Olg Unit 13 Can Lesson

Lesson length: 45 mins

Aim: 1. to review the general use of can (talking about ‘skills’ and ‘ability’’)

2. to teach can in connection with making offers and requests

3. to review and extend vocabulary connected with hotel bookings

Preparation:

n Prepare a desk for role play in front of the class, with a hotel booking chart on the counter.

n Prepare a simple poster of ‘room tariffs’ or a poster showing hotel facilities

n Prepare a selection of ‘skills’ (being able to ride a bike/sing/row a boat/ etc) in pictures or words on small pieces of paper; fold these and put them into a hat, a box or similar container.

Prepare enough sheets of paper – one for every pair of students you have with the name of a different location at the top e.g. station booking office / police station/ bus stop / bank / hospital /shop(s)

n You will need a copy of the following for each student/pair of students: Activity worksheet – Making requests and offers at a hotel Handout – Oxford Word Skills Unit 55 - I can book a hotel room

1. Grammar Review: n Take your prepared container of ‘skills’ and ask the class to each take a piece of folded paper. Take one yourself, unfold it and make a statement (e.g. if your paper has a picture of the moon, say: I can jump over the moon.). Choose students to make a statement according to their own paper ‘prompt’ (e.g. I can fly a helicopter; I can sing better than Madonna).

n Write 4 sentences on the board with ‘can’ and ‘can’t’ (e.g. I can’t sail a yacht.)

n Ask the students to call out the words immediately following ‘can’ or ‘can’t’ (to identify the use of the infinitive without ‘to’).

n Ask the class to think of some celebrity names. Ask one student to call out a name (e.g. President Obama …) and ask for a volunteer to call out an ending (e.g. … can’t sing!), to produce some amusing answers.

n DISCUSS and REVIEW what the word ‘can ‘ is doing in all of these sentences (ability) and how the structure works: i.e. can + infinitive without ‘to’

Unit 13: Requests, offers and permissionsOxford Living Grammar explains how grammar works and when to use it. The exercises use real-life situations to practise grammar in context. This lesson consolidates your students’ knowledge of making requests and offers with ‘can’ in the context of hotels and shops.

2. Review Activity

n Split the group into pairs

n Ask students to call out places where you can ask for things (e.g. in a shop/in the street/ at a police station etc)

n Hand out your pre-prepared sheets of paper with the names of locations to each pair

n Ask the pairs to write down a short list of words they know in connection with the topic and then ask them to write 2 questions and 2 answers to produce a short dialogue using ‘can’ at the location they’ve been given.

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3. Contextualized Activity (from ‘review’ to ‘free use’)

Speaking to the class: ”We are in a hotel; here’s the desk“. What else can you see in this hotel as you start to walk around Create a list of words on the board.

Aim to elicit: lift lounge Reception restaurant rooms (single/double/twin) internet centre porter phone suitcases credit card machine

Distribute Activity worksheet: Making requests and offers at a hotel

Task Instructions:

A. Ask each pair to do the exercise together, crossing out the wrong words. Correct this together. Then: B. Ask one pair to read out the dialogue in full

C. Distribute Oxford Word Skills handout. Change partners and fill in the dialogue with different nouns: e.g. Good evening morning, sir madam (using words from Oxford Word Skills: unit 55 ‘I can book a hotel room’)

D. Ask several pairs to read out their different dialogues

E. Ask for volunteers to do a similar dialogue without looking at the script (this can be short or long)

HomEwoRk/ExpAnsIon 1. If you want them to revise ‘can’ and ‘can’t for skills and ability: Ask the class to do the ‘Over to you’ activity CAMP CANADA

2. If you want them to revise ‘can’ for making requests and offers: Ask the class to write a note to a friend to make a hotel booking for you. The note must start with : Can you phone…? and include phrases such as: Can you ask them…? Can you find out if….?

bus Stop bank

can you help me?of course.

can you tell me if the number 22 busstops here?i’m afraid it doesn’t.

can i buy euros here?You certainly can.

can i have a new cheque book?You can’t do that today; please can you fill in this form.

n Ask some students to read out their short dialogues. OR ask them to exchange dialogues and read out what they have been given.



ExTRA HELp Did your students remember the topic: main uses of ‘can’? (If not, revisit the presentation sections of Oxford Living Grammar Elementary Unit 13.)

Do your students need more practise? Try the exercises on page 1 and 2 to teach typical contexts; try the exercises on pages 3 and 4 to go further and focus on a specific situation where grammar points are mingled. (Oxford Living Grammar downloadable units.)

Have you got the right books to develop and extend vocabulary? Use units from Oxford Word Skills for ‘I can…’ confidence.

