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(Updated on 16/09/2011)


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Buy Nothing Day

 

Flashcards / Cliparts / Pictures :

 

 

The Twelve Shoppers of Christmas
Which one are you ?
(geekculture.com)

 

 

The Simpsons Springfield Mall Directory
"With stores like The Leftorium, Eye Caramba and The Vast Waistband,
The Springfield Mall is one of the most entertaining malls in America.
Since I got tired of getting lost every time I went looking for All Creatures Great and Cheap,
I decided to put together a mall directory to help get around."
(pleated-jeans.com)
Could be used with DIRECTIONS / PREPOSITIONS.

 

World’s first amphibious ice cream van
sets sail on The Thames
"The vessel reaches a top speed of
five knots and chimes
Rod Stewart’s classic ‘We Are Sailing’
(lyrics under the video)
as it ploughs through the waves."
+ a VIDEO

 

 

The Steak-Scented Billboard: Advertising's Stinking Future
"A new Billboard on River Highway in North Carolina not only shows a gigantic
piece of steak on an even more giant fork, but it actually pumps out the smell
of steak for passing drivers to suffer through.
The Bloom grocery store chain, part of Food Lion, erected the giant sign
at 1220 River Highway, between a Shell gas station and a storage facility,
to promote its new brand of beef..." "
(gizmodo.com)

 

Garage sale
(hillcountryoutdoors.com)

 

 

London Shop Fronts
(londonshopfronts.tumblr.com)

 

SHOPPING - vocabulary - a picture


 

A Christmas superstore - Slideshow (nytimes.com)
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland (bronners.com)

 

 

An escalator
(clipartof.com)

 

An elevator (US)
or a lift (GB)
(patrickweb.com)



Discount



(No link)

 

VOCABULARY with
PICTURES and EXERCISES
to print or interactive
- Shops and Shopping
(liis.lv)


 

Vocabulary :

  • A big-box store (also supercenter, superstore, or megastore)
    "is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain. The term sometimes also refers, by extension, to the company that operates the store. Examples include large department stores such as Wal-Mart and Target."
    (Wikipedia)

 


  • Department store (Wikipedia)
    1 History
    2 Discount department store
    3 Countries
    4 Off-price retailer...
  • Supermarket (Wikipedia)
    1 History
    2 Typical supermarket merchandise
    3 Typical store architecture
    4 Criticisms...
  • Hypermarket (Wikipedia)
    1 History
    2 Success
    3 List of hypermarkets     : 3.1 United States - 3.2 Canada - 3.3 Other countries
    4 Warehouse club...
  • Shopping mall (Wikipedia)
    1 History
    2 Classes of malls :     2.1 Regional mall - 2.2 Super-regional mall
    3 Dead malls and new trends
    4 Legal issues
    5 See also :
    5.1 Types of shopping facilities
    5.2 Components of shopping facilities
    5.3 Shopping property management firms
    5.4 Planning concepts...

 

 

  • Explore London street-by-street (streetsensation.co.uk)
    "London's favourite streets.
    Entire streetscapes showing over 3000 shops, bars and restaurants in the liveliest areas of London
    - Oxford Street and Regent Street; Portobello Road and Notting Hill; the King's Road in Chelsea;
    Carnaby Street; Covent Garden, Bond Street; Knightsbridge; Soho and Chinatown; Islington and Camden"

  • Learn English Vocabulary - Shopping - WITH SOUND (learnenglish.de)
    Useful Vocabulary - Build Up - Naturally Speaking - Dialogues



  • Shops and Stores - "Principal definitions of each word with an example sentence" (about.com)
  • Daily life in the UK (ukstudentlife.com) :
    Accommodation - Entertainment - Money - Post     - Shopping - Telephone - Computer - Sport




  • MACY'S (nyctourist.com)





Information :

  • Harvard Business Review: Shopping Carts Will Track Consumers’ Every Move - December 10, 2011
    "Each (shopping cart) comes with a small computer that can be programmed to understand the shopper’s buying patterns.
    It reveals the speed of the shopper, how long it takes to make a selection, the preferred route, and the order in which items are placed in the cart.
    The mini device, equipped with a GPS, plugs into the supermarket’s mainframe computer..."
    (martinlindstrom.com)

