Overview
Travel is fun, and planning for it is even better! However, sometimes things can go wrong and we need to be prepared. Enjoy choosing hotels, sharing your thoughts about food preparations, and learning language to help you deal with travel problems during the course of this module.
LESSON 1 - FAMOUS CITIES
The topic of this lesson is discussing travel and holidays. You will listen to conversations at a tourist information centre and hear people discuss a lost suitcase, read a customer services' pledge and information from a guidebook, and review the use of modals and travel-related vocabulary.
Vocabulary:
- Tourism phrases
- Paola's visit to London 1
- London attractions 1
- Paola's daytrips 1
- Sightseeing tours
- Tourism words
- Conversation in a Tourist Information Centre
- Travel words
- Describing towns and cities
Grammar:
- Question Words, Adjectives, Relative Clauses, Verbs (Modal Verbs)
- Making comparisons
- Carmel's daytrip
- Relative clauses
- Modal verbs
Listening:
- Paola's visit to London 2
- London attractions 2
- Paola's daytrips 2
- Intonation in questions
- Carolyne's lost suitcase 1, 2, and 3
- Vowel sounds
Reading:
- Writing a postcard
- Relative pronouns
- Missing luggage
- Writing a postcard
- Completing a questionnaire
LESSON 2 - I'D LOVE TO JOIN YOU
The topic of this lesson is making plans and arrangements. You will listen to people discussing their weekend plans, read through travel insurance documents, and review the use of conditional sentences to talk about plans and arrangements.
Vocabulary:
- Tourism 3
- Deciding what to do 2
- Holiday activities
- What to pack?
- Reordering a conversation
Grammar:
- Question Words, Expressions and Conjunctions, Verbs (Verb Tense, Verbal Voices), Nouns
- Monica's plans
- First conditional 1 and 2
- Second conditional 1 and 2
- The passive 1 and 2
- Question words
- Present simple and continuous
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- A walk in the forest 2
Writing:
- Carlos's email to Monica
- Paola's message for Monica
- A walk in the forest 1
Pronunciation:
Listening:
- Paola's weekend plans 1
- Deciding what to do 1
- Sue's suitcase 1 and 2
Reading:
- Holiday insurance 1 and 2
LESSON 3 - I'M NOT FEELING TOO WELL
The topic of this lesson is deciding what to pack for a trip. You will listen to things that go wrong when travelling, read about illness and accidents during travel, practise forming questions accurately in the past simple, and review language to describe how you feel when you are unwell.
Vocabulary:
- Parts of the body
- Illnesses 1
- Treatment advice 1 and 2
- Simon's message
- Paola's letter 3
- The newspaper article
- Time references
- Equipment
- People feeling unwell
- Illnesses and accidents
- Illnesses and their symptoms
- The legal system 1 and 2
Grammar:
- Question Words, Verbs (Verb Tense)
- Paola Reports a crime
- A journalist interviews Paola
- Verb tenses
- Noticing errors
Writing:
- Describing an event
- How to write a good letter
Pronunciation:
Listening:
- Simon's symptoms 1 and 2
- Four victims of crime 1 and 2
Reading:
- Symptoms
- Paola's letter 1 and 2
LESSON 4 - A COMFORTABLE HOTEL STAY
The topic of this lesson is finding out about hotels and booking a room to suit your needs. You will listen to people deciding on the best hotel and checking on reservations, read about tipping people at hotels, review the use of modals to give advice and language to make complaints, and practise forming indirect questions which can help you to ask about hotel facilities before booking a room.
Vocabulary:
- Hotel facilities
- A letter of complaint
- Hotel words 1, 2 and 3
- Describing a hotel
- Conversation about a reservation 2
Grammar:
- Expressions and Conjunctions, Verbs (Modal Verbs)
- Giving advice 1, 2 and 3
Pronunciation:
- 'ch' and 'g'
- Strong and weak forms
Listening:
- Talking about needs
- Asking questions 1 and 2
- Checking the reservation 1 and 2
- Asking about the hotel's facilities
- Travel programme about tipping 1 and 2
- Breakfast in the hotel
- The hotel's questionnaire
- Talking to the manager 1 and 2
- Conversation about a reservation 1
Reading:
- Which hotel?
- Tipping in Britain
- Guide to the hotel's facilities
LESSON 5 - MY FAVOURITE RECIPE
The topic of this lesson is discussing food and dishes. You will listen to a radio programme and read a magazine article about food at a restaurant, review vocabulary to help you choose a restaurant and phrases for expressing likes and dislikes, and learn vocabulary to describe different food preparations.
Vocabulary:
- Courses of a meal
- Buying food
- Ways to cook and herbs/spices
- Magazine article on restaurants
- Collocations
- Fish and seafood
- A restaurant guide 2
- Unusual ingredients
- Flavours and foods
- Asking about food
- Conversation about likes and dislikes
- Food words 1 and 2
- Menu words
- Choosing from a menu
Grammar:
- Adjectives, Expressions and Conjunctions, Nouns
- Phrases for expressing likes/dislikes
- Compound nouns and adjectives
Pronunciation:
Listening:
- Radio programme about a restaurant
- Deciding what to eat 1 and 2
- Deciding what to order
- Asian food 1 and 2
- Food words 3
Reading:
- A restaurant guide 1
- Understanding a menu
LESSON 6 - EATING OUT
The topic of this lesson is asking about food and ordering dishes from a menu. You will listen to people ask about food and talk about problems with food, read a letter of complaint, and review intonation patterns and expressions to complain at a restaurant.
Vocabulary:
- Phrases from letters of complaint
- A letter of complaint 1 and 2
- How to complain in a restaurant
- Restaurant language
- Indirect and direct questions
- Complaining in a restaurant
- Ordering food 1 and 2
- Food expressions
Grammar:
- Question Words, Verbs (Modal Verbs, Phrasal Verbs, Verb Valency), Formal Letter Structure
- Elements of a formal letter of complaint
- Indirect questions
- Modal verbs: obligation 1, 2, 3, and 4
- Transitive and intransitive verbs
- Phrasal verbs: introduction
- Types of phrasal verb
Writing:
- Writing a formal letter
- Preparing a meal
Pronunciation:
Listening: