Homework Date: (date of lesson)
For: Jane
From: Gemma
Message: You are invited to her birthday party at 6.00 pm on Saturday.
Date: Form: IX Subject: English Theme: Lesson 4 At the post office Aim: • to talk about post offices and the services they provide
• to practise reading for gist
• to practise listening for gist
• to practise asking for things at the post office
• to raise awareness of the abbreviated language used in telegrams
Equipment: picture, dictionary
T h e p r o c e d u r e o f t h e l e s s o n 1. The beginning of the lesson 2.Checking up the homework T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n Language Note:
In English we talk about what you can do at the post office (the place in general). When we are inside the building of a specific post office we say in the post office.
Activity 1a
Objective: to practise asking and answering questions
PP work in groups of 3 or 4 and take turns to ask and answer the questions.
Activity 1 b
Objective: to practise reading for gist
PP read and then say what the conversation is about.
Key: A newcomer to Tashkent is asking for directions to the main post office
Activity 1 с
Objective: to revise and practise asking for and giving directions
PP work in pairs. P1 is a new pupil at your school. P2 is a teacher. P1 asks for directions and P2 gives them.
Activity 2a
Objectives: to give further practice in talking about what you can do in a post office; to practise the use of 'can' for ability
Ask PP to look carefully at the pictures and text about parcels. Elicit sentences about what you can do in a post office.
e.g.You can make an international telephone call. You can buy stamps. You can send a parcel by air mail. You can send telegrams. Activity 2b
Objective: to practise the present perfect tense Elicit sentences in the present perfect.
e.g. I have sent telegrams. I have bought stamps. I have made telephone calls.
Activity 3a
Objective: to practise using the Wordlist
When PP know what the words mean, say the words and ask them to repeat after you in chorus, in rows and individually. Activity 3b
Objective: to practise listening for gist
Ask PP to read the four phrases (a-d). Tell them they must match the phrase with a conversation. Play the tape. When the tape has finished ask PP to compare answers.
Tapescript
1
Customer: Where can I cash this postal order?
Clerk: Right here, sir. Please sign your name at the bottom. Here's the money.
Customer: Thank you. Now can I have two envelopes, four postcards and five stamps, please.
Clerk: That's 950 soums.
Customer: Here you are. Thanks a lot.
Clerk: Thank you.
2
Customer: I want to send this parcel to Andijan. How much will it cost?
Clerk: It's 80 soums per kilo.
Clerk: Let me weigh it and I'll tell you how much to pay.
Customer: All right. How much will it cost by air?
Clerk: 132 soums per kilo. Do you want to send it by air?
Customer: Yes. It'll get there much quicker.
Clerk: Your parcel is 2.5kgs so it will cost 330 soums.
Customer: Here you are. Thank you.
Clerk: Thank you.
3
Customer: I'd like a telegram form, please.
Clerk: Here you are.
Customer: How much does the telegram cost, please?
Clerk: It depends on the number of words. Four soums per word for an ordinary telegram. An express telegram costs eight soums per word.
Customer: Thank you.
Clerk: Not at all.
4
Customer: I would like to send this letter. How much will it cost?
Clerk: Let me weigh it. Then I'll tell you how much to pay. ...Er It's 15 soums.
Customer: OK. And how much will it cost by registered post?
Clerk: It's 30 soums for letters up to to 20 gr.
Key: 1d 2c 3b 4a
Activity 4
Objective: to give further practice (through role play) of the language needed
in a post office
PP work in pairs. P1 is the post office clerk and P2 is the customer. Ask PP to role play the 4 situations. Walk around the class listening and prompting where necessary but try not to interrupt. When they have completed the four role plays, ask them to change roles and repeat.
