ID de réservation
18525248
Quand ?
13th November 2025
Horaire ?
10:00am - 11:00am
Notes
We talked about her holiday in Rome.
ESL Lesson Plans and Worksheets A city break a-city-break.
Business Situations
Talking about holidays with colleagues
Sharing travel experiences in small talk at work
Writing short reports or emails about time off
Discussing cultural experiences in international business settings
Subject or Topic
Describing a city break in Rome
Talking about past travel experiences
Comparing different cities and holidays
Language Functions
Narrating past events
Expressing likes and dislikes
Giving recommendations
Asking and answering questions about travel
Units
Talking about holidays and city breaks
Using past tense to describe experiences
Vocabulary for travel and tourism
Expressions for giving opinions and recommendations
Vocabulary
City break, sightseeing, landmarks, itinerary, accommodation, transport, cuisine, souvenir
Rome-specific words: Colosseum, Vatican, piazza, gelato, trattoria
Phrases and Expressions
I went to Rome for a city break.
We visited the Colosseum and the Vatican.
The food was amazing, especially the pasta and gelato.
I would recommend Rome because…
Have you ever been to…?
Grammar
Past simple and past continuous for narrating events
Comparatives and superlatives (Rome is more historic than…)
Question forms for travel conversations (Where did you stay? What did you see?)
Pronunciation
Practice stress in multi-syllable words (accommodation, itinerary, recommendation)
Intonation in questions (Did you enjoy it?)
Linking sounds in connected speech (went to Rome → wento Rome)
Other
Use authentic travel materials (brochures, websites, short videos about Rome)
Role-play: one student describes their holiday, another asks questions
Progress
Laure can describe her holiday in Rome with basic details
Needs practice with fluency and using more descriptive vocabulary
Improving confidence in narrating past events
Feedback
Good effort in sharing personal experiences
Needs to expand sentences with more detail (not just “It was nice”)
Should practice asking follow-up questions to keep conversations going
Homework
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-video-lessons/listening-comprehension/deep-listening-focus-on-meaning/city-break-seeing-the-sights/522025