I met with Ingrid at her place. She was on the phone with
her Mom back home and I joined their Skype conversation. Ingrid showed me some
of her homework and I check its accuracy. Ingrid did very well and got them all
right but one. I couldn't access the wifi in Ingrid’s house, so it was
difficult to proceed with the lesson I had planned. Instead, I transitioned to a
lesson about greetings, both informal and formal. First we practiced informal
greetings. I showed Ingrid a script I had written.
Hey what’s up?
Not much. What about you?
How’s it going?
Pretty good, and you?
Hey, how are you?
Good, and you?
I modeled these responses and Ingrid practiced their pronunciation.
Next Ingrid memorized the appropriate response to each question, and I would
randomly say a greeting and Ingrid would have to recite the appropriate response.
We then practiced our handshake and I informed her about when to shake someone’s
hand. We then transitioned into formal greetings.
Hello, it is very nice to meet you.
Hi, how are you?
I explained to Ingrid that there is not much difference
but in formal greetings we don’t say “hey”, and we don’t use slang or
conjunctions. After practicing formal greetings, I quizzed Ingrid on vocab
words associated with the house and parts of the body.
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