Page 1 Next>>   Want to print this article? Use this version Go to the Grapevine: Book Page Video Page		by Peter Viney & Karen Viney Real language, simple language This is an example of an early unit from Grapevine One. Each unit consists of a double-page spread. Our aim here is to show students how much they can communicate with very simple language.     Unit 2, Self-service, left hand page The first section has several aims. • To make students aware that they already understand, or can guess a number of words connected to food. Few students will have trouble with 'sandwich', 'hamburger', 'hot dog' or 'coffee' • To familiarise them with numbers 11 to 20 in written and spoken form.   Enlarge Having matched the words and numbers, students listen to the dialogue. Note the minimal language: A cheese sandwich, please? Anything else? After each dialogue, they have a menu to use for paired practice. The menus AREN'T authentic. The sandwich bar menu has items at 40p / 50p / 60p / 70p / 80p and 90p- teaching the numbers is more important to us than the impact of a 'real' menu.     This is the second page of the unit. There are two more dialogues - on the tape, the gent with a briefcase has a very upper-class voice while asking for a hamburger - it's funny. There's a brief summary on a/an and the unit finishes with Listening for Specific information - all they have to do is to tick the appropriate boxes   Enlarge