Topic: Travelling
Standard Lesson 60 min
The changing face of tourism
LifestyleTalk about travel trends with this advanced lesson on tourism! Students practise vocabulary for discussing tourism changes, watch a video about a modern travel trend and role-play scenarios involving tourism issues.
Standard Lesson 60 min
How many people live in your country?
General LifestyleTalk about countries, capitals and populations with this lesson! Students review vocabulary for nature and places and practise high numbers. They also read short texts and discuss their own countries.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Lost and found (prepositions of place)
GeneralIn this lesson, students discuss losing and finding things. They practise prepositions of place, watch a video about things left at an airport and listen to a conversation between friends. Students also play a guessing game.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Adventures close to home
LifestyleTalk about adventures with this lesson! Students discuss their experiences, explore excuses people use to avoid adventures and read a short text. They also watch a video about micro-adventures.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Going on holiday
LifestyleDiscuss holidays and travel with this lesson! Students talk about holiday preferences, watch a video on Australia’s attractions and share their experiences. They also explore tourist problems and practise functional language for asking for help.
Standard Lesson 60 min
At a hotel
GeneralTalk about hotel situations with this lesson! Students practise hotel-related vocabulary, watch a short video on a hotel stay and share their own experiences. They also work in pairs and role-play hotel scenarios.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Stay or skip? Talking about accommodation
LifestyleDiscuss accommodation and travel experiences with this lesson! Students practise adjectives, watch a video about an Airbnb feature and share their perspectives. They also read and write reviews of different accommodation.
Let’s compare!
Grammar Lifestyle TechnologyStudents learn to use comparatives and superlatives and compare technologies.They also use the structures to compare different places.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
What would you put on your bucket list?
LifestyleEngage in talking about bucket lists with this lesson! Students discuss goals and ambitions, watch a video about a traveller visiting multiple places in a week and talk about their thoughts and experiences.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Fancy a train ride?
GeneralTalk about train rides with this lesson! Students practise train-related vocabulary, watch part of a video about train travel and discuss their preferences and experiences. They also explore phrases to buy tickets and work in pairs.
Standard Lesson 60 min
In a souvenir shop
GeneralWith this lesson, students explore souvenir vocabulary, watch a video about a souvenir shop and listen to an audio where people talk in a gift shop. Students also discuss a price list, role-play a conversation and practise useful phrases for shopping.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Where would you rather live?
LifestyleStudents discuss places to live and visit with this lesson! They watch a video about living in San Diego, practise the structure ‘would rather’ and work in pairs. Students can also do an optional vocabulary activity where they review adjectives.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Less is more: minimalist wardrobe
LifestyleStudents discuss minimalist wardrobes! They watch a video and talk about reasons and rules for maintaining such a wardrobe, as well as talking about their personal style. Students say what they’d wear in different situations and do a role-play about packing for a trip.
Standard Lesson 60 min
We love travelling!
Grammar LifestyleTalk about holiday likes and dislikes with this lesson! Students work on vocabulary about holiday activities, practise like/love/hate + ing and explore spelling rules to create gerunds. They also watch a video about a family who travels in a campervan!
Using Present Perfect and Past Simple
Grammar LifestyleStudents learn the differences between Present Perfect and Past Simple while doing various activities and discussing interesting topics.
Talking about weather and clothes
GeneralThis set combines two topics: weather and clothing. Students learn to talk about weather and the clothes for different types of weather.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Dress or jeans: clothes we wear
General LifestyleStudents talk about clothing in this lesson! They learn clothing vocabulary and look at pictures of different clothing items. They talk about dressing appropriately for events and climates and practise listening skills with videos and recordings.
Standard Lesson 60 min
An unusual place to live
LifestyleThis lesson invites students to talk about unusual places around the world! They practise vocabulary for extreme environments, watch a video about living underground and share their perspectives on the effects of living under extreme conditions.
Standard Lesson 75 min
I’m calling to change my reservation (functional language)
GeneralStudents talk about hotel situations, practise functional language for hotel interactions and watch a video about welcoming a guest to an Airbnb flat. They also do a role-play using target vocabulary.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Sustainable stays: eco-friendly hotels
Business Global IssuesStudents discuss waste and sustainability in the hospitality industry! They watch and discuss a video about an organisation that recycles half-used hotel soaps, learn useful vocabulary, and read and discuss a text about an imaginary hotel.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
How about a tattoo?
LifestyleWith this lesson, students talk about tattoos! They watch a video about tattoo tourism, share opinions and revise collocations with the word ‘tattoo’. They also discuss workplace discrimination against people with tattoos.
Let’s go around the world
General LifestyleIn the first lesson, students talk about travelling in general. As a second lesson, choose Lesson 2A to practise collocations; choose Lesson 2B to compare countries; or choose Lesson 2C to practise language useful when travelling by plane.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Are you ready to go?
LifestyleWith this lesson, students discuss travel preparation, watch a video about tips on packing and talk about potential challenges when travelling. You can also do a vocabulary activity to revise vocabulary related to the topic.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
It’s such a lovely place! (so and such)
Grammar LifestyleWith this lesson, students talk about travel experiences, watch a short video about the capital city of Ghana and practise ‘so’ and ‘such’ structures. They also share their personal experiences and discuss the advantages of different travel options.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Hotel reviews
GeneralEngage students in conversations about different types of places to stay and their experiences! With this lesson, students practise vocabulary related to accommodation, watch videos and write hotel reviews.
Standard Lesson 60 min
My home is your home
LifestyleCheck out this lesson to have an engaging conversation about home swapping and house sitting and help your students learn useful vocabulary to describe experiences.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Please have your boarding pass ready
GeneralStudents learn airport and plane phrases, listen to announcements and watch a video with a song. They also talk, role-play and exchange ideas.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Business trips: fun or boring?
BusinessThis lesson allows students to talk about business trips, learn some useful vocabulary, and have a lot of discussion and role-play.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Downsides of tourism
Global IssuesThis speaking lesson focuses on talking about tourism and its problems. Students talk about travelling in general and tourism as an industry, watch a video and discuss solutions to the problems.
Critical Reading Club 30 min / 45 min
The intangible benefits of travelling
LifestyleIn this lesson students talk about the article they read at home, learn some vocabulary and talk about different ways of travelling and their benefits.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Food culture, coffee culture
Grammar LifestyleIn this ESL lesson about coffee and food culture students have a lot of discussion, watch a video, study nouns that can be both countable and uncountable, and have a lot of fun practice.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Living abroad
GeneralIn this ESL lesson about living abroad, students watch a testimonial video about learning Portuguese in Brazil, learn some useful collocations and talk about living in different countries.
Speaking Class 45 min / 60 min
Are you into flying?
General LifestyleThis worksheet focuses on speaking about air travel. Students answer different questions, watch and discuss a video. They also read and discuss short stories and create their own.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Would you like a lava snack?
LifestyleWith this tourism lesson plan, students discuss gastro-tourism, watch a video and learn vocabulary related to food.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Life is better outdoors!
GeneralIn this lesson, students watch a video about Taiwan and practise vocabulary related to nature and free time activities.
Standard Lesson 60 min
You’re never too old for great things
Grammar LifestyleIn this lesson, students learn the differences between Present Perfect and Past Simple. They also practise using the two tenses, watch a video and talk about active lives of elderly people.
