B12 - Unit 10 Stay in touch - Lesson A - For students
B12 - Unit 10 Stay in touch - Lesson A - For students
LESSON A ON A CALL
Unit Goals
Lesson A
1. Talk about ways to stay in touch
2. Make formal and polite calls
Lesson B
1. Discuss how you use the phone
2. Communicate informally
Ask & Answer
1. Would you like to be part of
an online event like this?
Why or why not?
+ Yes, I would because…
- No, I wouldn’t because…
2. How do you normally stay in
touch with family and
friends? By texting? Video
calls?
I stay in touch with my
family by ______, _____ or
____.
WARM-UP VIDEO
A. Work with a partner. Ask
and answer the following
question.
I usually look for new
information using ….
Why does Rosa think people People often call them because
often call them? _____________________________
_________________________ and
_____________________________.
C. Watch the video again and
write the missing numbers.
1. The telephone number is ___________.
A: No, 1-6-7-8.
B: Ok, got it.
See you Which number has
tomorrow! more stress? Why?
D. Pronunciation. Stress in
clarification of nouns.
Why does B stress the
underlined number?
I think 9 is stressed
A: My number is 555-6749 because______. What
do you think?
I think....
B: 555-6 7 4 9
A: Yes. 6-7-4-9
E. Listen and complete the
dialogs.
1. A: My skype username is nancy_p12. How to say these symbols:
@ = at
B: Did you say _______________?
_ = underscore
A: No, p12. That's p as in Paul. # = hashtag
2. A: My username is @photoguy.
B: __________________?
A: That's correct. Compare your
anwsers and
3. A: My email address is [email protected].
B: Was that _______________at sf.edu? practice the
A: No, it's joy m as in Mary. conversations
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Talk for a Answer the questions with a
minute partner.
2
1 Why is Lisa and Celia’s
Which conversation is conversation interrupted?
more formal?
a / b conversation is
I think the _______ It’s interrupted because…
more formal because _______.
B. Practice the conversation in A with
two classmates. Use your own names
in the conversation.
Using the Phone * formal
Using the Phone
Hi, _______.
Hi, is _____ there?
Asking for someone: Can I speak to _____, please?
Hello, May/Could I speak to ___ , please? *
Responding: This is ______. / Speaking.
Asking for the caller’s Who’s calling?
identification: May I ask who’s calling? *
Hang on.
Asking for someone
Can you hang on (for a moment / second)?
to wait: Would / Could you hold (for a moment / second)? *
Can I take a message?
Taking a message: May I take a message? *
Would you like to leave a message? *
C. Make the conversation below more
formal. Use the useful expressions to
help you.
D. Role-play a new phone conversation between
Hana and Martin from C. This time Kurt is home.
Before you begin, decide if the conversation will
be formal or informal.
Hello?
Hi! May I speak to
Kurt, please?
Who's calling?
This is Hana, we study at
ICPNA together
…
E. Perform your conversation from D to
another pair, they will guess which one is
more formal.
I typically ask ….
Asking for Permission
The use of simple past tense verb makes requests with Would
sound slightly more polite and formal.
Certainly.
Of course.
Would it be OK If I closed the door? Sure, no problem.
Certainly.
May/Could I close the door? Of course.
Sure, no problem.
No, No
not at all. at all
I’m
Certainly. sorry
sorry, but I go
I’m No have to do my homework.
OfSure
course. problem
What requests can flight
attendants make?
Oh, come on! Just one episode Just one! Then, you´d better
and then I'll help you! help me! I don't want to fail!
Active English
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Talk for a Answer the questions with a
minute partner.
Also, the
representative….
C. Listen to a call with a different customer
service representative. What does she do well?
Use the five items from the article in A to help
you.
This representative is
good because…
In addition, the
representative….
D. Imagine that you are going to make a
call to a customer service representative
about a late product. In your notebook,
write down:
• The name of the product:
Student B: You are the customer service representative. You need to ask
for and write down the customer’s information. Decide if you
are going to be polite and helpful (and solve the problem) or
rude and unfriendly!