In this theme you will focus on tourism and holidays.
What are you going to do?
You’re going to look at some facts and figures about tourism, and then some of the issues affecting tourism. For example, did you know that not all tourism is about the traveller? In fact what is the difference between a traveller and a tourist?
The tourism industry is now highly regulated. The result seems to be ‘sameness’. When we go to shopping centres around the world, they are all the same and the products on sale are also often the same that we don’t know what country we are in.
There are many different groups of travel, ranging from political travel to economic.
We will look at some types of traveller – are you a backpacker or a flashpacker?
Then we look at eco-tourism – what is it? And are so called ‘eco companies’ really green?
And what about a job in the holiday industry? Would you like that?
We read about the life of a travel writer. Sounds like the perfect job, right?
And we have some videos for you.
A TEDX talk about the future of tourism, and a couple of songs about holidays.
How about you?
What words do you know that have to do with tourism and holidays?
Write at least twenty words in a mind map. Check below for tips on how to create a mind map.
Compare Mindmaps with your classmates. What are the differences?
Do you understand all the words that other students have written down?
Woorden bij een onderwerp bedenken en met elkaar verbinden.
So now pack your bags – let’s go!
Need to know
What do you need to know?
At the end of this theme, you should be able to talk about this subject with ease.
But you don't have to be able to do all this perfectly right away! If you take the following lessons you'll find out what you need to know!
Give it a try!
Read the questions.
Form groups of three or four.
In your group, select as many questions as there are members of your group.
Discuss these questions.
Select one question you all think is interesting.
Present, as a group, the results of your discussion to your classmates.
Answer, as good as you can, questions of your classmates.
When listening to other presentations, listen carefully and think of questions or things
you did not understand.
Choose from the following questions:
What images do you have in mind when you hear the word 'Tourism'?
What are good and bad things about tourism?
Have you ever been in a difficult situation while travelling? Describe the situation.
If you were going on a camping trip for a week, what five things would you bring? Explain why.
Do you prefer active or relaxing holidays? Why?
Can do
In this theme you will focus on the following 'can do' statements.
Listening (B1):
I can listen to songs and fill in the gaps of the text of the songs.
I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion with a classmate.
I can catch the main points in the interview about Travellers and Tourists.
Reading (B2)
I can rapidly grasp the content and the significance of news, articles and reports.
I can read and understand articles in which the writers express specific attitudes and points of view (about differences between backpackers and flashpackers and about the life of a travel writer).
I can read and understand articles in which the writers express specific attitudes and points of view about tourism.
I can understand in detail texts about backpackers and flashpackers.
Speaking (B1)
I can start, maintain and close simple face to face conversation on the topic Tourism, about the differences between a tourist and a traveller.
I can maintain a conversation or discussion about backpacking but may sometimes be difficult to follow when trying to say exactly what I would like to.
I can give or seek personal views in an informal discussion about holiday jobs with a classmate.
I can convey information about an aspect of Tourism. I can present my own talk to my class.
Writing (B1)
I can write simple connected texts about ecotourism and can express personal views and opinions.
I can make a poster with information about travelling (a traveller type).
I can write a personal email to friends giving them news about my (disastrous) holiday.
In an informal email to a friend I can express feelings such as grief, happiness, interest, regret and sympathy.
I can reply in written form to a job advertisement (covering letter and a CV).
To do
This theme: Tourism contains an introduction, four lessons and a finishing touch.
In the schedule below you can see the titles of the sections and an estimate of the time required for each part.
Lesson
Title
Activities
Time *
Introduction
Introduction
Need to know
Can do
To do
0,5 hour
Lesson 1
Fact and figures
Read and speak about the differences between tourist and traveller.
Write about a disastrous holiday.
Grammar: past simple and verbs.
3 - 4 hours
Lesson 2
Pack your bags!
Read and speak about backpackers and flashpackers. Listen to a song.
Make a list of two other types of traveller.
3 - 4,5 hours
Lesson 3
Mindful tourism
Read about eco tourism.
Write about your last holiday.
Grammar: past simple
2 - 3 hours
Lesson 4
A working holiday
Read a job advertisement. Speak about it. Listen to a song.
Write about your perfect holiday job.
2 - 3,5 hours
Finishing touch
Projects
Give a presentation about one aspect of tourism.
Listen to a conversation about travellers and tourists.
5 hours
Oefenprogramma
Practise with the 'Oefenprogramma Engels'
Examentraining
Prepare for exams: practise taking past versions.
Evaluation
Answer evaluation questions, what did you learn?
Total
± 20 hours
*hour = lesuur. Eén lesuur komt ongeveer overeen met 2 SLU.
