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Starter - Units 21-30 |
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21 Very useful site and an excellent place to compare modes of transport. Imagine a list of destinations and starting points then divide the class into groups give each group a different form of transport ie rail, air, coach and ask them to find the best way to travel to Edinburgh (for example) on a Saturday to be there buy 3 pm. Unit
22 Choose a dish from your area make notes on the basic ingredients and method and give a summary to the class. (This should be kept as simple as possible.) Alternatively find the strangest food you can, again make notes on ingredients and method and tell the rest of the class. Unit
23 Variety of activities available on these holidays. Tell your group that they are going to spend a week at the holiday centre and that they should prepare what they are going to do based on their likes and dislikes. During feedback ask them to give reasons where appropriate. Unit
24 Layouts of various buildings. This could be used by students to describe the position of rooms and to suggest the best places for furniture. Unit
25 If your students are from different parts of the world ask them to research birthday traditions in each other countries. They should report back this information and the other student says how s/he usually celebrates their birthday. Unit
26 Browse some of the jobs available, as you’d expect you probably need to be selective and offer your students considerable support in order for them to be able to understand any of the positions. However, choose one or two simple examples and ask your students to write a simple job advertisement for the local newspaper. Unit
27 Huge wealth of links to ‘foody’ type pages from around the world. Ask your students to look for their favourite style of food or food from their country and to make notes on the basic ingredients. After sharing this with others in the class the activity could be extended to creating a typical menu for the students’ country. Unit
28 Click on area of the UK and you’ll be able to zoom in as far as street level. Excellent resource for direction exercises. Use it for cities that your students know or to find famous landmarks in London. You could prepare a kind of treasure hunt by giving them directions from one place and if they follow the instructions correctly they end up at… |
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