Have your students been on holiday recently? Perhaps
where they are now is their holiday. In any case, asking about their holiday
is pretty natural. But after several lessons and countless students it
can be hard to remember what to ask. So here is a quick vacation guide.
If any of your students have been travelling around the world or just taking
a break in your area, this is for you!
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Travel, holiday, vacation and adventure questions
If you can find out where they went before you
have the lesson this would give you the impetus to read up on their hotel
location and mention some points about it.
For example: "So you went to Paris, France! Did
you see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre?" Use the questions for discussion
and make sure you build on what they are talking about before moving on
to the next question.
Keeping the student interested while having the
English conversation practice lesson is key so if their holiday was a disaster,
you'll need other back up subjects for the lesson!
How was your holiday? Did you have a good time? How long was your holiday? What did you get up to? What did you do? Where did you go? Did you enjoy yourself? Did you go out much or did you prefer to stay indoors? What was the weather like? Did you go swimming or was it too cold? Did everyone enjoy the holiday? Did you bring back any souvenirs? Tell me everything about it, day to day. How long did it take you to get there? Did you drive or did you take a plane, coach, or train? What made you want to go there? Will you go back? Did you send any postcards? Did you go bushwalking, hiking? Did you visit many shops? Did you sunbake? Did you buy much while you were away? What were the people like there? What was the hotel like? Did you do anything adventurous or was it just a relaxing holiday? Did you stay in a hostel or a hotel? Was it a backpacker style holiday or an expensive hotel style holiday? What was the favourite part of your holiday? Any holiday romances? Was there anything you didn't like about your vacation? Did you travel to lots of places or did you just stay in one place? Did you see any famous tourist places or was it just a quiet break? Did you make any new friends while you were away? Do you think you'll go there again?
