Beginner Levels - Lesson 1: Nice To Meet You!

Hello students.

My name is Molly Stone.

Molly

Stone.

My name is Molly Stone.

This is my first name.

This is my last name.

Now, here's the question.

What

is

your

name?

What is your name?

My name

is

Molly Stone.

My name is Molly Stone.

Okay, let's practice.

What is your name? My name is Lisa

Roberts.

What is your name? My name is Ali Aksoy.

What is your name? My name is Marie

Pierre.

Okay.

Now,

this is my first name.

New question.

What is your first name?

What is your first name?

New answer. My

first

name

is

Molly.

My first name is Molly.

Okay, let's practice.

What is your first name? My first name

is Lisa.

What is your first name? My first name

is Ali.

What is your first name?

My first name is Marie.

Okay. Now,

this is my last name.

New question.

What is your

last

name?

What is your last name?

My

last

name is Stone.

My last name is Stone.

Okay.

What is your last name? My last name is

Roberts. What is your last name? My last

name is Aksoy. What is your last name?

My last name is Pierre.

Introduction, possession.

Okay, now we're going to talk about

possession.

All right.

My

my

your

your

his

his

her

her

its

its

our

our

your

your

their

their

my

my

your

his

her

its

our

your

their

Now, these are singular.

Equals one.

These

are plural.

Equals two plus.

Okay?

Now,

some examples.

My name

my name

your name

your name

his name

his name

her name

her name

its name

its name

our name

our name

your name

your name

their name

their name

Now, look and listen.

Look and listen.

My name is Molly Stone.

My first name is Molly.

My last name is Stone.

Your name is Ali Aksoy.

Your first name is Ali.

Your last name is Aksoy.

Her name is Julia Roberts. Her first

name is Julia.

Her last name is Roberts.

His name is Tom Cruise.

His first name is Tom.

His last name is Cruise.

Its name is Dolly.

Her name is Peggy Stone.

Her first name is Peggy.

Her last name is Stone.

Our last name is Stone.

Read and repeat.

Now, students,

here's the question.

What

is

Mhm.

name?

What is Mhm. name?

Name

is

Mhm.

Mhm. name is

Mhm.

Now, let's practice with some photos.

Now, Marie, what is her name?

Her name is Madonna. Yes.

Ali, what is his name?

His name is Antonio Banderas.

Now, Ali, what is his first name?

His first name is Antonio.

And Ali,

what is his last name?

His last name is Banderas. Yes, very

good. Now, Lisa,

what is his first name?

His first name is Sean.

And Lisa,

what is his first name?

It is Chris.

What is their last name?

Their last name is Penn. Yes.

Now,

Marie,

what is her name?

Her name is Peggy.

What is our last name?

Your last name is Stone.

Now, Ali, what is its name?

Its name is Dolly. Yes.

Lisa,

what is my name?

Your name is Molly Stone.

What is my first name? Molly. What is my

last name? Stone. Very good. Very good

students.

Names.

Now, we're going to talk about status

and names.

We have single

and married.

Single

There's

single.

Beautiful.

And married.

Oh.

We have the wife

and the husband.

Okay, so for formal names, we have

for men,

Mr. Stone, single,

Mr. Stone, married.

For women, we have single, Ms. Stone,

married, Ms. Stone,

also for women, single, Miss Stone,

and married, Mrs. Stone.

Now, here are some examples.

Ms.

Marie

Pierre

Mr.

Ali

Aksoy

and Ms.

Molly

Stone.

Ms. Marie Pierre,

Mr. Ali Aksoy, Ms. Molly Stone.

Now, here are some examples of photos.

Mr. Tom Cruise,

Mrs. Hillary Clinton,

and Miss Piggy.

Now,

my formal name is Ms. Molly Stone.

Ali, what is your formal name?

Mr. Ali Aksoy.

Lisa?

Ms. Lisa Roberts. And Marie? Ms. Marie

Pierre.

Very good, Ms. Pierre, Mr. Aksoy, Ms.

Roberts.

Alphabet.

Now, we're going to learn the alphabet

in English.

Look,

watch,

listen.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

In America, Z.

Okay.

Now, let's say it together.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R S

T

U V

W

X

Y

Z

Now, let's talk about different kinds of

letters.

