INTRODUCTIONS

After working in groups to remember as many questions you can ask when you meet someone for the first time and after listening to your teacher's presentation, here you have a summary of the activity so that you can read it, do the activity at the end and use your teacher's presentation as a model for yours:

 GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER   Useful questions

1.    What’s your name?

2.    How old are you?

3.    Where are you from?

4.    Where do you live?

5.    What do you do?

6.    Are you married or single?

7.    How many brothers and sisters/children have you got?

8.    Have you got any pets?

9.    What do you like doing in your free time? Do you have any hobbies?

10.What’s your favourite subject?

11. What do you look like?

12. (…)

PERSONAL INTRODUCTION

HELLO!

MY NAME IS ISABEL AND I LIVE IN OLOT. I’VE GOT TWO SONS: A 14 YEAR-OLD BOY CALLED ARNAU AND AN 11 YEAR-OLD BOY CALLED ISAAC. MY CHILDREN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DOG OR A CAT. WE HAD A BIRD, BUT IT FLEW AWAY LAST YEAR IN THE SUMMER. WE BOUGHT TWO OTHER BIRDS AND THEY FLEW AWAY THIS SUMMER, SO NO MORE BIRDS SO FAR! WE HAVE RESCUED A CAT AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT TO A SHELTER THIS WEEK. LAST SUMMER WE STARTED A NEW ACTIVITY: GOING TO THE LOCAL ANIMAL CARE ORGANIZATION AND TAKE DOGS FOR A WALK, THEY REALLY ENJOY IT AND MY SONS TOO!

I’VE BEEN AN ENGLISH TEACHER FOR TWENTY YEARS NOW. I’VE WORKED IN OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, BUT THIS IS MY FOURTEENTH YEAR HERE IN BOSC DE LA COMA. IN MY FIRST YEAR AS A TEACHER I WORKED IN PUIGCERDÀ.

IN MY FREE TIME I LIKE READING, GOING FOR LONG WALKS, WATCHING FILMS AND SURFING ON THE INTERNET, BECAUSE I LIKE LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, I’M VERY INTERESTED IN BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO ENJOY BEING WITH MY FRIENDS AND MY CHILDREN.

WHEN I’M ON HOLIDAYS I LOVE TRAVELLING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND GETTING TO KNOW OTHER WAYS OF LIFE. THIS SUMMER I DIDN'T GO ABROAD, BUT THE PREVIOUS SUMMER I WENT TO SLOVAKIA. I WENT WITH A NATIVE SLOVAKIAN AND HE TRANSLATED FOR ME, SO I COULDN’T PRACTISE MY ENGLISH VERY MUCH! AND THIS SUMMER I DIDN'T PRACTISE EITHER, BECAUSE I VISITED LLEIDA, ANDORRA AND COSTA BRAVA, SO EVERYTHING FINE IN CATALAN!


SOME PICTURES OF SLOVAKIA (I GUESS MOST OF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED IT):
 

I’M MEDIUM-HEIGHT. I’VE GOT LONG WAVY HAIR AND GREEN EYES. I LIKE WEARING NICE AND COMFORTABLE CLOTHES.

I HOPE WE HAVE A GOOD TIME TOGETHER AND I EXPECT YOU TO LEARN A LOT OF ENGLISH THIS YEAR!

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN: