Unit 1 - Making friends

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Unit 1
Making Friends

Objectives:
1. To be able to use appropriate expressions related to making friends
2. To be able to use structure and vocabuary about making friends

Making friends is one of the most common human activities. This unit introduces
you to vocabulary and expressions for making friends with others.

Vocabulary notes:

Friends buddy close friend companion guys
(synonyms) mate pal partner peer
(room-, class-, flat-, house-) mate

Occupations barista bartender business owner employee
factory worker farmer housewife police officer
sales person self-employed student/pupil tour guide
unemployed waiter/waitress

Free time cooking fishing hanging out partying
activities keeping pets playing games reading books
swimming listening to music traveling

taking photos

Verbs showing be acquainted get along with get to know keep in touch
relationship with

make friends with

Others favourite introduce

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Listening

Activity 1: Listen and fill in the blanks. Then practice with your partners by using
information about yourselves.

Situation: At the very first day at school
Jack: Hi. Are you alright? My (1)____________________ is Jack. What’s yours?
Anna: Hi Jack. I’m Anna. Nice to (2)____________________________you.
Jack: (3)_________________________ to meet you too. Where are you from?
Anna: I’m (4)_______________________________Bangkok. What about you?
Jack: I’m from Chonburi. When does your first class (5) ___________________?
Anna: About (6)_________________________________________o’clock.
Jack: Me too. Shall we go now?
Anna: Okay, let’s go.

Activity 2: Listen and fill in the blanks. Then practice with your partners by using
information about yourselves.

Situation: At Phang-nga Community College
Jane: (1)_____________________________________________________.
Ryan: Good morning, (2)_________________________________________?
Jane: I’m very well, thanks. (3)_______________________________________?
Ryan: (4)________________________________________. See you later.
Jane: OK. Bye.

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Communication Focus I
Greetings and Introducing oneself

ตัวอยา่ งภาษาท่ีใช้ในการทกั ทาย

• Good morning ใชท้ ักทายตั้งแตห่ ลงั เทีย่ งคนื ถงึ ก่อนเท่ยี งวนั

• Good afternoon ใชท้ ักทายตั้งแตห่ ลงั เท่ียงวนั ถึงเวลาประมาณ 18.00 น.

• Good evening ใชท้ กั ทายตั้งแตเ่ วลาประมาณหลงั 18.00 น. ถงึ ก่อนเท่ยี งคืน

• Hello/Hi ใช้ทักทายในสถานการณ์ที่ไมเ่ ป็นทางการ

การทกั ทาย
การทักทาย ตอ้ งคำนึงด้วยวา่ เราจะกลา่ วทกั ทายกับใคร

• ผู้ทีเ่ รารจู้ กั หรอื สนิทสนม เราสามารถกลา่ วทักทายแบบไม่เป็นทางการ (informal)
• ผทู้ ่ีเราไมร่ ู้จกั ไม่สนทิ สนมหรือเพงิ่ ร้จู ักกนั เราควรกลา่ วทักทายแบบเปน็ ทางการ (formal)

Different ways of asking ‘how are you?’ Responding
Fantastic
How are you today? Wonderful
How are you doing? Very well
How have you been? Great
Are you alright?/Are you okay? Pretty good
Good
What’s up? Fine
How do you do? Okay
Not bad
How do you do?
I have a headache.
I have a fever.

Introducing oneself Responding
- Let me introduce myself. I am … - It’s a pleasure to meet you. My name is …
- May I introduce myself? My name is … - It’s nice to meet you. I am …
- Hello. I don’t think we know each other. I am … - Glad to meet you. I am …
- Hi. My name is … - Pleased to meet you. My name is…

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Communication Focus II
Introducing others

Introducing others Responding Responding
(Student A) (Student B) (Student C)
- Student C, I am glad to - Glad to meet you too,
- I would like you to meet meet you. Student B.
Student C. - It is a pleasure to meet - Student B. It is a pleasure
- I would like to introduce you Student C. to meet you, too.
you to Student C. - It is nice to meet you - Nice meeting you, too.
- Let me introduce you to Student C. - Good to meet you, too.
Student C. - I am happy to meet you. - Happy to meet you, too.
- This is Student C. - Good to meet you. - Pleased to meet you, too.
- May I introduce you to - Pleased to meet you.
Student C.

Situation: Daniel introduces his wife to a colleague at a shopping center.
Daniel: I would like you to meet my wife, Mali.
Mali, this is David Frost.
David: Hi. Just call me Dave.
Mali: Sure. I am glad to meet you, Dave.
David: Glad to meet you too, Mali.

Culture Tips: การแนะนำบุคคลใหร้ จู้ ักกันควรแนะนำคนท่ีมีสถานภาพตำ่ กวา่ ใหร้ ูจ้ ักคนท่ีมสี ถานภาพสูงกว่า
ควรแนะนำผู้ชายใหร้ ู้จกั ผหู้ ญิง

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Speaking
Activity 3: Work in groups of three. Introduce yourself and others then take it in turns.

