Unit 1: Welcome

Listen to some kids from different
countries speaking in their
language and guess the language
they speak.

UNIT 1
Welcome

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Ola!	Ca va bien?	Apa Kabar!
Ciao! Come va?	Hi there!	Καλημέρα!

READ a teenager’s presentation of THINK TEEN signs a class survey	TALK ABOUT you and your partner (name, surname, country) the colours in a painting your favourites
LISTEN TO a teenager’s presentation of THINK TEEN English words in Greek dialogues	WRITE you and your partner (name, surname, country) classroom language cards the results of a class survey on favourites
LINK TO Geography Modern Greek Art Music

Reading & Listening


	Hi, everybody. I’m David, from England. I’m 12 years old and I’m in the ‘THINK TEEN’ programme. Through this e-programme, students from different countries get in touch and do projects. I’ve got a lot of key pals from all over the world and we have a lot of fun! Do you want to join us? Here are some photos of my e-friends. Look through your book and find their names!		6 .................................
1 ....................			5 ............................
2 ......................	3 ......................	4 .................................

Welcome!

Speaking & Writing

1	You can be an e-friend too! Fill in this card about you. Then, ask your partner and complete a card for him or her.

Name: ......................

Surname: .....................

Country: ........................

MY PARTNER

Name: ......................

Surname: .....................

Country: ........................

Hi! What’s your
name / surname?

How do you spell it?

Where are you from?

John Stergiou

J-O-H-N
S-T-E-R-G-I-O-U

I’m from Greece.

Present yourself and your partner to your class.

Hello everybody!
I’m Mary Yannaki and this is my
partner, John Stergiou.

Reading

Everyday we see a lot of English signs around us. In pairs, circle the English
words on these signs. Can you write more examples?

UNIT 1

Listening

Listen to three every day dialogues in Greek. Write down the English words you hear.

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a.	....................,	....................,	....................,
b.	....................,	....................,	....................,	....................
c.	....................,	....................,	....................,

Vocabulary Link

Colours

1	GAME: Bring me something orange!

2	Which of the colours above are there in Miro's painting ‘Personnages Rythmiques'? Do you like it? Why / Why not?

Here are some English idioms with colours. What do they mean?

I'm a bit blue. My marks this term are terrible!
I'm green with envy. My brother's going to Disneyland and I'm not going with him.

Can you find similar phrases in Greek?

Κοκκίνισε από ντροπή.
………………………………………………….
………………………………………………….
………………………………………………….

Welcome!

Classroom Language

3	Use the words in the Language Bank to complete the cards. Then, create a Classroom Language Corner in your classroom.

- What’s the meaning of ¹ ......................?
- Λεξικό

Can you ² ................... me, please?

- What’s the English word for γυμνάσιο?
- ³..................

Numbers & Classroom Objects

- Say that ⁴ ............................please!

I don't ⁵ ............................!

Can I go ⁶ .......................?

again out dictionary

understand help

Junior High school

4	What can you see in the picture? Count and write. Then, compare this classroom with yours.

I can see...
a. one board
b. ....... pens
c. ....... posters
d. ....... students
e. ....... books
f. ....... windows
g. ....... notebooks
h. ....... school bags
i. ....... desks
j. ....... chairs

e.g. In this classroom, there are three posters. In our classroom, there are five posters.

UNIT 1


Reading, Speaking & Writing

2	What's your favourite….? Read and circle. Then, ask your classmates.

What’s your
favourite hobby?

Listening to music. What’s
your favourite hobby?

A CLASS SURVEY
My Answers	How many people agree with you? Write their names.
1. My favourite number is: one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
2. My favourite animal is: dog cat dolphin horse tiger rabbit
3. My favourite hobby is: watching TV listening to music playing computer games shopping
4. My favourite type of music is: pop rock hip hop folk classical

2	Write your results and put them on the classroom notice board. Look at the model text.

Project

“Our favourite hobby is
listening to music.”
Stelios, Mary, Nick and Paul

Group A
When you are going home after school, look around
for signs which have foreign words. In which language are they?
Take a photo of some of them and make a collage for your class.
Group B
Make a list of English words you use with your friends every day. Your
teacher of Modern Greek can help you.
Prepare bubbles for the notice board. Here is an example.

Πάμε για sandwich:
Πεινάω

Here are some words we use in Greek but come from other languages.

μπιφτέκι - English (beef + steak)
μπλούζα· - French (blouse)
μπουρνούζι - Arabic (burnuz)

Can you find which language each of the following words comes from?

τουρισμός, σαντιγί, μαγιονέζα, καπετάνιος, καραμέλα, γιουβέτσι, μπουκάλι, σκάκι, γιαούρτι
If you need help, look the words up in a Greek dictionary.