TRAVEL
TOPIC: TRAVEL & TOURISM
SUB-TOPICS: TRIP PLANNING, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, SIGHTSEEING
CENTRAL IDEA: PRACTICE READING & LISTENING (receptive) and SPEAKING & WRITING (productive) ABOUT TRAVEL
LEXICAL RESOURCES & KEY GRAMMAR: click for full list.
LANGUAGE LEVEL: A2/B2
BEFORE STARTING THE TRAVEL UNIT, CHECK OUT ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF TASK COMPLETION, DEPENDING ON CHOSEN TOOLS.
Planning a dream trip
Let's travel together
Exploring and adding options
Let's visualize our goal!
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21st century SKILLS
1. Critical thinking
2. Creativity
3. Collaboration
4. Communication
5. Information literacy
6. Media literacy
7. Technology literacy
8. Flexibility
9. Leadership
10. Initiative
11. Productivity
12. Social skills
LIFE SKILLS
Life skills students will hone in the TRAVEL topic:
applying critical thinking skills to planning (a trip itinerary)
interacting with strangers
awareness of diversity of possibilities when traveling (both positive and challenging)
consensus building
creative problem solving and juggling complex procedures
tech savviness in map creation (applying information and technology literacy)
REFLECTION
Whenever you FINISH the module (after any number of lessons), please ask your students to fill out a short reflection form, and there's one for yourself, too. It's located on Lesson 7-8 page.