Worksheets and Lesson Plans for modern EFL Teachers.
Lesson 14: Travelling in London (reading, websearch, transport, travelling)
This screenshot from the TFL website shows you where to look for the "Advanced options" link.
There are many reasons for having a lesson like this. I can remember one quite clearly. One of the groups learning English in London at a summer school I worked for could never make it on time for the afternoon classes. The reason? They spent most of their days lost on the Tube with their Group Leaders…
This lesson is based on one of the most usable and informative travel websites I know: the Transport For London website. There’s not a lot of grammar in here, and the structure of the lesson lends itself nicely to a lot of lexis / vocabulary work. Although the suggested level is upper-intermediate, I can think of a few intermediate groups who could accept the challenge quite happily 
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about 1 year ago - 1 comment
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about 1 year ago - 1 comment
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about 1 year ago - 1 comment
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