Verbal Communication Objectives
- Spoken Interaction
- Can exploit a wide range of simple language to deal with most situations while travelling.
- Can deal with common situation when making travel arrangements or travelling.
- Can enter unprepared into conversation on familiar topics (e.g. family, hobbies, work).
- Can use suitable phrase to intervene in a discussion on a familiar topic.
- Can ask and answer simple questions to gain information about a subject.
- Spoken Production
- Can begin to use a repertoire of common idiomatic phrases in routine situations.
- Can maintain a conversation but with difficulty when trying to say exactly what they mean.
- Can collate short pieces of information and summarize them for somebody else.
- Listening
- Can generally follow familiar topics if the speaker is clear and avoids idiomatic usage.
- Can recognize when speakers agree or disagree in an extended conversation at normal speed.
Vocabulary Objectives
- Holidays (BrE)/Vacations (AmE), Travel, and Transportation
- Can use common language related to holiday accommodation. (luxury/budget/cheap hotel; place to stay; reception area; good/bad service; clean rooms, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to a holiday. (package deal; guided tour; go sightseeing/see the sights; delays; itinerary, etc.)
- Can use general language related to common ways of travelling. (passenger; travel by/on; fly from/to; rent a car; first class; economy; coach; ferry, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to an airport experience. (security; gate; lounge; immigration; passport control; visa; board; delay; check-in, etc.)
- Natural World and Environment
- Can use general language related to geographical features of a place of interest. (forest; woodland; valley; peaceful; lively; coast; popular with; touristy; beautiful; full of, etc.)
- Can use some detailed language related to the weather. (climate; stormy; foggy; misty; freezing; gale; thunderstorm; mild; changeable, etc.)
- Countries, Cities, Towns, and Public Places
- Can use detailed language related to how to get somewhere on foot. (take the; turn left/right at the; go past the; go along; it’s on the; you come to, etc.)
- Can use detailed language related to using public transport. (take the blue line/bus; change/get off at; platform; ticket machine; return (BrE)/roundtrip (AmE), etc.)
Grammar Objectives
- Nouns and Articles
- Can use common fixed phrases that do not require an article. (at work; in bed; at home; by bus; have breakfast/dinner; at night; on Monday, etc.)
- Possessives, Pronouns, and Quantifiers
- Can use a phrase with ’s to show a duration of time. (a week’s holiday; two days’ pay; a year’s break; a day’s rest; six months’ travelling, etc.)
- Present Perfect
- Can express the duration of an existing situation that started in the past. (She’s lived there since 2011; How long have you been here?; I haven’t seen her for two weeks, etc)
- Questions
- Can ask simple indirect questions to get information. (Can you tell me what time it is?; Do you know where he lives?; Could you tell me how much it is?, etc.)
- Word Formation
- Can begin to form negatives and opposites from common prefixes (e.g. un, im). (unhappy; impossible; unreliable; uncomfortable, etc.)
- Can begin to recognise and form common compound adjectives. (high-quality; well-known; ten-year-old; full-/part-time; self-service; high-speed, etc.)
- Can use a range of prepositions to describe movement. (across; along; around; through; over; under; past, etc.)
- Can use like with certain common verbs to express similarity. (it’s like; looks like; tastes like; feels like; sounds like, etc.)
Written Communication Objectives
- Writing
- Can link a series of shorter familiar elements into a connected linear sequence of points.
- Can write a description of a simple process in a familiar context.
- Can write clear, detailed travel directions in a letter, email, or web posting. Reading
- Can extract details in everyday letters, brochures and short official documents.