Chit-chat
to elicit certain vocabulary: for example:
"What
are some of the different things you might
send from a post office?"
Answers
hoped for: Letters, post cards, parcels
"And
in deciding how to send something, what
factors might be important?"
Answers
hoped for: the quickest way, the
cheapest way
"What
are some of the special services that exist?"
Answers
hoped for: airmail, registered.
Have
them act out, in pairs, situations where they
do the following transactions in a post office:
- a
letter to accept a job within two days
- advertising
material
- a
valuable watch as a birthday present
- commercial
samples, etc
- a
cheque to pay an urgent bill
Prepare
cards for each situation (five in all) and
have each couple act out the card they choose;
then scramble the partners and have them choose
new cards. If one person does the same situation
twice, let him or her just reverse roles.