  • One in seven will avoid shops this Christmas
    "One in seven people intend to use the internet for their entire Christmas shopping this year, a survey has suggested."
    (telegraph.co.uk)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Wal-Mart
    "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores.
    It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500..."
    (Wikipedia)

 

  • Meet Roger - The robot who will transform the way you go shopping
    (BBC)

 

  • Hamleys
    - "one of the world's largest toy shops. It is currently located at 188-196 Regent Street in London."
    1 History 2 Description 3 Floor guide...
    (Wikipedia)

 

  • HAMLEYS - toy shop
    History - Store Tour - News...
    (myhamleys.com)

 

  • Fair trade
    1 Definition of fair trade
    2 Key fair trade principles
    3 General structure of the movement
    4 History
    5 Fairtrade Labelling Organizations (FLO) product certification
    6 IFAT Fair Trade Organization membership
    7 Fair trade impact studies
    8 Fair trade and politics
    9 Common justifications for fair trade
    10 Criticism...
    (Wikipedia)

 

 

Idioms and Sayings :

  • Breakthrough by Galactic Cowboys :
    "Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop "
  • Shop Around by New Edition :
    "First come first served is the way
    Some do it but not me"
    (sing365.com)

 

Listening :

  • GROCERIES :
    • Candice : differences between French and English groceries
      by  Candice (an English woman living in France)
      Candice talks about shopping and eating habits in England and in France.
      (audio-lingua.eu)
    • Candice : specific English products
      by  Candice (an English woman living in France)
      Candice details the specific English products that she sells in her grocery
      and that you can't usually find in France.
      (audio-lingua.eu)
    • Candice : what I sell in my grocery
      by  Candice (an English woman living in France)
      Candice talks about the products that sell very well in her shop,
      especially at Christmas.
      (audio-lingua.eu)
    • Candice : my English grocery in France
      by  Candice (an English woman living in France)
      Candice introduces herself and talks about what she sells in her grocery.
      (audio-lingua.eu)



  • BASIC LISTENING ACTIVITIES - Shopping Centers : Malls and Department Stores
    (Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - esl-lab.com)
  • Haggling
    "If you argue with someone in a shop or market over the price of something, we call this haggling.
    Although it isn't the custom in the UK to haggle every time we shop, it is something we do for very cheap things... or very expensive things.
    Don't forget to practise what you've learned with the listening activity..."
    (BBC)

 

  • Added Grocery Shopping
    I. Pre-Listening Exercises II. Listening Exercises III. Vocabulary IV. Post-Listening Exercises
    "In this conversation, a man picks up a few groceries at the store, but his wife is really surprised by his purchases, and the man receives a big shock at the end of this conversation."
    (esl-lab.com)

 

  • Shopping malls - They Transform 'The Geography of Shopping' (tolearnenglish.com)

  • Everyday English in Conversation - Listening
    Eating / Emotions / Fashion / Friendship / Health / Housing / Life / Memory / Money /
    Romance /     Shopping / Time / Traveling / Vacation / Weather / Work
    (Focus English)
  • Portobello Road. (BBC)
    " It is especially famous for its Saturday market.
    We'll hear from a trader there and look at the language of markets and shopping.
    You can download the programme script and an mp3 version."




  • The shopping trip - AUDIO activities (Caroline Brown English Lessons)
    "I've spent a lot of money recently! Find out what I spent it on by doing these four exercises..."


  • Harrods - AUDIO (BBC)
    "It is one of the biggest and best known department stores in London
    and attracts customers from all over the world.
    In this programme we find out how Harrods grew from being a small shop to a department store
    which offers a huge range of goods and why it prides tself on being "a theatre of retail."
    - with the script and a quiz



  • English shops - Click to hear the words (cassandra.sprex.com)

 

  • "Click on the audio symbol... to begin the pronunciation examples. (about.com)
    You will hear each word pronounced followed by a pause for you to repeat the word. The list of words is repeated twice."

