Travel Buddies

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Level:204 Main goal: Using should - giving advice and suggestions Book: Touchstone 2 Page:69 15
min
Learning focus: using modals (need, should, could) and other expressions for asking for and giving suggestions Ss: 12
Stage: Best done after the grammatical structure is practiced
Requirements: Role cards, prompt card
Stages Procedures time
The input needed for this task is given to students through the steps of teaching grammar and the input is mechanically practiced through the
Pre-task --:--
controlled and semi-controlled practice
1. Divide the students into two groups. (six travelers and six travel agents)
2. Divide the travelers into three teams of two, and the travel agents into three pairs.
3. Give the travel agents brochures of different destinations. Tell each pair that they should talk and choose one of them to sell, and think of advice they can give
travelers.
4. Tell the travelers to talk to each other and make a mind map of things they should pay attention to before taking their favorite trip- model the activity
5. Ask ICQs:
Travel agents: How many destinations can you choose to sell? One
Travelers: What is your mind map about? Taking their favorite trip- What things do you think about? E.g. money, clothes, …
12
Task cycle 6. Tell them they have 5 minutes for this part.
min
7. Tell the travelers to talk to different travel agents and ask them questions about their tours.
8. Tell the travelers that they can only choose one destination.
9. As for the travel agents, the one who gets more travelers is the winner.
10.Ask ICQs.
Travelers: do you talk to one travel agent or all of them? All – How many destinations can you choose? Just 1.
Travel agents: do you say the names of places or give information? Give advice and suggestions- Do you try to get just one tourist or as many as you can? As many
as we can.
11.Tell them to start and they’ve got 7 minutes.
FB on task: ask the travel agents to say how many tourists they have. Ask the travelers to say which destination they picked and why.
Post-task 3 min
FB on language: Do grammar auction for error correction.

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