Living Abroad(Intermediate)_Taking Public Transportation

PART A_1

Let’s introduce ourselves to each other.

PART A_2

My name is ________________. What is your name?

PART A_3

I am ________________. Nice to meet you.

PART A_4

Nice to meet you too, ________________. Let’s begin our lesson!

PART B_1

You will ask me the following questions and you will summarize them later. Please take note of my responses as needed.

PART B_2

1. What is your name?
2. What public transport is common in your country?
3. Would you like to drive a car?
4. How do you go to your office?
5. How long does it take?

PART B_3

Now, please summarize my responses to your questions.

PART B_4

My tutor’s name is

PART B_5

Now, let’s review your answers. Then, please read aloud.
(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART B_6

PART C_1

We’ll read aloud the words below. Please repeat after me. I will check your pronunciation.
(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART C_2

cost
certainly
thousand
electronic money
baggage

PART C_3

Now, let’s review some words from part C_2.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part C_2.)

PART C_4

PART D_1

We’ll read aloud the sentences below. I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART D_2

1. Where would you like to go?
2. take someone to
3. How much will it cost
4. it costs
5. do you accept ～?
6. here you are

PART D_3

Now, let’s review some words and expressions from part D_2.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part D_2.)

PART D_4

PART E_1

We’ll read aloud the dialogue below. I will check your pronunciation and intonation.
After reading it once, we’ll switch roles.
(Please send the mispronounced words and expressions to your student.)

PART E_2

At a taxi stand
Taxi driver:
 Where would you like to go?
Kei:
 Can you take me to Winter Hotel? And how much will it cost?
Taxi driver:
 Certainly. It’ll cost about three thousand yen.
Kei:
 Okay. Do you accept electronic money?
Taxi driver:
 Yes, I do. Oh, could I put your baggage in the trunk?
Kei:
 Thank you. Here you are.

PART E_3

Now, let’s review some words and sentences from part E_2.
(Please review the mispronounced words and expressions from part E_2.)

PART E_4

PART F_1

Now, please answer the following questions. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.

PART F_2

1. (At a taxi stand) Hi. Where would you like to go?
Answer: Can you ______ me ___ Haneda Airport?
2. How would you like to pay?
Answer: I’d ______ to _____ with e__________ money.
3. Could I put your baggage in the trunk?
Answer: Oh, thank you. ______ you are.
4. (At a station platform) Where would you like to go?
Answer: Ah, does this train ______ me to Akihabara?
5. What transportation do you use to go to school?
Answer: .

PART F_3

Now, let’s review your answers.
(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART F_4

PART G_1

Now, you will make questions. I will check if your sentences are complete and if the grammar is correct.
(Please send the sentences that need grammar corrections to your student.)

PART G_2

Student:
 Excuse me. Can you ___________ to Narita Airport?
Tutor:
 Certainly. Let me put your baggage in the trunk.
Student:
 I want to go to Maruyama Zoo. How ______ will it _______?
Tutor:
 It costs about two thousand yen.
Student:
 Do you ________ credit cards?
Tutor:
 Yes. We also accept electronic money.
Student:
 Could _____ please put my ________ in the trunk?
Tutor:
 Of course. Let me open it.
Student:
 What mode of transportation do you ________ your daily life?
Tutor:
 .

PART G_3

Now, let’s review your answers.
(Please review your student’s answers by sending the correct answers in complete sentences. After that, ask your student to read aloud his or her corrected answers.)

PART G_4

PART H_1

Let’s do a role play with the given situations. You should mention the items below during the conversation.

PART H_2

Situation 1: (At an airport) You are about to check in for your flight. Let’s ask the staff a lot of things.

(Your tutor will be the airport staff.)
Items to mention: – Whether or not you can bring your baggage aboard
– How long it will take to get to your destination
– How much it will cost if you upgrade your seat

PART H_3

Situation 2: (At a bus stop) You want to take a bus. Let’s ask the bus driver where the bus is going.

(Your tutor will be the bus driver.)
Items to mention: – Where you would like to go
– Where the bus is going
– How much it will cost to get there

PART H_4

Situation 3: (At a station) You are lost in the station. Let’s ask where you should go.

(Your tutor will be station staff.)
Items to mention: – What station you would like to go
– Which platform you should go
– How much it will cost to get there

PART H_5

Situation 4: (At a ticket counter in a port) You want to take a ship. Let’s check on the cruise.

(Your tutor will be the staff at a ticket counter.)
Items to mention: – How much the ticket is
– Whether or not they take credit cards or electronic money
– How long it will take to return to the port

PART H_6

Situation 5: (At a ticket counter in an amusement park) You want to get on Ferris wheels. Let’s ask the staff a lot of things.

(Your tutor will be the staff.)
Items to mention: – How long it will take to get back
– How much it will cost
– What you can see from the top