TESOL Mid-term Assignment

A. Design a conversation activity (speaking skill) based on either “Learning a

musical instrument” or “Planning a trip to any holiday destination”

Name of the Topic: Planning a trip to any holiday destination

Time Duration: 80-90 minutes
Objective: Students wiil be able to :
-develop their speaking skills
-Learn correct vocabulary, sentences and phrases
- Learn about different destinations.
-Learn how to make suggestions.
-Speak about likes and dislikes.
Age: 9-10 years
Level: Elementary
Warmer: Ask students where would they like to go for trip of their choice
(8-10 minutes) during their holidays.
GAME: Students stand in a closed circle, introduce themselves and
think of a holiday destination they would like to visit.
For e.g.,
POOJA: Hello everyone. My name is Pooja. This holiday I would like
to go to Dharamshala. Where would you like to go?
( she asks the student standing on her left side, the students to her
left starts)
HARITHA: Hello everyone. My name is Haritha. This holiday I
would like to go to Kerela. Where would you like to go?
And it continues till everyone gets turn to speak.
Once all the students get turn to speak, each one has to come
forward and write the name of their favourite destination on the
board. While they come forward to write the name they have to
speak about one interesting thing about that destination.
The teacher makes sure that she has at least 8-10 names on the
board. She asks the students to rank each destination from 1 (for
most interesting place) to 9-10( for the least interesting place)
individually. Next, She puts the students into pairs and allows them
to discuss and get some feedback- which destination is the most
popular?
Context setting or Pre-speaking The teacher explains the students that going for a trip involves
(15- 20 minutes) many things. So, first the students read a conversation of two
friends talking about travel. Teacher pairs up the students and asks
them to read the conversation. (Refer to the conversation
worksheet)
Give feedback, if any of the conversation relates to their travel
activities.
Next, the teacher asks the pairs to take up the roles of Annie and
John, one who takes up the role of Annie has to ask the same
questions given in the conversation and the other student who
 takes the role of John has to give answers of his own related to his
travel history.
Then they have to switch over the roles.
Actual content or While-speaking The students have to look at Activity 2 on the worksheet.Based on
activity the conversation read, the students(in pairs) have to make
(35-40 minutes) suggestions, saying what they like and what they don’t like doing
while you are on a holiday trip and complete the table. The
teacher asks the students which all phrases can they use for the
categories given in the activity 2. Give them 5-7 mins to discuss.
Teacher gives some examples of the phrases and then 5 mins to
write and give feedback.
The teacher writes the word ‘iternity’ on the board and explains
the meaning (a plan for a trip; including the places you want to
visit)
Ask the students to imagine that they are working for a travel
agengy and they have to organise a holiday trip to Ladakh.They will
have to take the trip for themselves first and plan an iternity
together and what would they like to do.

Put students in groups and assign each pair one Fact File (from the
links given below).
Give students time to read the information about their city, and
answer any questions about vocabulary.
Set a time limit (15 - 20 minutes) and ask them to make notes. 
Tell students to look back at the table from Activity 2. Remind
them to use this language as they are planning their itinerary. 
They should agree on at least five activities that they want to do
over the weekend.
Monitor and at the end of the task give feedback on language use.

Recaptulation or post speaking After feedback, put students into new groups and give them a
(10-15 minutes) different Fact File, so that they can repeat the activity for a
different city.  At the end of the task, ask students which city they
would be most interested in visiting and why.
Another alternative is to ask students to present their itinerary to
the rest of the class or to another pair/group. Ask the students
listening to make notes as they listen. At the end, each student can
vote on which weekend itinerary they like the best.
Activity 1:

Read the Conversation between two friends.

Annie: How many places have you traveled to?

John: I’ve visited all the provinces throughout my country.

Annie: Who do you usually go with?

John: I usually go with my family.

Annie: Have you ever been abroad ?

John: Yes.I have.

Annie: What language do you use when travelling?

John: English. But sometimes I have to use body language since not all people are
good at English.

Annie: What do you usually do during your trip?

John: I often go sightseeing, take pictures, mingle with people and sample the local
cusine.

Annie: What do you do to prepare for your trip?

John: Before the trip, I search for the information about the location, famous
tourist attractions, transportation, local cusine and prices on the internet.

Annie: What do you usually take along when you travel?

John: I usually pack my suitcase with some necessary items such as clothes,
medicine, food , a map and a camera.
Activity-2

Making suggestions Saying what you like doing Saying what you do not like
doing
Shall we..? I’d like to ..... I think I’d prefer

Answers:

Making suggestions

Shall we..?

We should ...
I could ...
Maybe ...
Why don't we ... 
Let's ...

Saying what you like

I'd like to ...
I'd definitely like to ...
I wouldn't mind that at all.

Saying what you don't like

I'm not that into ...
I think I'd prefer ...

Activity-3
Work with a partner to plan your iternity for a holiday trip. First read the
information. Then together, talk about what you would like to do for the trip. Use
the language from Activity 2

Fact File:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Ladakh

https://kids.kiddle.co/Agra

https://kids.kiddle.co/Delhi

https://kids.kiddle.co/Ooty