Your adult ESL students know how to say where they want to go. What they don't always know is how to handle what happens while they’re on the way or when they get there. We're talking a canceled flight, a train seat taken by someone who won't budge, or a customs officer asking questions they weren't prepared for. This travel role play pack gives students a place to practice those moments in English before they're standing in the middle of them.

For students who are new to a country, travel is rarely simple. Even a domestic trip involves navigating airports, hotels, and transportation systems that have their own unwritten rules…and even their own language. Knowing the words for "delayed" or "refund" is one thing; knowing how to speak up when something goes wrong at a ticket counter, or how to politely but firmly reclaim a seat, is something else entirely. These are the moments this pack was created for.

WHAT'S INSIDE the 34-page ROLE PLAY PACK:

• ✅ Teacher pages — a full lesson plan covering goals, engagement strategies, how to use the scripts and scenario cards, and suggestions for adapting activities to different levels
• ✅ Anticipation pages — statements related to travel for students to rate and discuss, designed to surface opinions and get conversation moving before the role plays begin
• ✅ Idioms/expressions handout — common travel-related idioms and proverbs with brief definitions
• ✅ Essential vocabulary handout — words and phrases students will need for the scripts, scenario cards, and discussion questions
• ✅ Dialogue matching worksheet + answer key — students match lines to build a realistic dialogue between a traveler with lost luggage and a baggage claims clerk
• ✅ Dialogue prompts — structured prompts that give students ideas for what to say and when, without scripting the actual language; cut the page in half and give one half to each partner
• ✅ Scripts — 10 scripts covering situations like getting through customs, dealing with a canceled flight, and reclaiming a stolen train seat; use as reader's theater or as models for student writing
• ✅ Scenario cards — 12 sets of character cards for impromptu role plays or script writing, most designed for 2–3 students
• ✅ Discussion questions — four cards with prompts to keep conversation going after the role plays are done

THIS IS DESIGNED FOR YOUR ADULT ESL STUDENTS

Every scenario, every script, and every conversation in this pack was written with adult students in mind. That means real situations, not abstract exercises.

This role play activity pack also works well with older secondary students in life skills classes who are building the same practical communication skills. If your students are mature enough to come up against these situations in the real world, they're the right audience for this pack.

This is included in my Adult ESL Role Plays Bundle.