Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Tourism Brainstorm
a) Aims
Activate prior knowledge of tourism and introduce the topic words of the lesson.
b) Content
T shows a picture of a group travelling with a tour guide and asks: 'What do you think of when you plan a trip?' Ss brainstorm words related to travel on the board, then T reveals the eight target words and asks Ss to predict their meaning from context.
c) Expected outcomes
A class mind map on the board with ideas such as 'travel', 'tour', 'hotel', 'guide', 'price', 'local food', 'gift'. Ss predict the topic of the unit: tourism, package tours and sustainable travel.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the picture and asks: 'Where are these people? What are they doing? What do you need to plan a trip?' T gives the task: brainstorm as many travel-related words as possible in 2 minutes.
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the task.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors and encourages Ss to use English words. T writes useful suggestions on the board.
Students
Ss work in pairs and call out words such as 'hotel', 'ticket', 'tour guide', 'food', 'souvenir'.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks: 'Which of these words do you know well? Which words do you want to learn today?' T reveals the eight target words in the lesson.
Students
Some Ss answer: 'Hotel is accommodation.' 'I want to learn itinerary.' Other Ss predict meanings such as 'souvenir is a gift'.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the topic of the lesson and says: 'Today we will learn how to use topic words and how to stress them correctly.'
Students
Ss copy the lesson title and the target words into their notebooks.