English for Tourism Classroom Project - Canvas

Learning aim: build the concept for a transversal classroom project to promote the culture of tourism
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NAME: María Claudia Barandica y Merilda Fontalvo Cantillo. IE: Técnica Agropecuaria de Puerto Giraldo
Purpose Scope Success Criteria
Why are you doing this project? What do you expect the impact to be? What do we need to achieve for the project to be successful?
To promote the vocabulary for local tourism in order to improve
Improve English communicative skills by designing a Created videos, articles with pictures, roleplays in English
communicative competences according to the context of the
blog promoting the tourism in the town they live. adapted to the tourist context of their town to reinforce
students.
communication skills
Milestones Outcome/Output
What are the key milestones and when will they occur? What is the expected end result?
(Example: a website, an event, a guide,
etc)
1. Students identify cultural celebrations, local attractions and business in English
2. Students make descriptions and look for information about local landmarks and targeted items to create material for the blog.
• Using the vocabulary of
Actions English for tourism to
Which activities need to be done in order to reach each milestone?
Total Project Time: Write here promote the blog.
• Audio, role plays, video, or
1. Students explore videos about the aspects that most appeal tourists. photographs that describe
2. After, Students will be given a task sheet outlining the question: Why should visitors love your town?, the solution can be addressed by group and then recorded in any cultural activity in the
a flow chart. town .
[Link] creates three groups of students and presents them three categories: cultural celebrations, local attractions and business. They choose the one they prefer
• Create a blog to show
[Link], in an analysis chart, they identify and describe the chosen touristic category according the guiding question. Use the vocabulary to create a roleplay.
[Link] and tourist brochures are showed by the teacher so they can identify the vocabulary and the way they used to promote attractions or places. student’s work.
[Link] search for information and make a plan to design the content the blog. The chosen category must have: (1) videos (2) touristic articles and (3) pictures of • Present the blog’s content
the local attractions. through stands and tourist
[Link] gives feedback and the students edit before upload it to the blog. Students should determine how well they understood and monitor the development of brochures during the
their plan. Científico- Cultural week in
[Link] gives final feedback and assessment. Students examine importance of the material that was developed and the language and skills acquired. our school.
Team Stakeholders Users
Who is participating in the project? What are their roles? Who has an interest in the success of this project? How are they Who will benefit from the outcome of the project?
involved in the project?

Teacher (lead students in the project), students (9, 10 Students, Local business owners, tourists
and 11th grade), Academic Coordinator Students, local attractions, cultural celebrations, school,
Resources Constraints
community, principal, parents Challenges
What resources do we need in the project? What are the known limitations of the project? Which challenges may occur during the project?
How could you face these challenges?

-Time in and out of class to plan and create the material (Fotographs, - Lack of physical and technological resources to plan and create
videos, articles and other materials to promote the tourisim). the material for the project. -Lack of good connectivity and other technologies to create material
–Technological resources to design the blog -Limited ESP language knowledge to create material and communication: Messenger and timeline to use tech room.