Teach english new edition r

Example 2: buying tickets (pre-intermediate)
The following coursebook sequence is an example of how work on one skill (listening) leads 
naturally into work on another (speaking). As suggested on page 135, it allows the students 
to predict what they will hear and involves both general and detailed comprehension work. 
Students look at the following pictures:
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11 Communication
GRTE c?H
S in g le or return?
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The teacher encourages them to describe what is going on in each picture. Words like ‘ticket’, 
‘check-in’ and ‘coach’ are bound to occur naturally here, but more importantly, students 
have an idea of what the conversations they are going to hear are about.
Students now hear the following four conversations which they have to match with the 
four pictures:
passeng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
passeng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
passeng er
:
2
check
-
in
:
passeng er
:
check
-
in
:
passeng er
:
check
-
in
:
passeng er
:
check
-
in
:
3
passeng er
: 
bus
dr ive r
: 
passeng er
: 
bus
d r ive r
:
4
a s s is t a n t
:
pa sse ng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
pa sse ng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
pa sse ng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
pa sse ng er
:
a s s is t a n t
:
I’d like a return to Oxford, please.
Yes, of course. Are you com ing back today?
Yes, I am.
That’s £18 .5 0 , please.
Thank you.
How many pieces of luggage have you got?
One suitcase and one handbag.
Did you pack your suitcase yourself?
Yes, I did.
Does it contain any knives or scisso rs?
No.
Fine. Could you put it on here, please? OK ... 15 kilos.
Piccadilly Circus, please.
One pound, please.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Victoria Coach Station. Can I help you?
I’d like to book a single ticket to Edinburgh, please. 
Yes ... when would you like to travel?
Friday 14th March in the afternoon.
OK ... uh ... there’s a coach at 5.45 pm.
Yes, that’s fine. How much is it?
£4 5 for a single ticket. How would you like to pay?
By V isa, please.
OK.
After this general listening task, students listen again to slot in various key language items 
in blanks from the audioscript, e.g.
passeng er
: 
________________ to Oxford, please.
a s s is t a n t
: 
Yes, of course. Are you com ing back today?
passeng er
: 
Yes, I am. 
a s s is t a n t
: 
_______ , please.
passeng er
: 
Thank you.
This study section encourages students to focus in on the construction of the specific 
language which the coursebook writers have selected.
Finally, students try to 
activate
the language they know for this kind of interaction. 
In pairs, students A and B look at different inform ation (see page 139) in order to have 
exchanges which are similar to the ones they have just listened to.
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