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Horizons Interactive Roleplay

Day 0-1: Flight Change Call / Long Layover Hotel Offer

Can you call the airline, confirm a long London layover, and get clear instructions for the Heathrow hotel voucher?
How it works

Read, listen, or speak your way through a realistic airline support call. Choose the reply you would actually say when your travel plans suddenly change.

Some answers are calm, clear, and natural. Other answers are too vague, too rushed, too literal, or misunderstand travel phrases like “booking reference”, “surname”, “layover”, “hotel voucher”, “transfer desk”, “landside”, “hand luggage”, and “queue”.

You can recover by using repair language such as: “Sorry, I didn’t catch that”, “Could you say that again?”, “Just to confirm…”, “Does that mean…?”, “Where exactly should I go?”, and “Could you email that to me?” At the end, review your result and submit it to your teacher/tutor.

Scene context
  • You received an airline email saying your London layover is now much longer than expected: about sixteen hours before the onward flight to New York.
  • You are calling airline support to confirm the change, give your booking reference and personal details, ask about a hotel, and find out how the hotel voucher works at Heathrow.
  • Your goal is to finish the call with clear instructions: what changed, whether the airline provides a hotel, where to go after landing, and how to collect the voucher.
Location
Phone call / London Heathrow layover, United Kingdom
English variety
British English
Local language focus
booking reference, surname, itinerary, layover, hotel voucher, Heathrow, transfer desk, landside, hand luggage, queue
Voice language
en-GB
Mission setup
Written Mode Real-life spoken support: read the airline-call dialogue and the possible replies.
Listening Mode Real-life listening challenge: listen to natural airline support questions before choosing.
Speaking Mode – Beta Listen to the speaker, then speak your answer. Works best on Chrome/Edge.
Understanding
100%
Confidence
70%
Misunderstandings
0
Repairs
0
Scene 1

Speaking Mode – Beta

First listen to the speaker. Then press the microphone and say the answer you want to use as naturally as possible. The system will transcribe your voice and match it to the closest option.

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