A

E

I

O

U

and sometimes Y

are

vowels.

Okay?

Again,

A

E

I

O

U

Y

Now,

listen and practice.

Lisa, what's this? A Marie, what's this?

I

Ali, what's this? U

Marie, what's this? O And Lisa, what's

this? Y

Good. Now,

A

E

I

O

U

Y

These are the vowels.

Now, we're going to talk about

consonants.

Okay, these are the consonants.

B

C

D

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

X

Z

These are the consonants.

Now, let's practice.

Lisa, what's this?

C

Ali, what's this? S

Marie, what's this? J

Lisa, what's this? C

Ali, what's this? X

Uh Marie, what's this? S

Lisa, what's this? V

Ali, what's this?

Y

Marie, what's this? G

Lisa, what's this?

J

And Ali, what's this? Z

All right. Okay, one more time.

A

B

C

D

E F G H I J K L

M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Now, I want you to listen

and write these letters. Listen

and write.

Listen and write.

Group one.

A

J

K

Group two.

B

C

D

E

G

P

T

V

Z

Group three.

F

L

M

N

S

X

Group four.

I

Y

Group five.

Q

U

W

Group six.

H

O

R

Z

Now,

listen and check your work. Group one.

A

J

K

Group two.

B

C

D

E

G

P

T

V

Z

Group three.

F

L

M

N

S

X

Group four.

I

Y

Group five.

Q

U

W

Group six.

H

O

R Z

Okay.

In English, there are capital letters,

capital

letters, and small

letters.

These are also called uppercase

and lowercase.

Okay?

These are capital letters,

small letters.

Names begin with capital letters. The

other letters are small.

Molly

Stone

Capital letter, capital M

small o, small l, small l, small y

Capital S

small t, small o, small n, small e

Okay? Capital letters are only here.

Introduction

Spelling

Now let's practice spelling names. This

is what we say.

Please

spell

your

name.

Please spell your name.

Capital M

o l l y

Capital S

t o n e

Please spell your name.

Now

let's practice.

What is your name? My name is Ali Aksoy.

Spell your name.

Capital A

l

i

Capital A

k

s

o y Thank you.

What is your first name?

My first name is Lisa.

Spell your name. Capital L I S A

What is your last name? My last name is

Roberts.

Spell your last name. Capital R O B E R

T S Thank you. Very good.

Introduction

to be

Okay. Now

let's work on the verb be.

Be.

Now

we're going to talk about

the basic

the basic

short

an example

and another example.

Okay. Now

first

I

I

am

I am

short

I'm

I am, I'm

I'm

example

I

am

Molly.

I am Molly.

Short

I'm

Molly.

I'm Molly.

I am

I'm

I am Molly.

I'm Molly.

Okay?

Second one.

You

are

You

are

short

You're

You're You are

short You're

example

You

are

Ali.

You are Ali.

Short

You're

Ali.

You're Ali.

You are

You're

You are Ali.

You're Ali.

Next.

He

He

He

is

He

is

short

He's

He's He is

He's

He is Tom.

He is Tom.

Short

He's

Tom. He's Tom. Next.

She

She is

She is

short

She's

She's

She

is

Marie.

She's

Marie.

Next.

It

is

It is

short

It's

It

is

Dolly.

It is Dolly.

Short

It's

Dolly.

Next.

We

We

are

We are

short

We're

We are

We're

We

are

students.

We are students.

Short

We're

students.

We are

We're

We are students.

We're students.

You

are

You are

short

You're

You

are

students.

You are students. Short

You're students.

You are You're

You are students.

You're students.

Last one.

They

They

are

They are

short

They're

They're

They are

students.

They

are students.

Short

They're students.

Okay. Now students, let's look at all of

the examples. Now

I am

I'm

I am Molly.

I'm Molly.

You are

You're

You are Ali.

You're Ali.

He is

He's

He is Tom.

He's Tom.

She is

She's

She is Marie.

She's Marie.

It is

It's

It is Dolly.

It's Dolly.

We are

We're

We are students. We're students.

You are You're

You are students.

You're students.

They are

They're

They are students.

They're students. Now we're going to

practice. Look at these sentences and

choose the correct verb

in two ways.

You

Lisa, two ways.

You are Lisa. Okay?

