Asking for Directions

A2 · Elementary57 minTravelLesson 5 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: ask for directions and understand the answer — left, right, straight on — and check you've understood.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Which way?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Finding the Museum

    Read a 85-word text about Finding the Museum

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Direction Words

    5 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Directions

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match Directions

    Matching exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Ask for Directions

    Role-play: You're looking for the train station (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: find your way

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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