Lessons
Below are the four lessons that belong to this topic.
Make your choice.
A short presentation about Tourism
You are going to give a presentation about one aspect of tourism.
Here are some ideas to choose from but you can choose another idea of your own.
Different types of travellers
Eco-tourism
Packing for the vacation
Air travel – everything you need to know
On holiday or at work: career paths in the tourist industry
Travel tips if you’re visiting.... [your destination]
There is a lot of information online about what makes a good presentation and talk.
You need to find out about what makes it good.
Here are some sites to visit. You can also look for your own.
With your partner, make a list of 10 tips for a great presentation.
Watch this presentation about the Future of Tourism.
Is it a great presentation? Why (not)?
Give examples, explain why/why not.
Discuss these with your classmate.
Compare your answers with the example answers below. Did you also find these answers?
Confused beginning. He appeared to have the wrong slides (or not) it wasn’t very funny.
He included many irrelevant personal stories (how is tramping relevant to the future of tourism?).
His points weren’t immediately obvious.
He was a bit rude to his audience (comment about Dutch and boiled vegetables).
He didn’t really sound authoritative although he is an authority.
Overall it wasn’t an engaging presentation.
Your presentation
Now you are going to prepare and then present your own talk.
Look at your list of things to do, and things not to do.
Practice your talk with your classmate.
Give your presentation to your class.
It should not take longer than three minutes.
Your talk should include a maximum of ten slides.
Final check: have you thought of everything?!
Look at these rubrics: See how your presentation will be judged.
Good
Sufficient
Unsufficient
Points
Organization
Information is presented in a logical sequence.
Information is mostly presented in a logical sequence.
Information is not presented in a logical sequence.
2 points
Slides
Effective use of slides that clearly illustrate the points being made.
Good use of slides that mostly illustrated the points being made.
Poor use of slides (too many/too few?) that did not contribute to the presentation.
2 points
Content
Interesting, clear information.
Information is mostly interesting. Some was already known.
There was not much that was of interest in this presentation.
2 points
Speaker style
Speaks clearly and at an understandable pace. Maintains eye contact with audience. Well-rehearsed.
Mostly speaks clearly and a good pace. Mostly keeps eye contact. Has rehearsed a bit.
Mostly unintelligible. Does not maintain eye contact. Has not rehearsed.
2 points
Language
The vocabulary use is very good and the sentence structure is good.
The vocabulary use is fairly good and the sentence structure is good.
The vocabulary use is not very good, neither is the sentence structure.
2 points
Project B: Listening
Listening
In the lesson Facts and figures you have read a text, entitled: 'Signs you're A Traveller, Not A Tourists'.
Now you are going to listen to a conversation about Travellers and Tourists.
What do you think?
Do you agree with the speakers?
What do you think ’tourism’ is?
What does it include? What does it not include?
Write down the answers in your notebook.
Oefenprogramma Engels
France versus England
If your schoolparticipates in VO-content, you can practice with the English practice program 'Oefenprogramma Engels'.
Here you find a part of this program.
This section fits in well with this theme.
Sign in with your 'School Entree account'!
On www.oefenprogrammaengels.nl you can of course also practice with other reading, listening or viewing assignments!
Examentraining
On this page you will find Examenkracht exam questions of previous years.
The questions will correspond as much as possible to the exercise you have just finished.
While answering, use as much of what you have learned earlier. If you cannot answer the question right now, try again later. When you have answered a question, you can check and indicate the score yourself.
If you want your results to be saved, you will have to log in on ExamenKracht.
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Toelichting
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor havo, leerjaar 4 en 5. Dit is thema: 'Tourism'. Dit thema omvat de volgende volgende onderwerpen:
- Fact and figures
- Pack your bags!
- Ecotourism
- A working holiday
Leerniveau
HAVO 4;
HAVO 5;
Leerinhoud en doelen
Engels;
Eindgebruiker
leerling/student
Moeilijkheidsgraad
gemiddeld
Studiebelasting
20 uur en 0 minuten
Trefwoorden
a working holiday, arrangeerbaar, ecotourism, engels, fact and figures, h45, pack your bags!, past simple en verbs, stercollectie, tourism
Dit thema valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollectie voor Engels voor havo, leerjaar 4 en 5. Dit is thema: 'Tourism'. Dit thema omvat de volgende volgende onderwerpen:
- Fact and figures
- Pack your bags!
- Ecotourism
- A working holiday
In this theme you will focus on tourism and holidays.
What do you need to know?
Below are the four lessons that belong to this topic.
France versus England
At the end of each lesson you answered evaluation questions.
