Let's Talk

UNIT 5 – MONEY (Since this is a 1-to-1 class, teacher will need to provide 'pairing up' and ‘group’ support)

ACTIVITY 1

OBJECTIVE: To talk about different shopping destinations and items that may be bought there.

VOCAB – On the board (see Teacher's book for specifics [I will add to this [via a post] shortly])

A: PAIR WORK

1. Ask students about a specific shopping district / area.

“What kinds of stores can you find there [in Robinson's, for example]?”

“What can you buy there?”

2. Read the words in the instructions and get students to repeat the store names.

B: PAIR WORK

Read the discussion question aloud.

• What can you buy in (ALL) the places listed in Part A?

• Where do you usually shop? What do you like to shop for (and why)?

• Do you shop online? What kinds of things do you buy?

• Do you prefer to 'window shop' or spend money?

“In a convenience store, you can buy soda, snacks and ...”

ACTIVITY 2

LISTENING

VOCAB ON THE BOARD

OBJECTIVE: To understand people talking about shopping; to talk about students' own recent purchases.

You will hear three conversations (play TRACK 20). What are the people buying?

TIP (to students)

"Don't worry if you cannot understand every word. Please just concentrate on listening for what you need in order to answer the questions.”

• Explain the vocab in the chart and on the board.

• The actual words will not be spoken, so you'll need to get a gist from the surrounding words and phrases.

 

• Only complete the first column for now.

Play and pause after each conversation.

• Check answers and, if necessary, have students listen to the correct answers in context.

1. Perfume

2. Gloves

3. A jacket

B: LISTEN AGAIN

TRACK 21

• Play and pause, noting that the speakers do not say directly where they are shopping.

• Where are the people shopping? Add the answers to the chart.

1. Duty-free shop

2. Department store

3. Secondhand store

EXTENSION ACTIVITY: Discuss how the student arrived at the answers to the listening task.

Write the ideas on the board and discuss.

C: GROUP WORK (See note at the beginning of this plan)

Discuss the following:

• What are three things you have bought recently?

Me (teacher)? football (soccer) socks, a model of the Empire State Building, a small Ganesh figurine.

• Why did you buy them? Where did you buy them?

Teacher? At a sports shop, at a book shop in Robinson's and at a temple market.

• What things do you want to buy next?

• What do you like about shopping? What don't you like?

Teacher: Generate some of your own ideas regarding the two latter questions to spur or continue the discussion.

ACTIVITY 3: LISTENING

TRACK 22

Three friends are talking about their recent purchases. What did each person buy?

Write the correct number in the gap.

Jeff – sweatshirt (5)

Andrea - scarf (1)

Terry – Green shirt (3)

B: PAIR WORK

Describe what people in the (Insert) magazines are wearing. Use the words and your own ideas.

Baseball cap jacket polo shirt shorts sweater

business suit jeans sandals skirt sweatshirt

dress necktie shirt sneakers T-shirt

“He/she is wearing ...”

C: PAY COMPLIMENTS TO EACH OTHER ABOUT EACH OTHER'S CLOTHING