This lesson plan summarizes a speaking lesson that will teach students how to have basic conversations in a pub setting. The 80-minute lesson includes warm-up activities to introduce the topic of pub conversations. Students will learn greetings, small talk phrases, vocabulary about alcohol, and have the opportunity to practice dialogues through role plays. The lesson concludes with a quiz and role play assessment to evaluate students' new conversation skills in a simulated pub environment.

1. Speaking Lesson Plan –
In a Pub
Presenter: Jenny Chen
Instructor: Dr. Po-Yi Hung
Dec. 10, 2008
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2. Introduction
Speaking is quot;the process of building and
sharing meaning through the use of verbal
and non-verbal symbols, in a variety of
contexts.“
Speaking is a crucial part of second
language learning and teaching.
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3. Introduction
Speaking English is the main goal of many
adult learners. If the aim of speaking is
communication and that does not require
perfect English, then it makes sense to
encourage quantity in your classroom. Break
the silence and get students communicating
with whatever English they can use, correct or
not, and selectively address errors that block
communication.
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4. Introduction
Now many linguistics and ESL teachers agree
on that students learn to speak in the second
language by quot;interactingquot;. Communicative
language teaching and collaborative learning
serve best for this aim.
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5. Lesson Plan
1. Objective: Students will be able to greet
people, introduce themselves, and have a
conversation in a pub.
2. The age of students: 30-50 years old
3. Number of students: 20 students
4. English level: basic
5. Vocabulary level: 800-1000
6. Time: 80 minutes
7. Materials and equipment: computers, a projector, 1
worksheet, and 1 quiz
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6. Lesson Plan
8. Procedure: Warm Up (10 minutes)
Presentation I + Activity I
(10 minutes)
Activity II + Worksheet I
(15 minutes)
Presentation II + III (10
minutes)
Activity III (10 minutes)
Presentation IV + Activity IV
(15minutes)
Quiz + Role Play (10 minutes) 6

7. Warm Up
Listen to the music. Discuss with classmates
and guess what today’s topic is.
Discuss the following questions:
1. Have you ever been to a bar or a club?
2. If you have. Which bar is your favorite?
Why?
3. If you haven’t. Would you like to go?
Why?
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8. Presentation I – Greeting
Informal Formal
Hey. I’m Jenny. Please allow me to
introduce myself. I’m
Jenny Chen.
Jenny. Jenny Chen. Glad Hello, I’m Jenny. It’s a
to meet you. pleasure to meet you.
How you doing? How do you do?
How's it going?
What’s up?
Good, thanks! I am fine, thank you.
Not bad! I am very well, thank you.
Alright, thanks!
I'm OK!
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9. Activity I - Dialogue
Repeat after the teacher. Then work in pairs and
practice the dialogue using your own information.
Ken: Excuse me. I don’t believe we’ve met. I
am Ken.
Jessica: Hi, Ken. I’m Jessica, but you can call me
Jess.
Ken: It’s nice to meet you, Jess.
Jessica: Nice to meet you, too.
Ken: Where are you from?
Jessica: I am from Canada.
Ken: That’s a beautiful place. I am from Japan.
Jessica: I see. 9

10. Activity II - Greeting
Practice the greeting exercise online. Sort
the words in order to form a sentence.
Link of the exercise:
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson2/TestIt/Intro2a.htm
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11. Worksheet I
Talk with your partners in English and find out the
following information.
Name
Phone Number
Birthday
Job
Favorite Food
Favorite Color
Hobbies
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12. Presentation II – Alcohol
beer champaign cocktail
margarita shots wine
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13. Presentation III– Vocabulary and
Phrases
English Chinese
酒保
bartender
酒醉的
drunk
宿醉
hangover
已婚
married
單身
single
離婚
divorced
分居
separated
迷戀 (某人)
crush (on someone)
為你瘋狂
crazy for you
一見鍾情
love at first sight
泡妞
hit on
調情
flirt 13

14. Activity III – Listening
Listen to two online conversations and try to
find out if there is any attraction between the
two speakers. Feel free to listen more than
once.
Link of the exercise:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/spec
ials/1210_how_to_converse/page12.shtml
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15. Presentation IV – Dialogue in a Pub
Eric: How you doing?
Lisa: Great.
Eric: Can I buy you a drink?
Lisa: Sure.
Eric: What would you like?
Lisa: A strawberry margarita. Thanks.
(Later)
Eric: Would you care to dance with me?
Lisa: Yes! I love this song!
(After dancing)
Eric: I had a great time with you tonight. Do you
mind giving me your number?
Lisa: No, I am sorry.
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16. Activity IV – Video Clip
Watch the advertising video from YouTube.
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=h5t-lbGc82o&feature=related
Discuss in pairs and answer the following
questions.
1. What was the man trying to do?
2. What did the man say that made the
woman happy at first?
3. Why did the man say “how much”?
4. How did the woman respond? Why?
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17. Quiz
Fill in the blanks in the dialogue using the sentences in the box.
James: Hello, I’m James. ___________?
Gina: Gina. Gina Su.
a) Can I get you a drink?
James: ___________.
b) What’s your name?
Gina: It’s nice to meet you, too.
c) I think I have a crush on
you. James: ___________?
d) It’s nice to meet you. Gina: Yes. I’d like a beer, thank you.
e) Would you like to James: ____________?
dance?
Gina: Yes. But I am not so good.
James: _____________.
Gina: I think I like you too. 17

18. Role Play
Act out the dialogue in Presentation
IV . The students will be evaluated on
fluency and accuracy, and on the
overall performance.
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19. Thanks for your attention!
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