travel agents for a day
DESCRIPTION
Practise reading techniques with leaflets: students will have to use context and not get obsessed with every single word if they want to plan a trip with real brochures.TRANSCRIPT
Leaflets are always meaningful and catch our students’ attention since they conceive them as real material. Moreover, this type of realia is free and can be found or downloaded from many tourist info offices (for instance www.visitlondon.com). You can also go to your local tourist office and make them plan the same activity for a group of students which are visiting them in a couple of weeks.
Level: all levels
Materials: Leaflets, brochures
Aim/Content: Scanning for info (reading) and group discussion
Travel Agents’ for a Day [email protected]
Procedure:
1. In groups, students plan a trip for their 2nd of BAT mates to London.
2. Each group is given a handout with all the information they have to think about: dates, means of transport, accommodation, budget, places to visit… The must complete it as they agree on each issue.
Variations:
3. You or the spokesperson explain their proposal to other groups, so that different classes get familiar with London. They will choose the trip which suits them best.
3. You can also decide the best trip by comparing the different budgets. It will be a good idea to bring a real travel agency proposal to compare places and money.
Travel Agents’ for a Day [email protected]
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Travel Agents’ for a Day [email protected]