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TALKING
ABOUT TRAVEL
EXPERIENCES
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1 Warm up
Ask and answer the following questions with your partner. Say why.

Which do you prefer...?

• traveling by plane or train

• going abroad or traveling within your country
• mountains or the beach
• hotels or private apartments
• restaurants or street food
• tanning or swimming
• camping or city visits
• traveling with friends or alone
• a backpack or a suitcase
• sunshine or snow

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2 Travel experiences
Part A: Discuss the following questions in pairs.

1. What is the best and worst way to travel?

2. What can make a travel experience good or bad?

Part B: Look at pictures from Jack and Paula’s last vacation. Did they have a good time? What
happened?

Jack:

Paula:

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Part C: Read about their travel experiences, fill in the gaps, and then match them to an image above.

met / delayed / cheap / sick / sights / lost / local cuisine / stole / awful / beautiful

Jack:

a. The airline his luggage.

b. Someone his passport.

c. The weather was .

d. His plane was by 7 hours.

e. He got after eating some food.

Paula:

a. She saw many impressive .

b. She got a ticket.

c. She ate the delicious .

d. She lots of great people.

e. The weather was .

3 Speaking practice
Fill in the information about traveling for yourself. Walk around the class asking the following questions.

Have you ever ... You Student one Student two

...got really sick?

...seen any impressive

sights?

...met any interesting

people?

...experienced terrible
weather?

...lost anything?

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4 Game: adjective anagram race

Race to unscramble the following positive and negative adjectives. Write them in the lists below.

1) dfowelnru 2) eorbirlh 3) catfnasti 4) rirbetle

5) igamnaz 6) fuawl 7) olveyl 8) feudrdla

1. positive:

2. negative:

5 Focus on vocabulary: how was your trip?

Part A: Finish the sentences about your last trip.

1. The weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. The people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. The food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. The views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. The sights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6. The transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Part B: In pairs, match the synonyms below.

1. pricey (adj.) a. expensive

2. cram (v) b. vomit

3. throw up (phr. v) c. squeeze

4. reliable (adj.) d. trustworthy

6 Listening comprehension
Part A: Listen to two people (Tom and Susan) describing a travel experience and tick the topics they
talk about. Did they have a positive or negative experience?

Tom:

destination transport

accommodation food

people scenery

weather activities

Susan:

destination transport

accommodation food

people scenery

weather activities

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Part B: Listen again and write down any additional information about the categories that were mentioned.

Tom:

a. destination -

b. transport -

c. accommodation -

d. food -

e. people -

f. scenery -

g. weather -

h. activities -

Susan:

a. destination -

b. transport -

c. accommodation -

d. food -

e. people -

f. scenery -

g. weather -

h. activities -

7 Speaking practice: talking about a travel experience

Using the prompts, create questions. Interview your partner. Did they have a positive or negative
travel experience?

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6. Listening comprehension

Tom: Last year I went to Australia. I only had three weeks, so I crammed a lot into a short time,
but it was fantastic. I mostly stayed in hostels. They were ok but pricey. To save money I
traveled from place to place by bus. They were cheap, reliable, and safe. The people were
welcoming and kind. The sights were incredible, I took hundreds of photos. The weather
was great, it wasn’t too hot but sunny enough to wear shorts and T-shirts.

Susan: I had a terrible time when I went to Italy last year. It started off well. I arrived in Rome
and went straight to my hotel, and it was great. On the first day, I walked around taking
in the sights and trying out the local cuisine. I ate so much food. I couldn’t help it; it
tasted so good. But then the next morning I felt terrible. I couldn’t stop throwing up and
slept day and night. It lasted for the whole trip. I didn’t get to see any more sights or do
any activities. I only saw the inside of my hotel room. Fortunately, the hotel staff were
wonderful and looked after me.

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Key

1. Warm up

5 mins.
This stage is to introduce the topic of travel experiences with a focus on preferences. Ask the students, in pairs,
to take turns asking and answering the questions. They should choose their preference and give a reason for their
answer. Check the meaning of any unknown words before starting.

