GREETINGS
LEVEL
High School. First and Second Grade. 50 minutes.
RATIONALE
To introduce some North American greeting to the students.
EXPECTATIONS
Core:
1.
Native Speaker will introduce classroom to the various kinds of North American greetings.
LAYOUT
Core:
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Native Speaker introduces the concept of different levels of greetings. 5 minutes.
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Native Speaker goes over the different levels of formality with Korean greetings. 5 minutes.
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Native Speaker introduces the formality spectrum and solicits students to place people on the spectrum.
10 minutes.
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Native Speaker introduces North American greetings that match the Korean greetings. 20 minutes.
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Students perform North American greetings vocabulary worksheet. 10 minutes.
Bonus
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Native Speaker launches ‘Guess the Formality’ game with students.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
Students:
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Writing utensils.
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Writing paper.
Teachers

List of people who require a different level of formality when greeted.
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List of North American greetings to present to the class.
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North American greetings vocabulary worksheet based on vocabulary from presented North American
greetings.
PROCEDURE
LESSON INTRODUCTION
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
Native Speaker introduces different levels of greetings:
o
Telephone
o
Informal
o
Polite
o
Formal
Native Speaker solicits the Korean greeting for each category.
LESSON

Native Speaker creates a formality spectrum (a line) on the board with informal at one end and very
formal with the other levels placed somewhere in between.
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Native Speaker then solicits people that the students would greet and places them on the spectrum.
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Native Speaker Introduces North American examples of greetings at the same levels of the Korean
greetings with the addition of Very Formal:
o
Telephone
o
Informal
o
Polite
o
Formal
o
Very Formal
After each presentation, Native Speaker tries to get the students to identify the traits of the greeting that
placed it in its formality level.
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o
A greeting that involves men dressed in tuxedos is a very formal greeting.
o
A greeting where two friends say ‘Hey’ while lounging on couch is an informal greeting.
o
Etc.
Students perform greeting vocabulary worksheet based on vocabulary presented in the North American
greetings.
LESSON TERMINATION
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Native Speaker performs ‘Guess the Formality’ game where students are present with random greetings
and they have to guess how formal the greeting actually is.
ASSESSMENT/OBSERVATIONS
The worksheet took the form of a word search and most students took longer than 10 minutes.
Presenting the greeting as videos worked well for most of the classes, especially when we got to the end and used
Mr. Bean greeting the Queen as the very formal greeting.
TEACHER REFLECTION
This class can be as interactive as you want it to be. On one hand you can have the North American greetings
presented as skits by the students or the other you can use videos.
BOARD WORK
PRIMARY BOARD
Brain Storm area for
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Korean Greetings
o
Informal: Annyeong.
o
Polite: Annyeong haseyo.
o
Formal: Annyeong hashimnikka.
o
Telephone: Yeoboseyo.
People
o
School Staff
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Principal

Vice Principal
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School Staff
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Cafeteria Workers
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Teacher
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Native Speakers
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Fellow Students
o
o
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Older Student

Younger Student
Professional People

President of South Korea

Mayor of Mokpo

Famous Musician
Family

Grandparents

Brothers & Sisters
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Parents
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Aunts & Uncles
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Cousins
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Nephew & Nieces
North American Greetings
o
Telephone: Hello.
o
Informal: The High Five
o
Polite: The Casual Handshake.
o
Formal: The Business Interview Handshake.
o
Very Formal: The Head of State Handshake.
SECONDARY BOARD
Vocabulary presented in the North American greetings.