🇬🇧 🛒 Daily life · Greetings and self-introductions (A1)

💇 At the hair salon

🎯 Explain what haircut you want

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

How often do you get a haircut?
Have you ever had a bad haircut?

🔑 Key phrases

Just a trim, please.毛先を整えるだけでお願いします。
Not too short, please.短くしすぎないでください。
About this much.このくらい。
Could you take a little off the sides?サイドを少し切ってもらえますか？
I'd like to dye my hair brown.髪を茶色に染めたいです。
It looks great, thanks!すごくいいです、ありがとう！

📚 Useful words

bangs — 前髪
layers — レイヤー
shampoo — シャンプー
blow-dry — ブロー
perm — パーマ
appointment — 予約

⚡ Speaking challenges

Describe your hairstyle right now.
Describe a celebrity's hairstyle.
Book a salon appointment on the phone.
Say 'not too short' in 3 different ways.

🎭 Role-play

A hair salon in Melbourne.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Show a photo (describe it) and explain the cut you want. Make sure it's not too short.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be a chatty hairdresser: ask questions, suggest something different ('Have you thought about bangs?').

🌀 Twist (halfway through): Mid-way: 'Oops, I cut a bit too much on this side…' The student reacts and asks how to fix it.

🗣️ Discussion questions

What hairstyle did you have as a kid?
Would you ever dye your hair a crazy color?
Do you chat with your hairdresser?

📌 Homework

Write how you'd explain your ideal haircut (4 sentences)理想の髪型の伝え方を4文で書く