TEFL 3

• Engels

• Listen to your teacher
• Raise your hand if you have a question
• Fill in your answers in English as much as possible  

Today's learning objectives are:

• After this lesson, students can ask for directions at a train station.
  
• The students can translate words related to the train station such as arrival time and change from English to Dutch.
• At the end of this lesson, the students can use words related to the train station such as departure time and arrival time in a speaking exercise.

What kinds of public transport can you think of?

Have you ever travelled by train?

Yes

No

If yes, where did you go?
If no, where would you like to go?

Read the text and keep these questions in mind:

1. What time did he get up?
2. What was his destination?
3. What class did he have?

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Train station: a place with one or more buildings and platforms where trains stop for people to get on or off

Platforms: a long, flat raised structure at a railway station, where people get on and off trains:

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Directions: instructions that you give to someone about how to find a particular place

Change: to get off a train, bus, etc. and catch another in order to continue a journey

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Departure time: the act of leaving a place, or a flight, train, etc. that is leaving a place at a particular time

Arrival time: the time you arrive at a certain destination

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AM: used when referring to a time between twelve o'clock at night and twelve o'clock in the middle of the day

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Sentences you can use to discover some information regarding travelling by train:

• What is the departure time?
  
• I want to travel from … to …
  
• What are the costs of the train ride?
  
• From what platform does the train leave?
  
• Do I have to change trains? 

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Describe 'directions' in your own words in English

The time you get to a certain destination

The act of a train that is leaving a place at a particular time

Arrival time

Departure time

What does 'AM' mean?

1. The time from 12 o'clock at night till 12 o'clock in the middle of the day
2. The time from 12 o'clock in the middle of the day till 12 o'clock at night

In pairs of two, you will have a conversation at a train station.

• Person A wants to travel by train but has some questions.
• Person B works at the train station and is there to answer your questions. 

Today's learning objectives were:

• After this lesson, students can ask for directions at a train station.
  
• The students can translate words related to the train station such as arrival time and change from English to Dutch.
  
• At the end of this lesson, the students can use words related to the train station such as departure time and arrival time in a speaking exercise.

What did you learn this lesson?