Introduction and Interview

Talking about the first meeting of new students in the classroom , we should do first the introduction to have a good atmosphere . for the teacher , perhaps you can implementate these , i took them from a book " UNDERSTANDING AND USING " English Grammar third edition

Introductions and interviews

Activity      : introductions and interviews.

Directions : do one or more of the following activities.

Activity A :

Interview another student in your class. Take notes during the interview, and then introduce this student to the rest of the class or to a small group of classmates. Possible topics for the interview follow. What questions might you ask to elicit this information ?

- name

- spelling of name

- country of origin

- present residence

- Length of time in ( this city or country ) , both past and future

- reason for coming here

- Field of study or work

- Activities in free time

- general well-being and adjustment to living here

- comments on living here

Activity B. 

Write a brief autobiographical paragraph telling who you are, what you have done in the past two years , and what your plans are for the next two years. Then exchange your paper with a classmate. Ask each other questions to clarify your understanding and elicit further information.

Next , join two other students fo form a group of four. Tell the others in the group about the classmate whose paragraph you read

Activity C . Interview a classmate outside of class and write a biography of his/her life

Activity D. Interview a native speaker of english and write a biography of his/her life

Activity E. with a classmate, take a trip to a particular place , such as a museum, a theater, or a restaurant. Write a report of your exercusion, or give an oral report to your classmates