| Level:
Intermediate
Skills:
Speaking, Reading and Writing
- The teacher gives each
student one card showing a picture of a fruit/ vegetable or some food, i.e.
chicken, milk (see examples). Also give each student the name one item they
must get from another person.
- Students move around
the class with their item and ask other students “Kamu mau membeli apa?”
(What do you want to buy?”) and other students ask them the same question.
- When a student finds a
person who wants what they have, then they give them the item. The student
then has to continue to move around the class until finding the item he/she
needs.
- Students use the items
to write a dialogue between a shopkeeper/ seller and a customer. They can
write the dialogue in pairs and act it out in front of the class.
Note:
This activity can be made
simpler and depends on what question form the teacher wants the students to
practice.
To make this activity more
cultural, and to link in with a study of Indonesian markets, students could have
to bargain to obtain the item they need. They could even be given photocopied
rupiah and sell and buy goods as if they were in a market.
This activity does not have
to use food, it could be easily adapted to jobs, transport and hobbies,
depending on the topic and focus language/ grammar that the teacher wants the
students to practice. | 
