ELS weekly LOs

English for Tourism B1

Legend/abbreviations:
EFIT English for International Tourism WETT Welcome! (English for the Travel & Tourism Industry) CEI Cutting Edge (intermediate) DAZ Discussions A-Z EI Exploring Ireland GFVP Games for Vocabulary Practice GGAA2 Grammar Games and Activities 2 ID Instant Discussions LE Listening Extra LEI Learning English in Ireland LTGI Language to go (intermediate) NEFI New English File (intermediate) OEDA Oxford ESOL Dictionary Activities PGL3 Practical Grammar Level 3 PVF Phrasal Verbs Folder PW2 Pair Work 2 PG Pronunciation Games RE Reading Extra SB Students Book SI Speakout (intermediate) TRB Teachers Resource Book TEI Total English (intermediate) TIETB TIE Teachers Book TYV2 Test Your Vocabulary 2 WB Workbook WE Writing Extra

Learning outcomes: By the end of each weeks lessons, students should have achieved (or enhanced) their communicative competency with the language items listed under Topics/skills. These items are the target objectives for each week.

Week 1

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Question forms, auxiliary question forms - yes/no answers - Open questions What, where, when who, how, etc - Indirect questions Can you tell me where...? - Subject and object questions forms word order Lexis: - Jobs and duties - Action verbs - Skill Pronunciation: - Intonation of question forms Listening: - Listening for specific information job advertisements; interview advice Reading: - Skimming and reading for specific information job advertisements Speaking: - Asking and answering questions in order to find out work experience and job related information - Interview roleplay Writing: - Write a CV/resume - Write a cover letter for a job application Dictionary skills: - becoming familiar with the symbols and abbreviations used in a typical dictionary - using a dictionary to analyse word stress - getting used to working with a dictionary Irish culture: - see appendix

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 1

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Week 2

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - present simple (general truths, habits, actions which take place regularly) - present continuous (temporary activities) - phrasal verbs related to travelling Lexis: - Reasons for travelling - Describing a destination, adjectives - recommending places, food, etc. - phrases for comparing (different from, the same as, similar to, etc.) Pronunciation: Listening: - Listening for specific information city tour guide - Listening and taking notes Reading: - skimming and reading for specific information City tour guides and tourism brochures Speaking: - Interview questions, tourism development - Preparing a presentation, organising ideas, spidergrams - Useful phrases for a tourism presentation, describing places, using visuals etc Writing: - Making notes for a presentation Dictionary skills: - becoming familiar with the symbols and abbreviations used in a typical dictionary

Student book: EFIT (SB) Unit 2

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Week 3

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Have/get something done... - Making comparisons/superlatives of adjectives: y endings, double consonants, twosyllable words, irregular forms e.g. good/better/best; more/less/fewer than; as...as Lexis: - Hotel facilities, describing hotels, - phrases for comparing (different from, the same as, similar to, etc.) - recommending places, food, etc. - recommending not to do things - phrasal verbs related to travelling Pronunciation: - Word stress Listening: - Listening for specific information and matching Reading: - Reading for specific information - Working out meaning from context, matching words and definitions Speaking: - Justifying a decision/choice preference Writing: - A description of a hotel Dictionary skills: - getting used to working with a dictionary Irish culture: - see appendix

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 3 Welcome! U.6 (p.56-66) Accomodation

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Week 4

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - present perfect simple actions or situations which started in the past and continue to the present; actions or situations which finished at an unspecified time in the past; past actions or situations, with the emphasis on its result in the present - for, since and ago - Past simple to describe finished actions in the past, completed actions at a specific time in the past Lexis: - Package holidays ordering lexis using a spidergram/categorisation - Working out meaning from context Pronunciation: - //, /:/, /a/ listening to categorise words by phoneme selection - Word stress Listening: - noting down details listening to people describing holiday brochure details - listening for specific information Reading: - Reading for inference allocate statements/opinions to different people - Working out meaning from context tourism phrases - Dealing with complaints, extracting points to be addressed from a letter Speaking: - Talking about holidays our grandparents had - Putting an argument/opinion together - Talking about complaints - Assessing validity of complaints, assigning responsibility - Roleplay a business meeting, persuasion/marketing and making objections to a proposition Writing: - A letter of apology, responding to a complaint Revision: - weeks 1- 4

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 4 + consolidation 1

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Week 5

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - When to use articles: no article, indefinite article, definite article - -ed/-ing endings of adjectives Lexis: - Describing people, adjectives to describe a good hotel manager - Misunderstandings - Sequencing phrases: first of all; after that; then... Pronunciation: - stressed syllables in words Listening: - Listening for gist and ordering events/statements Reading: - Reading for specific information - Reading for inference - what happened next? - matching, intensive reading, making and checking predictions work-related risks Speaking: - Answering advice - Role play what happened next? Solving/dealing with problems - Offering compensation in resolution of a complaint - Dealing with an overbooking, making apologies Writing: - An email offering advice to questions - Writing a memo

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 5 Welcome! U.9 (p.88-94) Problems

