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EFL Conversation Lesson | NATURALLY Order Food In A Cafe

31/8/2019

If your students are planning to study, live, or travel to an English-speaking country, they will probably want to know how to order something in a coffee shop. In this lesson, you will have them work with a partner, learn natural expressions to order from a real coffee shop, practice these expressions, and perform these conversations.

Class Objectives

Let’s go out and order some food. Where do you want to go?
Let’s go to a café.
Sounds good.

By the end of the class, you will have:

learned and used new vocabulary and natural expressions
become more confident when ordering in a cafe
created ordering food conversations

Difficulty: Blue Belt and above (Lower-Intermediate)

Model Conversation:

Server:Hi, welcome to Starbucks, can I take yourorder?
Customer:Yes, |could I have acaramel macchiato, please?|
                          |I would like acappuccino with soy milk, please?|
                          |can I have atall Americano black with no sugar to go, please?|
Server: For here or to go?
Customer: To go, please.
Server: What size would you like?
Customer: A tall, please.
Server: Would you like it hot or cold?
Customer: Hot, please.
Server: Will there be anything else?
Customer: |No, thank you. That’s all.|
                   |Yes, can I have a chocolate muffin?|
Server: |That’ll be $4.76.|
             |Sure, anything else?|
Customer: |Here you are.|
Server: Out of 5? 24 cents is your change. Your name, please?
Customer: Jesse.
Server: Thank you. |You can wait at the end ofthe counter.|
                                |You can have a seat, and we’ll call you when it’s ready.|
Customer: Thank you.

Easter Egg Lessons:

Practice Saying and Counting Money - Learn how to smoothly talk about money and calculate in English.

Confidence - If they are traveling, one of the first things they will have to do is to order something. Equip them with the confidence to speak in English about a familiar topic.

Fun - Let's not forget this is an objective for the students in our class. If they're not having fun, they're probably not learning.

What else can you find?

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Vocabulary and Expressions

Take notes about the following words so you can understand the meaning. Use context, dictionary definitions, synonyms, explanations, example sentences, pictures,or any other creative way to learn the new words and phrases. NOTE: Please do NOT use your language to understand the concept.

Can I take your order? – Normal greeting for a server in a café.
Could I have a… -
I would like a… -
Can I have a… -
To go (American) / Take away (British)
Here you are
___ out of___
Your change
At the end of ____ -
Have a seat –
We’ll call you when it’s ready.

MONEY and NUMBERS
Money and numbers are something that seem basic, but they can be a bit difficult. How would you say these prices and numbers? Say them out loud and write them down.

$0.89 – 89 cents/ eighty-nine cents
$4.76
$9.99
$12.55
$49.45
$314.75
$4,925.38
$27,366.69
$420,666.01

Your Task: Write A Conversation

Write a conversation between a customer and cashier in a coffee shop. Get as detailed as you can in your conversations.

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EFL Listening Lesson with Song | We Are The Champions

12/8/2019

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Lesson Plan

LESSON: We Are The Champions
OBJECTIVES: a. Build natural expressions b. Listening identification
LEVEL: Pre-intermediate and above. (Adjust some of the activities for different levels)
TIME: 30-40 minutes

Pre-Listening

· In pairs (or individual), write 5 things they know about Queen.
(Some students may not know anything and that's ok.) - 6-8 minutes

· Take some answers and work with corrections as a class. (3-5 minutes)

Listening

(Adapt the order of the worksheet to how you see fit for your class)

· Listen one time and do the matching.
· Listen a second time and finish the matching.
· Find synonyms and/or translations of the given expressions in section I.
POST LISTENING:Optional depending on the level of your students. I don't do this with lower levels.

Post Listening

(Optional depending on the level of your students)

· Students write example sentences using the new expressions from section I.
· Choose some example sentences to work with as a class.
· Write one sentence using a new word or expression from this lesson.

Good luck! Let me know how it works for you and if you have any special touches that I can try in my classes:

Pro Tips

Make corrections in students' sentences in the Pre-Listening activity to improve their grammar

Less is more - For lower levels, only focus on them learning one or two new expressions to use

Easter Egg Lessons

Good music - Not a 'lesson' per se, but they will get to hear a good song that most people enjoy.

Motivation - If they can capture the mood of the song, they could be motivated in their lives.

