Task One: Travel Planning

Overview: This task involves finalizing an itinerary for a trip between a

travel agent and a customer.
Stage 1: Priming task. Students listen to a recycled and modified
reading passage (originally from Lesson 7, pp82) and answer
questions. The grammatical structures are high lightened.
Modified listening
passage:
Questions and answers:
originally

Original reading passage:

Stage 2: Reading task. Students are divided equally into two roles.
One is a travel agent, and the other is a customer. The two roles are
given different reading materials. Customers reading materials include

authentic documents such as a copy of a passport, a travel visa, plane

ticket, etc. Travel agents reading materials include different travel
itineraries meeting different needs. Form is provided for each role to fill
in.
Materials for Customer

Materials for travel agent

Stage 3: Planning. In pairs, students are asked to change/check

information between a customer and a travel agent. According to the
ideas they get from each other, finalize a trip itinerary.

Stage 4: Target task. Students are asked to present their finalized

itinerary for the trip and explain the reasons for the finalized itinerary.
Stage 5: Post task. Students are asked to research weather
information about the related cities.