DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

Air Force Culture and Language Center 1 Xxx 12

Maxwell AFB, AL.
AIR FORCE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE CENTER
LESSON PLAN -Topic 3
(Level 1)

LESSON TITLE: At the Post Office

DOMAIN: Economics and Resources

TIME: 2 Hrs.

METHOD: Contextualized interactive communication, culturally embedded content, guided

discussion, application with feedback.

LESSON REFERENCES: Find lesson references and at the end of document and under the
Lesson Plan tab of the class homeroom.
AUDIO/VISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS:
1. PowerPoint - to present new vocabulary, phrases and grammar rules.
2. Whiteboard - to explain and illustrate key points.
3. Authentic Materials -,
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STUDENT PREPARATION: Students should check for assignments on the eMentor

homeroom webpage and prepare them before the next class.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Understand the Postal System in Russia.

COGNITIVE OBJECTIVE:
1. Know how to conduct business in a post office.
2. Apply knowledge and language skills to real-life settings.

COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:

1. Name different ways of sending a letter/package (ground, air, certified, etc.).
2. Send a letter/package from the post office.
3. Buy stamps.
4. Name the advantages and disadvantages of each shipping method.

AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVE:
1. Receive information about conducting business at the post office.
2. Respond to instructions and class activities.

AFFECTIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:

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 1. Voluntarily participate in class simulation of postal transactions.
2. Willingly go to a local post office to send a package (if applicable) or talk about an
experience at a post office in Russia.

LESSON OUTLINE:

CONTENT ESTIMATED
TIME
INTRODUCTION & REVIEW: 10 minutes
Review homework for todays lesson and discuss any questions; recall
prior learning that is useful to help students acquire the new content;
begin with grabbing the students attention with something interesting yet
relevant to the lessons topic, followed by an explanation of the learning
objectives.
PRESENTATION: 20 minutes
Present key vocabulary of the corresponding semantic field (see
vocabulary list below) by showing students the website of the post office
in TC and asking students to read about the different ways of sending a
letter/package; provide a vocabulary list and then show students a video
clip of people sending a package; show a model dialogue between person
who ask to send/receive package and the post office clerk; share a cultural
note about the system of postage in TC (e.g. if the cost is decided by
weight or by distance, standard vs expedite post office, etc.); students
read about certified mail and discuss the situations in which certified mail
would be used; and/or if applicable, introduce or review a grammatical or
lexical feature that is relevant to the material and likely to occur in the
context of the topic.

GUIDED PRACTICE: 30 minutes

Ask students read a model dialogue between a post office clerk and a
customer who wants to send a letter/package and buy stamps, and practice
the dialogue with different items to send and different services requested;
watch the video and list advantages and disadvantages of different
shipping methods, students read an article about improvement in Russian
post service and answer the comprehension questions; students watch the
video about different shipping methods and answer true/false questions,
then model the situations in which every method would be used; filling in
the blanks by choosing the appropriate expression from a word bank;
students visit the website of the post office and write the list of post
services that they could find; student fill in blank Russian mailing
documents.

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BREAK 10 minutes
APPLICATION: 35 minutes
Students share their personal experiences at the post office in Russia;
students role-play sending a certified letter and package; students choose
the shipping method based on the information on the post office website
(e.g. the price, the expected period of time for delivery, insurance, etc.);

FEEDBACK & CONCLUSION: 15 minutes

Students briefly summarize what they have learned in the lesson; identify
need for more work on the lessons topic by asking students for feedback
and address any questions students may have; provide constructive,
positive feedback for students according to their performance in the
assimilation phase; assign homework for next lesson; conclude the lesson
and give a sneak peak of the next lesson.

VOCABULARY LIST
English Target Language
Shipping method
Air mail
Important words of the semantic field

envelop
Post office
Soft package
Package
Delivery
Mail service
Mail man /
Book of stamps
Registered mail
Customs form
To send /

phrases for

To hold the mail service.

discussion

Useful

To send package with . c .

First class guarantied..

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 How long will it take to get the
?
package?

Homework:
Read the beginning of very famous Russian fairy-tale and answer true/false questions. Make a
list of all words pertaining to the post services that mentioned in the story.

LESSON REFERENCES: Provide lesson references such as videos, website.

http://otvet.mail.ru/question/17936564
http://www.russianpost.ru/rp/servise/ru/home
http://www.5-tv.ru/video/1009790/

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES:
http://www.belpost.by/branch/vitebsk/news/351.html?print=1

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