Useful expressions for first day lessons

13.01.2015 15:42:00

Your homestay student has settled into their room, you’ve shown them around the house and the local area and you’ve sat down to your first meal together. Now it’s time for your first lesson.

Whether your student is an A2 level learner or C1, here are some expressions that might come in handy on the first day and throughout their stay.

Students may lapse into old habits and try to circumvent these questions; print these off and have them on display every lesson to point to when your student is struggling to produce them spontaneously.

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