Thumbing a ride – Part 4
Introducing yourself – Part 4
Thumbing a ride – Part 4
Introducing yourself
The unit’s objective is to familiarize students with the essential vocabulary and syntax necessary to introduce themselves: your name, where you’re from, your nationality, your work, and your studies. Students will also explore the vocabulary needed to introduce someone else.
Lesson time: 45 minutes
Role Play – Summary
1. Listen to the conversation without stopping the recording.
Show Original Version (Car slows down to pick Andy up) Sue: So… Are you a student?
Andy: Do you speak English
Sue: Yes.
Andy: Are you going to Bern?
Sue: Yeah. Come on. Get in.
Andy: Yeah, I study music. What do you do?
Sue: I work in a bank.
Andy: Do you live in Bern?
Sue: Yup! Downtown.
Would you like to listen to some music?
Andy: Sure.
2. Now:
- One person plays the first role, the other the second.
- One of you follows along using the text, the other without it.
- Then, change roles.
- Finally, act out the conversation without using the text.
The objective is to have the same or a similar conversation. If you don’t remember the exact text, if you change the order of words or sentences, or even use different words to complete the conversation, it’s not a problem. The aim is to be able to tell the story using the structures studied in the last few lessons.
Show Original Version (Car slows down to pick Andy up) Sue: So… Are you a student?
Andy: Do you speak English
Sue: Yes.
Andy: Are you going to Bern?
Sue: Yeah. Come on. Get in.
Andy: Yeah, I study music. What do you do?
Sue: I work in a bank.
Andy: Do you live in Bern?
Sue: Yup! Downtown.
Would you like to listen to some music?
Andy: Sure.
Narrative – Summary
1. Listen to the conversation without stopping the recording.
Show Original Version (Phone rings)
Andy: Hello. Paul?
Paul: Hi Andy. What’s up?
Andy: Well, the car broke down near Bern.
Paul: What did you do?
Andy: I thumbed a ride. An American girl called Sue stopped. She works in a bank. Lives downtown in Bern.
Now:
- One person plays the first role, the other the second.
- One of you follows along using the text, the other without it.
- Then, change roles.
- Finally, act out the conversation without using the text.
The objective is to have the same or a similar conversation. If you don’t remember the exact text, if you change the order of words or sentences, or even use different words to complete the conversation, it’s not a problem. The aim is to be able to tell the story using the structures studied in the last few lessons.
Show Original Version (Phone rings)
Andy: Hello. Paul?
Paul: Hi Andy. What’s up?
Andy: Well, the car broke down near Bern.
Paul: What did you do?
Andy: I thumbed a ride. An American girl called Sue stopped. She works in a bank. Lives downtown in Bern.

