Lost in Translation — Funny Travel Stories

🎯 Goal: Student can share travel misunderstanding stories using past continuous and past simple tenses

📐 Past Continuous + Past Simple

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#travel#communication#cultural differences

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🎯 Click hotspots to explore vocabulary in context

Travel is full of funny surprises, especially when we don't speak the language! Let's chat about your own adventures.

“Have you ever had a funny misunderstanding while travelling abroad?”

“Do you think using a translator app is better than trying to speak the language yourself? Why?”

“Imagine you land in a country and no one speaks your language. What's the first thing you would do?”

“Would you rather get lost in a big city or struggle to order food in a restaurant?”

“When was the last time you felt embarrassed in front of strangers?”

Fresh topic questions — none repeat until you have seen them all

🎲 Speaking Activity 1

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Improve Terrible Advice

Here is some terrible travel advice. Explain why it's bad and give a better tip.

6 minutes

🗣️ “That's a bad idea because... A better way is to...”

BAD ADVICE

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“Never learn any words of the local language — just shout louder in your own.”

Why is this terrible? Fix it — give the GOOD version out loud.

🎲 Speaking Activity 2

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Mind Map

Let's brainstorm around 'communicating abroad'. Share your ideas for each branch.

7 minutes

🗣️ “One idea for this branch is...”

🧠 Topic

Tap a branch, talk about it, then move to the next one.