Situation 1: Introducing oneself
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Situation 2: Introducing others
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Writing
Activity 4: Read Jenny’s e-mail and then write a reply introducing yourself to Jenny.
Write at least 5 sentences.

To: __________________________________________ (your name and e-mail address)
Subject: Nice to meet you!
Hello.

I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Jenny. I come from Singapore, and I’m a
business owner. I can speak Chinese and English, but I can’t speak Thai. If you need to call me,
my mobile phone number is (+65) 9880-8350. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

All the best,
Jenny

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E-mail Format
To:____________________________________________
Subject:________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Optional activity: Write an e-mail introducing yourself to your teacher and attach your
current photo.
To:____________________________________________

Subject:________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

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Activity 5: Choose the appropriate expression for each situation.

A. Good afternoon E. How have you been?
B. Hi F. Good morning
C. Thank you G. Not so good
D. I’m fine, thanks H. Good bye

1. You meet your mate at a supermarket. ___________________________________________
2. You see your boss at 9 A.M. ____________________________________________________
3. You meet your English teacher after lunch. _______________________________________
4. Someone says “How are you?” to you. __________________________________________
5. You ask someone whom you haven’t seen for a long time. _________________________
6. You have a headache. Your friend asks “How are you doing?” _______________________

Grammar Focus I
Wh-questions

การพบเจอกันในคร้ังแรก เมื่อพูดคยุ กนั การสอบถามขอ้ มูลระหว่างผู้สนทนาท้ังสองคนนั้นมคี วามจำเปน็

และสำคัญ Wh-question ใชข้ ้ึนตน้ ประโยคคำถามเพื่อใชส้ อบถามข้อมลู ตา่ งๆ ซึ่งการต้ังคำถามด้วย

Wh-question ก็สามารถทำได้โดยมีโครงสรา้ ง ดังนี้

What

Where 1. auxiliary verbs

When (e.g. do, does, is, am, are, was, were) + subject (main verb)?
Why 2. modal verbs

Who (e.g. can, could)

How

ตวั อยา่ ง

➢ What is your nationality?
➢ Where do you live?
➢ When do you start working?
➢ Why do you move to Bangkok?
➢ Who is your favorite actor?
➢ How is your English?

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Communication Focus III
Asking for/giving personal information

1. What is your name? My name is Colin Adams./I am Colin Adams
2. What is your address? My address is 64 Sukumvit Road, Mueang,
Trat, 23000.
3. What is your occupation/job? I am a barista.
What do you do for a living?
It is 086 988 8353.
4. What is your mobile phone number? I am (originally) from Cambodia./I come from
5. Where are you from?/Where do you come Brunei.
from? My hobbies are watching movies and playing
6. What are your hobbies?/What do you like to online games.
do in your free time?
- I like surfing the Internet.
- How do you spend your free time? - I enjoy working out.
- What do you do for fun/relaxing? I was born in 1994./I was born in Phrae.
7. When were you born?/Where were you
born? I am 20 years old.
8. How old are you? I live in Seoul, Korea.
9. Where do you live? I live with my parents.
10. Who do you live with? You may contact me on …
11. How may I contact you?
- Are you on …? (Facebook, Line, Instagram, - My E-mail address is …
- It is … @gmail.com
twitter, Whatsapp, WeChat, skype, etc.)
- Could I have your …? (E-mail address, Yes, I can./No, I can’t. But I can speak French.
You can just say “Sch-nei-der”.
Line ID, etc.)
12. Can you speak English?
13. How can I pronounce your name?

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Culture Tips

1. โดยทั่วไปแลว้ การสนทนากับผทู้ ี่ไม่คนุ้ เคย ควรใช้คำนำหนา้ ช่อื กับนามสกุล
เช่น Mr. Reynolds (Mr. Ryan Reynolds), Mrs. Stewart (Ms. Kristen Stewart)

แตใ่ นประเทศแถบเอเชยี มกั เรียกดว้ ยช่ือแรก

ในกรณีทีเ่ ราไม่รู้จักชือ่ ควรใชค้ ำว่า “Sir” กับผชู้ าย และใช้คำวา่ “Madam/Miss” กับผหู้ ญิง

ขอ้ ควรระวงั : หลกี เลี่ยง การใชค้ ำนำหน้าชอ่ื กบั ช่ือแรก เช่น Mr. Michael, Mrs. Jessica

2. ประเด็นท่ีควรระมดั ระวังในการถาม เชน่ อายุ สถานภาพการสมรส เงนิ เดือน

Activity 6: Write questions for the situations below.

