Studentguide travelling 2

Frank Thiem Frank.thiem@gmx.net

Bart Streefkerk deleraar@hotmail.com
Content

Set up of travelling 2 page 1-3

Frames page 4-15

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Travelling 2 is a follow up to travelling 1. The goal of both remains learning to

travel.

In this case we want you to learn how to plan a holiday and everything that
comes along with that. For example: the expenses, visiting of a travel agency,
booking, reserving etc. etc.

To obtain this objective we’ve created 10 frames for a possible holiday. Each
frame consists of the following components:

1. Duration of the holiday

2. Location where to go
3. Transport
4. Content of the holiday
5. Costs
6. Background of the country
a. language
b. inhabitants
c. geography
d. history

These components are partly filled in.

You will plan your holiday in groups. The size of the groups should be around
3-4 persons.

Each group or the teacher selects one of the ten frames. The frame is partly
filled in with minimum components that the holiday should contain and the
planning of the holiday should meet the following demands:

1. Use of internet. Used addresses should be noted correctly.

2. Visit a travel agency.
3. Contact tourist office.
4. Use of travel guides.
5. Collect information in a folder (photocopies, brochures etc.)
6. Evaluation.

Besides the introduction of travelling 2 the biggest part of travelling 2 you will
be working on the planning of the holiday. All this work should result in a
presentation with the following components:

1. Timetable: what are you doing, when and where? Written down on
paper in English and given to the teacher and students.
2. List of costs. This should include all your costs. Written down on paper
in English and given to the teacher and students.
3. In front of the class: presentation of your holiday in your own unique
way in your own language.
 Examples:
- looking back on the holiday through (made-up) pictures with
commentary
- a (made-up) brochure in which the holiday is presented
- a (made-up) film ‘on location’
- playing a travel agency trying to sell the holiday to ‘customers’
(= the other students)
- etc etc
4. Room for commentary of the whole class and the teacher and sharing
the international criticism on their planning with the class and teacher.
Please make sure that students give their commentary first!
5. Evaluation by the group on travelling 2. They share this evaluation with
the class and teacher.

International contact should take place in the form of:

1. Criticizing timetable and list of costs from other schools in Europe in

English.
2. Send these critics by mail.

Timetable

Week Activity
1 Introduction
2,3,4,5 Actual planning of
the holiday
6 Finalizing
planning and
sending over
timetable and list
of costs to other
schools in other
countries
7-8 Presentations
and evaluation of
the travelling 2
with all the
students

Portfolio

Write an evaluation in English that goes into the portfolio. In this they have to
answer the following questions:

What was positive?

What was negative?
How would describe the cooperation in the group?
What did you learn?
Notes

Work outside of the school can’t be prevented in this project. Especially the
gathering of the information should take place outside of the school.

Frank Thiem Frank.thiem@gmx.net

Bart Streefkerk deleraar@hotmail.com
Frames

Frame 1

Demands

1. Duration of the holiday: 2 weeks in winter

5 persons (you and four friends of your age)

2. Location where to go: Country in Eastern Europe with mountains

3. Transport: By train

4. Contents of the holiday: a) sight seeing in the capital

b) ski-ing (three days minimum)
c) visit to an amusement park
d) hiking
e) ice-skating
f) cooking local specialties (min 2)

5. Costs: 2500 € for all

6. Background of the country

a) language: You want to go sight seeing in the capital of
the country your visting. Make sure that you
can: introduce yourself, ask directions, order
a drink, book a hotel in the local language.
Collect the vocabulary you need to answer
these questions.
b) inhabitants: - How many inhabitants does the country
have?
- What are typical customs (food, clothes
etc)?
- Is the country rich? Explain your answer!
c) geography: Give a description of the geography of the
country. Say something about:
- climate
- terrain
- natural resources
d) history: Look at the history of the country from 1945
till now. Give a short summary. After you
have done this try to give a prognosis for the
future of this country.
Frame 2

