Information collection & exchange

DO YOU KNOW MARY? 
Do you know Mary? 
Mary who? 
Mary McDonald. 
Of course I do. 
Yes, of course I do. 
Do you know her little brother? 
Yes, of course I do. 
I know her brother, and her mother and her father too. 
o you know her older sister? 
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Yes, of course I do. 
I know her older sister, Betty and her younger sister, Sue. 
Do you know her husband Bobby? 
I know her husband and his brother and his father too. 
NOTES 
DO YOU KNOW MARY? 
Focus 
Practice the question intonation patterns: Do you know Mary? Mary who? and 
notice the contrasting response pattern Yes, of course I do. 
 
Note that the h sound is dropped when we say know her, and her. 
 
Listen carefully to the pronunciation of little, brother, mother, father. 
 
Practice the intonation pattern for No, I don't, do you? 
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Notes 
tructure 
This chant offers practice in the simple present question Do you know…? and 
the emphatic short response Yes, of course I do. 
 
The entire chant may be practiced with negative answers plus tag questions. 
 
Example: 
Do you know Mary? 
No, I don't, do you? 
Presentation 
Notes 
Repeat the chant, substituting students' names and the names of their families. 
Figure 1.2 From Jazz Chants by Carolyn Graham. Oxford University Press, 1978. Reprinted by 
permission. 
This peer coaching can take place for approximately half an hour a week at the same time as the rest of the 
students are busy on some form of group work. An example of peer coaching would be to ask the advanced 
student to read a passage while the second student follows the text in his or her book. The two could then 
work on comprehension questions on the passage. Multiple choice or true/false questions are good since 
they test comprehension and not writing skills.