🗺️ Asking for Directions: How Do I Get There?
A fully interactive A1 Teens functional-language lesson built around a real-life survival skill — finding your way in a new place. Students warm up with four questions, then learn three polite ways to ask for directions (all starting with 'Excuse me'): Where is...?, How do I get to...?, and Is there a... near here? A visual direction-arrow grid presents the key phrases for giving directions (go straight on, turn left, turn right, it's on your right/left, it's over there) with clear Material icon arrows, and a table covers location prepositions (between, opposite, next to, at the end of, at the corner). Ten places in a town are chipped visually. The reading is an extended, double-length story (around 550 words) about Tomás, a teenager lost on a school trip, who asks three different people for directions to the museum — full of natural, repeated direction language in context, with a warm message about not being afraid to ask. Ten key vocabulary items appear in a horizontally-scrollable table with part of speech, A1-friendly definition, and example, while six receive detailed flashcards. Practice includes 8 contextualised fill-in-the-blank questions with hints, live validation, and score tracking; a speaking section with an A/B ask-and-give-directions role-play; a guided 50–70 word writing task with a checklist and live word counter; and a full 8-question multiple-choice quiz featuring a progress bar, per-question explanations, a result circle with motivational feedback, and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 reflection questions about getting lost and giving directions in the student's own town
- Silent thinking or pair-share format — no writing required
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Asking for directions: Excuse me, where is...? / How do I get to...? / Is there a... near here?
- Giving directions: go straight on, turn left, turn right
- Saying where: it's on your right/left, it's over there
- Location prepositions: opposite, between, next to, near, at the corner, at the end of
- Polite openers: starting a request with 'Excuse me'
- Places in a town: station, bus stop, bank, supermarket, park, hospital, school, café, museum, library