Summary
This downloadable PDF lesson for B2 ESL students helps them understand and discuss the process of receiving packages using modern smart locker systems. It equips students with practical vocabulary related to deliveries and reinforces essential grammar structures like imperative, modal verbs, sequencing words, and the passive voice.
Activities include watching a video demonstrating smart locker use, engaging in discussions about online shopping and delivery issues, matching key vocabulary, and practicing grammar through interactive exercises. The lesson culminates in speaking practice, where students apply their new language skills to hypothetical delivery problems and personal preferences regarding package reception.
Activities
- • A warm-up discussion where students share personal experiences with online shopping and package deliveries, setting the stage for the topic.
• Video comprehension questions based on a short video demonstrating the step-by-step process of using a smart locker system.
• A vocabulary matching exercise to reinforce key terms such as courier, recipient, accessible, and automated within the context of delivery services.
Grammar practice
- Using imperatives and modal verbs (must, have to, should, can) to give instructions, express obligations, and discuss possibilities related to package collection.
- Employing sequencing words (First, Next, Then, Finally) to clearly describe step-by-step processes.
- Converting active voice sentences to the past simple passive voice (was/were + past participle) to describe actions where the doer is unknown or less important, common in procedural explanations.
- Speaking practice involving problem-solving scenarios related to smart locker deliveries, encouraging students to use the learned vocabulary and grammar in practical discussions.
Vocabulary focus
This section introduces key terms related to package delivery and smart lockers. Vocabulary includes words like notification, scan, automatically, parcel, secure, courier, accessible, recipient, automated, convenient, and transaction. Students will learn to use these words to describe modern package delivery methods and related processes.
Grammar focus
This lesson concentrates on several grammar points essential for giving instructions and describing processes:
- Imperatives are used for giving direct instructions (e.g., "Scan the code," "Collect your parcel"). Modal verbs focus on must (obligation), have to (necessity), should (advice/recommendation), and can (possibility/ability) in the context of package delivery rules and advice.
- Sequencing words such as First, Next, Then, and Finally are used to clearly order steps in a process.
- Active to passive voice specifically covers the past simple passive voice (was/were + past participle) to describe actions where the doer is less important or unknown, often used when explaining processes (e.g., "The package was delivered").
