Shopping For Clothes
(pictures of some clothing)

Objective: To be able to request information in a department store.
Dialog:
    A: Excuse me, where are the dress shoes?
    B: They're over there in the shoe department.
    A: Do you have the kind without laces?
    B: Sure. They're over there on your right.
    C: What size shoe do you wear?
    A: (I wear a) size nine and a half.
    C: Here, try these on.
    A: They are a little too big.
    C: How about these?
    A: They are just right. How much are they?
    C. They're $19.95. They're on sale this week.
    A. Good, I'll take them.

Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion
    Excuse me, where are thedress shoes?
                tennis shoes?
                woman's dresses?
                boy's pants?
                towels?
                sheets?
       

    They're over thereIn the shoe department.
                in sportswear.
                in women's wear.
                in children's wear.
                on aisle 9
                on aisle 10
       

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion
    Do you have the kindwithout laces?
                with buckles?
                with high heels?
       

Practice 3: Vocabulary Expansion
    They're over there onyour right.
                your left.
                aisle 12
       

Practice 4: Role Play
    Excuse me, where are the __________?
    They're over there __________.
    Do you have the kind __________?
    Sure they're over there on __________.

Practice 5: Vocabulary Expansion
    I wear a(nine and a half) shoe.
                __________ coat.
                __________ dress.
                __________ shirt.
                __________ pants.
       

Practice 6: Question Response
    What sizeshoe do you wear? I wear size __________.
                jacket
                shirt
                dress
       

Practice 7
    Here, trythese on.
                this
       

Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion
    They're a little toobig.
                It'slittle.
                tight.
                loose.
       

Practice 9: Reading
                $ .25 $ .75 $ .05 $ .30 $1.50 $2.89
                $ .93 $23.00 $47.35 $2.65 $3.80
       

Practice 10: Dictation
    Dictate the amounts in Practice 9 in random order and have students write
    them.

Practice 11: Vocabulary Practice
    How much are theshoes? They're __________.
                pants?
                socks?
       

Practice 12
    They're$10.75 It's$5.98
                on saleon sale
       

Practice 13: Dictation
    Dictate the dialog.

Practice 14: Role Play
    What size __________ do you wear?
    I wear size __________.
    Here, try these on.
    They're a little too __________.
    How about these?
    They're just right. How much are they?
    They're __________.
    Good, I'll take them.

Practice 15: Reading/Listening Comprehension -- A Bilingual Joke

A man goes into a department store. He cannot speak English. He only speaks
Spanish. The clerk says, "May I help you?"
The man says, "Quiero un par de calcetines." (I want a pair of socks.)
The clerk says, "I don't understand Spanish. Do you want some pants?" And he holds up a pair of pants.
The man  says, "No, pantalones no! Quiero calcetines." (No, not pants! I want socks.)
The clerk then holds up a shirt and asks, "Do you want a shirt?"
"No, camisa no." (No, not a shirt.) says the man, "Quiero calcetines."
Patiently the clerk hold up a pair of shoes, "How about some shoes?" he asks.
"No, zapatos no." (No, not shoes.)
Finally the clerk holds up a pair of socks and the man says, "Eso si que es!" (That is it!) and the clerk says, "Why didn't you tell me you could spell."