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Greeting learners. Setting positive atmosphere by asking some ice breaking questions.
Students will be able to:
− Produce a travel information packet (flyer, brochure, power point, wiki, etc.)
with useful information about a region, country, city, or town.
− Focus on a particular grammar point based on their language proficiency.
− Present their travel information to the class in a 7–10 minute group
presentation.
Introduction (Motivation)
Travel Show and Tell! (This involves some initial planning.)
Show and Tell is a simple public speaking activity used at various levels of education:
1. Students bring in a small item that can fit into their bag and is school
appropriate.
2. Each student who has an item, one by one, comes to the front of the class and
talks about that item for at least 45 seconds.
3. Participation is voluntary.
4. There is no grade given.
Let students know about a week ahead of time that they can bring in an item that they
would like to talk about. Let them know this will be “Travel Show and Tell,” with an
emphasis on travel. This item should be from their home country or a place they have
recently visited. Let students take a few moments to get together their thoughts on
what they would like to say about their item. Give them some guidance on what they
should talk about in their 45 seconds:
• Where is your item from?
• Do you think people would like to visit where you got that item? Why?
If time allows after the show and tell, ask students in pairs to decide on the three places
they would go based on what they’ve heard and why. Have pairs share this information
with the class.
То predict the topic of the text
• Direct Ss' attention to the pictures and elicit Ss' guesses as to what they show (o cockroach race, a Kumis alu competition). Ask Ss what, if anything, they know about these activities.
• Elicit a variety of questions for what Ss would like to know about them from Ss around the class and write three of them on the board.
• Play the recording. Ss listen and follow the text in their books and check if they can answer their questions.
Suggested Answer Key
Where do people race cockroaches? (Brisbane)
Where do people play kumis alu? (Kazakhstan)
Why do you do these sports? (for fun)
To read for specific information
• Allow Ss some time to read the text and mark the statements.
• Direct Ss to the Word List to look up the meanings of the words in the Check these words box.
• Check Ss' answers and then elicit corrections for the false statements from Ss around the class.
Answer Key
1T 2 DS 3 DS 4 F
Suggested Answer Key
4 Kumis alu is still popular in Kazakhstan.
• Play the video for the Ss to watch and elicit their comments at the end.
Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland in Australia. It lies on the Brisbane River and was established in 1824. It has a population of over 2 million people and is located on the north-east coast.
Ask various Ss to say which event they would like to attend and why.
To consolidate information in a text and express a personal opinion
Suggested Answer Key
I think I would like to attend the kumis alu game because it looks like lots of fun and I don't like cockroaches at all
To write about an annual event in Kazakhstan
• Ss work in groups and collect information from the Internet, encyclopaedias or other reference books and write a paragraph about an annual event from Kazakhstan.
• Ask various groups to read their paragraphs to the class.
Suggested Answer Key
Name: Nauryz
Place: all over Kazakhstan
What people do: dress in traditional clothes, go to concerts, eat a special meal called 'Nauryz kozhe', make wishes for a happy year
Here in Kazakhstan, there is a special event every year called 'Nauryz'. It happens in the week starting on 21st March. It celebrates the spring and the beginning of a new year. In towns and villages, people dress in traditional clothes, go to concerts and eat a special meal called 'Nauryz kozhe'. Everyone makes wishes and hopes for a happy year ahead. It's great!
Activity for weaker classes
Read out the text in the Suggested Answer Key above, then tell Ss to write down three things that impressed them. Ss, then read out their sentences to the class
Reflection “Questions, demanding multiple answers” technique
Learners answer the questions
What did you learn today?
What parts of the lesson were easy?
What parts of the lesson were difficult?
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