Travel English Telephone, Email and Face-to-Face Dice Game
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Rolling a dice to decide which typical exchange related to travel to roleplay, including practice of typical functional language for travellers like requesting.
Lesson Plan Content:
Travel English telephone, email and face to face dice game
Roll the dice twice and roleplay the situation that comes up below, with you as you (the traveller) and your partner(s) as the staff.
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First roll of the dice – who you are communicating with
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Second roll of the dice – what you need to do |
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1. Bus station or train station 2. Car rental 3. Hotel 4. Restaurant 5. Taxi/ Taxi firm 6. Travel agent/ Airline
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1. Asking for information 2. Booking/ Making a reservation 3. Changing something 4. Checking information 5. Making a complaint 6. Requesting |
Do the same, but this time also rolling to dice to decide how you should communicate:
Third roll of the dice – how to communicate
- Telephone
- Telephone
- Face to face
- Face to face
Roleplay some more realistic email, telephone or face-to-face situations for you, for example:
- In a restaurant
- Talking to a tour guide
- At the hotel front desk
- Negotiating/ Bargaining/ Haggling
- Shopping
- Taking a ferry, tram or shared taxi
Less telephoning version
If your teacher tells you to, use the list of ways of communicating below after or instead of the list above.
- Telephone
- Face to face
- Face to face
- Free choice
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