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Week 6

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Using the present continuous for future arrangements - Using going to for future plans, intentions and arrangements - Using will for prediction, contracted form -ll, making simple statements about the future e.g. Everyone will be there. - Verbs with future meaning anticipate, expect, look forward to, hope, plan Lexis: - The word time: have a nice time, at a given time, take your time, ETA, in time. - Telephone language - Weekend breaks, talking about what to do - Dates The Middle ages, the 6th century, etc Pronunciation: - The alphabet Speaking: - Preparing an itinerary for a weekend break - Making a presentation after researching information about a destination Writing: - Replying to a request - Using paragraphs properly Dictionary skills: - becoming comfortable using a dictionary Irish culture: - see appendix

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 6 Welcome! U.3 (p.28-34) Phone calls

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Week 7

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Reported speech changes in auxiliary verbs, changes in pronouns - Could/should/would do not change - Say ...that, not Tell...that - Tell meaning instruct/inform - Using ask to report questions - Indirect questions; using the past tense for politeness How much did you want to pay? Lexis: - Making reservations - Conference facility vocabulary Pronunciation: - Sounding polite - Contrastive stress Listening: - listening for gist taking messages - listening for specific information booking reservation information - sentence completion tips on how to behave Reading: - reading for gist and specific information reading facilities brochure Speaking: - Completing a booking/reservation form with a client - Making a reservation - Passing on messages - Role play conference arrangement booking meeting Writing: - A reply to an inquiry for conferencing facilities - Text messaging

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 7 Welcome! U.5 (p.48-54) Correspondence

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Week 8

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Passive forms - present, past, future, modal - Usage of the passive the primacy of the action/object over the agent; where the agent is unknown; - Using by to talk about the agent - It + passive + clause to describe likely past events e.g. It is said that... & reporting verbs that follow the same pattern/structure Lexis: - Places of interest nouns: castle, glacier, temple... - Exhibitions - How products are made (Guinness) Pronunciation: - /ae/, /ei/, Listening: - For directions to places of interest Speaking: - Describing tourist attractions what they have to offer... - Making recommendations/suggestions re attractions: Why dont you...?, How about going to...?, If I were you Id.., You might like to consider... - Making a presentation on a production process (passive) - Phrases for describing items in an exhibition: Does anyone have any questions? etc Writing: - Email reply making recommendations on places to visit Revision: - weeks 5-8

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 8 EFTI (SB) Consolidation 2 Welcome! U.10 (p.45-50)

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Week 9

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Modal verbs forms and usage: obligation, must, cant, have to, should; permission, can, may, could; possibility, can/cant Lexis: - Travel and transport, getting around - Air travel - Phrases related to train/subway travel get on the train at..., change at..., take the... - Car rental policies Pronunciation: - Spelling and sounds Listening: - Listening for detail, car rental policies Reading: - For detailed information, car rental policies Speaking: - Preparing for a trip - Talking about travel problems - Giving advice about driving in your own country - Hiring a car Writing: - Filling in booking forms Dictionary skills: - becoming comfortable using a dictionary Irish culture: - see appendix

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 9 Welcome! U.8 (p.35-40) Travelling Around Supplementary material:

Week 10

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Countability in nouns: countable nouns singular and plural forms; uncountable nouns no plural collective meaning; nouns with countable and uncountable uses/forms; - Collective nouns: baggage, money, travel, etc - Countable noun expressions: a piece of..., a spell of..., a bowl of... - Quantifiers: much, many, few, a little, a lot, some, any etc Lexis: - Eating out: - Talking about quantities of food: a pot of, a rack of, a bottle of, a carafe of, etc - Ethnic food - Phrases for describing how food is served - Phrases for ordering food - Phrases for describing dishes Pronunciation: - Schwa sound Speaking: - Comparing eating out in different countries - Talking about famous national cuisine, e.g. French food - Explaining how dishes are prepared - Describing well-known dishes - Recommending restaurants - Ordering a meal - Greeting customers Writing: - Prepare a menu - checking for mistakes

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 10 Welcome! U.4 (p.15-20)

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Week 11

English for International Tourism

Topics/skills: Language focus: - Defining relative clauses leaving out that, which, who when theyre the object - Using whose to refer back to people or things - Using where and when to refer to places and times - Non-defining relative clauses introducing words which, who, whose, use of commas Lexis: - Traditions words and phrases to talk about traditions & festivals - Tea ceremony - Vague language sort of/kind of - Theatre - Referring to the past: Roman Empire, Stone Age, 300Bc AD300, etc - Referring to dates: It is known as..., It takes place in..., It commemorates..., Pronunciation: - Dates Listening: - For dates Speaking: - Talking about national traditions - Talking about timelines - Talking about public holidays Writing: - Completing a table - Business email reply to inquiry re festivals

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 11

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Week 12
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English for International Tourism

Language focus: - Conditionals: first conditional form and usage - Second conditional form and usage - Variable position of the if clause - If I were for advice Lexis: - Special interest tours scuba diving, whale watching, yoga, etc - Phrases for agreement/disagreement Pronunciation: - Word stress, polysyllabic words Speaking: - Talking about special interest holidays - Saying what youd do in specific situations - Booking/selling a honeymoon - Agreeing and disagreeing - Organising a Nile cruise Revision: - week 9-12

Student book: EFTI (SB) Unit 12 EFTI (SB) Consolidation 3

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