Learning Basic Local Phrases

B1 · Intermediate57 minTravelLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: get a local to teach you the essential phrases — hello, thank you, how much? — check your pronunciation, and use them straight away.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Five words that open doors

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: First Words in Greek

    Read a 236-word text about First Words in Greek

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Language Learning Words

    7 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Phrase Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Polite Requests

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Learn Local Phrases

    Role-play: You're at a café and ask the waiter to teach you a few words in the local language (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: learn five words

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

greetingthank youpleasesorryhow muchphrase bookpronunciation

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