Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Chantell Pretorius 28/08/2024 Pre-intermediate (A2) 60min
Lesson Type:
Vocabulary
Lesson Topic:
At a restaurant
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
• Identify, understand, and make use of ten new nouns related to • Practice and identify the target vocabulary while making use of
the topic: at a restaurant. their pre-existing vocabulary, they will have had conversations,
in groups, about when they visited a restaurant.
Target vocabulary:
menu, restaurant, waiter, waitress, tip, bill, dish, dessert, main
course, drink
Lesson plan 150823
,Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
Include one relating to L1/age/level of the students and one for the
10 words (meaning, form, or pronunciation).
1. During lessons, closely monitor students. If they are having
1. Students may encounter challenges in pronouncing certain difficulty, practice word pronunciation and use chorus
words due to the influence of their first language (L1). They repetition to ensure they pay attention to stress sounds and
might have a hard time making certain sounds. Chinese is a mouth shape while speaking.
tonal language, so each syllable has its pitch. This gives the
language a sing-song sound. Chinese ESL students tend to 2. Encourage students to actively engage in using English
pronounce each English syllable too carefully, messing up the throughout the lesson by incorporating various activities.
word-stress pattern, and sometimes causing confusion by
changing the meaning. 3. I will incorporate visual aids such as images, diagrams, and
videos to support verbal instructions. Visual aids can
2. The potential for students to engage in their native language enhance students' understanding and
retention of information. It would be beneficial to permit
3. Adapting to a new culture can be a challenging and students to utilize their native language in the classroom
complex process. Differences in societal norms, academic setting when necessary. This can help them feel more
expectations, and daily routines can result in culture shock comfortable and facilitate better understanding.
and a sense of isolation.
Language analysis:
Language Item Meaning of How you will present the Concept Checking Grammatical form Pronunciation
the item meaning Questions
Lesson plan 150823
, Use the IPA
translator if
needed
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse and an What’s the opposite of huge? Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
elephant to show large size Name a huge mountain.
1. menu a list of the I will present an example • Does this include Noun /ˈmɛnyu/
food that is of a menu by displaying an multiple courses?
available at a image of the item and its • Can you choose any
restaurant. use and meaning. I will dish you want?
also show a physical • Do you receive a
example and menu at the door?
demonstrate how to use it.
2. restaurant a place where I will present an example • Have you ever Noun /ˈrestrɒnt/
you can buy of a restaurant by visited a restaurant
and eat a meal displaying an image of a before?
widely recognized • Can you eat at a
restaurant in their local restaurant?
area.
3. waiter a man whose I will present an example • Who brings your Noun /ˈweɪtə(r)/
job is to serve of a waiter by displaying food to your table
customers at an image and will roleplay at the restaurant?
their tables in a what a waiter does. • Does a waiter cook
restaurant the food?
Lesson plan 150823
, • Who takes your
orders at the
restaurant?
4. waitress a woman I will present an example • Is a waitress a man? Noun /ˈweɪtrəs/
whose job is to of a waiter by displaying • Does a waitress
serve an image and will roleplay serve you food?
customers at what a waiter does. • Does a waitress
their tables in a work in a
restaurant restaurant?
5. tip money that I will present an example • Is a tip something Noun /tɪp/
you give to of a tip box and an image you do when you
somebody who of someone giving a tip to are happy with the
has provided a a waiter as gratuities. service?
service for you • Is a tip something
you can eat?
• Is a tip money?
6. bill A document I will present an example • Is a bill something Noun
that shows of a bill in an image form. you pay?
how much you • If you receive a bill
owe the at a restaurant,
restaurant for should you pay it?
the food and • Is it a shopping list?
drinks you had.
Lesson plan 150823
Chantell Pretorius 28/08/2024 Pre-intermediate (A2) 60min
Lesson Type:
Vocabulary
Lesson Topic:
At a restaurant
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
• Identify, understand, and make use of ten new nouns related to • Practice and identify the target vocabulary while making use of
the topic: at a restaurant. their pre-existing vocabulary, they will have had conversations,
in groups, about when they visited a restaurant.
Target vocabulary:
menu, restaurant, waiter, waitress, tip, bill, dish, dessert, main
course, drink
Lesson plan 150823
,Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
Include one relating to L1/age/level of the students and one for the
10 words (meaning, form, or pronunciation).
1. During lessons, closely monitor students. If they are having
1. Students may encounter challenges in pronouncing certain difficulty, practice word pronunciation and use chorus
words due to the influence of their first language (L1). They repetition to ensure they pay attention to stress sounds and
might have a hard time making certain sounds. Chinese is a mouth shape while speaking.
tonal language, so each syllable has its pitch. This gives the
language a sing-song sound. Chinese ESL students tend to 2. Encourage students to actively engage in using English
pronounce each English syllable too carefully, messing up the throughout the lesson by incorporating various activities.
word-stress pattern, and sometimes causing confusion by
changing the meaning. 3. I will incorporate visual aids such as images, diagrams, and
videos to support verbal instructions. Visual aids can
2. The potential for students to engage in their native language enhance students' understanding and
retention of information. It would be beneficial to permit
3. Adapting to a new culture can be a challenging and students to utilize their native language in the classroom
complex process. Differences in societal norms, academic setting when necessary. This can help them feel more
expectations, and daily routines can result in culture shock comfortable and facilitate better understanding.
and a sense of isolation.
Language analysis:
Language Item Meaning of How you will present the Concept Checking Grammatical form Pronunciation
the item meaning Questions
Lesson plan 150823
, Use the IPA
translator if
needed
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
huge very big, enormous using a picture of a mouse and an What’s the opposite of huge? Strong adjective / hjuːdʒ/
elephant to show large size Name a huge mountain.
1. menu a list of the I will present an example • Does this include Noun /ˈmɛnyu/
food that is of a menu by displaying an multiple courses?
available at a image of the item and its • Can you choose any
restaurant. use and meaning. I will dish you want?
also show a physical • Do you receive a
example and menu at the door?
demonstrate how to use it.
2. restaurant a place where I will present an example • Have you ever Noun /ˈrestrɒnt/
you can buy of a restaurant by visited a restaurant
and eat a meal displaying an image of a before?
widely recognized • Can you eat at a
restaurant in their local restaurant?
area.
3. waiter a man whose I will present an example • Who brings your Noun /ˈweɪtə(r)/
job is to serve of a waiter by displaying food to your table
customers at an image and will roleplay at the restaurant?
their tables in a what a waiter does. • Does a waiter cook
restaurant the food?
Lesson plan 150823
, • Who takes your
orders at the
restaurant?
4. waitress a woman I will present an example • Is a waitress a man? Noun /ˈweɪtrəs/
whose job is to of a waiter by displaying • Does a waitress
serve an image and will roleplay serve you food?
customers at what a waiter does. • Does a waitress
their tables in a work in a
restaurant restaurant?
5. tip money that I will present an example • Is a tip something Noun /tɪp/
you give to of a tip box and an image you do when you
somebody who of someone giving a tip to are happy with the
has provided a a waiter as gratuities. service?
service for you • Is a tip something
you can eat?
• Is a tip money?
6. bill A document I will present an example • Is a bill something Noun
that shows of a bill in an image form. you pay?
how much you • If you receive a bill
owe the at a restaurant,
restaurant for should you pay it?
the food and • Is it a shopping list?
drinks you had.
Lesson plan 150823