2. Travel experiences

Part A:
5 mins.
This stage is to introduce different aspects of travel that can have a positive or negative impact on the experience.
First the students, in pairs, answer the two questions. Add any ideas to the board.
Part B:
5 mins.
Now ask them to look at the storyboards and predict what happened to Jack and Paula. Add any new ideas to the
board.
Part C:
5 mins.
Ask them to read the sentences, fill in the gaps with a word in the box, and match each word to an image. Review
each one.
Jack:

a. lost ≀ picture 2 b. stole ≀ picture 4 c. awful ≀ picture 5

d. delayed ≀ picture 1 e. sick ≀ picture 3
Paula:

a. sights ≀ picture 3 b. cheap ≀ picture 1 c. local cuisine ≀ picture 5

d. met ≀ picture 4 e. beautiful ≀ picture 2

3. Speaking practice

5 mins.
This stage is for the students to personalize the language. Ask the students to first answer the questions for
themselves. When they are ready, ask everyone to stand up and ask the other students. When they find someone
who says yes, they should get some more information and add it to the chart. They need to find two students for
each question. Get a sample of answers during feedback.

4. Game: adjective anagram race

5 mins.
This stage is to practice general positive and negative adjectives to describe a traveling experience. Put the
following sentences on the board. My trip was ... (+) / My trip was ... (-)

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Elicit a positive and negative adjective. Put the students in groups. Tell them they are going to play the adjective
anagram race. Check they understand the meaning of the anagram by giving an example. Then tell them they will
get eight anagrams. As a group, they need to unscramble all the adjectives as quickly as possible. When they are
finished, they have to write the ten adjectives in the right column (positive or negative). The team to finish first,
with all answers correct is the winner. During feedback, practice the pronunciation.
Scrambled words:
1) wonderful; 2) horrible; 3) fantastic 4) terrible;
5) amazing; 6) awful; 7) lovely; 8) dreadful;
Categories:

1. POSITIVE: wonderful ≀ fantastic ≀ amazing ≀ lovely

2. NEGATIVE: dreadful ≀ horrible ≀ awful ≀ terrible

5. Focus on vocabulary: how was your trip?

Part A:
5 mins.
This stage is for the students to practice using the adjectives by reflecting on their last trip. They finish the
sentences with was/were + adjective. Encourage the students to use a variety of adjectives. Monitor carefully and
correct any accuracy issues.
Part B:
5 mins.
This stage is to pre-teach a few words the students will hear in the audio. Ask them in pairs to match the words.
Encourage them to use a dictionary if they are not sure. Check the meaning, highlight the form and practice the
pronunciation during feedback.

1. → a. 2. → c. 3. → b. 4. → d.

6. Listening comprehension

Part A:
5 mins.
This stage is for students to hear two different people talking about a travel experience. First, they listen for gist
and decide if the travel experience was positive or negative and tick the topics the speakers mention.
Tom:
Positive experience

✓ destination ✓ transport ✓ accommodation

✓ people ✓ scenery ✓ weather
Susan:
Negative experience

✓ destination ✓ accommodation ✓ food

✓ people ✓ scenery ✓ activities

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Part B:
5 mins.
Now they add any details about the categories that were mentioned in the listening. Ask the students to check
with their partners before doing group feedback.
Tom:

a. Australia for 3 weeks

b. bus - cheap, reliable, safe
c. hostels, ok but pricey
d. x
e. welcoming and kind
f. incredible, took lots of photos
g. it was great. It wasn’t too hot. Sunny enough to wear shorts and a T-shirt.
h. x
Susan:

a. Italy, Rome
b. x
c. lovely hotel
d. tried the local cuisine, and ate lots of food as it tasted so good
e. the hotel staff were wonderful and looked after her
f. saw some on the first day but couldn’t see any more as she was sick in the hotel
g. x
h. couldn’t do any because she was sick

7. Speaking practice: talking about a travel experience

10 mins.
This stage is for the students to talk about their travel experiences. First, they create questions from the prompts.
Do the first one together. Get the students to check with their partners before doing group feedback on all the
answers.
Now, put the students into different pairs. Ask them to ask and answer the questions. During feedback, ask the
students to report back if their partner had a good or bad travel experience and say why.
While monitoring, listen out for any good examples of language or errors and provide some post-task language
feedback.
Answers:
1) Where did you go?; 2) When did you go?; 3) How did you get there?; 4) What were the people like?
5) Who did you go with?; 6) Where did you stay?; 7) What was the food like?; 8) What activities did you do?

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