, Lusi. See you at school tomorrow.

3. Mr. Smith: Good afternoon, Mr. Hermawan. How are you?

Mr. Hermawan: Very well. Thank you. How are you?

Mr. Smith: I’m fine, too. How is your family?

Mr. Hermawan: They are fine. Thank you. How’s business?

Mr. Smith: It’s going up this year. Thanks.

Mr. Hermawan: Glad to hear that. Oh, there comes Mr. Bawono, Sorry, I have to see him
before the meeting. I’ll talk to you later.

Mr. Hermawan: Sure. See you.

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Activity 3 Complete these dialogues with the expressions you have learned and practice
speaking them out.

1. Jenny: What’s your (you/Your) name?

Sandra: __________ (My/Your) name is Sandra

2. Yoshi: Hello _____________ (I’m/You) Yoshi.

Paulo: Nice to meet ____________ (You/Your), Yoshi.

3. Nicole: I’m Nicole. ______________ (Is/What’s) your name?

Tyler: _________ (My/You) name is Tyler.

4. Sandra: Hi. My ____________ (nice/name) is Sandra

Yoshi: ____________ (My/I’m) Yoshi. Nice to meet you.

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Section Two Farewells

Farewells are expressions of good wishes at a parting like "goodbye."

1. Boys: Bye, dad.

Father: Bye-bye, sons. Take care.

2. Tania: Good bye, Mrs. Iskandar.

Mrs. Iskandar : Good bye, Ms. Rivas It’s been nice talking to you.

3. Tania : I have to go now. See you later.

Renata : Bye. See you.

4. Mr. Iskandar : Good bye, Tania. See you tomorrow.

Tania: Yes. Good bye, Mr. Iskandar.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Farewells Responses

– Sorry, I have to go now. – Yes of course. See you.

– I’ll talk to you later. – Sure. See you later.

– It’s been nice talking to you. – So long.

– Good bye. – Take care.

– Bye-bye / Bye. – Keep in touch.

– See you tomorrow. – See you at school.

Activity 1 Complete the dialogues below with the expressions you have learned and practice
speaking them out.

1. Mr. Iskandar : Good morning, Bryan. How are you?

Bryan:___________________, (greeting)______________. (name)?

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Mr. Iskandar: __________________(name) How is your family?

Baskara :_____________________, (expression), thank you.

Mr. Iskandar : I’m sorry, but I really have to go now. ___________________ ( farewell )

Mr. Iskandar:__________________ farewell).

2. Renata: Hi, Lita.

Talita: ________, Renata. (Greetings), _______________ ?

Renata: ______________ And you?

Talita: _________________. How’s life?

Renata: _______________. Would you like to have a cup of tea?

Talita: I’d love to, but I have a lot work to do. I’ll call you this afternoon.

Renata:_______________________. (farewell) Take care.

Talita: Thanks. You too.

Activity 2 Match the situations in column A, with the proper expressions in column B.

A B

1. You greet your teacher at 1 p.m. ____ Hello, Rena. Nice to see you again.

2. Lita meets an old friend. ____Thank you for joining us. Good night.

3. A teacher greets her students. ____ Good afternoon, Mr. Smith.

4. Someone opens a speech at 7 p.m. ____ Good morning, class.

5. A receptionist welcomes a guest at 10 a.m. ____ Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

6. A TV presenter closes her evening’s program. ____Good morning, sir.

7. You end a conversation with a friend. ____Good night. Sweet dream.

8. A Mommy takes her little son to bed. ____Bye. See you tomorrow.

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Activity 3 Compose a dialogue based on the situation below. Then, act it out before
the class.
You are at the bus stop, waiting for a bus to take you home from school. You meet an
old friend of yours, Rima. You say hello to her and ask her about her school. In the
middle of the conversation you see the bus coming. You say good bye to Rima and
wish that you will see her again soon.
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Activity 4 Look at the greeting card below and observe what is written on it. Then,
make a similar greeting card yourself on the computer. Insert a clip art or down load a
picture from the internet and write down the message as you wish. Print it out and
submit it to your teacher. Paste your card below the example.
Example:
Hi Tita. It’s just a warm greeting to wish you luck today.
Love, Rena

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Section Three: Introducing Yourself and Other Person

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Introducing oneself Responses

– Hi, I’m Baskara. – Hi, I’m Renata. Glad to meet you.

