This lesson provides learners with authentic listening practice of a conversation taking place in a travel agency and an opportunity to role play a similar dialogue.

Young tourist in London taking a photo of Big Ben and Houses of Parliament from a bridge

Introduction

In this lesson, learners will listen to an authentic dialogue taking place in a travel agency. They will put the dialogue in the correct order and role play a similar dialogue. There are also suggestions for developing the theme of travel to practise specific areas of grammar.

Lesson outcomes

All learners will

  • practise listening and speaking skills in a specific setting
  • increase their range of travel-related vocabulary

Materials

  • Lesson plan
  • Audio file and script
  • Student worksheet
  • Cut-up dialogue

Procedure

Stage
10
Lead-in
  • Introduce day trips or excursions.
  • Complete the pre-listening discussion in the worksheet. 
  • Feedback
15
Listening 1
  • Complete pre-teaching vocabulary activity. 
  • Monitor, check and feed back.
  • Listen and check. 
15
Listening 2
  • Learners rearrange the dialogue. 
  • Listen and check. 
  • Feed back and check. 
  • Learners role play the dialogue. 
10
Extension
  • Extension activities as required.

Lesson audio 

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 09/23/2017 - 07:33

Hello Cath Thank for your response. Ragards

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/13/2017 - 16:06

Hello I would like to know - what's the purpose of dialogue cut up? How can one use dialogue cut up?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 07:27

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Hi Pavan In the lesson plan it suggests that when students listen a second time to the audio, they should work in pairs totry to put the dialogue in the correct order. Enjoy the lesson, Cath

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