And You're Lisa. Good.

Okay. Now

Okay, Ali, two ways.

He is Ali.

He's Ali.

Next.

Okay, Marie.

We are students.

Okay.

Lisa.

They are students.

Second one.

They are students.

Okay.

Ali.

I am Marie.

And? I'm Marie.

And?

Lisa.

It is Dolly.

It's Dolly.

Okay, very good students. Now, let's

look at these again.

You are Lisa.

You are Lisa.

He is Ali.

He's Ali.

We are students.

We are students.

They are students.

They are students.

I am Marie.

I'm Marie.

She is Molly.

She's Molly.

It is Dolly.

It's Dolly.

Look and listen.

Now, let's look and listen. I'm Molly.

She's Lisa.

He's Ali.

We are teachers.

They are assistants.

Read and repeat.

Okay. Now, we can make questions. The

answers are yes or no.

Now, here's the question.

Question.

Um am I

Molly?

Am I Molly?

Positive answer.

Positive answer. Yes, you are.

Am I Molly? Yes, you are.

Negative answer.

No,

you're not.

Am I Molly? No, you're not.

Am I Molly? Yes, you are.

Okay, here's another one.

Are

you

Ali?

Are you Ali?

Yes,

I am.

Are you Ali? Yes, I am.

Or

no,

I'm not.

Are you Ali? No, I'm not.

Are you Ali? Yes, I am.

Okay.

Here's another question.

Is he Tom?

Is he Tom?

Yes,

he is.

Here's the is.

Here's the is.

He, he.

Okay.

Is he Tom? Yes, he is.

Is he Tom? No,

he

is not.

No, he's not.

No,

he

isn't.

Is he Tom? No, he's not.

Is he Tom? No, he isn't.

Is he Tom? Yes, he is.

Okay.

Here comes another question.

Is

she

Marie?

Is she Marie?

Yes,

she is.

Is she Marie? Yes, she is.

Or no,

she's not.

No,

she isn't.

Is she Marie? No, she's not.

Is she Marie? No, she isn't.

Is she Marie? Yes, she is.

Okay, next question.

Is it Dolly?

Is it Dolly?

Yes,

it is.

Yes, it is.

No,

it's not.

Or no,

it isn't.

Is it Dolly?

No, it's not.

Is it Dolly? No, it isn't.

Is it Dolly? Yes, it is.

Okay.

The next one.

Are

we students?

Are we students?

Now, this has two answers.

Yes,

we are.

Are we students? Yes, we are.

Or

yes,

you are.

Are we students? Yes, you are.

And of course, we have negative.

No,

we're not.

No,

we aren't.

Are we students?

No, we're not. No, we aren't.

Or

no,

you're not.

No,

you aren't.

Are we students?

No, you're not.

No, you aren't.

So again,

are we students?

Yes, we are.

Are we students?

No, we're not.

No, we aren't.

Okay, another one. Are we students?

Yes, you are.

Are we students? No, you're not.

No, you aren't.

Okay, another question.

Are you students?

Are you students?

Yes, we are.

Are you students? Yes, we are.

No,

we're not.

No,

we aren't.

Are you students? Yes, we are.

Are you students? No, we're not. No, we

aren't.

Okay, last question.

Are

they

students?

Are they students?

Answer, yes, they are.

Are they students? Yes, they are.

And of course negative, no, they're not.

No,

they

aren't.

Are they students? Yes, they are.

Are they students? No, they're not.

Are they students? No, they aren't.

Okay, now let's look at all of these

again on the screen.

Questions and answer.

Am I Molly?

Yes, you are.

No, you're not.

Are you Ali?

Yes, I am.

No, I'm not.

Is he Tom?

Yes, he is.

No, he's not. No, he isn't.

Is she Marie?

Yes, she is.

No, she's not. No, she isn't.

Is it Dolly?

Yes, it is.

No, it's not.

No, it isn't.

Are we students? Yes, we are.

No, we're not.

No, we aren't.

Second question,

are we students?

Yes, you are.

No, you're not. No, you aren't.

Next,

are you students?

Yes, we are.

No, we're not.

No, we aren't.

Are they students?

Yes, they are.

No, they're not.

No, they aren't.

Look and listen.

Now, let's look and listen.

