1 Class: Premiere
Domain of Life: Economic life and Occupations
Module 2: Using language to express oneself in purchasing goods and services, and on basic principles of getting a job.
Real Life Situation 1: Doing one’s shopping: Buying articles and foodstuffs at a nearby store/shop/ market Category of action 1: Speaking and Writing (reads and performs a dialogue between the buyer and the seller Pre-reading questions:
1- What do we call someone selling goods at the market?
2- What do you do when you need some potatoes, tomatoes, vegetables, and fruits?
3- What other items can you find at the market?
4- When it is not the market day, where do you buy items like oil, drinks (top, djino, sahel water), maggi?
5- What means do you use to pay for goods?
AT THE VILLAGE MARKET.
Buyer : Good morning, Madam.
Seller : Good morning, my daughter. What can I do for you?
Buyer : May I have a bunch of plantains, please?
Seller : A bunch of plantains costs 5000 francs.
Buyer : That’s most expensive! Could you accept 3000 Francs?.
Seller : No, don’t waste my time. It is the cheapest price. Okay give me 4000 Francs.
Buyer : Let me give you 3500 francs. That is all I can afford.
Seller : All right, because you are my costumer, give me 3650 francs. That’s my best price. It is a good bargain.
Buyer : Ok. Here is 5000 francs.
Seller : Thanks. Here is your change. Would you like something else?
Buyer : No thanks. Good bye!
Seller : Good bye!
Vocabulary word:
WORDS MEANING
Buyer Someone who buys something (noun)
Seller / Vendor Someone who sells something (a good or services) Costumer Someone who uses bank, shops or business
Bargain Something that you buy cheaply (noun)
Price The amount of money for which something is sold (noun) Expensive Costing a lot of money (adjective)
Cheap That does not cost much money (adjective)
Change The money you get back when you give more money than the price of something you are buying (noun)
Goods Things that people buy and sell (noun) Shop / store A building where people buy things
2 Essential knowledge: Grammar
Lesson: Bargaining prices at the market
Look at the following sentences what do they express?
- What can I do for you?
- May I have a bunch of plantains, please?
- Could you accept 3000 Francs?.
- Let me give you 3500 francs.
One way to make polite request or statements is to use a phrase or modal verb Example: Let me, please could you /can you, would you, will you, May I
After the phrase, you use the bare infinitive form of the verb (without “to”)
Example: Please can you show me that trousers? (Possibility) Will you transfer this money for me, please?
Let me have some tomatoes. (Suggestion); May I try this dress? (Permission)
Exercise: Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) (can/May)_____________ you speak any other language?
b) (could/can) ______________ I help you with that?
c) Please (could /may) _____________ you help me?
d) (Let me / Let me to) _______________ help you carry the basket.
e) There was little the farmer (could / can)____________ do as the flood washed away the crops
WRITING: Today is the market, you have to go to the market to buy foodstuff and goods.
- What is the name of the market?
- Where is the market located?
- What can you buy or sell in that market?
- Write the list of things you are going to buy and their prices.
SOME MEANS OF PAYMENT
In a shop, if you want to buy a good (for example a TV set), you can decide to pay in cash by giving the shopkeeper a bank notes or coins. You can also decide to pay by credit card. You insert your card in a
machine and you enter your PIN code. You can also pay in debit card or cheque. The shopkeeper will give you a receipt.
1- Cash : (notes and coins) 2- Bank notes
3- Coins 4- Credit card 5- Machine 6- Cheque 7- Receipt
3 Class: Premiere
Domain of Life: Economic life and Occupations
Module 2: Using language to express oneself in purchasing goods and services, and on basic principles of getting a job.
Real Life Situation 2: Developing and sharing interest in a job/profession
Category of action 1: Reading - writing (reads a dialogue between two friends on the choice of career) Pre-reading questions:
1- Look at the picture and tell me what you can see.
2- Name the different job/professions
3- What qualifications are needed in each profession?
4- Where do those professionals work?
THE CHOICE OF CAREER Bello : Hello Djamila, how are you ?
Djamila : Fine, thank you. And how about you ?
Bello : I’m also fine, Djamila. We are in Première class. So we must choose our career now.
Djamila : You are quite right. Success in life depends on the right choice of career.
Bello : We must choose our career properly. May I know your choice of career?
Djamila : Yes, of course. I have decided to become a doctor. Do you like this profession?
Bello : Yes I do. It is a good profession. Could you tell me why you have chosen this profession?
Djamila : Most of our people are deprived of the service of the doctors.
Bello : Yes there are shortage of good doctors in our country. They people who live in the villages cannot consult a good doctor.
Djamila : I want to serve the people.
Bello : Are you willing to go to the villagers if necessary?
Djamila : Yes, of course. Through this profession I will be able to earn money honestly. Well, could you tell me about your choice of career?
Bello : Of course. I want to be an agriculture officer.
Djamila : Most students like to be doctor, Engineer or administrator. Why not you?
Bello : Our country is an agricultural country. Our economy depends on agriculture.
Djamila : Yes, it is right. Please tell me about your plan.
Bello : I will get myself admitted into an Agricultural University. After completing my education I will join the service of agriculture cadre. I will make research on agriculture.
Djamila : It’s a noble profession too.
Bello : I’ll teach the farmers about the modern method of cultivation.
Djamila : I appreciate your plan.
Bello : Choosing career is not enough. We must work hard to fulfill our plan.
Djamila : Of course. We must do well in the Probatoire Examination, otherwise we will not be able to become a doctor or an agriculture officer.
Bello : Of course .Thank you Djamila. It was really nice speaking to you.
Djamila : You’re welcome. Good bye. See you again.
Bello : Bye.
Comprehension Question
1- According to the above passage, what profession did Djamila choose?
2- What motivated her to choose that profession?
3- Why didn’t Bello choose the same profession? What is his choice?
4 4- How did he plan to make it come true?
5- What obstacle both of them have to face before becoming either doctor or agriculture officer?
VOCABULARY: Match the job to the correct description
Job Description
1. Police Officer a) person who drives a bus 2. Cook b) person who teaches students
3. Waiter c) person who makes and designs clothes 4. Fashion designer d) works in a hospital and helps doctors 5. Movie director e) person that can draw cartoons well
6. Pilot f) rescues people from burning buildings and helps put out fires 7. Writer g) person who drives a taxi
8. Cartoonist h) someone who can sing well
9. Basketball player i) works in a hospital and cures sick people 10. Bus driver j) flies an airplane
11. Scientist k) person who acts in a movie 12. Teacher l) does the cooking in a restaurant
13. Journalist m) takes people’s orders in a restaurant and serves food 14. Doctor n) person who reports news on TV, radio or newspaper 15. Nurse o) someone who writes books and stories
16. Farmer p) works in a laboratory and does experiments 17. Actor q) someone who makes movies
18. Firefighter r) person that can play basketball well
19. Singer s) works on a farm and grows crops or looks after animals 20. Taxi driver t) works in a police station and keeps people safe
21. Mechanic u) plays the piano well
22. Engineer v) person in the army who wears a uniform and has a gun 23. Pianist w) works in an animal hospital and looks after sick animals 24. Soldier x) repairs machines and vehicles such as cars and buses 25. Hairdresser y) someone who designs and constructs buildings 26. Veterinarian z) someone who cuts and styles hair
WRITING: What career will you like to follow once you have completed school?
- What motivates you to choose that career?
- What qualifications are needed?
- What is your plan to get those qualifications?
