In this Unit 9:2, we will learn how to
teach and learn the sub topic, ‘Talking about shopping’ in
Form Two. In this sub topic, Form
Two students will be guided to use correct expressions when they go shopping.
THE
FOLLOWING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE TEACHING GUIDE ON THE SUB TOPIC:
A: INFORMATION OF THE TOPIC:
1. Topic: ASKING FOR SERVICES
2. Sub Topic: Talking about
shopping.
3. Periods per sub topic: 8
4: Class: Form Two.
B: HOW TO TEACH THE TOPIC:
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The student should be able to
use appropriate expressions when shopping. No one has ever spoken to shopkeeper
and we almost go shopping every day or every week. This fact is a proof that we
should know the appropriate language to use when we are shopping or when we are
communicating with shopkeepers in various shops, shopping centres or
supermarkets.
ACTIVITIES AND GAMES TO FACILITATE A LESSON
ACTIVITY 1: BRAINSTORMING ON THE TOPIC: Shopping Centres and Products
Found in These Centres
Most students have no idea
when it comes to using English language during shopping. Because of this, here
the teacher need to guide students to brainstorm on the meaning of shopping and
mention (i) places where different things are bought and sold and (ii) the
items/products bought and sold in these particular places.
By definition, a shop is a business building in which goods and
services are offered, bought or sold to customers for money or other goods. Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available
goods or services presented by one or more retailers/shopkeepers with the
intent to purchase a suitable selection of them.
Knowing the names of shopping places
and items or products in English language is one way to full understanding of
the language of shopping.
Shopping centres:
Obviously, students are
expected to mention groceries, shops, restaurants, cafés, supermarkets, and
hotels as places where items are bought and sold.
Items/Products:
Also a teacher should guide
them to discuss the items which are bought and sold there such as foods, wares,
home utensils, clothes, cars, furniture, and the like. The students should
mention many local and common places and the items because they are the first
things they can remember before going further to more abstract items. The common
items for the local areas where students live can be: toothbrush, soap, sugar,
flour, bubble gum, toothpaste, and the like.
ACTIVITY 2: READING A DIALOGUE ON SHOPPING
Before reading a dialogue on
buying and selling, teacher and students brainstorm on the useful expressions
used. The teacher to guide students to understand the expressions they will
commonly find and use when reading and practicing the language of shopping.
Some of these expressions are:
Do
you sell sugar here?
Yes,
I do.
Can I
get a discount for this?
I’m
sorry the price for this item is fixed.
How
much does this cost?
How
many kilos do you want?
Most of these expressions are
expressed in dialogues because shopping language always involves two or more
than two people who talk in turns.
The students should also be
guided to discuss the items or vocabularies that are often applied such as:
Paper,
bargain, supermarket, eggplant, increase in, cauliflower, price, suitcase,
mutton, shopkeeper, customer, cooking pots, discount.
After discussing the correct
sentence patterns and the vocabularies to be used when talking about shopping,
now students should be guided to read aloud the dialogue on shopping, then they
can answer several comprehension questions below:
DIALOGUE ON SHOPPING:
CUSTOMER: Good morning Mr.
Kopa?
SHOPKEEPER: I am fine. How
about you?
CUSTOMER: I am fine. Do you
have rice?
SHOPKEEPER: Yes. How many
kilos do you want?
CUSTOMER: Five kilos. How
much does these costs?
SHOPKEEPER: It’s 10,000
shillings.
CUSTOMER: And do you have
sugar here?
SHOPKEEPER: Yes, I have.
CUSTOMER: How much per
kilo?
SHOPKEEPER: It’s 2,500
shillings per kilo.
CUSTOMER: Sorry, can I get
a discount for this?
SHOPKEEPER: I am sorry, the
price for sugar is fixed.
CUSTOMER: OK. Give me 2
kilos. How much do they cost together?
SHOPKEEPER: It’s 15,000
shillings. Here they are.
CUSTOMER: Thanks.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Note: A teacher should
form the comprehension questions to check if students understand the
interactions between shopkeeper and the customer. It is a good idea if students
are asked these questions. For example, some comprehension questions can be as
follows:
(1) What is the name of shopkeeper?
(2) How many kilos of rice does a customer want?
(3) What product does a customer want a discount for?
(4) Which item has a fixed price?
ACTIVITY 3: ROLE-PLAYING AND WRITING
A teacher will organize
students in pairs or groups to play roles as shopkeepers and customers
respectively. The students may not act perfectly or follow what teacher has
taught, but putting them in pairs a good practice to begin with. A teacher can
allow them to write their dialogues on the paper before they practice. If teacher
has seen they have understood well the lesson, he/she can allow them to
interact orally without having their dialogues written on the paper.
After role-playing activity,
students in pairs or groups can also write their full dialogues in text, and
then they submit them to the teacher. After marking or going through their
works, a teacher choose the best works and display them in the class boards or
somewhere for the other students to see for their own time.
ACTIVITY 4: PLANNING A VISIT TO THE NEARBY SHOPPING CENTRES – Even at
the School Shop!
This visit will increase
students’ awareness on the shopping centres, items/products and the language of
shopping as well. After having role-played and written about shopping, the
students are brought to real life situations now. In this case, students will
actively interact with the items which are locally found and the teacher will
guide them to understand the vocabularies of some of the items they don’t know.
Visits are very important and
they bring students to the live and real life situations.
After the visit or visits,
students can ask the teacher on various things for the clarification. If they
have nothing to ask and they have understood the lesson, the teacher will
continue with the next lesson in the next period.
6: CONNECTION: Beyond the Sub Topic. This sub topic is the topic
that guides students to approximately express themselves when talking about
shopping. The conversations on shopping are practiced through dialogues and in
pairs for students to understand them.
7: NOTE: This sub topic is well taught with the application of various dialogues
and speaking in pairs. Speaking and listening are the only activities that can
help students to master the skills on proper shopping language. The students
should be taught this sub topic interactively because these are the practices
they are involved every day.
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Resources
- http://speaking24.com/conv/shopping.html Retrieved on 12/05/2017
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping Retrieved on 12/05/2017
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