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Sample Lesson: Greetings & Introduction
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
a) Correctly greet a different person
b) Respond to greetings correctly.
c) Introduce themselves by telling their name and where they come from, and asking the same of others.
Activity 1:
Teacher introduces lesson by leading learners in the pronunciation of important terms laying emphasis on vowel sounds:
•Muuwa
•Muuwa muno
•Niatia
•Witawa
•Mbitawa
•Uumite ku?
•Mbumiite
Activity 2:
(i): Teacher reads a dialogue aloud, while role-playing, between two people who have just met, as learner listens.
(ii): Teacher and learner read the same dialogue aloud, in conversation with one another as interchanging roles in the dialogue.
•Pete: Muuwa
•Gloria: Muuwa muno
•Pete: Niatia witawa?
•Gloria: Mbitawa Gloria.
•Pete: Uumite ku?
•Gloria: Mbumite Chicago.
Activity 3:
Learner practices greeting the teacher and introducing themself with the conversation withdrawn.
