Introduction
Traveling is one of the best ways to learn about the world and relax after working or studying in our life. Have you ever wonder if you have a chance to visit a country in your dream, what you need to know about that country and what will you do when you are there? A trip full of interesting experiences and benefits requires careful preparation. Therefore, what you have to do is gathering information about the country you want to visit and creating a travelling plan including traveling tips and go to class then tell these things to your friends.
Task
Students have been divided into groups in class. Each group needs to choose a country of a continent and start to do research. To be more specific:
Firstly, you will get to know the continent and the country.
Secondly, you will make a plan for things to do while you are traveling.
Finally, you also have to collect some useful tips for a nice trip.
Remember to manage the information you found in books and on the internet by putting them in the checklist table below.
Information Checklist Table
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INFORMATION CHECKLIST
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Continent:
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Country:
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Capital:
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Population:
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Language(s):
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Flag (Picture):
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Map (Picture):
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Historical Places:
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Culture (Traditions, Foods, Drinks, Festivals, etc.): |
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Things to Do:
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Traveling Tips:
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Process
Step 1: Get to know the continent and the country
1. Find the basic information of a continent and write an introduction about it.
=> Also list out some countries of the continent in the introduction.
2. Discuss with your group which country you all want to visit.
3. Print the picture of the map and the introduction as Word file out.
4. Highlight names and things on the map you are going to talk about.
Step 2: Get to know the country
- Searching the information on the Internet to answer these questions:
- Where is the country on the world map?
- What is the capital city of that country?
- What is the official language in that country?
- Can you describe their national flag?
- Are there any cultural events? Give more information about those events.
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Some source suggestions:
- http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
- http://www.worldatlas.com
- https://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=1
- You can use these above website or choose another one. Then you have to answer the questions from the above list. You can add more questions and give the information for those questions.
Step 3: Presentation
This is the final step, you will arrange your ideas and your research. There are not any formats for the presentation, you can be creative. Share with the class where you like to go and what information you found about that place. And you can give some travel tips that base on your experience.
Evaluation
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Excellent 100% |
Good 80% |
Fair 70% |
Need Improvement 60% |
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Hold audience’s attention (10 points) |
- Uses direct eye contact frequently & seldom looking at note
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- Uses of direct eye contact, but still return to notes
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- Displays minimal eye contact, while reading mostly from the notes
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- Holds no eye contact, as entire presentation is read from note
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Voice (10 points) |
- Varies in tone of voice with emphasizing key points |
- Speaks with clear voice |
- Speaks in uneven volume |
- Speaks in low volume and/or unchanging tone |
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Language (10 points) |
- Is flexible to use the already learned tenses accurately. - Is creative in using presenting language |
- Uses only one tenses to present the whole speech but accurately. - Has little or no creative in presenting |
- Meets mistakes with using some structures. |
- Uses inaccurately most of structures during presenting |
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Content/ Organization (15 points) |
- Presents rich content on the topic in a interesting sequence for audience to follow and learn
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- Presents content on the topic and present with logical sequence
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- Doesn’t well organize the arrangement of content to present
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- Lacks useful information on the topic
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Answering and discussing (10 points) |
- Answers all class question with discussion with class |
- Answers questions without discussion with class |
- Just be able to answer 1-2 simple questions |
- Cannot answers about the topic |
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Writing information (15 points) |
- Well organize to read and with no grammar mistakes |
- Organizes content with only a few grammar mistakes |
- Follows a logic sequence but with plenty grammar mistakes |
- Does not organize and includes plenty grammar mistakes |
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References and source (10 points) |
- Lists 5 valid and authentic information sources. |
- Lists 2-3 valid and authentic information sources
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- Has only 1 valid information source |
- Has no valid information source |
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Cooperating (10 points) |
- Works well with group; does fair share of work and helps others be successful |
- Works reasonably well with group. May have needed a reminder or two from other member |
- Hard to work well with group and have a little ideas in group |
- Fails to work with group and pull fair load |
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Meet the requirements (10 points) |
- Follows and meet all the instruction requirements |
- Only misses a few requirements of the instructions |
- Has difficulties to follow some instruction |
- Does not follow the instruction at all |
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Conclusion
Now that you have "visited" a country and found out so many facts about it, what did you think about what you learned? Did it make you want to learn more about that country, or did it make you want to find out about another country? Hopefully, you will use these tools to explore more countries around the world.
Credits
1. Wikitravel, N.D. Wikitravel - The Free Travel Guide. 23 May, 2017
Retrieved 23 May, 2017 from http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
2. Worldatlas, 2016. World Atlas. 23 May, 2017
Retrieved 23 May, 2017 from http://www.worldatlas.com
3. Yahoo Finance, N.D. Yahoo Currency Centre. 23 May, 2017
Retrieved 23 May , 2017 from https://finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter/#from=USD;to=EUR;amt=1