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Student Worksheet

I. What do the following expressions mean? Use the meanings from the box

I’m not again and again to experience difficult
situations before success an easy experience to be treated poorly
to survive

To pay your dues _______________________________________
Time after time _______________________________________
To have sand kicked in your face _______________________________________
To come through _______________________________________
To be a bed of roses _______________________________________
I ain’t _______________________________________

II. Listen to the song (2 times) and match the expressions.

I’ve paid my dues a. I’ve made a few
I’ve done my sentence b. time after time
And bad mistakes c. my friend
I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face d. for losers
We are the champions e. but committed no crime
And we’ll keep on fighting f. but I’ve come through
No time g. and my curtain calls
I’ve taken my bows h. ‘til the end
But it’s been no bed of roses i. and I ain’t gonna lose
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race j. no pleasure cruise

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EFL Speaking Lesson | Build Fluency | New Planet

21/7/2019

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Before the Lesson

Print profession ideas to have the students choose what job they would like to have for today's activity.

Profession Ideas:

Actor/Actress
Artist
Teacher
Pro Footballer
Car Mechanic
Pilot
CEO
Writer/Journalist
Photographer
Farmer
Musician
Philosopher
Computer Technician
Carpenter

LESSON PLAN

LESSON: Speaking or Writing
OBJECTIVE: a. Practice modal verbs b. Use language to convince and argue
LEVEL: Intermediate and Above
TIME: 30-50 minutes

Pre-Teach (10-12 min)

· Write the jobs on slips of paper (before class). Have students choose a job.
· Teach expressions to express your opinion, agree, and disagree
· Review and Practice expressions

Activity (10-15 min)

·      Explain the situation with the PPT (choose how many people can not go)
·      Give students time to write notes about the uses of their profession
·      Debate in a semi-free discussion why they should be included in the trip
·      Remind them to use the target language

Worksheet for Your Google Classroom

Name: ______________________ Class: __________

NEW PLANET

Situation: A certain newly elected president of a prominent country is killing our planet. Fortunately, NASA has discovered a planet similar to earth that can support life. There is a mission to transport volunteers from earth to the new earth to start over. However, there aren't enough spots for everybody to be able to go. We are holding interviews and discussions to make your case for why you're the best candidate to be invited on the rocket to go to the new planet.

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Task: Use your occupation and the target language to argue why you should be included in the voyage.

Target Language:

            State your opinion:
I would say that...
I should go because…
You will need me because…
We need/don’t need ______ because…

            Agree:
I think so, too.
That's a fair point.
We're on the same page.
Fair enough.
I'm with _____________...

            Disagree:
I don't disagree, but...
I beg to differ.
I don't agree at all.
He's/She's completely off base.
That doesn't make any sense.
That's not true.

Prepare Take notes with reasons why you should be invited onto the rocket.

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Pro Tips

· The activity works best with groups of 6-8 students. Break bigger classes up into groups
· Decide if you want to take a vote or use a point system to choose who goes

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EFL Conversation Lesson | NATURALLY Order Food In A Cafe

Class Objectives

Model Conversation:

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Vocabulary and Expressions

Your Task: Write A Conversation

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EFL Listening Lesson with Song | We Are The Champions

Lesson Plan

Pre-Listening

Listening

Post Listening

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Easter Egg Lessons

Student Worksheet

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EFL Speaking Lesson | Build Fluency | New Planet

Before the Lesson

LESSON PLAN

Pre-Teach (10-12 min)

Activity (10-15 min)

Worksheet for Your Google Classroom

Task: Use your occupation and the target language to argue why you should be included in the voyage.

Prepare Take notes with reasons why you should be invited onto the rocket.

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EFL Conversation Lesson | NATURALLY Order Food In A Cafe

Class Objectives

Model Conversation:

Easter Egg Lessons:

Vocabulary and Expressions

Your Task: Write A Conversation

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EFL Listening Lesson with Song | We Are The Champions

Lesson Plan

​Pre-Listening

Listening

Post Listening

Pro Tips

Easter Egg Lessons

Student Worksheet

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EFL Speaking Lesson | Build Fluency | New Planet

Before the Lesson

LESSON PLAN

Pre-Teach (10-12 min)

Activity (10-15 min)

Worksheet for Your Google Classroom

Task: Use your occupation and the target language to argue why you should be included in the voyage.

Prepare Take notes with reasons why you should be invited onto the rocket.

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Have more time.Make a difference.​Enjoy teaching.

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