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Booking a holiday: activating

existing knowledge

Theme:
Listening: Leisure time
✓ your name on Zoom is clear (use Latin letters)
✓ your camera is on (but you can mute your mic
if/when needed)
✓ you are in a quiet area that helps you focus
✓ you have a notebook or a note app ready to
take notes

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How does it work? Prepare before class

practise
You need to complete Live class
+
all three parts to get After-class speaking session
(optional)
the most out of English
Online.

Practise after class

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Stay back after class for 5 or 10 minutes to talk to your classmates from
around the world.
This extra speaking practice will help you…
• improve your conversation skills
• practise using language learnt in class
• support and help your fellow students
• practise using English in a natural context
• become a part of a global learning community

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In this live part of the lesson, you will:
• answer matching questions
• use existing knowledge to predict answers
• use transactional vocabulary.

You will also review holiday related vocabulary that you


learned before the lesson.

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IELTS Listening - Sample Tasks

30 minutes + 10 minutes paper-based


4 extracts
40 questions

Listen only once

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Look at these pictures. Have you ever made a booking for one of these things?
How?

A flight A table in a restaurant A room in a hotel

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Look at options A–C. Think of three different ways of saying each one. An
example has been done for you.
A. It is expensive.
e.g. It is high-priced. High cost / pricey / costly / exorbitant / too much /
Costs an arm and a leg / priceless
B. It is cheap.
Inexpensive / low cost / cheaper / low-priced / not expensive / almost a gift /
affordable / reasonable / low end
C. It is free.
For nothing / costless / gratis / a gift / without cost / doesn’t cost /
complimentary / no charge /

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Look at options A–C. Think of three different ways of saying each one. An
example has been done for you.

A. It is expensive.
It is high-priced. It is costly. It is pricey.
B. It is cheap.
It is low-cost. It is reasonable. It is inexpensive.
C. It is free.
It is complimentary. It is without cost. There’s no charge.

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Listen and answer the questions.

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Listen and answer the questions.

A
B
A
C
C
B

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Discuss these questions.

1. Which do you think matters more in a hotel, having luxurious facilities or


friendly, helpful staff?

2. What kind of facilities do you think a good hotel should have?

3. Can you think of a well-known hotel that you would like to stay in?

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B1 listening | LearnEnglish
IELTS Listening - Sample Tasks

It’s crunch time – it’s the last moment, no more time to waste
I’m cramming this weekend = studying intensively
doubt

Multiple choice listening tasks:


1.Read the instructions.
2.Read the instructions again.
3.Read the instructions. One more time to make sure you
don’t lose points just because of misreading!
4.Read the questions
5.Find keywords and synonyms and be ready to hear
variations of the words in the questions!

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Make sure you have
• downloaded the *.pdf with this
presentation
• saved the Zoom Chat

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Remember to practise after class with more online activities.

For private classes only: Get your lesson report within 24 hours.

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Dos
✓ Treat everyone with respect
You can talk about any topic that interests you! ✓ Keep your camera on and
participate
Use these questions as a guide, if needed. ✓ Let others share ideas too
➢ When people travel in your country, where do they go? ✓ Listen to everyone
➢ Where can people stay when they visit a city/town in your ✓ Click ‘Leave’ if you cannot stay
country? back
Don’ts
➢ What facilities are generally available in hotels in your country?
 Don’t take pictures or record
➢ Do you think some hotels are overpriced?  Don’t share personal details
➢ What type of holiday would you like to book next? Why?  Don’t let your children be
visible onscreen

For help, contact:


[email protected]

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