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Travel Unit: ESL Lesson for Adults

The most practical unit in any adult course: check-in, hotels, directions and swapping travel stories.

Age
Ages 18+
Level
A2–B2
Skill
Vocabulary · Speaking
Time
45 min
Format
Teacher guide
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What's in the pack

6 free resources from the site, ready for the board or the printer.

Classroom tool

A 45-minute lesson

One way to run the pack as a full lesson. Swap any step for your coursebook's own activity.

  1. 5min

    1. Warm-up

    Write 'Have you ever…?' on the board; learners ask three people one travel question each.

  2. 15min

    2. Speak

    Airport check-in role play; swap roles and change the problem (delay, overweight bag).

    Airport check-in →
  3. 10min

    3. Practise

    Hotel reception role play in new pairs, focusing on polite requests.

    Hotel reception →
  4. 10min

    4. Speak

    The B1 travel questions: everyone tells one travel story with a problem in it.

    Discussion questions: Travel →
  5. 5min

    5. Wrap-up

    A quick look at the direction phrases for next lesson's role play.

    Asking for directions →

Total: 45 minutes

Three extra practice tasks

Written for this theme, no printing needed. Use them as fillers, homework ideas or a second lesson.

  1. 1. Worst trip ever

    Learners tell (or invent) a disastrous trip in the past simple; the group asks follow-up questions and votes for the worst.

    Model languageOur flight was cancelled, so we slept at the airport.

  2. 2. Plan a city break

    Pairs plan a two-day city break with a set budget: transport, hotel, three activities. They present the plan.

    Model languageWe're going to take the night train to save money on the hotel.

  3. 3. Problem cards

    Write travel problems on cards (lost passport, no room booked). Pairs pick one and improvise the conversation.

    Model languageI'm afraid there's no booking under that name. — But I have the confirmation!