Friday 1 February 2019

Tractor Failure: Contact Between a Customer and the Dealership. Speaking, Listening, and Grammar (past simple and progressive).

Students learn useful expressions to deal with a customer when diagnosing a mechanical breakdown, practise their speaking and listening skills through a role play, and revise how to talk about the past.



Useful expressions

Students learn useful expressions to deal with a customer when diagnosing a mechanical breakdown, practise their speaking and listening skills through a role play, and revise how to talk about the past.
Students can also practise and learn the expressions by using the following website that contains the dedicated list I created for them:




Grammar: Talk about what happened (past simple and progressive)

Students learn useful expressions to deal with a customer when diagnosing a mechanical breakdown, practise their speaking and listening skills through a role play, and revise how to talk about the past.



Roleplay

Writing:
Think of three mechanical issues farmers can have on their tractor.

(This list allowed me to create the flashcards below)

Speaking:
Imagine a dialogue between a farmer and a mechanic.
The farmer explains to the mechanic what is wrong with his tractor.
The mechanic asks questions to understand the problem and explains what he is going to do.

Students learn useful expressions to deal with a customer when diagnosing a mechanical breakdown, practise their speaking and listening skills through a role play, and revise how to talk about the past.




Rubric (evaluation chart)

Students learn useful expressions to deal with a customer when diagnosing a mechanical breakdown, practise their speaking and listening skills through a role play, and revise how to talk about the past.
Cécile Sohier