1. TEER S2 General English
With
Heba El-Hendi

2. Greetings and Small Talk
Unit 1
Greetings and Small Talk

3. Topic Preview “Customs Around the World”
How do people in Morocco greet?
How do you exchange business cards?
Do you address people by their first name or last name?
When you meet someone new, which subjects are OK to talk about?
weather age salary family
job religion home other…

4. Morocco vs. USA
Let’s take one minute and compare customs in Morocco with those of the USA…

5. Customs Around the World
USA
Greeting People
Exchanging Business Cards
Addressing People
Small Talk

6. Customs Around the World
Now you tell me about Morocco!
Morocco
Greeting People
Exchanging Business Cards
Addressing People
Small Talk

7. Conversation “Getting Reacquainted with Someone” Pg 4 Unit 1
What does reacquainted mean?

8. Conversation Please read and listen to the natural conversation…
Highlight anything that you don’t understand…
We’re going to hear the conversation more than once…

9. Conversation What do these mean? Familiar – As a matter of fact-
Colleague-
What have you been up to?-

10. Conversation What do these mean?
Familiar – something looks like you know it from before…
As a matter of fact- its like saying…”actually”…or “in fact”…
Colleague- someone who works with you
What have you been up to?- What are you doing lately? What’s going on in your life?

11. Conversation Ed: you look familiar. Have we meet before?
Keith: I don’t think so. I’m not from around here.
Ed: Aren’t you from Australia?
Keith: As a matter of fact, I am. Keith Lowe.
Ed: Ed Santos. I think we met at Jack Bailey’s house two weeks ago.
Keith: oh that’s right! Now I remember. You’re Jack’s colleague. What have you been up to?
Ed: Not much.

12. Conversation Exercises…
You and Someone next to you explain which statements in Exercise D are true…
1. Ed and Keith are friends
2. Ed is a businessman
3. Keith is from another country
4. Ed and Keith met at a party.
5. Ed and Keith both know Jack Bailey
6. Jack Bailey is Ed’s boss.

13. “Get Reacquainted with Someone”
Another Conversation
Listen carefully, we will listen more than once…
A: Audrey, have you met Hanah?
B: No, I haven’t.
A: Hanah, I’d like you to meet Audrey.
C: Hi, Audrey. You look familiar. I think we’ve met before.
B: Really When?
C: Last month You were at my sister Nicole’s party.
B: Oh, that’s right! How have you been?

14. Conversation How do we use these phrases? Have you met…?
Yes, I have… No, I haven’t…
I’d like you to meet…
How have you been?

15. A Little Grammar… Present Perfect
In English, sometimes when we talk about the past, we use the …present perfect…
Have
Has + past participle
Past participle – is the 3rd form of a verb, its used in passive situations…
Regular Verbs  past participle is ED form
Irregular Verbs  past participle is irregular, page A5

16. A Little Grammar… Present Perfect
Used to talk about the past, in 3 situations
Indefinite time
Past action where time is not important or mentioned
Number of times
Past action where you mention the frequency
Period of time
Past action within a period of time, using for…or since…

17. Compare Pres. Per. With Past
Simple Past (ED)
I met the students last week.
I met the students one time on Friday.
I taught in Jeddah from 2009 to 2011.
Present Perfect

18. Compare Pres. Per. With Past
Simple Past (ED)
I met the students last week.
I met the students one time on Friday.
I taught in Jeddah from 2009 to 2011.
Present Perfect
I have met the students.
I have met the students once.
I have taught in Jeddah for 2 years.

19. A Little Grammar… Also, don’t forget… I You
We  HAVE + past participle
They He
She  HAS past participle It

20. A Little Grammar… Practice with some Exercises… After you finish…
We’re going to play a little game called
“Have you ever…”

21. “Greet a Visitor to Your Country”
Another Conversation
Pg 6 Unit 1
Listen carefully, we will listen more than once…
A: Welcome to Rio. Have you been here before?
B: No. It’s my first time. But yesterday I went to Sugarloaf. It was really beautiful.
A: That’s great. Have you tried feijoada yet?
B: Feijoada? No, I haven’t. What’s that?
A: it’s a famous Brazilian dish. I think you’ll like it.

22. Conversation How do we use these phrases?
Have you ever been here before?
Have you tried … yet?

23. A Little Vocabulary… Look at the pictures, What do these mean? Climb-
Go sightseeing-
Go to the top of-
Try-
Take a tour of-
Take pictures of-

24. A Little Vocabulary… Look at the pictures, What do these mean?
Climb- go up a mountain or thing
Go sightseeing- go see landmarks or “sights” in a city
Go to the top of- go up a building, to the top floor
Try- eat for the first time, or do for the first time
Take a tour of- take a tour of, pretty clear
Take pictures of- take pictures of, again, pretty clear

25. A Little Vocabulary…
We use all of this with the present perfect to Ask and Talk About actions with visitors…
For example:

26. Hey Ms El-Hendi, you live in Washington… Have you taken a tour of the White House?
As a matter of fact, I haven’t…because I’m too lazy…

27. Wait a minute… Ms El-Hendi, you have lived in the USA for almost 20 years… Have you ever gone to the top of the Statue of Liberty?
Actually… no I haven’t.

28. But I’m sure you’ve gone sightseeing in New York, right…everybody’s done that…?
Um…no I haven’t…

29. What about you? Hey, why don’t you get off my back…
What have you done in Morocco…?
Go ahead tell me…

30. More Grammar…yaaayyyyy…
Notice that with present perfect…we use:
Yet already ever before
Do you know what they mean?
Do you know how to use them?

31. Statements: Use already with positive sentences about things you’ve done.
I’ve already tried tajine…
He has already asked me that question…

32. Statements: Use yet with negative sentences about things you’ve done.
ALREADY
I’ve already tried tangine…
He has already asked me that question…
YET
I haven’t tried couscous here yet…
He hasn’t bought the coursebook yet…

33. More Grammar…
Use ever and before in questions about someone’s life experiences…
With ever :
Have you ever traveled outside of Morocco?
Has Ms El-Hendi ever taught us before?
With before :
Have you traveled outside of Morocco before?
NOTICE: You can use them both if you want…

34. More Grammar…
Use yet at the end of questions about recent experiences (not life experiences)
For Example:
Have you been to Rabat yet?
Has Ms El-Hendi visited Zagora yet?
Have Ms. El-Hendi and her friends been to the Kasbah in Ouarzazate yet?

35. Some Listening…
Last Thing, look a the picture, what do you think we’re going to listen to
Look at the Chart carefully
While you listen, think about your own answers
Do Exercise B

36. Some Pronunciation… With the Present Perfect in the Negative:
Americans usually don’t say the “/t/” sound, so:
I haven’t been to Meknes yet.
becomes
I havenn been to Meknes yet.
PRACTICE - Tell me 3 things you haven’t done yet…

37. Done! Well kind of, Homework (there’s a lot of practice if you want)
In the back of the coursebook,
pages W1-W8
If you do it, I will check it for you
It might take you 1-2 hours to do
Extra Credit, and it will help you…I promise…