7. Real-world activities can be looked at and sequenced in much the same way as grammar
forms can—from simpler to more complex. For instance, ordering from a menu at a
restaurant is easier than ordering by telephone for several reasons—students can use
gestures, text and sometimes pictures; there is less information to convey (e.g., no address
or credit card number); students may resort to single-word utterances. In the same way,
telling a story is more complex than both examples above, because students now need to