Can traveling change who you are?

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Discover travel vocabulary including terms like “vigor,” “captivate,” and “dopamine” while exploring words related to travel experiences such as “trek” and “excursion” through association exercises.
• – Practice prepositional verbs like “laugh at,” “listen to,” and “look after” by learning proper usage and correcting common mistakes in this intermediate lesson.
• – Examine travel’s real impact by reading about traveling benefits, watching SNL sketches about unrealistic travel expectations, and discussing what travel can and cannot actually do for personal growth.

In this Intermediate ESL lesson, the students discuss what traveling can and can’t do for them. They learn and practice using prepositional verbs.

​​Warm-up

The lesson starts with an association exercise. The student selects the words that relate to travel (trek, excursion, family time, etc.).

Vocabulary: Traveling experience

The student learns new words by matching them with the correct definitions (vigor, captivate, dopamine, etc.).

Reading: Benefits of traveling

The student reads about the benefits of traveling and answers the reading comprehension questions.

Video: Romano Tours

The student watches an SNL sketch Romano Tours, explaining why traveling can’t change who you are. They answer the questions that follow.

Grammar: Prepositional verbs

The student learns about prepositional verbs and gets familiar with the examples (laugh at, listen to, look after, etc.).

They practice what they’ve learned by finding the mistakes with prepositional verbs and correcting them.