Are you Marie?

Yes, I am.

Are they students?

Yes, they are.

Is it Dolly? No, it isn't.

Read and repeat.

Okay, now we're going to talk about

formal introductions.

Formal

introductions.

This is for people who have higher

status.

For example, doctors, professors, et

cetera. This is how you write it.

Like we saw before.

It's

nice

to meet

you

name.

It's nice

to meet

you

too.

Now, here's an example.

I say,

Professor

Smith,

this is Dr. Jones.

Dr. Jones says,

it's nice to meet you, Professor Smith.

And Professor Smith says,

it's nice to meet you, too.

Professor Smith, this is Dr. Jones. It's

nice to meet you, Professor Smith. It's

nice to meet you, too.

Okay, Professor, doctor.

Now,

with the help of our assistants, let's

practice.

Now, first we have Dr. Curie

and Princess Diana.

Now, Ali, would you please introduce

them?

Dr. Curie, this is Princess Diana. It's

nice to meet you, Dr. Curie. Nice to

meet you, too, Princess.

Okay, now we have Mother Teresa

and President Bill Clinton.

And Lisa, would you please introduce

them? Okay. Mother Teresa, this is

President Bill Clinton. It's nice to

meet you, President Clinton. It's nice

to meet you, too, Mother Teresa.

Very good. Now, we have Mustafa Kemal

Atatürk and Mrs. Clinton.

Now, would you introduce them, please,

Marie? Mrs. Clinton, this is Mustafa

Kemal Atatürk. It is nice to meet you,

Mr. Atatürk. It's nice to meet meet you,

too, Mrs. Clinton.

Very good. Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Introduction.

Okay, now we're going to do informal

introductions.

Informal

introductions.

These are introductions among friends.

This is what we say.

Mhm, this is

somebody else.

So, and then the second person says,

nice to

meet you.

And the third person says,

nice

to meet

you

too.

Okay, now for example,

Molly

says,

Ali,

this is Marie.

Marie

says,

nice to meet you, Ali.

And Ali says,

nice to meet you, too.

So, Ali, this is Marie.

Nice to meet you, Ali.

Nice to meet you, too.

Okay, now

let's practice a little bit with our

assistants.

All right.

Now,

Ali,

this is Marie.

It's nice to meet you, Ali. Nice to meet

you, too.

Marie, this is Lisa. Nice to meet you,

Lisa. Nice to meet you, too.

Now, Marie, introduce Lisa to Ali.

Lisa, this is Ali. Nice to meet you,

Ali. Nice to meet you, too.

Now, Lisa, you introduce Ali to me. Ms.

Stone, this is Ali.

Nice to meet you, Ali. Nice to meet you,

Ms. Stone.

Very good.

Introduction.

Okay, now you can also introduce

yourself.

Introducing

yourself.

This is what you say.

Hello,

I'm

mhm.

That's the first person. The second

person says, I'm

mhm.

Nice

to meet you.

First person says,

nice to meet

you

too.

For example,

I say,

Molly.

Hello, I'm Molly.

Lisa,

I'm Lisa.

Nice to meet you.

Molly, nice to meet you, too.

So, hello, I'm Molly.

I'm Lisa. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

Now,

let's practice with our assistants.

Okay, assistants?

Now,

hello, I'm Molly Stone. I'm Lisa

Roberts. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet

you, too.

Uh

Hello, I'm Lisa Roberts. I'm

Marie-Pierre. Nice to meet you. Nice to

meet you, too.

Hello, I'm Marie Pierre. Hello, I'm Ali

Ali Aksoy. Nice to meet you. Nice to

meet you, too.

Hello, I'm Ali Aksoy.

Hello, I'm Molly Stone. Nice to meet

you. Nice to meet you, too.

Very good.

Goodbye.

Okay, now it's time to learn to say

goodbye.

And this is how it looks.

Goodbye.

Short.

Bye.

See you.

See you

tomorrow.

See you later.

Goodbye.

Bye.

See you.

See you tomorrow.

See you later.

Okay.

So,

Ali,

goodbye. Goodbye.

Marie, see you tomorrow. Lisa, bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Review.

Okay, now let's do some final review.

First, a dictation.

Listen and write these letters.

Listen and write.

Ready?

Okay, number one.

