How to Start Your First English Lesson: Breaking the Ice

The first lesson is a great opportunity to create a comfortable learning environment and help students feel at ease. A strong start can boost engagement and make English learning enjoyable from day one.

WARM-UP: LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER

So, the first warm-up task is prepared in such a way so that you as a teacher will learn about your new students, whereas the second one is for your students to learn about you as their new teacher. We believe that it’s very important that students can also get to know their teachers. And, obviously, it’s perfect time for them to practise making questions and for you to check whether they are good at it.

In the first task, students have to take one card from a stack of cards and talk about the topic for about 30 seconds. After that time, other students (or you in the case of one-to-one classes) should ask some follow-up questions. In the second task, you have to write on the board some words and phrases connected with your job, personal life, hobbies, etc. Students need to ask questions connected with specific words on the board. So if you write chess on the board, students may ask: Do you like playing chess? If it is the right guess, you can tell them something more about this part of your life if you have some time. 

Photo of Ask your teacher! Task: Guess what those things mean to the teacher! 

KINDS OF SPORT

In this lesson you will learn about different kinds of sport and practice some interactive exercises.

Match the sports with their descriptions

Click on a sport, then click on its description to match them.

Sports:

1. Football is...

2. Surfing is...

3. Skiing is...

4. Motor-racing is...

5. Boxing is...

6. Fencing is...

7. Cycling is...

8. Archery is...

9. Jogging is...

Descriptions:

a. a water sport you do in the sea.

b. a contact sport where you touch another person.

c. an extreme sport that is fast and dangerous.

d. a winter sport that you need snow for.

e. a team sport you play with ten others.

f. a combat sport using special swords and protective gear.

g. a sport where you ride a two-wheeled vehicle using pedals.

h. a precision sport where you shoot arrows at a target.

i. a form of running at a steady gentle pace as exercise.

Available Selected Used

Find the odd one out in each row

Click on the word you think is the odd one out in each list.

1. Ice hockey cricket rugby weightlifting

2. Rowing sky diving water polo surfing

3. Paragliding horse racing surfing javelin

4. Boxing fencing discus wrestling

5. Horse racing marathon scuba diving rowing

6. Wrestling discus javelin long jump

Which sport are they talking about?

Click on a statement, then click on the corresponding sport to match them.

Statements:

1. Personal achievements are important to me in sport. I've just lifted my heaviest weights ever.

2. I prefer team games to individual sports. We're playing well at the moment – all of the team are really good skaters.

3. I think it should be banned. The poor animals often get injured.

4. It felt like I had been running forever but I managed to finish the race.

5. I love adventure sports. I tried it last year, but I kept falling off the board into the sea.

6. I don't know why people watch it. It's horrible to see two men hitting each other.

Sports:

Surfing

Marathon

Boxing

Horse Racing

Weightlifting

Ice Hockey

recycle bin

GUI

task bar

desktop

icon

title bar

scroll bar

windows

wallpaper

toolbar

start menu

control panel

1. You put things in the that you no longer need or want.

2. A uses graphics or pictures to help the user navigate and access programs.

3. The Start Menu and clock are found on the .

4. The is the background screen for all programs and contains the commands needed to access them.

5. An is a small picture that links to a file or program.

6. At the top of each window, the contains the title and buttons to close, minimize and resize.

7. Moving the up and down allows you to see all the information in the window.

8. Programs and applications run inside that can be opened, closed or resized.

9. The is like a background on your screen that can be changed.

10. Found below the menu in some windows, the contains icons or options that allow you to perform specific operations.

11. The contains basic operations such as run, shut down and find.

12. The contains important system controls.

 BRITISH CUISINE. 

WHAT DO BRITISH EAT?

Hello! When learning a language it is also important to learn about the culture of the country which the language is from.

Today will learn about traditional British cuisine, its cultural importance, and common dishes. 

If you ask fereigners to name some typically English dishes, they will probably think of Fish & Chips and then stop. It is dissapointing, but true. There is no  tradition in England of eating in restaurants. However, most British meals are cooked at home, so finding a good English restaurant can be difficult. Instead, British cities are full of Indian, Chinese, French, and Italian restaurants, and London even offers Mexican, Greek, and Indonesian food.

Some believe this means Britain has no real cuisine, but that’s not quite true. Traditional dishes like Sunday Roast, Shepherd’s Pie, and Full English Breakfast are still popular.

Let's watch these videos and compare British cuisine with local dishes.

And now do the quiz.

Mach the name of the dish with the correct picture.

Watch this video and find out what British people like eating.

Related material: 15 british foods you have to try

HOMEWORK

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH MEALS

Complete the text:

‘good plain food’

roast beef

fish and chips

biscuits

occasion

have a chat

substantial

soup

main course

beef steak

biscuits

tea

roast turkey

Christmas pudding

fruit pie

The English like what they call . They must be able to recognise what they are eating. Usually they like , Yorkshire pudding and .

Afternoon tea is taken at about 5 o’clock, but it can hardly be called a meal. It is a cup of tea and cake or . At the weekends afternoon tea is a special . Friends and visitors are often invited to over a cup of tea.

