This module plan focuses on planning a trip to Banff, Canada. It includes skills practice in listening, speaking, reading and writing at CLB level 5. Real world tasks include viewing travel videos on Banff National Park, role playing a hotel reservation, and reading travel brochures. Grammar focuses include verb tenses, questions, requests and comparisons. Teaching resources include videos, role plays, brochures and writing activities. Assessment will involve understanding a travel video, making a hotel reservation, reading a brochure and writing about travel experiences.

1. MODULE PLANNING FRAMEWORK
THEME: Travel
Module: Planninga Trip to Banff
Skills Listening
CLB 5
Speaking
CLB 5
Reading
CLB 5
Writing
CLB 5
Real World
Tasks
Travel Video Exposure:
Banff National Park’s Caveand
Basin
Banff Springs Hotel
Role-Play:Booking a hotel room
Speaking Skill Building:Hotel
Reservation
Skimming and Scanning:
1. Travel Brochure – Banff
Gondola
2.Travel Brochure – Canadian
Rockies Hot Springs
3. Travel Brochure –Lake Louise
Map
Skill Building:Writingan
Email:An Alternative to Snail
Mail
Skill BuildingPractice-sample
email writing
Competencies IV. Comprehending Information I. Interacting with Others
III. Getting Things Done
II. Comprehending Instructions
III. Getting Things Done
IV. Comprehending Information
I. Interacting with Others
IV. Sharing Information
Language
Focus
Basic grammar structures to
interpret listeningtexts
Words to describeplaces,objects,
situations,etc.
Telephone etiquette, polite
requests
Hotel booking vocabulary:room
style, pricing,rules,etc.
Yes/No questions,simpleand
continuous verb tenses, present
perfect and simplepast,
comparatives and superlatives,
etc.
Different readingtechniques
accordingto the purpose
of the task (such as
skimmingto get the gist,
scanning to locatedetailed
information,speed readingand
in-depth reading)
Pricingcharts,hours of
operations,maps,etc.
Email Writing
Email format: greetings,
closures,addresses,subject
etc.
Conveying a personal message
in an informal,short
email,sharingsomepersonal
experiences, quick
updates, feelings,etc.
Text Type
Features
Travel videos consistingof verbal
content with musical underlay
Verbal text accompanied by visual
stimulus
Full sentences, no interruptions,
orderly turn-taking, self
corrections,etc.
Recognition of:
-appeals for help, requests for
repetition and clarification
Seeking clarification and
confirmation if required
Features:
Format/headings,etc.
Index or tableof contents, tables,
charts,maps,etc.
Text type:
business Information text, tables,
charts,maps,small (fine) print,
etc.
UsingCanadian writing
conventions adheringto linear
order, directness,and
formality in emails.
Teaching
Resources
& Materials
The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
The Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
1. Hotel Room Booking Role-
Play
http://www.slideshare.net/jana
1. Banff Hot Springs
The Brochure
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
Email: An Alternative to Snail
Mail
The Skill Building Activity:

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The Skill Building Activity:
http://www.slideshare.net/janacio
banu/listening-skill-building-the-
fairmont-banff-springs?related=1
Banff National Park's Cave and
Basin
The Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Jgq0v8w37X8
The Skill Building Activity:
http://www.slideshare.net/janacio
banu/cave-and-basin-listening-skill-
buiding?related=2
ciobanu/hotel-role-play-
speaking-skill-
building?related=3
2. Hotel Reservation Skill
Building Activities:
http://www.slideshare.net/jana
ciobanu/speaking-skill-building-
hotel-reservation
obanu/hot-springs-brochure-
reading-skill-building?related=5
The Skill Building Activity:
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
obanu/reading-skill-building-
travel-brochure-hot-
springs?related=6
2. Banff Gondola
The Brochure:
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
obanu/banff-gondola-brochure-
reading-skill-building?related=8
The Skill Building Activity:
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
obanu/reading-skill-building-
travel-brochure-banff-
gondola?related=9
3. Lake Louise
The Brochure:
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
obanu/lake-louise-brochure-
reading-skill-building?related=10
The Skill Building Activity:
http://www.slideshare.net/janaci
obanu/reading-skill-building-
travel-brochure-lake-
louise?related=11
http://www.slideshare.net/ja
naciobanu/email-writing-skill-
building
Grammar Focus:
PastSimple
Present Perfect
YES/NO Questions
PoliteRequests
Modals of PoliteRequests
Comparatives and
Superlatives
Outcome
Assessment
Task
Understanding a Travel Video Making a Hotel Reservation Reading a Travel Brochure Writing about Travel
Experiences
Adapted from Module Planning, Joanne Pettis, 2014