– Hello, my name’s Baskara. – Hello. My name’s Renata. Pleased
– Good evening. My name is Baskara. to meet you.
– May I introduce myself? I’m Baskara. – Good evening. I’m Renata. How do
you do?
– Let me introduce myself. My name is
Baskara. – How do you do? My name is
Renata. Nice to meet you.
– How do you do? My name is Baskara.

Introducing others Responses

– Do you know Baskara? – No, I don’t think so.

– Have you met Baskara? – No, I haven’t.
– This is a friend of mine, Renata. – Hi, glad to meet you. I’m
Renata.
– Baska this is Rena, my friend.
– Hello, Renata. Pleased to
– May I introduce our new member, Mr. Rafael
meet you.
Romero?
– I’m glad to know you.
– Please allow me to introduce our new District
Manager. – It’s nice to meet you.
– Let me introduce you to Mr. Iskandar our – How do you do?
Marketing Manager. Mr. Iskandar, this is Mr.
– How do you do? It’s very
Hermawan from Borneo Plantation nice to meet you.
Company.

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Activity 1 Practice the dialogues.
1. Talita : That’s Baskara. Do you know him?
Renata: No, I don’t.
Talita: Hello, Baska.
Baskaran: Hello, Lita.
Talita: Baska, this is a friend of mine, Renata Simamora.
Baskaran: Hello. nice to meet you.
Renata: Hi, nice to meet you too.

2. Baskara: Excuse me. I don’t think we have met, I’m Baskara.

Renata: Hello. I’m Renata.
Baskara: Nice to meet you, Renata.
Renata: Nice to meet you.

Activity 2 Talk about yourself( personal information)

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Activity 3 Look at the picture and answer these questions.

1. What do you think the two people are doing? 2. Who are they?
3. Where are they? 4. What are they saying to each other?

Activity 4 Complete these dialogues using the expressions you have learned and
practice speaking them out.
1. Talita: That’s Baskara ________________?
Renata: No, I _______________.
Talita: Hi, Baska.
Baskara: ___________, Talita
Talita: Baska __________________ Renata.
Baskara: ______________ Renata.
Renata: _____________________, too.
2. Tom: ____________________. I don’t think we have met, I’m _______________.
Mary: ____________. I’m _____________.
Tom: ___________________ you, _________________.
Mary: __________________.

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LESS0N N° 2
THE WEATHER

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 Review weather vocabulary.

 Identify and describes the different types of weather.
 Writes about his/her favorite or least favorite weather

ACTIVITY N° 1: (Introduce)

Read the weather vocabulary and look up all new words at the dictionary.

VOCABULARY

Using verbs to describe the weather

The sun is shining It's drizzling

It's raining (The rain is

The wind is blowing.
falling.)

It's pouring (The rain is

It's hailing
pouring down.)

It's snowing (The snow is falling.) It's thundering

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Using adjectives to describe the weather

Sweltering = It's sweltering. or Freezing = It's freezing. or

It's a sweltering day. It's a freezing day.

Warm = It's warn. or It's a warm Cold = It's cold. or It's a

day. cold day.

Cloudy = It's cloudy. or It's

Sunny = It's sunny. or It's a
a cloudy day.
sunny day.

Clear = It's clear. or It's a clear Stormy = It's stormy. or It's

day. a stormy day.

Misty = It's misty. or It's a misty Foggy = It's foggy. or It's a

day. foggy day.

Breezy = It's breezy. or It's a Windy = It's windy. or It's a

breezy day windy day.

Showery = It's showery. or It's a Rainy = It's rainy. or It's a

showery day. rainy day.

Frosty = It's frosty. or It's a

Snowy = It's snowy. or It's
frosty day.
a snowy day.

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 Drizzly = It's drizzly. or It's a
Icy = It's icy. or It's an icy day.
drizzly day.

Wet = It's wet. or It's a wet

. Dry = It's dry. or It's a dry day.
day.

2. Look around you. Look outside.

The teacher: HOW’S THE WEATHER? / WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE?

The student: It’s sweltering.

