Fourteen hours by night train: a travel article on slow journeys
A writer takes the night train from Vienna to Rome and reflects on slow travel. Students analyze the techniques, then write a travel piece.
C2Adults55 minArticle
About this lesson
A C2 writing lesson (article). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Article
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Travel & holidays
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- hypnotic, an unlikely assortment, abolish, unfold, disoriented, a buzzword, the preserve of, get around to
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyze how travel writing combines narrative, description and reflection
- Recognize and use literary techniques such as sensory detail and self-deprecating humor
- Write a 300–350 word reflective travel article