1. Duration of the holiday: 2 weeks in spring

you and one friend

2. Location where to go: a country that has a

border to your country

3. Transport: to the neighbouring country: public

transport
in the neighbouring country: bicycle

4. Contents of the holiday: a) roundtrip on a bicycle (min 500km)

b) visit two cities (min 25.000
inhabitants) and their highlights
c) climb two mountains by bike
d) only stay on campsites or in
(youth)hostels
e) visit one exclusive restaurant
f) visit a bikestore to buy spare parts

5. Costs: 1000 € for all

6. Background of the country

a) language: You will meet a group of local bikers.
You want to go to a bar with them.
Look for the vocubalary to introduce
yourself and to tell something about
your own country.

b) inhabitants: - find out how many inhabitants the

country has
- what is typical of the culture of this
country?
- how much money is made on
tourism?
c) geography: Give a description of the geography
of the country. Say something about:
- climate
- terrain
- natural resources

d) history: Pick one very important historical

event to this country that happened
in the area where you were biking.
Write an essay of at least 200 words
on this event.
Frame 3

1. Duration of the holiday: 2 weeks in the summer

you and your family (1 brother 13,
sister 10 and your mother and father)

2. Location where to go: To a shore with a Mediterranean

climate

3. Transport: Rental car

4. Contents of the holiday: a) visit at least four campsites

b) minimum three hikes to neighbouring
towns
c) eating only on the campsite
d) surfing
e) biking
f) visit to the nearest hospital

5. Costs: 1500 for all

6. Background of the country

a) language: since your cooking on the campsite

and doing all your shopping in the
local shops you have to be able to
order everything in the language of
the country. Make a shopping list in
the local language and don’t forget
the questions how to ask and order
them.

b) inhabitants: because you are staying close to the

campsite a lot, try to discover what is
typical for the region you are staying.
For example food, clothes etc

c) geography: Give a description of climate, terrain

possible environmental problems

d) history: Select a person that was very

important for history of the country
that you are visiting. Try to explain
why he was or still is so important
Frame 4

1. Duration of the holiday: 3 weeks in the summer

you and one friend

2. Location where to go: a country in the north of Europe

3. Transport: to country by plane (cheap airline)

rest on foot

4. Contents of the holiday

a) roundtrip on foot through at least
one North European country
b) sleep only on campsites or
(youth)hostels
c) visit the coast, capital, 2nd biggest
city and countryside (min 2
natural parks)
d) one typical festivity

5. Costs 1500 for all

6. background of the country

a) language collect a basic wordlist for the

country/countries you are visiting

b) inhabitants collect images of typical food, clothes

and customs of the country/countries

c) geography write a short essay on the nature

parks you have visited (min 250
words)

d) history give the history of the festivity you

have visited
Frame 5

1. Duration of the holiday: 3 weeks in summer

you and one friend

2. Location where to go European countries near the

Mediterranean Sea

3. Transport: Sailboat

4. Contents of the holiday: a) sail across the Mediterranean and

visit all European countries
b) only sleep in exclusive hotels
c) only eat in exclusive restaurants
d) go to a disco in every country
e) shop in exclusive shops

5. Costs: 10.000

6. Background of the country

a) language collect the vocabulary that you need

in restaurants, hotels and bars

b) inhabitants collect images that are typical for the

inhabitants of the country that you
visited

c) geography write an essay (min 300 words) on

tourism in the Mediterranean

d) history Search for the historical importance

of the Mediterranean for the Greeks
and Romans
 Frame 6

1. Duration of the holiday Three weeks in the summer time,

Start July, a family (parents, one
daughter 13 years, one son 10
years)
2. Location where to go A place by the shore, which is
minimum 10 kilometers far away
from home in a foreign country
3. Transport By car
4. Content of the holiday a) to bath in the sea for min. 4 days
b) to visit a famous old church
c) sightseeing in a big city (it should
be possible to reach this city in a one
day trip)
d) the children want to see interesting
animals
e) the child likes biking
f) the parents are interested in eating
a meal
which is typical for this region

5. Costs max. 2200 € for all

6. Background of the country
a. Language For the typical meal of the region the
parents want to order the meal in the
language of the country
b. Inhabitants The inhabitants in this area are living
near the shore: what does it mean
for them? How many inhabitants live
there, in relation to the tourists?
c. Geography The place near the shore: Are there
any Ecological problems?
d. History What’s about the history of tourism in
this area? Do you think tourism will
grow up in the next years?
Frame 7

1. Duration of the holiday 5 days, Start: 1st July, 2 students

(18years old) after their graduation
2. Location where to go A big European city, more than half a
million inhabitants
3. Transport They haven’t got a driving licence.

