Travel

Lead-in

  • Where do you like to travel to?
  • Do you prefer to travel alone or with people?

Presentation

Pre

  • Do you travel to relax, to have fun or to do business?

Top Down

  • What does the text talk about?
  • Tips for traveling
  • The benefits of meeting people
  • The dangers of getting lost
  • Tips for traveling
  • The benefits of meeting people
  • The dangers of getting lost

There are many benefits of traveling. You can have at least one new life experience each day you are away from your house, city or country. If you want to have a good time, check out these tips:

  1. Take time to plan your travel, writing down ideas of what you can do, visit, buy or see.
  2. Keep in mind that it is important to be ready to expose yourself to learning about that place’s culture, their traditions, their local food, etc. Maybe it will be necessary to hire a tour guide to help you get the most out of it, depending on the sites you decide to go.
  3. Remember to travel light. The less things you take with you, the less you worry about what you’re caring around or leaving behind.
  4. You might need to go off the beaten track to get to know the place, or even to take excellent pictures. So bring along whatever makes you comfortable to embark on your trip. Whether you’re traveling on a shoe string or with a lot of money, you may discover that travelling can hold the key to make you a better person.

Bottom Up

  • True or False?
  1. It is not important to be ready to expose yourself to learning about other place’s culture, traditions and local food.
  2. The more things you take with you, the less you worry about what you’re caring around or leaving behind.
  3. You might need to go off the beaten track to get to know the place, or even to take excellent pictures.
  4. Whether you’re traveling on a shoe string or with a lot of money, you may discover that travelling can hold the key to make you a better person.
  1. It is not important to be ready to expose yourself to learning about other place’s culture, traditions and local food. False
  2. The more things you take with you, the less you worry about what you’re caring around or leaving behind. False
  3. You might need to go off the beaten track to get to know the place, or even to take excellent pictures. True
  4. Whether you’re traveling on a shoe string or with a lot of money, you may discover that travelling can hold the key to make you a better person. True

Post

  • Which of the four tips do you think are interesting?
  • What other tips are useful for traveling?

Target Language

Travel Expressions

Travel Light

  • To travel with few things

Go on Guided Tours

  • To go to famous places with a guide

Try Local Food

  • To eat the food from the city/country you are visiting

Plan every detail before traveling

  • To put your ideas of the travel on paper before going

On a shoestring

  • To do things without spending a lot of money

Off the beaten track

  • Somewhere far away from big cities, a remote location

Controlled Practice

  • Match the collocations with their meanings.
  1. Travel light
  2. Go on guided tours
  3. Try local food
  4. Plan every detail before traveling
  5. Travel on a shoestring
  6. Get off the beaten track
  • Somewhere far away from big cities, a remote location
  • To do things without spending a lot of money
  • To travel with few things
  • To put your ideas of the travel on paper before going
  • To eat the food from the city/country you are visiting
  • To go to famous places with a guide
  1. Travel light
  2. Go on guided tours
  3. Try local food
  4. Plan every detail before traveling
  5. Travel on a shoestring
  6. Get off the beaten track
  1. To travel with few things
  2. To go to famous places with a guide
  3. To eat the food from the city/country you are visiting
  4. To put your ideas of the travel on paper before going
  5. To do things without spending a lot of money
  6. Somewhere far away from big cities, a remote location

Freer Practice

  • When you travel, do you ____?
    • travel light
    • go on guided tours
    • try local food
    • plan every detail before traveling
    • travel on a shoestring
    • get off the beaten track

Production

  • What are the benefits or dangers of traveling ____?
    • in groups
    • alone
    • by car
    • to a foreign country

Homework

Write the vocabulary words according to the pictures.

Match the collocations with their respective definitions.

Example: Travel Light > To travel with few things

  1. Go on Guided Tours
  2. Try Local Food
  3. Plan every detail before traveling
  4. On a shoestring
  5. Off the beaten track
  • To do things without spending a lot of money
  • To put your ideas of the travel on paper before going
  • To go to famous places with a guide
  • Somewhere far away from big cities, a remote location
  • To eat the food from the city/country you are visiting
  1. Go on Guided Tours
  2. Try Local Food
  3. Plan every detail before traveling
  4. On a shoestring
  5. Off the beaten track
  1. To go to famous places with a guide
  2. To eat the food from the city/country you are visiting
  3. To put your ideas of the travel on paper before going
  4. To do things without spending a lot of money
  5. Somewhere far away from big cities, a remote location

Fill in the gaps.

Example: They usually ____ light on business trips. > They usually travel light on business trips.

  1. I have great plans ____ our trip!
  2. John hates going ____ guided tours.
  3. It’s sometimes good to get ____ the beaten track.
  4. Maria loves ____ the local food.
  5. Eduardo always travels ____ a shoestring.
  1. I have great plans for our trip!
  2. John hates going on guided tours.
  3. It’s sometimes good to get off the beaten track.
  4. Maria loves trying the local food.
  5. Eduardo always travels on a shoestring.

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

Example: I / to / When  / Greece / go / I / lot / eat / local / of / a / food. >  When I go to Greece, I eat a lot of local food.

  1. to / always / go / I / try / local / food / the / When / India / I
  2. I / plans / Disney / my / to / daughter / with / to / have / go
  3. to / on / is / tours in / the / guided / My / go / dream / USA 
  4. Beaten / the / countryside / in / tracks / common / are 
  5. always / My / trip / every / before / plans / a / detail / wife 
  1. When I go to India, I always try the local food.
  2. I have plans to go to Disney with my daughter.
  3. My dream is to go on guided tours in the USA. 
  4. Beaten tracks are common in the countryside.
  5. My wife always plans every detail before a trip.

Which sentences are wrong?

Example: Guided tours is the best way to really get to know a city. > Guided tours are the best way to really get to know a city.

  1. Ireland have a lot of beaten tracks.
  2. I have plans to travel to Europe but I have to go in a shoestring.
  3. Here’s a tip: when you go to Italy, try all the local foods you can.
  4. Let’s go to a guided tour to see the Cristo Redentor.
  5. When backpacking, it’s good to trip light.
  1. Ireland has a lot of beaten tracks.
  2. I have plans to travel to Europe but I have to go on a shoestring.
  3. Here’s a tip: when you go to Italy, try all the local food you can.
  4. Let’s go on a guided tour to see the Cristo Redentor.
  5. When backpacking, it’s good to travel light.

Writing

Write about your traveling habits using the Target Language.