  • Listening Quizzes : A Customer Request (about.com)

  • Shopping and Money (with exercises) - (esl-lab.com)
    - Numbers 1 (E)
    - Numbers 2 (E)
    - Prices (E)
    - Shopping for the Day (E)
    - Telephone Recording (E)
    - Rental Shop (E)
    - Radio Commercial (M)
    - A Great Car Deal (M)
    - Christmas is Coming! (M)
    - Street Market (D)
    - Rental Shop (D)
    - Money Matters (D)
    - Store Returns (M)
    - Internet Access (D)

  • Shopping - Welcome to London (BBC)

    • Listen 1: Buying a pair of shoes


    • Listen 2: Buying some jeans
    • Read 1: Where to shop in London
    • Read 2: Oxford Street crime
    • Speak 1: Using the schwa sound when asking for things
  • On the Phone (with exercises) : Telemarketing (D) - (esl-lab.com)

 

  • Directions 1 (easy) - Révision des prépositions et des magasins (esl-lab.com)



    Directions 3 (medium) - Révision des prépositions
    Directions 2 (difficult) - Utilisation des prépositions

 

Conversation questions / Role-play :

  • A shopping role play - intermediate level (BBC)
    "The task of going shopping along a typical British high street.
    Half the class have shopping lists and the other half own a shop..."

  • Money & Shopping (iteslj.org)
  • How Much Is It?: 3 Activities plus Vocabulary Support for Shopping. (bogglesworldesl.com)
    "This unit contains an information gap, a walk-and-talk, and a role-play, as well as numerous vocabulary worksheets."

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

 

 

  • Specialist Shops - "Click on the buttons until you find the correct answer." (kaleidovox.hu)
    ex : "Where could you buy some chocolate?..."

  • SHOPPING - Multiple-choice exercise (sitasima)

  • Town 1
    - Trouvez la bonne traduction. ( + Town 2 )
    (skyblues67)

  • Place names - ex : "If you want to see monkeys, lions, tigers and bears, you would go to the ___." (a4esl.org)
  • Shopping Quiz - "Match the shop or store to the objects you want to buy." (world-english.org)
  • Shops and Stores (about.com)
    1) "Match the shop or store to the objects you want to buy. When appropriate, both American English (US) and British English (GB) have been included. Click on the arrow to see if you have answered correctly."
    2) "Click on the     audio symbol... to begin the pronunciation examples. You will hear each word pronounced followed by a pause for you to repeat the word. The list of words is repeated twice."
  • Shopping Matching exercise (learnenglish.de)
    "Click on the drop down boxes and find the word that matches the picture on the left."

  • Shopping (intermediate level) - TRUE OR FALSE? (english.specialist.hu)
  • Test your understanding : Going shopping - (learnenglish.de)
    "Click on the "Start Reading" button, you have one minute to read the text. You can read the text more than once.
    When you are ready choose the correct answer for each question."
  • Picture Vocabulary: Grocery Shopping
    "Austen is going grocery shopping. Look at the picture below and answer the questions."
    (eslpartyland.com)


  • Dialogue- Shopping - "Match the questions on the left with the correct answers on the right." (isabelperez.com)

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

  • Shops - Matching exercise - A worksheet

 

  • Describing a Supermarket Scene: Level A
    "Students learn supermarket-related vocabulary to write about what they see, who they see, and what people are doing at a supermarket. 
    Students write their own paragraph about a drawing of a supermarket scene.
    A self study lesson calls for students to write a grocery list of 10 items for their next shopping trip."
    (escurriculum.spps.org)

 

  • English for Everyday Living - Lessons with activities to print
    Learn the names of the things you see or use every day.
    Learn the sentences you need for everyday situations.
    In the Kitchen - In the Bathroom - In the Bedroom - In the Living Room -
    In the Garage - In the Yard - In the Office - At School - At the Store -
    At the Barbershop - Your Body
    (say-it-in-english.com)

 

Lesson plans :

 

 

 

  • Consumer society. (British Council)
    "Have a look at the articles, poem, story, cartoon, games, trivia and links."

 

  • Shops and shopping - UPDATED
    "Practise words related to shops and shopping, listen to a song about shopping,
    and read and listen to a story about a monster shopping trip."
    + activities to print + Flashcards...
    (British Council)

 

  • Lesson Plan: A Shopping Trip (eslpartyland.com)
    Time: approximately 90 minutes
    Level: Beginner
    Objective: Students will be able to use and understand common expressions related to shopping.

