Humanising Language Teaching
Year 3; Issue 5; September 2001

Phone Numbers

Anna Sofie Pedersen, Denmark

Vocabulary:
The numbers
Peter speaking.
This is John.

Materials:
Copies of phone keyboard. (A)
OHP of phone keyboard.

Write the students' phone numbers on the board.
The teacher dials one of the numbers saying each number out loud.
The students listen and watch.
When a student recognise her number – practise this dialogue:

Teacher: (dialling) two, double four, nine, one, eight
Jane: 2 4 4 9 1 8. Jane speaking.
Teacher: Hello Jane, this is Mr. Jones.

Continue until the students feel confident, then let them make phone-calls to each other.