Week 1: Planning Your Trip
Topics:
- Planning a trip
- Talking about past trips, past life experiences
- How to book a hotel
- How to describe things & places
GRAMMAR:
- Present Perfect
- Past Simple
- Irregular verbs
- Suggestions
- Gerunds vs. Infinitives
VOCABULARY:
- Airport vocabulary
- Packing your luggage
- Types of clothes and things to take on your trip
- Countries & Nationalities
Week 2: TRAVELing in time
Topics:
- Booking a tickets
- Being in time / on time / punctual / late
- How to reschedule an event
- How to tell time (British vs. American English)
GRAMMAR:
- Prepositions of time (in, at, on, for, until, by)
- Future tenses (I will do, I am going to do, I am doing, I do)
VOCABULARY:
- Making reservations
- Booking plane tickets
Week 3: The airport
Topics:
- Check-In Desk
- Security
- On the plane
- Lost luggage / Customs
- Transportation
GRAMMAR:
- Must / Have to
- Make / Let
- Possessive pronouns
- Neither / Either
VOCABULARY:
- Airport vocabulary
- Airplane vocabulary
Week 4: The Hotel
Topics:
- Included in the price
- Polite requests
- Making complaints
- Speaking with hotel staff
GRAMMAR:
- 'Have' someone do something
- Modals of deduction (might, should, could)
VOCABULARY:
- Hotel expressions & vocabulary
- Formal / Informal language
Week 5: The Restaurant
Topics:
- Understanding the menu
- Substitutions
- Ordering
- Complaints
- Paying the bill
GRAMMAR:
- Want / Would like
- Some vs. Any
- Too / not enough
VOCABULARY:
- Menu vocabulary
- Styles of food preparation
Week 6: Directions
Topics:
- Polite questions
- Types of transportation
- Getting / Giving directions
- I'm lost!
GRAMMAR:
- Imperative sentences
- Prepositions of place (between, next to, along, around)
VOCABULARY:
- Transportation vocabulary
Week 7: Entertainment & Activities
Topics:
- In a tourist office
- Recommendations
- Reading a guide book
- Taking a tour
GRAMMAR:
- Adverbial phrases of time
- Should / ought to
- Passive (present & past)
VOCABULARY:
- Tour vocabulary
- City sights
Week 8: Shopping
Topics:
- Clothing store
- Speaking with the shop assistant
- "It doesn't fit"
- Bargaining / Discount
- Paying
GRAMMAR:
- Adjectives
- Comparatives
VOCABULARY:
- Shopping vocabulary
- Clothing vocabulary
Week 9: Weather & Emergencies
Topics:
- Planning for different types of weather
- Types of Emergencies
- Calling for help
- Speaking with paramedics
GRAMMAR:
- First conditional
- Present Perfect Continuous
VOCABULARY:
- Types of weather
- Emergency vocabulary
- Types of injuries