Flying tips

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – Build airport and air travel vocabulary including terms like “connecting gate,” “terminal,” and informal expressions like “noobie” and “hack” while exploring comfortable flying strategies in this upper intermediate ESL lesson plan.
• – Master formal versus informal advice-giving by understanding structures like “I suggest that” and “You’re gonna wanna” through transformation exercises for adult English lessons.
• – Share travel experiences through airport discussions, watching videos about flying comfort tips, and creating practical advice for hypothetical travel situations using these English teaching materials.

In this Upper-Intermediate ESL lesson, students will learn vocabulary commonly used when speaking about airports and air-travel. They will also learn the difference between formal and informal ways of giving tips or advice, and will practice using them. 

Warm-up

First, the student discusses questions related to traveling by plane. 

Video: 10 ways to make flying more comfortable

Prior to watching the video, the student learns words and expressions that will appear in it (e.g. noobie, grumpy, hack, tune out, etc.) by matching them with the correct meanings. Then, they practice using this vocabulary by filling in the gaps. 

Next, they watch the video 10 ways to make flying more comfortable and answer video comprehension questions. They also complete the sentences based on the video with the missing words and expressions (e.g. connecting gate, terminal, upgrade, announcement, etc.) and then match them with the right explanations.

How to give advice/tips

The student learns some formal and informal ways to give advice or a tip (e.g. I suggest that, I recommend that, I urge you, You’re gonna wanna, etc.). They practice using these in an exercise where they need to transform a formal tip into an informal one and vice versa.

Finally, they think of two tips for some hypothetical situations.