Takeaway
Takeaway
CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points
Let’s Start!
Exchange basic personal information. • I can say where I live and ask where others live.
• I can talk about countries, nationalities and
Ask your partner: languages.
• I can talk about things that I love.
• Do you have family in another
country?
• Where do they live?
• Find the countries on a map.
Let’s Explore!
Where are Fiona and Joe from? Do they speak Japanese*? Let's find out!
Let’s Practice!
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My / Brazilian / . / is / mother
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I / Japanese / speak / .
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Let’s Practice!
A B
I love sushi menu!
My parents
from Japan.
Extension Activity
a) Cut up 16 cards.
Self-Assessment Yes No
b) Write the names of countries on 8 cards.
c) Write the nationalities of the countries on
I know the names of
the other 8 cards.
different countries.
d) Turn them over and place them on the
table. Don't look! I know the names of
e) Turn one card. Say the word. different nationalities.
f) Turn another card. Say the word.
g) If they match (correct country and
nationality), put them away.
h) If they are NOT a match, put them back on
the table.
i) Take turns with your partner.
j) Play until all the cards are matched up.
Target Words
• Where are you from? (expression): to ask a • Japan (noun): a country in Asia
person the name of their country e.g. He is from Japan.
e.g. Where are you from? I'm from China. • Japanese (noun): the language of
• to speak (verb): to say words in a language Japan
e.g. I can speak English and Chinese. e.g. I am learning Japanese.
• to understand (verb): to know the meaning of
words
e.g. Do you understand what he said?
Learning Points
When you describe a person's nationality, you use the country and an ending to form the
nationality.
The type of ending can be different. There are 4 endings that can be used: -an, -ian, -ish, -
ese.
Read the examples in the chart:
Country Nationality
Canada Canadian
Spain Spanish
China Chinese