1. You want to know a person’s name.
_______________________________________________________________________

2. You want to know what someone does in his/her free time.
_______________________________________________________________________

3. You want to know where he/she is from.
_______________________________________________________________________

4. You want to know someone’s job.
_______________________________________________________________________

5. You want to know where someone lives.
_______________________________________________________________________

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Activity 7: Fill in the tables. Last name:
Place of birth:
5.1 Fill in information about yourself. Mobile phone number:
First name: Nationality:
Date of birth: Contact information:
Age:
Country:
Address:

5.2 Ask your friends’ information and write them down.

(1) First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Place of birth:
Age: Mobile phone number:
Country: Nationality:
Address: Contact information:

(2) First name: Last name:
Date of birth: Place of birth:
Age: Mobile phone number:
Country: Nationality:
Address: Contact information:

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Taking leave
Bye
ตัวอยา่ งภาษาท่ีใชใ้ นการยุติการสนทนา Good bye
Good night
Forestalling leave Taking leave Bye for now

I have to go now. See you.

I must go now. See you later/around/soon/again/tomorrow.

I must be going. See you next time/week/month/year.

I need to go now. Have a nice day.

I am off now. Have a good day.

I should be going. Take care.

Keep in touch.

Good luck.

Writing

Activity 8: Rearrange the following sentences to make a meaningful dialogue. Compare
your answers with your partner and then practice.

1. Tomorrow. I should be going now. 2. Wonderful.

3. Bye. 4. Good luck. Bye.

5. Hi there, how is your life going? 6. I’m good. What about you?

7. But I am quite busy with my final project. 8. When is the deadline?

A: ______________________________________________________________________________
B: ______________________________________________________________________________
A: ______________________________________________________________________________
B: ______________________________________________________________________________
A: ______________________________________________________________________________
B: ______________________________________________________________________________
A: ______________________________________________________________________________
B: ______________________________________________________________________________

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Listening

Activity 9: Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
Situation: At an international conference
Sarah: Good morning.
Pichet: Good morning, (1)_______________________________________?
Sarah: (2)____ _______________________________________, thanks, and you?
Pichet: (3)______________________________. I’m Pichet from Tak Community College. (

4)____________________________?
Sarah: I don’t think so. My name’s Sarah from (5)____________________.

I have been invited to join this forum. I’m a keynote speaker.
Pichet: Wow, you are going to deliver the first session, aren’t you?
Sarah: Yes. It’s about to start in 10 minutes, so I think (6)____________________.
Pichet: Good luck. Bye.
Sarah: (7)_____________________________________________.

Reading

Activity 10: Read the following passage and then fill in the gaps of a summary box.

Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat Valley region of
Pakistan on July 12, 1997. She grew up in the city of Mingora
with her two younger brothers. Her father was a teacher who
ran several schools. Many Pakistani girls did not attend school,
but this was not the case with Malala. She dreamt of one day
becoming a teacher, a doctor, or a politician. She was a bright
girl. She learned three different languages including Pashto,
English, and Urdu. Around the time Malala was ten years old,
the Taliban, strict Muslims who demanded that all people
follow Islamic Sharia law, began to take over the region where
she lived. As the Taliban gained more control, they began to enforce new laws. Women
would not be allowed to vote or have jobs. There would be no dancing, television, movies,
or music. Eventually, the Taliban demanded that the girls schools be shut down. Girls
schools that were not shut down were burned or destroyed. About this time, Malala's father

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was approached by the BBC to get a female student to write about her life under Taliban
rule. Despite being worried about the safety of his family, Malala's father agreed to let Malala
write a blog for the BBC.

The Taliban were not happy with Malala. She was told to stop speaking out and
received numerous death threats. One day after school, on October 9, 2012, Malala was
taking the bus home. Suddenly, a man with a gun boarded the bus. He asked "Who is
Malala?" and said he would kill them all if they didn't tell him. Then he shot Malala. The
doctors weren't sure if she would live or have brain damage, but Malala had survived. On her
sixteenth birthday Malala gave a speech to the United Nations. In the speech she spoke
about wanting all girls to get an education. She didn't want revenge or violence on the
Taliban (even the man who shot her), she just wanted peace and opportunity for all.
Malala's fame and impact has continued to grow. She has received a number of awards
including being the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. She also wrote a best-
selling book called I Am Malala. In June 2020, she graduated from Oxford University in
Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree.

(Adapted from https://www.ducksters.com/biography/women_leaders/malalayousafzai.php)

Malala’s life

1. Place of birth
2. Date of birth
3. Number of family members
4. Her nationality
5. Her father’s occupation
6. Her dream occupation
7. Language ability
8. The Taliban
9. Her deadly incident
10. Speech given at the UN was about
11. Received awards
12. Her famous book

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Activity 11: Write a summary paragraph of Malala’s life by using the information from
the summary box.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

Activity 12: Read out your summary paragraph to the whole class.
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