The Tube on YouTube
This week I’ve been filming underground. The Tube (the familiar name for the London Underground) is full of English and I’ve been collecting some of the best known samples on my camera to upload onto YouTube.
The lesson plan starts with the following puzzle for English students: Try to match up the 16 nouns below to get 8 noun-noun colloctation pairs that you might find on the London Underground. For example, the image above is a part of the Tube Map (that is the first one done for you).
- Alarm
- Bridge
- Card
- Circle
- Emergency
- Exit
- Fire
- Help
- Line
- London
Map- Point
- Priority
- Seat
- Travel
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Now you can check your answers:
Now an observation test: Below are eight excerpts from the language that you have just seen. Each one contains a mistake. Can you correct them?
- Obstructing the doors can be fun
- If you see a train being robbed, call the British transport police on 0800 40 50 40
- Open / closed [beside the train door]
- Dogs must be worn [on the escalator]
- Stand on the left [on the escalator]
- You are being watched
- Lift flap and push button to start train
- Take car after drinking alcohol
And finally, what are the missing words?
- __________ and tickets [above the ticket counter]
- __________ left
- Priority seat for people who are __________, __________ or less able to stand.
- Please __________ your bags with you at all times and report any unattended items or suspicious behaviour to a member of __________
- __________ clear of the edges [on the escalator]
- Take __________ care of children [on the escalator]
- Fire alarm / if you see __________ or __________ operate this fire alarm
- __________ the gap
- __________ out
The full lesson plan can be downloaded as a pdf file Below:
Great clip. Can’t wait to try this out with the students.
Left by Joe on February 5th, 2009