Fast Food English

SHORT DESCRIPTION - What our activity is about?

In this activity, students will work on food-related vocabulary (burger, lettuce, tomato,...) by immersing themselves in a role-play inside a Fast Food Restaurant in the Immerse app. Students will use the headsets in pairs: one student is going to act as a customer and the other one as a shop assistant

By simulating this scenario, students will practice food vocabulary by using specific scaffolding provided by teachers: they will have language scaffolding cards with an image and the name of the food they want to order, for instance, a burger with tomato, lettuce, and pickles. In addition, they will also practice real-life scenarios such as having to pay in a shop: they will have scaffolding on payment tools such as credit cards or cash.

CONTEXTUALIZATION

Grade: 5th grade

Target age level: 10–11 years old

Target English level: A2 

Location: In two classrooms, to divide the students.

LESSON AIMS - Related to CEFR

Spoken reception:

• Oral comprehension (Level A2): Can comprehend simple, clearly articulated requests of the teacher and/or classmates.

• Reading instructions (Level A2): Can understand simple, brief instructions, provided they are illustrated and not presented in continuous text.

Spoken production:

• Sustained monologue - giving information (Level A2): Can use simple descriptive language to make brief statements and compare objects and possessions. 

Spoken interaction:

• Spoken interaction (Level A2): Can interact with reasonable ease in structured situations and short conversations, providing another person help if necessary.  

• Information exchange (Level A2): Can ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.

Mediation:

• Collaborating in a group:

Facilitating collaborative interaction with peers (Level A2):  Can collaborate in simple, shared tasks, in which other participants speak slowly and that one or more of them help him/her to contribute and to express his/her suggestions.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES - SWABTs

• To introduce and consolidate specific food and money vocabulary and sentence structures.

• To apply vocabulary and structures in a practical and interactive context.

• To practice food vocabulary and structures like "How much is...?" or "Do you have...?".

• To introduce basic math in English and phrases like "How much does it cost?", "We can’t afford this", or "We need to spend less."

• To learn food vocabulary and use structures like "We need more vegetables" or "Do we have any proteins?".

PREPARATION FOR THE TASK - Things to do before the lesson

• Teachers: 

  • Before the task teacher should enter the app and create a classroom with a classroom task and make sure that all the materials function, for example, the glasses and laptops.

• For students:

  • Introduce students to the Virtual Reality and Immerse

    • Briefly explain what Immserse is and how it will be used for their learning activities.

    • Provide a visual guide (a presentation or a short video) showing the basic steps to log in and use the platform.

  • Learn to access Immerse 

    • Make sure each student has access to the device (VR glasses)

    • Help students log in and set up their profiles.

    • Help students set up the limits and movements for the activity.

    • Conduct a walkthrough to showcase key features of the app Immerse. 

MATERIALS - What are we going to use

During this activity we will use the following materials:

TASK CYCLE - Description of each phase

THE APP IN USE - Immerse Fast Food restaurant