L1 - A.1 Hello, Good Bye and my name!

Module A
A.1

Level 1: Beginners
Greetings and Responses

Farewells

Names and Titles

A.1 - Greetings, Responses and
Parts of the Day

​Level 1: Beginners

• The Morning

• The Afternoon

• The Evening

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There are THREE "Parts of the Day"

• 1. In the morning, we say:

   Good morning
   Morning

  
  

  2. In the afternoon, we say:

   Good afternoon

  2. In the afternoon, we say:

   Good afternoon

​Greetings

• 3. After greeting someone, we use a follow-up question:

   Ana: How are you?
   Chris: Great, thanks.
   Dave: How are you doing?
   Ana: Good.

  Talia: How is it going?

  Amy: Fine, thanks!

​Greetings

Good to see you
Hello.
Greetings everyone
Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening...
How are you?

Formal Greetings

Hi!
Hey
What's up!
How are you doing?
How's life?

Informal Greetings

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A.1 - Farewells and Responses

​Level 1: Beginners

• 1. We use farewells when we leave.
  Here are the most common farewells:

   Bye
   Good-bye
   Take care
   See you
   Bye-bye

Farewells

• 2. "See you" mentions a time.

   See you at 3:00.
   See you tomorrow.
   See you later.

  See you in 2 weeks.

  3. Good night is a farewell.
  We never use it to say Hello.

  We use it LATE at night.

Farewells

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A.1 - Names and Titles
[Personal Common Titles and Professional Titles]

​Level 1: Beginners

A name is composed by:

- First Name / Given Name

- Middle Name [Optional]

- Last Name / Family Name / Surname
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Names in English

"Names"

• 1. Everyone has a first name and a family name.

• 2. For example: Ana Pedroso.

   Ana is her first name, or given name.
   Pedroso is her family name, or last name.

  
   In English, we give our first name, then our
   last name, and we only have ONE family name
  

• 3. When we greet friends, we usually use only the first name.

   Ana: Hi, Chris.
   Chris: Hey, Ana.

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Names

4. All adults have a title. Use a title with the last name. Don't use a title with the first name.

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- Men use "Mr." [mister]

Mr. Gomez
Mr. Smith
Mr. Trump

Common Titles

- Women get to choose one of the following Titles:

Miss [Señorita] Used for Unmarried women or girls

Ms. [Señorita] Used for any marital status women. Safe in most cases.

Mrs. [Señora] Used for married women

Common Titles

To obtain a professional title, you have to study further or have a certain profession.

"Licenciado" / "Lic" is not a title in English.

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Professional Titles

Obtained after studying a Master's Degree

Master

Obtained after studying a Doctorate / PhD

Doctor - "Dr."

Used by University Professors, they can also use the title Doctor.

Professor

Chancellor [Canciller]
President [Presidente
Warden [Guardián]
Dean [Decano]
Principal [Director]

If you don't have any of the job positions or degrees mentioned in this page, use the Personal Titles.

Teacher is NOT a title, teachers use personal titles at schools.

Academic and Professional Titles

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Vocabulary Spelling
A.1

Learn the following words and SPELL THEM [deletréalas] in the Spelling Activity!

The right way to spell is:

SAY THE WORD, SPELL IT, SAY IT AGAIN!

[Hola] Used as a general Greeting

Hello

[Adios] Used to leave a place.

Good Bye

[Día] A period of 24 Hours on Earth.

​Day

[Noche] The period of darkness each 24 Hours.

Night

[Luna] Earth's satellite

Moon

[Sun] The only star in our Solar System

​​Sun

[Atardecer] The darkest stage of twilight

Dusk

[Amanecer] The first appearance of light in the sky.

Dawn

Pronunciation Tips #1
A.1

Meet the INTONATION

• Good MORning

• Good afterNOON

• Good EVEning

• Good NIGHT

Examples:

Intonation is the way people say things, it's the rise and fall of pitch in speaking

Identify sentences and questions

Intonation

Tip #1: Intonation

Pronunciation Tips #2
A.1

Meet the STRESS

• MOR-ning

• af-ter-NOON

• EVE-ning

• NIGHT

Examples:

When a word has two or more syllables, one of them is pronounced with an additional emphasis, and this is what is known as word stress.

There are no "acentos" in English.

Stress

Tip #2: Stress

​A.1 Reading: Read the following note:

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