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Activity worksheet: making requests and offers at a hotel

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E Making requests and offers at a hotel

James is talking to a member of staff, Tran, in a business hotel in Ho Chi Minh city. Look at the example, and then cross out six more wrong words in the conversation.

TRANG Good evening, sir. Can I can help you?JAMES Yes, I hope so. Can you I have a single room for

two nights, please?TRANG Of course, sir. I can have give you a room on the

top floor, if you like. You’ll have a great view!JAMES That’s fine, thanks.TRANG Can you fill in this form, please? JAMES Sure. Can I buy pay by credit card?TRANG Of course, sir. No problem. Can you I see your

card now, please?JAMES Here it is. By the way, is it possible to use the

internet here?TRANG Certainly, sir. The business lounge is on the

seventeenth floor. You can check your email there at any time, but you can can’t send faxes after 10 p.m. Now, can I show see your passport, please?

F In a sports clothes shop in Manchester

We use can to talk about our skills; the things we see and hear; the things that are and aren’t possible in our daily lives; and to make requests and offers at home and in public places. Hideo and Lily are talking to an assistant, Adam, in a sports clothes shop in Manchester. Add the following phrases, using capital letters where necessary:

I can I can’t can I (x 2) can you (x 3) you can’t

ADAM Hi, can I 0 help you?HIDEO Yes, please. 1 try these trainers on? I’m size forty-three or

forty-four.ADAM Certainly. 2 bring both sizes if you like. I’ll be back in a couple

of minutes.HIDEO Thanks. Have you found anything, Lily?LILY Perhaps. 3 see those ski jackets in the corner? The red ones?HIDEO Sure, but 4 ski?LILY No, but they look good. 5 play football, Hideo, but you

sometimes wear a Manchester United shirt, don’t you? HIDEO That’s true. How much are the jackets?LILY A hundred and fifty quid. 6 buy one at the moment. I don’t

have enough money. But they’re having a sale here after Christmas.HIDEO 7 wait? LILY I suppose so, but it’s a hard life, isn’t it?

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Shop words1 To try something

on: if you want to try clothes or shoes before you buy them, to see if they’re right, say ‘Can I try these shoes / this jacket on, please?’

2 A sale is the time when things in a shop are cheaper. In the UK, shops have sales after Christmas and in the summer (and at other times, too.)

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E. Making requests and offers at a hotel James is talking to a member of staff, Tran, in a business hotel in Ho chi Minh city. Look at the example, and then cross out six more wrong words in the conversation.

Trang Good evening, sir. Can I can help you?

James Yes, I hope so. Can you I have a single room for two nights, please?

Trang Of course, sir. I can have give you a room on the top floor, if you like. You’ll have a great view!

James That’s fine, thanks.

Trang Can you fill in this form, please?

James Sure. Can I buy pay by credit card?

Trang Of course, sir. No problem. Can you I see your card now, please?

James Here it is. By the way, is it possible to use the internet here?

Trang Certainly, sir. The business lounge is on the seventeenth floor. You can check your email there at any time, but you can can’t send faxes after 10 p.m. Now, can I show see your passport, please?



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55 I can book a hotel room

A Describing a hotel

Glossarystay in a hotel live for a short time in a hotel (also

a stay)facilities things you can use, e.g. internet, gymair conditioning makes a room colder, central

heating makes a room warmer room service when a waiter brings food or drinks

to your roomstaff u people who work for a companyhelpful wanting to helptourist someone who goes to a place on holidayguest a person staying in a hotel or your home delicious very good to eatrecommend say something is good

Circle the right answer. The bar was pleasant/delicious.

1 The staff/guests work in the hotel.

2 It was a lovely hotel so I recommended/didn’t recommend it to my sister.

3 The dinner was delicious/helpful.

4 A lot of tourists/guests visit our city.

5 Internet access and satellite TV are room service/facilities.

6 You can get drinks from the gym/minibar.

Complete the questions. ABOUT YOU What was the last hotel you stayed in ? 1 How long did you there? 2 Were the helpful? 3 Did the room have good , e.g. internet access? 4 Did it have a with drinks in your room? 5 Did it have TV? 6 Did it have air and central ? 7 Did you talk to other in the hotel? 8 Would you this hotel to other people?

ABOUT YOU Write your answers to the questions in Exercise 2, or ask another student.

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travelog.com

Atlanta Hotel (Vilnius, Lithuania)

We stayed in this hotel near the Old Town where we had a beautiful bedroom with good facilities: minibar1, internet access2, satellite TV3 and air conditioning. The hotel has a great gym4. There was 24-hour room service and the staff were very helpful with tourist information. The café bar was a very pleasant place to meet other guests, and we had a delicious breakfast there too. We recommend both Vilnius and the Atlanta for a short stay.

