Resource 1 I’m from Ooo Unit 01

Name: Carl James Name: Ania Kuzbik Name: Jean Delain

Age: seventeen Age: twenty-one Age: nineteen
Country: England (Oo) Country: Poland (Oo) Country: France (O)
Nationality: English (Oo) Nationality: Polish (Oo) Nationality: French (O)

Name: Jose Perez Name: Claudio Sestini Name: Hans Müller

Age: fifteen Age: twenty-two Age: sixteen
Country: Spain (O) Country: Italy (Ooo) Country: Germany (Ooo)
Nationality: Spanish Nationality: Italian Nationality: German
(Oo) (oOoo) (Oo)

Name: Aki Tomoko Name: Ahmed Kemal Name: Ivan Breski

Age: twenty Age: twenty-four Age: twenty-three
Country: Japan (oO) Country: Turkey (Oo) Country: Russia (Oo)
Nationality: Japanese Nationality: Turkish (Oo) Nationality: Russian (Oo)
(ooO)

Name: Ferenc Garani Name: Mohammed Shahin Name: Sun Lee

Age: seventeen Age: nineteen Age: twenty-two
Country: Hungary (Ooo) Country: Egypt (Oo) Country: China (Oo)
Nationality: Hungarian Nationality: Egyptian Nationality: Chinese (oO)
(oOoo) (oOo)

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 1 I’m from Ooo
Aim: To practise pronunciation of countries and nationalities and the verb to be.

Interaction: Groups of three or four

Exercise type: Guessing game

Time: 15 minutes plus 10 minutes for optional follow up

Language: My name’s (Jose). I’m (fifteen). I’m from (Spain). I’m (Spanish). Are you from
(Spain)? Are you (Spanish)? His/Her name’s … He’s/She’s (seventeen). He’s/She’s from
(Japan). He’s/She’s (Japanese).

Materials: One copy, cut up, per group.

Instructions: (1) Pre-teach to hum and show Ss how to use humming to show word
stress, e.g. Hello, my name’s mmMMmm. Tell Ss they are going to hum some countries and
nationalities (they can use clapping or other ways of showing stress if they prefer) and that
the other Ss in their group are going to try to guess where the people are from. Tell Ss that
the names of the people may help them to guess their nationalities as they are typical for that
country, e.g. John Smith for England. (2) Put Ss into groups of three or four and give out the
cards to each group, placed face down on the desk between Ss. One student picks up the first
card and says: My name’s ... I’m (seventeen). I’m from … I’m … (they then hum the country
and nationality.) The other Ss must guess by asking Are you from (country)? Are you
(nationality)? (3) The student who guesses correctly keeps the card and reads the next one.
This ensures that a strong student can’t dominate the activity.

Optional follow up: Ss in pairs choose one character card each which represents their
partner. They write full sentences about the person: His name’s … He’s/She’s (age). He’s/
She’s (nationality). Then each student in turn introduces his/her partner to the others.
Monitor and note errors for correction at the end.

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