Resource centre - Making appointments - crazy dictation
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| Aim | To review language for making appointments. To develop listening and pronunciation skills |
| Activity | Students complete a dialogue by dictating sentences across the classroom |
| Organisation | Pair work |
| Preparation | Make enough copies of the activity for the number of pairs in your class |
| What do I do? | 1 Put students into pairs, facing each other across the room. 2 Hand out the activity. Give A to one student in each pair, and B to the other. 3 Students dictate their half of the dialogue to their partner across the room, until both have completed it. The first pair to finish (accurately) is the winner. 4 Use the dialogue to review language for making appointments |
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A ___________________________________________________________________? Good morning. I'd like to make an appointment to see a doctor, please. ___________________________________________________________________? Could I come this afternoon? ___________________________________________________________________? Of course. A few seconds later... ___________________________________________________________________? Yes, that's fine. Thank you. ___________________________________________________________________? Yes, it's Jane Brown. ___________________________________________________________________. Thanks, goodbye. B Good morning, City Doctors. How can I help you? ___________________________________________________________________. Certainly. When would you like to come? ___________________________________________________________________? I'll check, could you hold on for one minute? ___________________________________________________________________. A few seconds later... Yes, this afternoon is possible. How about 3 o'clock? ___________________________________________________________________. Ok. Could I take your name please? ___________________________________________________________________. Ok, Jane. We'll see you later today. ___________________________________________________________________. |
Download and print a free PDF version of this making apointments activity to use in the classroom with accompanying teacher notes.
