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AIRPORTS and AIR TRAVEL
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Printable 60-minute Lesson Plan
AIR TRAVEL
"Who Invented the Airplane?"
Level: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Multi-page lesson:
Vocabulary Preview Grammar Practice Reading Comprehension Discussion Writing Practice Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Air Travel Video Quiz
AIR TRAVEL 10 Questions about air travel Level: Intermediate to Advanced Video Play Time: 5:23 Printable Lesson Time: Approx 30 mins Page 1 10 multiple-choice questions (Complete the quiz, then watch the video to check your answers!) Page 2 (optional) 10 additional (gap-fill) questions - Watch the video a second time and answer the questions! Page 3 Detailed Notes and Answer Keys Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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ACTIVITY SUGGESTION If you decide to use this video without the printable worksheets, consider pausing the video after each question and give your learners a minute or two discuss before continuing the video so they can check their answers.
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Basic English Dialogs:
Air Travel Three short air travel dialogs for vocabulary, listening, and speaking practice Extension activity on attached Page 2 Answer Key attached on Page 3 Level: Beginner to Elementary Audio and Answer Key are also available in video format below (1:57) for your students! Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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DIALOG 1
DIALOG 2
DIALOG 3
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Writing Practice
AIR TRAVEL "Write about a time you flew to another country (you can write about a real trip, or you can use your imagination). Remember to use the past tense. Write a short paragraph below." Focus on past tense Level: Elementary to Intermediate Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Airport Terminal
Sound Effects AIR TRAVEL Play this video in class to create a more authentic-sounding environment during
your ESL Airport Role Play. Busy Airport Terminal Playing Time: 5 minutes |
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Listening Lesson
AIR TRAVEL 'GETTING READY FOR THE AIRPORT' Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Total Time: 45-55 mins Level: Beginner-Elementary With Notes and Answer Key attached Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Spot the Differences Speaking Activities
"Students tend to mark the differences they have identified on the actual pictures, by ringing them or marking them with an 'x'; to save having to reproduce new pictures every time you want to do the activity, it is wise to forbid this in advance, and make students write down their discoveries on separate pieces of papers; usually one-word notes will suffice."
Discussions that Work
~Penny Ur Note: Asking your students write notes to describe differences has the added benefit of introducing spelling practice!
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Discussion Practice
AIR TRAVEL 16 Question strips adapted from the above Pair Work activity.
These questions can be used with students seated in pairs or in small groups, or with students standing. Activity Notes on Page 2 Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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'Find Someone Who'
Activity AIRPORTS and AIR TRAVEL Classic 'Find Someone Who' activity
Whole class activity Activity Notes on Page 2 (with Activity Version 1 and Version 2) Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 15 - 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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15 Essential Words About Airports and Air Travel
Use the above 15 words to complete the interactive quiz!
Spelling Worksheet
AIR TRAVEL PAGE 1
15 sentences with 15 scrambled words on the topic of 'air travel' PAGE 2 15 sentences (same as above) - listen and write the missing words. Extend by using the question sentences as a Q&A activity. This is a great follow-up to the above Word Bank gap-fill activity which uses the same 15 words! Level: Elementary to Intermediate With Notes and Answer Key on Page 3 Approximate Total Time: 20 - 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Quick & Useful Phrases
AIR TRAVEL Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
10 Questions You Might Hear
10 Statements You Might Hear
10 Questions You Might Ask
10 Statements You Might Say
SUGGESTION
Before handing out these phrases, consider dividing the board into a similar four-section grid and eliciting as many of the phrases that your learners can think of on their own. |
Reading (Scanning)
AIR TRAVEL Look at the airport departures board and decide if each statement is true or false.
Answer Key on Page 2 Level: Elementary to Pre-Intermediate Approximate Time: 10 - 15 minutes Find the Listening version of this activity below. Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Try the interactive version of the above worksheet!
Listen
AIRPORTS Listen and decide if each statement is true or false.
Read-Aloud Script and Answer Key on Page 2 Level: Intermediate Approximate Time: 10 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
There is a ten-second pause between each sentence. Consider pausing the audio between each sentence if you or your learners need extra time.
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Board Game
AIR TRAVEL 30 questions about air travel
For groups of two to three players Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 20 to 25 minutes Dice required Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Consider showing this short video (4:23) to your learners as a way for them to preview the above 30 Board Game discussion questions. Even better, if possible, get your students thinking about the questions at home by emailing them a link to this video - the day before conducting the activity in class!
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2- to 3-Hour Lesson
AIRPORTS and AIR TRAVEL Eight pages of activities related to airports and air travel (vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing); Answer Key attached
Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 120 - 180 minutes total Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Worksheet
AIR TRAVEL Brainstorming and dictionary practice
Use a dictionary to help you complete the chart below. All of the words must begin with the letter of the alphabet given. Some letters may have many different answers, while others may not have an answer. Level: Intermediate to Advanced Approximate Time: 20 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
Consider breaking your class into two teams and see which team can come up with the most (correctly spelled) words within a given time limit. Also, consider giving this worksheet to your students for homework. |
63 Words about Airports and Air Travel
Click on the above words for online definitions by Oxford Dictionaries Language matters and Collins English Dictionary.
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Try the interactive version of the above quiz!
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Advice Column
AIRPORTS and AIR TRAVEL Newspaper advice column with 3 problems about air travel
Students read and then discuss or write about possible solutions (*NEW* writing paper attached on Page 2). Level: Elementary to Intermediate Approximate Time: 20 - 25 minutes Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
Plus: Reading Comprehension Exercise
10 Multiple-Choice Questions based on the above Advice Column Download the PDF file by clicking on the green button below!
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Are you a student? Try the Advanced Level Listening exercise about the
world's largest commercial airliner, the Airbus A380, on my Learner Listening site - click on the image below!
world's largest commercial airliner, the Airbus A380, on my Learner Listening site - click on the image below!