H

E L

L

O

Number two.

N

I C

E

Number three.

T

O

Number four.

M

E E

T

Number five.

Y O U

Now, check your work.

Number one.

H E L

L O

Number two.

N I C E

Number three.

T O

Number four.

M E E T

And number five. Y O U

Hello, nice to meet you.

Okay, now listen listen and write these

sentences.

Ready?

Number one.

My name is Ali.

Number two.

It's nice to meet you.

Number three.

Please spell your name.

Number four.

They are students.

Number five. Thank you.

Number one.

My name is Ali.

Number two. It's nice to meet you.

Number three. Please spell your name.

Number four. They are students.

Number five. Thank you. Finally,

read this short story.

Read and answer.

Lisa Roberts and Marie Pierre are

students.

Is he Ali?

Yes, he is.

His last name is Aksoy.

Molly Stone is their teacher.

Okay, now answer the questions.

Listen, write the answers, not the

questions.

Number one.

Are Lisa and Marie students?

Number two.

What is Ali's last name?

Number three.

What is Marie's last name?

Number four.

Is Molly their teacher?

Number five. What is her last name?

Now, listen to the questions again and

check your answers.

Number one.

Are Lisa and Marie students?

Yes, they are.

Number two.

What is Ali's last name?

It is Aksoy.

Number three.

What is Marie's last name?

It is Pierre.

Number four.

Is Molly their teacher?

Yes, she is.

And number five. What is her last name?

Stone.

Practicing English.

Good morning.

Thanks for waiting for me. No problem.

Sam, you know who I met yesterday?

No. At the cafe. My old friend Alexi. He

was my roommate at university.

He is from Greece and his last name is

Chrisakos. Chrisakos?

Ah, here he is.

Yes, he lives in your building.

Shall we ask him to join us? He is

waiting for me.

Sure, I would like to meet him, too.

Good morning.

Hi. Good morning.

Are you ready?

Yes, I am.

Hi.

Hmm, well, I haven't met anyone from

Greece before. Is he nice? I think so.

Jack said they were good friends at

university.

Hey. Hi, Alexi. Jack and I would like

you to meet your neighbor. This is Sam.

He lives in your building. Sam, this is

Alexi Chrisakos. Hello, Alexi. It's nice

to meet you, too. When did you come to

Istanbul? I came to Istanbul last week.

Got a new job at a computer company.

Welcome to our building.

Oh, I'd like you to meet my mother.

Mother, these are my friends.

This is Angie. Hi, Mr. Chrisakos. It's

nice to meet you. Welcome to Istanbul.

Thank you, Angie. It's nice to meet you,

too. And this is my friend, Jack. He was

my roommate at university.

It's nice to meet you, Jack. Thank you

for being a good friend to my son.

Thank you very much. We are good

friends. And this is

Sam. He lives in our building.

Sam, it's a pleasure to meet you.

How do you like this building? Oh, it's

great. We really like it.

Well, it's very nice to meet all of you.

But you better get going or you'll miss

your tram.

Your mother's right. We better go.

Bye, Mrs. Chrisakos.

Bye. Have a good day at work. Bye, Mom.

See you this evening.

Bye.

Alexi, I have a question.

How do you spell your first name? Well,

it's pronounced Alexi,

but it is spelled A L E X I.

What about you, Angie?

How do you spell it? Well, my full name

is Angela. It is spelled A N G E L A,

but most people call me Angie. It is

spelled A N G I E.

Alexi, my full name is Samuel. My mother

is the only person who calls me Samuel.

Usually means I'm in trouble.

Samuel is spelled S A M U E L, but Sam

is much easier. It's S A M.

My name is the easiest, then. It's just

Jack.

J A C K.

Hi, Carrie.

Hi, Angie.

Hi Sam. Hi Jack.

Hi Carrie.

Hi Carrie.

Carrie, this is our new friend Alexi.

He's from Greece. He lives in Sam's

building.

Hi Alexi. How do you like Istanbul?

Oh, it's great. It's nice to meet you,

Carrie. I didn't know I would meet so

many new people.

You're all very nice.

Thank you. I'm glad you like the city.

It's a good place to live.

Yes, I agree.

I feel very lucky to have four new

friends in only two days. Come on. It's

starting to rain.