Activity N° 2 (PRACTICE)

Look at the pictures and identify the kind of weather. HOW ‘S THE WEATHER?

1. ____________________________.

2. _______________________________.

3. _________________________________.

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 4. __________________________________.

5. ___________________________________.

Activity N° 3 (Produce)

At this point, students will produce some material on their own.

What do you like to do when it’s sunny/ cloudy or rainy?

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Write about your favorite or least favorite weather. (Give examples)

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LESSON N° 3
SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

 Review vocabulary related to the seasons of the year.

 Reads selections/sentences about the topic.

In this lesson, students will review the season vocabulary to make them more comfortable
when starting a spontaneous conversation. It allows them to know the weather conditions
of other regions.

ACTIVITY N°1

Check up these words at the dictionary.

VOCABULARY

1. Season 15. Wear (verb)

2. autumn/fall 16. wet
3. between 17. roads
4. last (verb) 18. go skiing
5. long 19. thick
6. short 20. grow (verb)
7. weather 21. leaf (noun/singular)
8. dry 22. leaves (noun/plural)
9. sunny 23. butterfly (noun/singular)
10. ripen 24. butterflies (noun/ plural)
11. seaside
12. have dinner (verb)
13. want (verb)
14. holiday

There are four seasons in a year. These are.

 Summer
 Winter
 Spring
 Autumn (in the rest of the world) / Fall (used in U.S.)

Each season has three months and its own characteristics. Let see them below.

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SUMMER

Summer is the season between spring and autumn, lasting from June to September north of
the equator and from December to March south of the equator.

In summer,

 The days are long and the nights are short.

 The weather is hot and dry.
 It is sunny.
 The fruits ripen.

Examples with “summer”;

 We generally go to the seaside in the summer.

 Many people have dinner on the balcony in summer.
 Summer’s days are very hot so everyone wants to eat ice-cream and drink cold
drinks.
 Every summer they go on holiday.
 People wear shorts and t-shirts in the summer.

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WINTER

Winter is the season between autumn and spring, lasting from December to March north of
the equator and from June to September south of the equator.

In winter,

 The days are short and the nights are long.

 The weather is very cold and wet.
 It is snowy and rainy.

Examples with “winter”;

 Children love to make a snowman in the winter.

 The roads are generally closed by snow in winter.
 Winter months are my favorite months.
 They go skiing every winter.
 People wear thick coats in the winter.

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SPRING

Spring is the season between winter and summer, lasting from March to June north of the
equator and from September to December south of the equator.

In spring,

 The days grow longer and the nights get shorter.

 The weather becomes warmer.
 It is often rainy.
 Leaves and plants start to grow. All the trees and plants are in green.
 Flowers appear everywhere.

Examples with “spring”;

 All birds sing in spring.

 The election will be in the spring.
 Spring days become rainy.
 A lot of butterflies fly up in the air in the spring.
 Spring season is many people’s favorite season.

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AUTUMN or FALL

Autumn is the season between summer and winter, lasting from March to June north of the
equator and from September to December south of the equator.

In autumn,

 The days get shorter and the nights grow longer.

 The weather is cool.
 It is often windy.
 Leaves fall from the trees.
 Farmers harvest the crops.

Examples with “autumn”;

 People start to wear jackets in autumn.

 The birds migrate to south in the autumn.
 I don’t like autumn colors.
 He said goodbye to us on an autumn evening.
 We like to travel in the autumn.

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PRACTICE N°1

READ the sentences related to the seasons before doing this activity.

A. Fill in the blanks with the words below.

summer shorts plants leaves

spring cold dry

1. In fall/autumn, ____________________ fall from the trees.

2. People wear _____________ and t-shirts in the summer.
3. In winter, the weather is ____________ and wet.
4. In ______________, the weather is hot and __________.
5. In ______________, leaves and plants start to grow. All the trees and
_____________ are in green.

B. THINK. What’s your favorite season? What activities can you do? Explain.
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 Bibliography &Links:

Guía Didáctica “Uso de las TICs en el Desarrollo de Módulos Didácticos de

Autoinstrucción"

Meduca’s program 2014

Connect to English JackC. Richards, Carlos Barbisan with Chuck Sandy 2011

https://englishstudypage.com/vocabulary/seasons-in-english/

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