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Round-the-world travellers

This lesson offers a variety of activities based on British round-the-world travellers; a cyclist, a running granny and a teenage sailor.

Students will firstly review country names, and then there is an activity to pre-teach vocabulary for a jigsaw reading task, where students will explain their texts to each other. There follows a role play in which students play the part of a traveller or a journalist, and this is followed by a task where students compare ideas on advice to world travellers. Finally there is a more open discussion task about young people, travel and world records.

Aims: • To learn vocabulary related to travel and adventure • To develop reading skills • To practise speaking skills Age group: 12- adult

Level: B1 / B2

Time: 60 minutes

Materials: Around-the-world travellers student worksheet, jigsaw reading texts, and lesson plan

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Adventure travel.

Check out this brochure with some of the most exciting adventure holidays around the world and improve your reading skills. Are you ready for this?

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise first. Then read the text and do the other exercises.

Preparation

Time for an adventure?

Are you a bit bored with your nine-to-five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of holidays and decide what type of adventure you’d like.

Activity holidays

Our activity holidays are for everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a huge variety of water, snow or desert holidays. We’ll take you SCUBA diving in the Red Sea or kayaking and white water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding in the Alps or even igloo-building. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding (the desert version of skateboarding) or camel safaris.

Polar expeditions

Take a cruise to Antarctica or the northern Arctic; explore a land of white natural beauty and wonderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything about the two poles as you watch the penguins in Antarctica or whales and polar bears in the Arctic. There's no greater adventure than travelling to the ends of the earth. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!

Cultural journeys

Our cultural journeys will help you discover ancient civilisations: India, Thailand, Egypt and many more. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruins – just remember to bring your camera! Get to know local ways of life by exploring markets, trying exotic foods and meeting local people.

Trekking tours

We have trekking holidays to famous places such as Machu Picchu or the Everest Base Camp Trek, as well as some nearer to home in the Highlands of Scotland. You don’t need to be very sporty, just fairly fit. You’ll have a great time enjoying nature with a group of new friends. Some of the holidays include camping, but we’ll transport the tents for you!

Wildlife holidays

We organise small-group tours to get closer to nature in Africa, Asia or South America. Go on safari in Africa and watch lions and giraffes. Meet the famous turtles of the Galapagos Islands. Look for tigers in India, or take an elephant safari in Sri Lanka. We use local guides and stay in a range of accommodation, from tents to tree houses.

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Travel during COVID times

As travel slowly begins to restart from the UK, the following guidance may be helpful for those considering visiting festivals in the EU, both when travelling there and when returning to the UK.

Most of the EU is on the UK Government's Amber List . When you enter an Amber List country there will be slightly different regulations according to which country you are visiting.

Luckily for those thinking of travel from the UK to France for the Cannes Film Festival, the rules requiring PCR Tests 72 hrs before travel, and 7 days of quarantine on arrival, have just been relaxed for those visitors who have been vaccinated.

There is a very useful up to date guide for Cannes travellers from the UK here.

You can read about the Cannes Marche's Festival Safety Protocols here.

There is considerable discussion about the 'White List' which will enable travellers from the UK to enter the EU. However a decision on adding UK to the White List is currently under review .

When you are travelling from the EU to UK:

You need a negative test from origin country before travelling (NB must be PCR and not rapid pharmacy test).

You need to fill in passenger locator form within 48 hrs of arrival.

You need to pay for two tests – on Day 2 and Day 8 (Nb. arrival date is day 0).

You can pay for an additional rapid release test on Day 5 – if negative you can end quarantine early, but note you still have to take and pay for and take a test on Day 8.

Day 2 & 8 Tests:

Details of test providers can be found from the UK Government Travel Test provider service Amber list

Test to Release:

Need to be taken from day 5 - but note that you still need to do day 8 test regardless. Details of providers from the UK Government Travel Test provider service - Test To Release list

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A report on working abroad

Learn how to write a report on working abroad.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and tips and do the exercises.

Preparation

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The principal of a local college has asked you to write a report on the advantages and disadvantages of working abroad in the summer holidays. She would like to know if the college should recommend 'working holidays' to its students.

A report on students' experiences of working abroad

Introduction.

Currently, approximately 25 per cent of Hawthorne College students work abroad during the summer break. This report aims to show the benefits and drawbacks of working overseas in order to decide whether the college should recommend the experience to its students.

