Listening: An Announcement Airport and Train Station
An announcement airport and train station is an A2–B1 listening text in the public-announcement genre. The audio covers several travel announcements — boarding calls, gate changes, train delays, platform alterations — typically delivered with background noise and at moderate pace. Learners practise catching essential information against acoustic interference.
This worksheet builds A2–B1 listening comprehension through public-announcement audios.
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What’s inside:
- Several travel-announcement audios with annotated transcripts
- Pre-listening vocabulary box with travel-announcement terms
- Detail-finding task: catch flight/train number, gate/platform, time, and reason
- Multiple-choice on each announcement’s key point
- Production task: write a short travel-announcement script
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Background noise tolerance is the central skill — real-world announcements come through speaker systems with reverb. Flight and train numbers, gate references spoken at speed. Formulaic phrases: we apologise for the inconvenience, due to operational reasons, please proceed to gate.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2–B1, in pre-intermediate and intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) and B1 Preliminary (PET) Listening. Part of the Travel, Work & Stories Listening collection — the natural next step is A Travel Booking Dialogue, which extends travel listening into transactional service.
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