1. Language Learning for Busy People
Elementary: Making A Dinner Reservation
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2. Elementary—Making A Dinner Reservation
Warm up:
Opening chat--- 5 minutes
Review previous lesson’s content ---5 minutes
Check if your student has completed self-study of the lesson.
The class activities are designed to help them practice the language from the lesson. Thus, it’s extremely important that they go over different sections of the lesson before class.

3. Class Activities
Class Activities: (30-35 minutes) Objective: learn how to make a dinner reservation over the phone in today’s lesson. We’ll be learning how to describe time, number of people attending and deal with situations that might require you to change your plan.

4. Dialogue
1) Read the dialogue with the student, line by line. Switch roles after the first run. Pay attention to student’s pronunciation, give feedback and help when needed minutes

5. Comprehension Comprehension questions---3 minutes
What is the name of the restaurant?
Why can’t the man make the reservation at 7 o’clock?
How many people will be going to dinner tonight?
What is the guest’s name?

6. Fluency builder ‘To make a reservation’
Fluency builder---10 minutes
‘To make a reservation’
‘I’d like to make a reservation.’ 
‘I want to make a reservation.’ , but ‘I’d like to’ is better.
‘I like a reservation.’ 

7. Fluency builder Lunch or dinner?
I’d like to make a _________reservation ___ 7:30 PM.
7:30 PM

8. Fluency builder
2. ‘Fully booked’
Restaurant
Hotel
Flight

9. Fluency builder Make a dialogue using the following information:
What: make a dinner reservation
When: this Thursday, 7 pm
How many guests: two
Availability: fully booked
A: Hi, I’d like to _______________.
B: Sure. For _____day and _____ time?
A: ___________.
B: I’m sorry. We are________.

10. Fluency builder
3. ‘In that case’ Continue the dialogue on the previous slide. But use ‘in that case’.
A:_________, ____(time)____is fine.
B: No problem. How many people will attend?
A: _______.

11. Grammar
Grammar---5 minutes
Would like to
Would you like to?

12. Grammar 1. Would you like to _________ this weekend?
2. I’d like to __________.
3. Would you like to _____________ with me tomorrow?

13. Culture Cultural takeaway—3 minutes
Today’s key grammar structure is a common way of showing politeness in communication. Explore degree of politeness in your student’s culture.

14. Role play
Scenario 1: make a dinner reservation over the phone. One person should be the guest, other other restaurant staff. See below for detailed information:
Where: Morton’s Steakhouse
When:
Number of guests:
Special request:
Guest’s phone number:

15. Role play Where: ? When: ? Number of guests: ? Special request: ?
Scenario 2: asking your personal assistant to make a dinner reservation for you.
Where: ?
When: ?
Number of guests: ?
Special request: ?

16. The end
Giving feedback
Assign homework
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