4. Content of the holiday a) the want to visit a fun park

b) the want to visit a quarter in town
in which you can meet young people,
special cafes, pubs or discos
c) they want to visit an interesting
museum
d) they want to visit a king’s palace
or an old historical castle
e) they want to walk down a famous
shopping avenue
f) they want to visit the distinctive
sign of the town
5.Costs 800 € per person
6. Background of the country
- Language You want to buy some postcards.
Give ten typical foreign words for the
dialogue with the shop assistant
- Inhabitants How many foreigners live in this big
city?
- Geography There are dark areas with high
criminal rates in the city, where?
- History Give a short description of the
growing of the city. In which periods
the city grew up and why?
Frame 8

1. Duration of the holiday Three weeks in the summertime,

Start at 1st July; 4 persons [Father,
mother, boy (14years old), girl (8
years old)
2. Location where to go Countries in East Europe which
joined the EU in 2005
3. Transport By car

4. Content of the holiday
a) They want to travel around: The get into
min. three different European countries,
they stay max. three days at one place
b) They always use camping places
c) They want to hike in the mountains (min.
1000 meters above NN) for a few days
d) The children don’t like hiking so much:
They want to have a cable car tour.
g) They want to visit a memorial
place of
Second World War.
h) They want to have a trip an the
Danube
for one day.
i) They want to visit a capital of one
country.

5. Costs 2500 €

6. Background of the country

- Language On the camping place the boy meets
a boy From this country. They
introduce each other. Which
vocabularies he should know in the
foreign language?
- Inhabitants What are the problems of the
inhabitants?
- What’s about unemployment?
- What’s about the average income?
- What has changed in their life in the
last 20 years?
- Geography What are the differences in
geography between this country and
your country?
- History What events took place in the years
1989-1990
Frame 9

Demands for a frame

1. Duration of the holiday Summertime, 10 days, Start 1st July,

2 guys or girls, both 22 years old
2. Location where to go North of the Alpes
3. Transport To the starting point: railway or
plane. From the starting point: by
bicycle
4. Content of the holiday a) They use youth hostels or
camping places
b) Min. one stop is at the North or the
Baltic Sea
c) They cover max. 60 kilometers per
day
d) They use a ferry to follow their
route
e) For biking they prefer flat area
f) They enjoy nature, so they only
stay in one big town.

4. Costs 700 € per person

5. Background of the country
a. Language Your map is very indifferent, so you
have to ask someone the way to the
youth hostel. Give ten typical words
in the foreign language.
b. Inhabitants Do the inhabitans like to go by bike?
Which kind of transport they normally
prefer?
c. Geography On which periods of your bycycle trip
do you have to climb little mountains!
Draw a sketch of higher and lower
parts!
d. History On your route you will see an
historical place. Introduce it!
Frame 10

1. Duration of the holiday 2 weeks, Eastern holidays, Start: 5th

April, young couple, both 23 years old
2. Location where to go Island in the south of Europe

3. Transport By airplane
4. Content of the holiday a) rent a car for 3 days and go
around the island (visit of min. 3
tourist attractions)
b) to have two days of sportive activity
c) to visit the biggest town on the
island
d) to go to a nice beach more fare
away from the hotel
e) to see some typical plants for the
region/island
f) to buy some souvenirs
5. Costs 1200 € per person
6. Background of the country
a. Language You want to rent the car. Give ten
typical words of the foreign language!
b. Inhabitants What is different between the life of
the people on the island to the life on
the continent side of the country?
c. geography Draw a climate diagram for the
island and explain it!
d. History When tourism started on the island?
What’s about ecological problems on
the island?
Which face trourism will have in 20
years?
Attachments

Timetable
Date: Activity: Location:
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List of costs

Amount: Spent on: