🇬🇧 ✈️ Travel · Greetings and self-introductions (A1)

🛂 Airport check-in and immigration

🎯 Check in for a flight and answer immigration questions

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

When was your last flight?
Window or aisle seat?

🔑 Key phrases

I'd like to check in, please.チェックインをお願いします。
Can I have a window seat?窓側の席をお願いできますか？
I have one bag to check.預ける荷物が1つあります。
I'm here for sightseeing.観光で来ました。
I'm staying for ten days.10日間滞在します。
I'm staying at the Hilton.ヒルトンに泊まります。

📚 Useful words

passport — パスポート
boarding pass — 搭乗券
gate — 搭乗口
carry-on — 機内持ち込み荷物
purpose — 目的
declare — 申告する

⚡ Speaking challenges

Answer: What's the purpose of your visit? (give 2 details)
Ask for an aisle seat politely in 2 ways.
Explain what's in your suitcase.
Your flight is delayed. Ask the staff 3 questions.

🎭 Role-play

Check-in counter, then the immigration desk at JFK airport.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

You are flying to New York for a 10-day holiday. Check in, then pass immigration.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

First be the airline staff (ask for passport, bags, seat). Then be a strict immigration officer: purpose, length of stay, hotel, return ticket.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): Your bag is 3 kg too heavy! The student must decide: pay or move things to the carry-on.

🗣️ Discussion questions

What do you always pack?
What's the longest flight you've taken?
Do you get nervous at immigration?

📌 Homework

Write the answers to 5 immigration questions about your next dream trip次の夢の旅行について、入国審査の質問5つへの答えを書く