Secondary Plus

Away from home – Lesson 5

Visitor programme

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Reading
Read again to find out what these pictures show.

Language
What language for making recommendations can you see in the programme? Work with
your breakout room partner and make a list of the phrases you find.

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Speaking challenge
Use the language you identified to make recommendations for people visiting KL.

Rules
 Go around in a circle.
 If you repeat activities that other students have already recommended, you get 1
point.
 You can't use a recommendation phrase that has been used by either of the
previous 2 students (or you get 2 points).

The winner is the student with the fewest points at the end of the game.

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Situation
A group of 30 students from the UK is going to visit your school for six days. While here,
they're going to stay in pairs at host families (the families of your school's students).

What do you think the students might find it difficult to cope with?
In other words, what kind of things are most likely to make them feel homesick?

Talk together as a class and note down three ideas you agree on.

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Advice
You want to try and prevent homesickness becoming a serious issue on the trip. What
advice could you give students when they arrive to help them deal with these three things?

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Plan a programme
Think of activities to do on each of the days of their visit. Make a note of any tips you have
in connection with each activity.

Day Activity Tips and extra info

Sunday 16:00 – flight arrives
14th August 18:00 – greeting presentation at
school Try to stay awake until bedtime as this
19:30 – dinner with host families helps reduce jet lag.

Monday
15th August

Tuesday
16th August

Wednesday
17th August

Thursday
18th August

Friday
19th August

20:00 – flight home

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