Teaching Practice 3
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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to provide opportunities for students to practice ordering food in a restaurant
Subsidiary Aims
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To teach and review some vocabulary related to the context, To practice writing through writing about their friends' preferences
Procedure (31-45 minutes)
As a warmer stage, the teacher shows a slide containing the picture of a restaurant. By showing that picture, the teacher tries to elicit some information and review the vocabulary related to the context. After that the teacher asks the students to talk about the food that is generally served at a restaurant. Then she writes the food the students name and discuss the result with the whole class.
The teacher puts the students in groups of three and asks them to work with their partners. She gives them the first hand out which is a list of questions. Each student is supposed to answer the questions first and then talk to her partners and get some information about them. Each student should try to write the correct information and exchange ideas with her partners.
To get the students' feedback and let them practice writing, the teacher asks the students to write a couple of sentences about their partners by the help of the information they could achieve from the first hand out. When they are finished, the teacher will check their production and if there is any wrong production, writes it on the whiteboard and elaborates on that.
Teacher elicits the words "starter, main course, dessert, beverages" and wants her students to describe which is served first, which is served the second and which goes to the end. The students should provide some examples.
The teacher gives a list containing different starters, main courses, desserts and beverages. The students should work in pairs and decide which item should go under which headline. They will compare their answers in groups and check their answers by the help of the slide on the wall.
When teacher is finished with her checking process of her students background knowledge, she gives them the second hand out which is a restaurant menu. She asks students to choose a name for their restaurant and also fill in the blanks with their favorite starters, main courses and deserts. They may add some drinks to the menu as well. They should know the ingredients of the food to be able to talk about it and explain it. Teacher puts the students in groups of three. One of them has the role of a waiter and the other two have the roles of customers. When the first student is finished with taking orders, they change their roles. When the whole class finishes, the teacher conducts feedback.
As a wrap-up stage, the teacher wants her students to review what they have learned and say what food they will order the next time they go to a restaurant.