Booking a Holiday: Everyday English for ESL Elementary Students

Booking a Holiday: Everyday English for ESL Elementary Students

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to book a holiday using everyday English, ask and answer questions, and create a dialogue.

What do you already know about booking a holiday?

Vocabulary

Introduce vocabulary related to booking a holiday: hotel, reservation, destination, dates, accommodation, price, etc.

Asking for Information

Learn how to ask for information when booking a holiday, e.g., 'Can I have information about hotel reservations?'

Giving Information

Learn how to give information when booking a holiday, e.g., 'Our hotel offers comfortable accommodations.'

Making a Reservation

Learn phrases for making a reservation, e.g., 'I would like to make a reservation for two people.'

Asking for Availability

Learn how to ask about availability, e.g., 'Are there any rooms available for the dates from July 10th to July 15th?'

Negotiating Price

Learn phrases for negotiating price, e.g., 'Is there any possibility of a discount?'

Creating a Dialogue

Create a dialogue with a partner to book a holiday using the vocabulary and phrases learned.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.