- Communicative Objective: Learn to ask for and understand directions and deal with common problems while using public transportation.
- 5 Core Functional Sentences:
- Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the train station?
- Go straight for two blocks, then turn left at the traffic light.
- Do I need to change trains before I get downtown?
- I think I got on the wrong bus; where should I get off?
- The train has been delayed, so I may arrive later than expected.
- Grammar Focus: Indirect questions, imperatives for directions, modal verbs, and present perfect passive for recent events
- Vocabulary Focus: route, intersection, downtown (city center), delay, subway (Underground)
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Asking for Directions and Handling Transportation Problems
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