142 HOLIDAYS

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3 4

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55 I can book a hotel room

A Describing a hotel

Glossarystay in a hotel live for a short time in a hotel (also

a stay)facilities things you can use, e.g. internet, gymair conditioning makes a room colder, central

heating makes a room warmer room service when a waiter brings food or drinks

to your roomstaff u people who work for a companyhelpful wanting to helptourist someone who goes to a place on holidayguest a person staying in a hotel or your home delicious very good to eatrecommend say something is good

Circle the right answer. The bar was pleasant/delicious.

1 The staff/guests work in the hotel.

2 It was a lovely hotel so I recommended/didn’t recommend it to my sister.

3 The dinner was delicious/helpful.

4 A lot of tourists/guests visit our city.

5 Internet access and satellite TV are room service/facilities.

6 You can get drinks from the gym/minibar.

Complete the questions. ABOUT YOU What was the last hotel you stayed in ? 1 How long did you there? 2 Were the helpful? 3 Did the room have good , e.g. internet access? 4 Did it have a with drinks in your room? 5 Did it have TV? 6 Did it have air and central ? 7 Did you talk to other in the hotel? 8 Would you this hotel to other people?

ABOUT YOU Write your answers to the questions in Exercise 2, or ask another student.

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travelog.com

Atlanta Hotel (Vilnius, Lithuania)

We stayed in this hotel near the Old Town where we had a beautiful bedroom with good facilities: minibar1, internet access2, satellite TV3 and air conditioning. The hotel has a great gym4. There was 24-hour room service and the staff were very helpful with tourist information. The café bar was a very pleasant place to meet other guests, and we had a delicious breakfast there too. We recommend both Vilnius and the Atlanta for a short stay.

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3 4

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over to you: Application letter

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13 Can

Write a short letter of application, starting with the sentence, ‘I would like to apply for the post of Student Assistant.’ Answer the questions in the advertisement. If you can’t do something, say so; for example: ‘I can’t dance, but I can play the guitar.’ Talk about other useful skills that you have, for example: ‘I can also drive.’

Use can/can’t to say in the letter that you are not free to work in July, ‘because I need to finish a university project.’ Ask if you can start on 1 August, and offer to work an extra week at the end of the camp ‘if you need me.’

14 Could, was able to, managed to

1 You’re going to spend five days in a business hotel in London. Write a list of at least five polite requests you could make on the phone from your room, or in different parts of the hotel. Think about: using ‘room service’ (e.g. ordering a meal in your room, or getting an alarm call); using one of the restaurants or the gym/swimming pool; using the business centre; getting a taxi etc.

2 It’s Thursday evening. Write an email to a friend. Make some suggestions about things you could do together at the weekend. Look at Exercise B for an example.

15 Should

An English friend, Holly, is going to spend two weeks in your country. It’s her first visit. She wants to see as much as possible.

Write an email to Holly, using should to give her some advice on what to do. The second email in Exercise E may help you.

16 Must and have to

1 Write three sentences starting ‘you must…’ to describe some of the things a tourist must do, when visiting your country (e.g. ‘You must spend a few days in Scotland, because it’s a beautiful country.’)

2 Write three or four sentences about the things you have to and don’t have to do every week at home or at work (e.g. ‘I have to cook dinner on Friday evenings, but I don’t have to wash up…’)

17 The imperative

Look at this information for students visiting London:

Now write a list of at least six imperative points to help students from England visiting the capital city of your country.

visit the big museums - they’re normally free.

Take a boat trip on the Thames. You’ll get some great views of London!

Don’t take taxis everywhere, because they’re expensive.

CamP Canada25 July - 31 August

Can you swim? Can you play sports? Can you sing and dance? Can you help young people to learn new skills in the countryside? if the answer is ‘yes’, we can offer you a job. We can’t pay you very much, but we can give you a very interesting time this summer.

CAMP CANADA organises an international camp for teenagers at Lake Superior every summer. We’re looking for Student Assistants.

Write to Dave Spurling at PO Box 56, Toronto, Canada, and tell us what you can do.

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Write a short letter of application, starting withthe sentence, ‘I would like to apply for the post ofStudent Assistant.’ Answer the questions in theadvertisement. If you can’t do something, say so; forexample: ‘I can’t dance, but I can play the guitar.’ Talk about other useful skills that you have, for example: ‘I can also drive.’

Use can/can’t to say in the letter that you arenot free to work in July, ‘because I need to finish auniversity project.’ Ask if you can start on 1 August,and offer to work an extra week at the end of thecamp ‘if you need me.’

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