Bartosz Niedźwiecki

"SHOPPING IN OXFORD STREET"

Title: "Shopping in Oxford Street"

Level: pre-intermediate or intermediate

Age group: 15-18

Hardware: computer lab with Internet connection, two or three students per computer

Software: a web browser

Aims:
To walk "virtually" and see one of the main commercial streets of London
To identify the most famous English department stores, shops, restaurants
To be able to work with an interactive map
To search, find and locate the right information from a variety of information on the Internet
To familiarize students with vocabulary referring to shopping
To practise writing (sending an e-postcard)
To practise speaking (making comparisons)

Procedure:

Pre-stage activity:

Ask the students if they know any areas or streets of London and what they are famous for.
Tell them that today's lesson is about Oxford Street, one of the busiest and liveliest commercial streets of London. Ask them if they have ever heard or visited any English shops.

While-stage activities:

1. Go to http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/ and click on Oxford Street. There is a short description of the street and just below the interactive map. Tell the students that Oxford is a very long street, so today they will walk from Edgware Road until Regent Street, i.e. from numbers 1 to 5.

2. Click on number 1 and start "walking" (scrolling) along Oxford Street. Look at the shops and fill in the table in the worksheet (Activity 1).

3. Ask the students about their findings (speaking).
Visit three of the biggest department stores of London, Marks and Spencer (2), Selfridges (2) and Debenhams (4) by clicking on the "more info" link and complete the table in the worksheet (Activity 2).
It's time for a break. Go to the KFC restaurant (1) by clicking the "more info" link. Have a coffee and send an e-card (Kids Stuff - E Cards - Send a card) to your friend back home. Tell him/her about Oxford Street, the shops you visited, the things you bought etc.

Post-stage activity:

1. Think and tell five differences between Oxford Street and the main commercial street of your city / town.

WORKSHEET
Name: ………………………………
Class: ………………………………
Date: ……………………………….
Look at the shops from numbers 1 to 5 in the interactive map of Oxford street and fill in the table:

               

2. Visit Marks and Spencer (2), Selfridges (2) and Debenhams (4) and find out which is the biggest one

Average user rating

   (0 głos)