1."Hello! My name is Matthew John Lindsay." Write your name on the chalkboard. The students don't know the alphabets, but they will understand that it's your name.

2."Call me Matt." Make underline Matthew and repeat  "Matt" several times slowly and clearly.

3."I'm from Perth, Australia." Show the national flag and the world map on TV. Repeat "Australia" and "Japan" pointing to each other.  Remember that most of  the students have never seen the national flag of Australia or the world map. Even though they may not understand what you say, some students will find something out of your words.

4."You can see the Southern Cross in Australia." We are never able to see the Southern Cross in Japan. Instead of the Southern Cross, you can add some topics about Australia.

5."I'm twenty seven years old." Write 27 on the chalkboard. If they don't understand what the number means, you can count up from 1 to 27, or 1969 to 1996.

6."I like surfing." Show the students some pictures of big waves.  Explain how you catch the wave and ride on the board by gesture.

7."Next, we're going to divide our class into three groups. These are group 1, 2,...". Touch each member of the groups and let them stand up telling them "You're group X.".

8."Raise your hand, group X." Check the members of each group. As  the students don't know the sounds of ABC, each group name  must be pronounced slowly and clearly.

9."Group X, come to the front and give me your name." The students will not understand what the words mean. Let each group come to the front and point to their name tags saying "May I have your name?", or "Your name, please.", or "Name?".

10."Hello, (student's name)" Handshake adding their name when they answer their names well. If the students cannot say anything, just say "Hello." to them.

11."Thank you, group X. Go back to your seat." If you have enough time at this point, call the students' names again.

12."It's time to finish. Good-bye." Elementary school students would rather use good-bye than sayonara. Some students may recognize good-bye as a Japanese word.

 

Note : Group 1-3 will be diecided on staff meeting.