🇬🇧 ✈️ Travel · Almost a beginner (A0)
🧭 Asking for directions
🎯 Ask where a place is and understand simple directions
🎮 Play this in classUse 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
- Do you get lost easily?
- How do you find places in a new city?
🔑 Key phrases
- Excuse me, where is the station?すみません、駅はどこですか？
- Go straight.まっすぐ行ってください。
- Turn left at the corner.角を左に曲がってください。
- Is it far?遠いですか？
- It's next to the bank.銀行の隣です。
- Thank you so much!本当にありがとうございます！
📚 Useful words
- corner — 角
- traffic light — 信号
- block — ブロック（区画）
- across from — 〜の向かい
- between — 〜の間
- near — 近く
⚡ Speaking challenges
- Tell me how to get from your house to the nearest convenience store.
- Give directions using 'next to', 'across from' and 'between'.
- Ask me 3 different ways where the toilet is.
- Describe where your favorite café is.
🎭 Role-play
A street in London. The student is looking for the train station.
🧑🎓 Student's card
You're a tourist. Find the station, a café and a toilet. Ask if it's far.
🧑🏫 Your card (tutor)
Play a friendly local. Use a simple map on screen share; give 2–3 step directions.
🌀 Twist (halfway through): Halfway: 'Oh wait, the station is closed today! Take the bus.' The student must ask where the bus stop is.
🗣️ Discussion questions
- Do you use Google Maps or ask people?
- Have you ever been really lost?
- Is it easy for tourists to find places in your town?
📌 Homework
Write directions from your home to the nearest station家から最寄り駅までの道順を英語で書く