Booking a Hotel
somdn_product_pageThis hotel reservation conversation lesson helps B1 ESL students develop their listening and speaking skills through a realistic hotel booking scenario. Students learn useful hotel reservation vocabulary, complete a listening activity, read and analyse a dialogue, and practise making reservations by telephone through guided roleplays.
Level: B1
Time: 60 minutes+
This lesson comes with:
Fillable Fields – This digital worksheet can be completed online or printed.
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Ideal for sharing via email for online lessons.
Hotel Reservation Conversation Lesson Overview
1. Discussion & Prediction
Students discuss their experiences of staying in hotels and brainstorm questions that people may ask when making a hotel reservation.
2. Vocabulary Preparation
Students match common hotel reservation questions and discuss vocabulary related to room types, facilities and hotel services.
3. Listening Activity
Students listen to a hotel reservation conversation and answer comprehension questions.
4. Dialogue Reading
Students read the dialogue aloud, check their listening answers and discuss useful words and phrases used in the conversation.
5. Vocabulary Focus
Students match key words and phrases from the dialogue to their definitions before changing roles and reading the dialogue again.
6. Telephone Roleplays
Students take turns playing the roles of customer and receptionist, making hotel reservations and asking about services and facilities.
7. Vocabulary Race
Students consolidate the target language through a competitive vocabulary review activity.
Skills Developed
- Listening comprehension
- Speaking fluency
- Telephone English
- Travel English vocabulary
- Roleplay and communication skills
Lesson Objectives
- Understand a hotel reservation conversation
- Learn vocabulary related to hotel reservations and services
- Practise making hotel reservations by telephone
- Ask and answer questions about hotel services and facilities
- Develop confidence using English in real-world travel situations
Try this hotel reservation conversation lesson in class today!
Note: This lesson includes printable and fillable field worksheets. For best results, we recommend using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader for digital completion or printing.
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