To prepare for this report, a sample of 100 students were interviewed, 23 of whom had worked abroad. This is a summary of their comments.

According to the students interviewed, working overseas during the summer holidays can bring several benefits. Most of all, students can improve their foreign language skills by working in a non-English speaking country. This may help them get a better job in the future. Additionally, learning about a different culture and way of life makes people more open-minded. A further advantage is that students may become more confident when they learn practical skills to help them live independently later in life, for example, finding accommodation and cooking for themselves.

However, a large number of interviewees mentioned drawbacks as well. Students who need to study over the summer will find it difficult to do so while working abroad. Most significant of all are finance issues: only a minority of students are able to afford travel expenses, accommodation and visas. In addition, students may have to take low-income jobs if they are not fluent in the local language, so they may struggle to cover their expenses.

Conclusion and recommendation

Working abroad may improve students' language skills and confidence. However, students often need to earn money during the holidays to support their studies and working abroad may not provide the opportunity to save. Also, the cost of travel means that only students who are able to afford it have the chance to do this. Therefore, the college should only recommend working abroad if there is financial support from the college for students that need it.

• Introduction (including the purpose of the report and how the data was collected)
• Findings (including benefits and drawbacks if appropriate)
• Conclusion and recommendations.
• Use headings for each section.
• Use formal vocabulary (e.g. Currently, ... /  in order to ... /  Therefore, ... ) to give the report a formal style.
• The ideas and conclusions should be objective. Use non-personal subjects (e.g. This report aims to … ) and passive structures (e.g. 100 students were interviewed ).
• You can also use may to show that something is not certain (e.g. This may help them get a better job in the future ).

Would you like to work abroad during your holidays?

Language level

I think the best way of learning an other language is to move to another country. For the students, there is a program called "Erasmus", which is, in my opinion, a good way to learn another language. It gives the student the opportunity not only to speak another language but also to learn about the way of life of the country, meet new people, discover new food and beverage. But sometimes, this program can be very expensive. Not only for the travel but also when we are there, for example: Norway or the Scandinavian countries are very expensive and it can be a drawback for people with a low budget. So, as mentioned in the text above, working or learning abroad can be interesting if the learner or worker gets some help from the school or office

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my answer to this question is by all means. I'm interested in experiencing new things especially if it makes me step out of my comfort zone. Such a kind of situation reveals our inner potential which we wouldn't know we had.

It definitely causes me to encounter a lot of new things like language, country, culture, customs, and so on. Even many ordinary things such as How to use vehicles, or where to buy the things I need.

In my opinion, moving to a new country or continent is like we were born again. we have to start learning a lot of things again. This process may be a bit annoying but it is worth it. It makes a new version of us.

I don't think it's a good idea, I currently don't find it interesting honestly. I would love to spend the holiday by keep studying and spend it with my family also I may not be able to cover the expenses. Therefore, I dont think it's a good idea for me.

I had the opportunity to live in another country where English is its main language. I wasn't able to speak any english before that, indeed I had been thinking I would never speak english. Well, currently I´m not fluent in english but at least I was able to have a job interview in english and got the job I wanted.

I think the government and universities, college should support to the students who want to work abroad as volunteers. They should give scholarships to students for working abroad and studying communications skills, language skills and other social skills.

Yes, I would love to work abroad during holidays, but there are some things for me to consider. First, I must plan my schedule well as I have to study on holidays as well; there must be some time allowed to study. Second, I have to buy the tickets and reserve the accommodation in advance to get a discount since I'm not in a good financial state. On top of all of that, working overseas on holiday is really beneficial. It gives me the opportunity to broaden my view, which is a skill that can be gained by reading books, but experiencing yourself -directly- is much better as most books are biased, naturally. Plus, I broaden my connections which brings me more readers -for my studies- and I think will provide more job opportunities in the future.

Hello, why isn't there an article, 'the' before 'students' in the sentence 'Therefore, the college should only recommend working abroad if there is financial support from the college for students that need it.' ? The writer mentions a specific group of students.

Hello orhantorun,

You could use an article here. If you say 'the students that need it' then you are clearly talking about a specific group of students in a specific case. If, on the other hand, you do not use an article then you are making a more general statement which applies not only to these students and this situation but to students in general now (this group) and in the future. In other words, if there is no article then you are discussing a general rule rather than a one-off situation.

The LearnEnglish Team

Thanks a lot Peter!

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