Dinner is the most meal of the day. It is usually eaten at 7 o’clock. The first course may be (though the English don’t like it very much). The will often be fish or meat, perhaps the traditional of old England, and a lot of vegetables. The next course will be something sweet and often cooked, such as a . Last of all there may be cheese, often with .

It is common knowledge that the English are very fond of . They like to have ‘a nice cup of tea’ 6 or 8 times a day, sometimes even more.

On Christmas Day a is traditionally cooked for dinner. It is usually followed by . Long before Christmas housewives begin to plan what cake to make for Christmas. Usually they make fantastic Christmas cakes.

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HARDWARE vs SOFTWARE

 INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES

 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOD, DISH, COURSE, MEAL and CUISINE?

То яка ж між ними різниця? 

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Hello students!

Багато людей, які вивчають англійську, плутають слова food, dish, meal і cuisine. Всі вони стосуються теми їжі, але є важливі відмінності у використанні.

Сьогодні на уроці я поясню, коли використовувати ці слова, щоб ви могли їх правильно розуміти.

FOOD

Слово food — це найзагальніший термін, який означає все, що можна їсти. Банан — це food. Гамбургер — це food. Салат — це food.

Прості речі (наприклад, шматок хліба) і складні страви (наприклад, морепродуктовий суп із багатьма інгредієнтами) — все це входить до загальної категорії food.

В повсякденній англійській ви часто почуєте такі речення:

What’s your favorite food?

Let’s go get some food.

Слово food зазвичай є одниною, тому слід говорити "I ate a lot of food (not foods) last night."

Але є винятки — ми використовуємо foods (множину), коли говоримо про різні окремі види їжі, наприклад:

At the international festival, I tried foods from around the world.

Collocations with "food"

• сonvenience food – готові або напівготові продукти
• fast food – швидка їжа
• junk food – шкідлива їжа
• organic food – органічна їжа
• processed food – оброблена їжа
• healthy food – здорова їжа
• frozen food – заморожена їжа
• food poisoning – харчове отруєння
• food shortage – нестача їжі
• food chain – харчовий ланцюг

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DISH

Слово dish має три значення.

→ Перше — це фізичний об'єкт, який використовують для приготування або подачі їжі: plates, bowls, pots, pans, тощо.  Скоріше всього dish перекладатиметься як "блюдо", або "велика тарілка", на якій подають страву.

She carefully placed the roasted chicken on a beautifully decorated dish before serving it to the guests.

→  Коли ми говоримо "washing the dishes", це означає "миття посуду" - тарілок, каструль, сковорідок, ложок, виделок тощо. 

→  Dish - "страва", наприклад лазанью або фруктовий салат. 

 

На заході типу potluck кожен приносить одну dish: один приносить салат, інший — яблучний пиріг, хтось ще — рагу. Кожна з цих приготованих страв — це dish.

У ресторані ви можете зустріти терміни main dish "основна страва" (a large amount of food – like a steak) and side dish "гарнір" (a small amount of food that accompanies the main dish – like a small bowl of broccoli). (невелика порція їжі, що доповнює основну страву – наприклад, маленька миска броколі).

Collocations with "dish"

• main dish – основна страва
• side dish – гарнір
• signature dish – фірмова страва
• traditional dish – традиційна страва
• vegetarian dish – вегетаріанська страва
• exotic dish – екзотична страва
• spicy dish – гостра страва
• homemade dish – домашня страва

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MEAL

Слово meal означає звичний час прийняття їжі, прийом їжі.

Більшість людей їдять 3 meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Слово meal також означає всю їжу, яку з'їдають під час одного такого прийому їжі— тобто один meal може містити кілька dishes.

Наприклад, вечеря — це meal, але вона може включати курку, рис, салат і морозиво. Кожен із цих елементів — це dish, а все разом — meal.

A meal may include many dishes.

Можна мати big/heavy meal (із великою кількістю їжі) або light meal (із невеликою кількістю їжі).

Meal може бути elaborate (з багатьма складними стравами) або simple (з кількома легкими у приготуванні стравами).

Collocations with "meal"

• heavy meal – ситна трапеза
• light meal – легка трапеза
• quick meal – швидка трапеза
• hot meal – гаряча страва
• home-cooked meal – домашня їжа
• three-course meal – трапеза з трьох страв
• balanced meal – збалансоване харчування
• skipped meal – пропущений прийом їжі

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COURSE

Коли ви відвідуєте ресторан або формальну вечерю, їжа часто подається за етапами, тобто складається з кількох courses "cтрав". Кожна course – це частина трапези, яка подається окремо.

Основні види "course" у меню:

1️⃣First course (перша страва) – легка страва на початку трапези

      Appetizer / Starter (закуска) – легка страва перед основною трапезою, щоб розбудити апетит.

2️⃣ Main course (основна страва) – головна, найбільш поживна частина трапези.

3️⃣ Dessert (десерт) – солодка страва, що завершує трапезу.

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