Google (drive, docs, pub)
[I was doing a lesson on phone conversations out of the textbook, and I needed a fun activity for free production.
Having just got done doing the Improv lesson (see previous post), I decided I'd just rip off that idea and adopt it to phone conversations.
So this lesson is basically just a rip off of the previous lesson, but one specifically target for phone call situations.
I used this to supplement Lifestyle Elementary Textbook, but since just about every ESL textbook has some sort of lesson on phone call English, I think this can be plugged into to any of them.
Students were put into pairs. Each pair selected a card at random, and then they had to act out that situation in front of the class. The first couple times they carefully prepared their script in advance, then for the last several ones we did it as rapid-fire Improv. I put all these situations on PowerPoint as well so I could display the relevant situation for the whole class. The PowerPoint is on Google (drive, slides, pub), and embedded below.]
Phone
Call Situations #1
Relationship:
boyfriend and girlfriend
Situation:
one person calls the other up to end the relationship (break up)
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Phone
Call Situations #2
Relationship:
boyfriend and girlfriend
Situation:
one person calls the other up to accuse them of cheating.
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Phone
call Situations #3
Relationship:
boyfriend and girlfriend
Situation:
on the phone they try to decide where they will go on their next date
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Phone
Call Situations #4
Situation: a boy and a girl. The boy calls the girl to ask her out on a
date for the first time.
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Phone
Call Situations #5
Relationship:
parent and teacher
Situation:
the child has been misbehaving at school.
The teacher calls the parent to discuss the problem.
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Phone
Call Situations #6
Relationship:
parent and teenager
Situation:
The teenager is out with their friends.
They call up their parent to explain that they will be home late. They lie and say that they are studying at
the library. The parent is suspicious.
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Phone
Call Situations #7
Relationship:
husband and wife
Situation:
the wife calls up the husband to tell him that she’s pregnant
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Phone
Call Situations #8
Relationship:
two complete strangers
Situation:
Wrong number
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Phone
Call Situations #9
Relationship:
brother and sister
Situation:
They haven’t seen each other for years, but one day the brother calls the
sister to ask for money.
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Phone
Call Situations #10
Relationship:
doctor and patient
Situation:
The doctor calls the patient to give them some important news.
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Phone
Call Situations #11
Relationship:
boyfriend and girlfriend
Situation:
They had a particularly bad fight last night, but today the boyfriend calls
up the girlfriend to say he is sorry, and beg for forgiveness.
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Phone
Call Situations #12
Relationship:
neighbors
Situation:
One neighbor calls the other to complain about the loud music.
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Phone
Call Situations #13
Relationship:
mother and adult son
Situation:
Now that the son has grown up and moved away from home, he rarely calls his
mother anymore. One day the mother
calls up her son and scolds him for not phoning home more often.
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Phone
Call Situations #14
Relationship:
2 friends
Situation:
One friend calls up the other friend to share a particularly good piece of
gossip.
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Phone
Call Situations #15
Relationship:
customer and pizza shop.
Situation:
The customer ordered a pizza for home delivery, but it still hasn’t arrived
yet. He calls up the pizza shop to
complain.
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Phone
Call Situations #16
Relationship:
police officer and parent
Situation:
When a child gets in trouble, the police call the parents to tell them. The parent has no idea, and is very
shocked.
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Phone
Call Situations #17
Relationship:
landlord and tenant
Situation:
the rent is due, but the tenant still hasn’t paid. The landlord calls up the tenant.
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Phone
Call Situations #18
Relationship:
two friends
Situation:
One friend calls the other to borrow money.
The other friend knows that the first friend has a gambling problem.
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