Monday, January 23, 2012

Breakfast in English in class (B1B) Febrary, 17th March at 10,20

We are going to have breakfast in English. This is an activity which consist of having breakfast in the school canteen. Students play the roles of customers and waiter/waitress and serve and eat real breakfast. It is very easy to organize: most products are available at the school cafeteria (milk, toasts, jam, butter, hot chocolate, fruit, orange juice...) and those which are not are brought by some students (muffins, bums...). We'll display two tables together as a counter and they have to order something to drink and eat. No mistakes in English are allowed. In case they don't know how to ask for something, they won't get it. In order to control this I'll start playing the role of a waiter.
Previously, we are going to work in class the following points:
- vocabulary: cutlery (fork, mug, napkin, spoon, etc), food (muffin, a piece of toast, olive oil, etc)
- ordering: 1. Customers: "Can I have the menu, please?", "I'd like...., please", "Could I have.......?", "I think I'll have...", etc.
                 2. Waiter/waitress: "Can I help you?", "Are you ready to order?", "Would you like to see the menu?", "Anything to drink?", etc.
- expressing opinions: "That sounds good", "It is delicious", "It is tasty", "It is crunchy", etc.
- intonation in questions: 1. rising intonation in yes/no questions: Can I see the menu, please?, can I help you?, etc. 
                                     2. falling intonation in open questions: What do you recommend?, "What would you like to drink?, etc.

I find this activity very motivating as students really enjoy what they are doing (they are having breakfast!!) and there is not one single students who doesn't like this. Therefore, they do their best to know how to order and how to play the waiter/waitress role paying special attention to how words are pronounced and how questions are uttered with the proper intonation.

We are doing it on Friday, February, 17th. After that, customers, waiters and waitresses, are invited to evaluate this activity. Please write a comment on it focusing on the following points:
a. Do you think you could order food in an English cafeteria after having done this activity?
b. Value how you have improved:
                  1. Vocabulary related to food and cutlery.
                  2. Vocabulary and structures to order food and drinks.
                  3. Vocabulary to express your opinion on food.
                  4. Intonation in questions.
                  5. Communication strategies to order food
                  6. Confidence in Speaking in English in general
c. Would you like to do this activity again? If so, say why.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

TEACHER THESE ARE MY RESULTS: (I`m sorry for being late)

-Business comunication: 100%
-A Healthy Lifestyle: 100%
-A Fun Day: 100%
-Parenting: 80%
-Summer Camp: 80%
Hi My results:

A fun day: 90%
Phone message: 60%
Snack time: 100%
Family activities:70%
College life: 70%

Monday, December 12, 2011

Hi! My marks!...

College life ---> Score = 80%
Getting around tokyo ---> Score = 100%
Phone message ---> Score = 100%
Video rental shop ---> Score = 80%
Snak time ---> Score = 50%

Listenings

Sorry teacher but i've got some problems with mi PC and I can't post a comment in ''Here we are again'' so I do it in a new Post.
Here you've got my results:
First Date 80%
Where are you from? 80%
Weekly activities 100%
Happy birthday 80%
Enjoying the zoo 75%

news for dummiessssssssssssss 2

we have problems but finally i have the full video in a pendrive so tomorrow we will see it and you ,teacher , will be able to mark it