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Intermediate English: Travel

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

3 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Navigate new places, from asking for directions to travel advice.

  • Describe destinations, types of accommodation, and talk about tourist and travel experiences.

  • Make travel plans, including setting itineraries, arranging accommodation, and making and changing bookings.

  • Socialize across cultures, building relationships and understanding differences in habits and communication styles.

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Assessments

24 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the English Language Skills B1-B2 CEFR: Intermediate Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 6 modules in this course

In this course, you will develop your English conversational skills that you can use to build your personal and professional relationships. Learning activities in this course will take place on Voxy, an engaging language learning platform that automatically adapts to your current level and your performance across reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary skills so that every lesson is optimized for rapid improvement.

Each week is made up of engaging, short, task-based lessons that can be done anywhere, anytime. Lessons include content from the real world, so you will learn from dozens of real interactions while traveling, from booking and working out itineraries and logistics to asking for directions and reviewing accommodation. By the end of the course, you will feel confident navigating all kinds of travel situations in English.

This week, you will learn about this course and understand how to use Voxy's innovative platform.

What's included

4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 app item

4 videos•Total 10 minutes
  • Welcome to the Intermediate English Specialization•4 minutes
  • Sample Voxy Lesson•4 minutes
  • Studying with Real World Content•1 minute
  • Introduction to 'Intermediate English: Travel'•1 minute
4 readings•Total 45 minutes
  • Do You Need the Voxy App?•10 minutes
  • About Voxy Lessons•10 minutes
  • Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•5 minutes
  • Introduction to 'Intermediate English: Travel'•20 minutes
2 assignments•Total 25 minutes
  • Is This Course The Right Level For You?•15 minutes
  • Learning Goals•10 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
  • Needs Analysis & Voxy Orientation•60 minutes

This week, you will learn some useful language for when you're out exploring, as well as some advice that could take the stress out of traveling. You'll also hear recommendations for sights and itineraries in places around the world.

What's included

4 readings4 assignments4 app items

4 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Asking for and Understanding Directions•5 minutes
  • Ways of Traveling•5 minutes
  • Travel Advice•5 minutes
  • Giving Recommendations•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
  • Asking for and Understanding Directions•55 minutes
  • Ways of Traveling•55 minutes
  • Travel Advice•55 minutes
  • Giving Recommendations•55 minutes

This week, you'll learn how to talk about travel destinations and experiences with lots of details, as well as how to write an accommodation review. You'll also learn about the negative side of tourism and some of the challenges it can produce.

What's included

4 readings4 assignments4 app items

4 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Describing a Destination•5 minutes
  • Accommodation Reviews•5 minutes
  • Tourism•5 minutes
  • Special Travel Experiences•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
  • Describing a Destination•55 minutes
  • Accommodation Reviews•55 minutes
  • Tourism•55 minutes
  • Special Travel Experiences•55 minutes

This week, you'll be looking at what goes into planning a trip — from where to go and where to stay to how to get there. You will also learn some language to help you book holiday essentials with confidence.

What's included

4 readings4 assignments4 app items

4 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Destinations and Itineraries•5 minutes
  • Planning Logistics•5 minutes
  • Arranging Accommodation•5 minutes
  • Making and Changing Bookings•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
  • Destinations and Itineraries•55 minutes
  • Planning Logistics•55 minutes
  • Arranging Accommodation•55 minutes
  • Making and Changing Bookings•55 minutes

This week, you will learn about different ways in which people may communicate depending on where they come from. Knowing about these differences can help you to build strong relationships and work successfully with a variety of people.

What's included

4 readings4 assignments4 app items

4 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Building Cross-Cultural Relationships•5 minutes
  • Understanding Cultural Differences•5 minutes
  • Communication Styles•5 minutes
  • Working Together Across Cultures•5 minutes
4 assignments•Total 40 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
  • Reflect on This Lesson•10 minutes
4 app items•Total 220 minutes
  • Building Cross-Cultural Relationships•55 minutes
  • Understanding Cultural Differences•55 minutes
  • Communication Styles•55 minutes
  • Working Together Across Cultures•55 minutes

This week, you will use everything you learned to talk about travel both in written and spoken form.

What's included

5 readings6 assignments3 discussion prompts

5 readings•Total 70 minutes
  • About the Writing Task•10 minutes
  • Self-Evaluation and Example•30 minutes
  • About the Speaking Task•10 minutes
  • How to Use Collocations to Describe a Trip•10 minutes
  • Congratulations!•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 185 minutes
  • How to Communicate Across Cultures•30 minutes
  • Task: A Warm Welcome•60 minutes
  • Reflection •15 minutes
  • How to Use Collocations to Describe a Trip•20 minutes
  • Task: How Was Your Trip?•30 minutes
  • Self-Evaluation, Example, and Reflection•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 90 minutes
  • Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
  • Discuss With Your Peers•30 minutes
  • Reflect On Your Progress•30 minutes

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