Lesson Overview 

This ESL lesson plan explores the topic of ‘travel’. In this video based lesson, students will discuss the topic through many fun, engaging activities. The subject is deep and interesting so it will encourage participants to talk and learn. 

Teachers who love to travel and explore new places, will have great fun teaching this class as it enables people to share their travel experiences and to think deeply about why they travel. 

The question of “why?” stimulates an interesting conversation which forces students to use good vocabulary and grammatical structures. We recommend delivering this class to advanced learners who have traveled extensively or have a desire to do so. However, it is also beneficial to use this class with students who have not traveled often as it allows them to voice their opinion. 

The array of awesome activities presented in this class ensure that there is something for everyone including; vocabulary, reading, discussion and listening exercises. You and your students will love exercise 6 as it encourages students to openly discuss their travel desires using new words. 

Activities: 

1. Warm up. 
2. Video vocabulary. 
3. Video discussion. 
4. Social media posts. 
5. Pick a side. 
6. Where do you want to travel? 
7. Article: Not everyone wants to travel.
8. Article-based activity. 

Homework

The homework section of this advanced ESL lesson plan on travel presents a great opportunity for students to continue studying outside of the classroom. Firstly, there is an awesome video on the point of travel by the School of Life followed by a writing task. Last but not least, there is a writing task which recaps the key words from the main lesson. 

Activities: 

1. Video analysis. 
2. New words recap.