Designing Communicative Language Teaching Steps: Restaurant Conversation with Friends

Make a conversation between friends in a restaurant then use it as a material to teach using Communicative Language Teaching! What should you do is only designing the steps in the process of teaching that conversation.

Answer:

The conversation between friends in a restaurant:

Waiter : Good Afternoon. Welcome to this restaurant.
Billey : Good afternoon, please give us a table for two.
Waiter : Alright, let's follow me!
Billey : Ok! The table for us is there Jefrey.
Jefrey : Ok Billey.
Waiter : This is your table and please see the menu list on the table. I will come back again to record your order.
Billey : Alright, let's take a look at the menu first
Billey : So, what do we order now?
Jefrey : I ordered a bowl of special fried rice? what about you?
Billey : I’d like to eat Soto Padang.
Jefrey : What do you think if we try to eat rice with rendang?
Billey : It sounds delicious.
Jefrey : What drinks should we order?
Billey : I’d like to drink tea, and you?
Jefrey : Orange juice.

A few moments later.

Waiter : So, would you like to order?
Billey : Of course. We’d like to eat special fried rice, Soto Padang, and rendang.
Waiter : And would you like to drink?
Billey : Tea and orange juice, please.
Waiter : anything else sir?
Billey : No, that’s all.
Waiter : Ok, I'll be back for you later.

The steps in the process of teaching that conversation!

Pre activities:

The teacher designs a conversation between friends in a restaurant that is used for learning with a communicative language teaching approach.
The teacher writes a conversational dialogue text to share with students who will have a conversation.
The teacher displays an explanation of the material or presentation related to the material to be studied and the learning objectives to be achieved, and without use mother tongue.

Main Activities:

The teacher explains authentic material related to conversations that will be studied and played directly by students, so they can find meaning in the conversation, and emphasize the communication aspect.
As a model, the teacher can read the conversation so that students can imitate the pronunciation, body expression, and intonation of the reading.
Divide students into several pairs of conversations.
Ask students to practice alone based on their partner.
The teacher as facilitator is required to monitor and ensure student progress in understanding the meaning of conversation, intonation, gestures, and expressions as real forms of daily conversation.
Listen again to their conversation and correct them.
Ask students to make presentations or role-play in front of the class based on conversations in a restaurant.
Ensure they do it based on the reality of communication and focus on real-life context.

Post Activities: