ESOL Sc/E2.2e Ask for directions and instructions
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Sc/E2.2e Ask for directions and instructions.
| Component skill and knowledge and understanding. Adults should learn to: |
Example of application and level | Sample activities |
| be able to form questions of different types, e.g. Can you tell me ...? and develop awareness of which forms are considered more polite | Ask for directions in the street, e.g.: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to …? | In order to develop awareness of polite forms, learners begin by revising expressions of location and direction, e.g. on the left, take the first right, keep straight on. Learners look at pictures of pairs of people in different situations implying different relationships, e.g. someone going up to a stranger in the street, two student friends. They listen to contrasting dialogues (including summary of directions at the end) reflecting the different relationships, and guess which goes with which picture, e.g.: – Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the post office, please? – Yes, take the first turning left and it’s on the right, next to the cinema. – First left, on the right. Thank you. compared with: – Where’s the post office? – First left and it’s there, on the right. – First left, on the right. Thanks. Learners repeat ways of asking for directions and suggest others, e.g. Can you tell me where the post office is? Which way to the post office? Do you know …? Learners then listen to different sets of directions and summarise them. In pairs, learners look at a simple street plan of the local area and practise asking for and giving directions, with summary of directions at the end. |
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be able to confirm understanding by summarising the information. See also Lr/E2.4a Listen to, follow and respond to explanations, directions and instructions. |
OK, you go straight on and … Straight on and … OK. Thanks. I see, so first I … then I … and then … |
Source: Department for Education and Skills (2001) Adult ESOL Core Curriculum, DfES (2001)
- Related Adult Literacy Curriculum links: SLc/E2.2 Make requests and ask questions to obtain information in everyday contexts
- Related Functional Skills English links: E2.2 Make requests & ask clear questions appropriately in different contexts
