Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Guess the Flag
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of countries and simple greetings, and get ready for the topic of nationalities.
Content
Period 1 (35 minutes). T shows five flags on the projector (Vietnam, Australia, the USA, Malaysia, Japan) one by one and asks Ss to name each country in English. T then asks, 'Where are you from?' to revise the pattern 'I am from ...'.
Expected outcomes
Ss name the countries in English and answer 'I am from ...' correctly, ready to learn the new words for nationalities.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Hello, class! Let's play Guess the Flag. Raise your hand when you know the country.' T shows the first flag.
Pupils
Ss look at the flag and raise their hands. Expected answer: 'It's Vietnam.' / 'It's Japan.'
Teacher
T shows the remaining flags quickly and asks: 'Where are you from, Minh?' 'Where is Hana from?' Ss answer in complete sentences.
Pupils
Ss answer. Expected answers: 'I am from Vietnam.' / 'She is from Japan.'
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the title on the board: 'My foreign friends'. T says: 'Today we will learn how to ask about nationality.'
Pupils
Ss copy the title into their notebooks and look at the board.