Greeting a New Student

At a Glance:

Standards / Framework:

After learning how to greet people in the target language, students will read a sample conversation comic and make a comic of their own.

This simple comic can be used as an introduction to greetings in a world language or given as a review with follow up questions.

Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Do the student and teacher know each other well?
- What greetings are used in this comic?
Model these greetings in the language being taught, e.g., Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, etc.
Introduce or review greetings in other settings, e.g., meeting someone during school lunch, starting a new job, meeting a new teammate, etc.
Have students work with a partner to practice introducing themselves in the target language.

Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic in which they introduce themselves to another character in the target language.
Have each character use a greeting and a question.
Students may choose to change the setting of the comic or add more characters. Have them think about how that might change the conversation.
Facial expressions and actions should the conversation.