Countries and Nationalities

Hello Guys!!! look at this web site about countries and nationalities. Practice the pronunciation PLEASE!!! :)

click here Countries and Nationalities

 

Describing people

There are many adjectives that will help you to describe people

 

 

shy	outgoing	demanding	easy going
confident	insecure	pushy	laid back
domineering	meek	intelligent	stupid
attentive	neglectful	concerned	carefree
passionate	indifferent	hot blooded	mellow
strict	lenient	tolerant	intolerant

She is a student. She is a shy student

He is a bussinessman. He is a pushy bussinessman.

Personal information

This is a dialogue to request and give personal information

A: Hello! How are you today?
B: I'm fin thanks, and you?
A: I'm great. What is your name?
B: My name is John. What is yours?
A: I'm Ana.

B: where are you from?
A: I'm from Atlanta.
B: oh great. I'm from California.

A: What's your job?
B: I am a musician, and you?
A: I'm a teacher.

B: How old are you?
A: I am 23 years old.

B: Are you married?
A: Yes, I am. Are you married?
B: No, I am not. I am single.

A:What's your address?
B: I live in Los Andes avenue .

A: What is your phone number?
B: My phone number is 045-87965


This file will help you to ask and answer questions...

Dialogue personal information

Taken from foreveryone.org

Greetings

This is an awesome website. There you will find different topics to listen

eslgold

Intrducing yourself

Introducing people

You have to click on "click for audio" to listen the dialogues


Taken from www.eslgold.com

A video of greetings and introductions

This is an old video I just found... Enjoy it!!!

Abc Song

Hey!! this is the abc song for those who like this song... I love it because it is an easier way to learn the alphabet

Written Exercises

Here you have some exercises from other websites

Match the sentences

This is a good explanation of how to introduce yourself taken from myenglishpages.com

Introducing yourself and others

There is a range of ways to introduce yourself and people.

Introducing yourself:

Here are expressions to introduce yourself:

• My name is ...
• I'm ....
• Nice to meet you; I'm ...
• Pleased to meet you; I'm ...
• L&et me introduce myself; I'm ...
• I'd like to introduce myself; I'm ...

Introducing others:

Here are expressions to introduce others:

• Jack, please meet Nicolas.
• Jack, have you met Nicolas?
• I'd like you to meet Liza.
• I'd like to introduce you to Betty.
• Leila, this is Barbara. Barbara this is Leila.

Useful responses when introducing yourself or other people:

• Nice to meet you.
• Pleased to meet you.
• Happy to meet you.
• How do you do?

Dialogue:

Alex is talking to the new manager and his assitant. Notice how they introduce themselves:

Alex:	Hi! My name is Alex Litterman, the new manager.
William:	Hi! I'm William O'Brian. Nice to meet you, Mr Alex Litterman.
John:	William, please meet Mr Steve Lynch, my assistant
Jack:	How do you do?
Nicolas:	How do you do?

Things to remember:

• When introducing yourself or other people in a formal situation use full names. ("I'm Alex Litterman.")
• "How do you do?" isn't really a question, it just means "Hello"

References:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4652
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/communication-lesson-introducing-people.php

People and places

Hello! this is the first entry of many to come. I hope you enjoy the videos, audios and other activities you will find on this site. 

Enjoy...

Here you have some audios related to people and places:


Where are you from?  Taken from inglestotal.com


Hiromi's Trip to Thailand Taken from englishconversations.org


Also, there is an interesting video...

Transcript:ESL Dialogue: Introduction Words and Phrases

Hi, I'm Ellen Quish from the Adult Learning Center at LaGuardia Community College in New York City for About.com. Today, I'm going to teach you how to introduce yourself in English. To do this, you can use these words.

English Introduction Words and Phrases

• Hi/Hello, my name is ____.
• What's your name?
• Nice to meet you.
• Nice to meet you, too.
• This is ____.

ESL Introduction Conversation Dialogue

Hello. Today is my first day here. What's your name?

My name is Ellen. What's your name? 

Alejandro. I'm from Columbia. Where are you from? 

I'm from New York. Nice to meet you. 

Nice to meet you, too. 

Welcome to the class. 

Thank you. 

The most important thing to remember is to say hello and acknowledge the other person. Thanks for learning some English with us. 

Video taken from videoabout.com