 

  • Consumer society - a lesson plan
    - with a guide for teachers
    "The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading for information and argument in an article about consumer society and give them an opportunity to discuss their opinions about the topic."
    (BBC)

 

  • I'm off to the shops - a lesson plan (english-4u.com) SITE PAYANT
    Language function: Reading comprehension, Discussing issues connected with shopping in supermarkets
    Grammar focus: Uncountable nouns
    Vocabulary area: Supermarkets, Shopping, Retail Practices

 

Webquests :

 

  • Edmonton Mall Canada - a scavenger hunt - created by: Renée Maufroid (quia.com)
    "Come and visit one of the largest malls in the world."



  • I-SHOPPING or electronic shopping from your home (amalnet.k12.il)



 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Cowsequences - interactive Flash game - to compare the life of farmers in Jamaica and Wales.
    (oxfam.org.uk)

 

  • Fair Trade - Interactive game
    "Do you know where in the world your clothes were made?
    Have you ever thought about how your clothes were produced?
    Join Frank on a fair trade journey to find out about globalisation and fair trade."
    (BBC)



  • Shops - (British Council)

 

Games TO PRINT :

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE STORIES with SOUND :

 

 

Photos :

 

 

 

Cartoons :

 

 

How to be British N° 14 : SHOPPING
"Just think – there are over 200 museums, galleries and heritage sites in London.
Luckily, I only had time to go shopping!"
(lgpcards.com)

 

Christmas shopping
(cagle.com)

 

 

No wonder sales are down
(gwinnettforum.com)

 

 

Can I call you back ? I'm shopping.
(linternaute.com)

 

Secret shopper
(img.dailymail.co.uk)

Monster sale
(cartoonstock.com)

Sales
(cartoonstock.com)

 

Sale frenzy

 


This guy can't read
(nctm.org)

 

Shopping Cartoons
(cartoonstock.com)

 


Shopping cartoons
(offthemark.com)

 

Grocery

 



Christmas shopping
(cagle.com)

 

 


Songs :

  • Breakthrough by Galactic Cowboys :
    "Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop "
  • Shop Around by New Edition :
    "First come first served is the way
    Some do it but not me"
    (sing365.com)

 

VIDEOS :

  • Online Checkout - In Real Life
    "Shopping online is meant to be easy. Find out where your customers are "checking out" with Google Analytics."
    (YouTube)

 

 

  • Homeplus: Virtual Subway Store
    "Homeplus created virtual stores in subway stations hoping to blend into people’s everyday lives.
    The displays were designed to look exactly like those in actual stores, from display layout to the merchandise.
    Customers were able to use their smart phones to scan QR codes, putting products in their on-line carts.
    When the online purchase was transacted, shopping was delivered to the door right after customers reached their homes."
    (creativecriminals.com)

 

  • Caltex – An old woman needs some oil (commercial)
    " A grandma gets in a supermarket Caltex. She is making a lot of noise with her trolley.
    The shop assistant, who is very caring, offers her some oil for her to stop the noise… but you realise that it is something else…"
    (kewego.fr)

 

  • The London shops who supply the Royal Family
    "Where do the Royal Family shop in London? Official suppliers to the royal household are allowed to display a small coat of arms.
    The royal warrants are a mark of recognition to companies who have supplied goods for at least five years to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh
    or the Prince of Wales. They are regarded as a stamp of excellence and quality, and are highly prized."
    (BBC)

 

  • 'Minority Report' Mall Scene
    "This is a scene from the movie Minority Report. 
    Tom Cruise walks in the mall while his eyes are getting scanned by 3D screens.
    The screens call him directly by his name to get his attention."
    (YouTube)

 

 

 

 

  • Cyber Monday: Big as Black Friday? November 29, 2010
    "Cyber Monday, a day of online-only sales, is expected to rake in as much money as Black Friday."
    + TRANSCRIPT
    (newsy.com)

 

  • The future of shopping
    "Guys, imagine taking your wives out shopping and actually enjoying it.
    And ladies, what would you do to get rid of all the changing rooms and optimize your shopping time?"
    (flixxy.com)

 

 

 

 

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