Mustafa Elshamy Mustafa Elshamy

Travel and Tourism-Talking about holidays (travel) Speaking 1
IG2 level

Description

In this lesson, the students will discuss aspects of holidays, such as the kind of holidays they enjoy, places they have visited, family holiday memories, holiday plans, good and bad holiday experiences, etc.

Materials

Abc Scheme of work
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Main Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of traveling.
  • To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of traveling.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Learners are able to ask about and describe places and past events.
  • Learners are able to use a range of ‘wh’- question forms and other question forms. Theyare able to use narrative tensessuch as past simple, past continuous, past perfect, e.g. When we arrived at the airport the plane had already left and so we decided...
  • Learners are able to choose appropriate vocabulary, e.g. dramatic vocabulary (‘spectacular’, ‘dreadful’, ‘breath taking’) to describe a dramatic experience.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

1. The teacher will begin the class by asking the question: Why do people travel? 2. The teacher will ask the students to make a short list of reasons they think people travel for. 3. The students will then discuss it among each other in pairs or small groups. 4. After they are done discussing it they will share their ideas with the teacher.

Exposure (5-8 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

1. The students will watch a short conversation between two friends about travelling. 2. The teacher will ask the students to choose a couple of questions about travelling from a list of questions to ask their classmates. 3. The teacher will ask the students to exchange the questions. 4. The students will ask and answer the questions in pairs. 5. The teacher will provide support on the language.

Useful Language (3-6 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

1. The students will first take a minute to read the following vocabulary about travel: Phrases 1. Take/go on a vacation to somewhere 2. Go sightseeing 3. Take a sightseeing tour somewhere 4. Go on a cruise 5. Sign up for guided tours 6. Come on a package holiday 7. Travel during the offseason 8. Have the time of my life/the holiday of a lifetime Words to describe tourist attractions 1. Scenic/Scenery 2. See a breathtaking view of 3. Not for the fainthearted 4. Spectacular 5. Out of this world 6. Heavenly 7. Touristy/having hordes of tourists 8. Off the beaten track 9. Iconic 10. untouched 11. A trap 12. overrated Places to stay on holiday 1. Holiday resorts 2. Apartments (Airbnb) 3. Youth hostels 4. bed-and-breakfast 2. The students will repeat them chorally after the teacher. 3. The teacher will briefly go through the meaning of each.

Productive Task(s) (20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

1. The teacher will divide the students into two groups A&B. 2. Group A will receive a set of questions about travelling. 3. Group B will receive a different set of questions about travelling too. 4. The students will take a minute to read the questions. 5. The teacher will then ask the students to walk around the class and engage each other in conversations about travel using the questions. Students from the same group can not ask each other questions. 6. The teacher will provide minimal support only if needed.

Feedback and Error Correction (3-5 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

1. At this stage, the teacher will provide feedback on fluency and accuracy. 2. The teacher will also highlight some of the common pronunciation and grammar mistakes during the student's conversations.

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