Greetings+&+Introductions

//Post ideas for helping students to practice greetings and introductions here.//


 * AB Conversations:** I got this idea from Cherice's FLTeach post (see below) and created an "AB Conversation." This example is in Spanish, but could be modified. The person with the star starts, and the conversation "flows" from there, as students hear certain phrases and respond with others. Conversation is not in order per se, so students must pay attention to what they are hearing. It would be a good warm-up. You may consider modeling a different convo with a student to make sure everyone understands. Once students read through once, switch papers and they read the other half of the conversation. Provides practice with pronunciation, and allows students to visualize the "flow" of an introductory convo. [[file:AB convos.docx]] user:decortem


 * Comic Strips**: After several days of both oral and written practice (including an extensive list in our notes on greetings and farewells), I had my Spanish I students create comic strips using greetings. The only guidelines were that they had to put a drawing in each box (6-8 would probably be best) and they needed to use at least 8 new phrases from our list. This would be a cool way to integrate technology if you used some of the comic websites out there. user:decortem

[|Teaching Greetings] - Ideas for teaching greetings from FLTEACH user:chericem1