A1 · Personal Information
Meeting a New Classmate
- CEFR level:
- A1
- Sentences:
- 8
- Duration:
- 1 min
- Speakers:
- Emma & Tom
"Meeting a New Classmate" is an A1-level English conversation about personal information, 8 lines long (about 1 minute) between Emma & Tom. Read the full script below with the translation next to each line, then try speaking one of the roles out loud.
Dialogue script
Each entry shows the English sentence first, with the translation on the line below it. To practise speaking, cover the translation and repeat after the audio.
- Line 1Emma 0:00
Hi, I'm Emma. What's your name?
- Line 2Tom 0:03
I'm Tom. Please call me Tom.
- Line 3Emma 0:05
Where do you live?
- Line 4Tom 0:07
I live near here.
- Line 5Emma 0:09
Great! I live in the city.
- Line 6Tom 0:11
Which class are you in?
- Line 7Emma 0:13
I'm in Class Two.
- Line 8Tom 0:15
Me too. See you in class.
Native audio, line-by-line recording and pronunciation scoring for this dialogue are in the EngTalk app.
Key vocabulary
Content words from this dialogue, ranked by the CEFR level at which they appear across the whole 500-dialogue library. Function words and proper nouns are excluded.
- name /neɪm/ noun
a word used to identify a person or thing
- call /kɔl/ verb
to give a telephone ring, or to speak in a loud voice to attract attention
- live /lɪv/ verb
to be alive or have your home in a place
- great /ɡreɪt/ adjective
very good or important
- city /ˈsɪti/ noun
a large and permanent human settlement
- class /klæs/ noun
a period of learning or a group of students
- see /si/ verb
to notice with the eyes or understand