Travel

Project

Programmes
AWAY
Introduction
During your stay abroad, we would like you to complete our Travel Project dossier and hand in to your teacher when you return
back home. The project is a great way to get to know the place you are staying, your host family and more…
By adding information about what you have seen, learnt and experienced, this project will help improve your written English
and also be a memory book of your time abroad!
We have included images to give you inspiration. To make it more personal, you will need to take lots of photographs of your
stay. When you return home select your favourites, print them off, cut them to size and overlay.

Topics Mark

I. Arrival

II. Orientation

III. Lessons

IV. Activities/Excursions

V. Host Family

VI. See you next time

Final Mark
I. Arrival
Write a brief description of your journey. Include how you felt when you woke up, and also your first impressions of where you

are staying .

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If you took any photographs of your journey, insert a couple below and include a title:

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II. Orientation
You are going to meet a lot of fantastic people, and see some wonderful things during your stay. Keep your eyes open and don’t
be shy to introduce yourself to members of staff at your school!

Remember!
During your stay, this is real opportunity to practice the language and ask questions with native speakers, so go for it!

Take a photograph of your school and town/city and isert them below:

Title: My School Title: My Town/City

Describe where you went on your orientation, and also compare and describe if things are similar
to where you are from back home?

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III. Lessons
You are going to learn a lot about local culture, improve your English and also have lots of fun during you time in the classroom.
Keep a diary of what you learnt, topics covered, etc...

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Describe what topics you did:

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III. Lessons
Remember that keeping a diary of what you did in class, is a great way to remember what you have learnt. Also in the future
when you find this dossier, the experience will come rushing back to you with great memories of your adventure travelling
abroad when you were at school!

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III. Lessons
You are nearly at the end of you course. Well done for keeping a log of what you have been doing. Think about all the things you
have seen and learnt, and if you have any questions or want to know about anything else, don’t be shy, ask your teacher who
will be happy to help.

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Describe what topics you did:

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Your classroom experience has come to an end. Below write a summary of what your favourite topics were, and also what you liked
about your teacher, the school and the materials used in class..

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IV. Activities/Excursions
You are going to visit many interesting places, learn more about the culture and customs, see some wonderful things and
interact with local people and more during your trips. Keep a diary of where you went, what you did, etc...

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Where did you go, and what did you do?

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What things did you like the most about the places you went or activity you did?
Example; I really enjoyed visiting the cathedral and doing a treasure hunt. It was really fun and a learnt that the Cathedral was built
700 years ago and that the famous writer Charles Dickens used to live in the town.

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IV. Activities/Excursions
We are sure that each day you are learning more about where you are staying and visiting some great places. Remember when
you are out, to listen to your leaders and ask as many questions as you can about the facts and information being given to you.

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Where did you go, and what did you do?

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IV. Activities/Excursions
By now you have had a lot of time improving your English in the classroom, with your host family and leaders accompanying
your group on activities. Now, why don’t you really try and push your English skills! Be confident, ask questions, and interact as
much as possible with all the people you meet!

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Where did you go, and what did you do?

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V. Host Family
Living with one of our carefully selected homestay families, enables you to enjoy a truly unique
experience!
You will be able to partake in family traditions, ask cultural questions, really get to live like a local,
enjoy local traditional foods and most importantly you will have so many chances to improve
your English language learning.
Below is a list of activities to complete with your family. Don’t worry if you don’t get the time or
opportunity to complete them all. The most important thing is to try and spend as much time
together.

Activity 1 - Your New Home.

Take a photograph from outside of where your host family live. Also take another photograph or selfie of you and all the family
members together.

Title: My new Home! Title: My New family!

Now briefly describe the members of your new family, and the home they live in.

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V. Host Family
Below are 20 fun topics for starting an interesting conversation.
During your stay, try and ask them to different members of your host family.
Remember that when you have their answer, you also need to let them know yours too!!!

Activity 2 – Interesting things about me

Question Group 1 – Family members name: …………………………......……................................................………

1. What is your favourite fruit flavour?

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2. Which sitcom character do you relate to?

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3. What was the happiest moment in your life?

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4. If you were granted three wishes, what would you ask for?

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5. What things about people annoy you the most?

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1. What would you do if you won the lottery?

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2. As a child, what did you want to be when you were older?

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3. Do you have any phobias?

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4. If you could be anyone famous, who would you be?

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5. How long can you hold your breath?

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By now you and your host family should be getting to know a lot more about each other.
Let’s see what else we have to talk about…

Activity 2 – Interesting things about me (Continued)

Question Group 3 – Family members name: …………………………......……................................................……

1. If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you need?

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2. What is your favourite day of the week?

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3. Are you a cat/dog person?

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4. What is your favourite breakfast meal?

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5. Who or what inspires you?

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1. What is your favourite colour and why?

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2. If you could live on any other planet, which one would it be?

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3. How many places have you travelled to? Name them.

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4. What is your favourite TV show and why?

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5. What is your favourite thing about me?

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V. Host Family
The country that you are staying in has a lot of weird and wonderful dishes, with a lot of weird
and wonderful names as well!
Some foods/brands may look the same but be called something different, and there will be
others that you have never seen before.

Activity 3 – Food glorious food!

Find 10 different items and complete the table below:

Food Item Brand name same name or different? Name back home
Crisps Walkers Different Lays

Ketchup HP Sauce Same

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Now ask your family the name of their favourite dish:

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What ingredients are used to make it?

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How many times do they eat it each month?

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Everybody loves watching television, no matter which country you are from.
During your time with your family, ask them if they have a programme they really like to watch
that is on when you are staying with them.

Activity 4 – What’s on the box?

Tell them that you want to watch it with them, and afterwards complete the questions below:

Name of TV show ……………………...........…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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What type of programme was is? For example; a wildlife programme, a reality show, a costume drama, a soap opera, a sketch show,
a sitcom, a documentary, a docudrama, a series, a game show or the news.

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Did you watch any adverts?

If yes, name two things they were promoting and what they were for?

Advert 1:

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Write a short description about the television programme you watched with your host family,
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Whilst staying in your host families home, you will see that many things are the same,
but also some things that you haven’t seen before or don’t have at home.

Activity 5 – Spot the difference.

Find 4 interesting things and take a photograph of each of them.

Ask you host family to explain a little more about each item
and explain what it is used for together.

Item 1: Item 2:

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VI. See you next time
Your cultural adventure has come to an end. We hope you have had a wonderful time, learnt and improved your English skills a
lot and made new friends.

Below summarise how you feel your time away has been, and don’t forget, did your English improve?

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It’s time to take some last minute memory snaps of your journey

Title: My favourite person Title: My favourite shop was

Title: A cool thing I saw was Title: Time to go home, until next time!

home to home would like to congratulate you on completing this project. We hope your stay abroad has given you greater
English language skills and the motivation to continue to learn and travel!