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Name: Robert

Age: 12

Lives: Washington, USA

Name: Joao

Age: 13

Lives in: Brasilia, Brazil

Contr! Car"s #

Name: Ni$ole Name: William

Age: 12 Age: 1%

Lives in: &tta'a, Cana"a Lives in: Lon"on, Britain

Name: (eorge

Age: 1)

Lives in: Athens, (ree$e

Name: *ierre

Age: 1+

Lives in: *aris, ran$e

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Contr! Car"s -ea$her.s notes

-hese $ar"s $an be se" /or 0air 'or, $onversation bil"ers, intro"$tion mo"els or $ar"

games to 0la! $on$entration games,go /ish, $on$entration games, 2a00! /amiliesor othersimilar games &r goal is to 0ra$ti$e 0ersonal in/ormation St"ents learn some

in/ormation abot these $ontries as 'ell

Some sggestions:

1.Introducing oneself

4a$h st"ent taes a $ar" e intro"$es himsel/ assming the $hara$ter.s role

4g 5! name.s Joao # am t'elve # am Brazilian # live in Brasilia # s0ea *ortgese

-he langage s0oen in ea$h $ontr! is not 'ritten in the $ar" be$ase # 'ante" m!

st"ents to remember it Lie'ise, i/ !or st"ents alrea"! no' the $a0ital $it! or the

name o/ these $ontries, !o $an remove the 'ritten 'or"s an" let the /lags an" ma0s

s0ea /or themselves

2. Pairwork

St"ents as ea$h other 'h67estions:

A: What is !or name8

B: 5! name.s Joao

A: o' ol" are !o8

B: #.m thirteen

A: Where are !o /rom8

B: #.m /rom Brazil

A: &h, !o.re Brazilian An" 'here "o !o live8

B: # live in Brasilia

A: What langage "o !o s0ea8

B: #. s0ea *ortgese

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Information gap pairwork: 9o $an also give all the st"ents a 0rinte" 0age $ontaining the

si $ar"s in t'o versions: St"ent A gets the $om0lete version o/ the /irst three $ar"s an"

onl! the 0i$tres /or the last three St"ent B gets onl! the 0i$tres /or the /irst three

$ar"s an" $om0lete versions o/ the last three -he! as ea$h other 7estions to /in" ot

the missing in/ormation

3. Guessing game using yes/no questions:

4a$h st"ent taes a $ar" ;(oo" to se a/ter ever!one has intro"$e" themselves to see

ho' m$h st"ents remember< St"ents tae in trns to gess the s0eaer.s 0ersonal

in/ormation -he! $an onl! as 94S=N& 7estions

A:Are !o ;age8