Heritage Tourism


Heritage Tourism
Objectives:
  • to practice listening for specific information;
  • to activate vocabulary and objective-dependent propositions;
  • to develop students’ speaking skills through the methods of interactive activities;
  • to provide opportunities for improving  communicative skills in pair and group work;
  • to broaden students’ outlook.

Equipment: computer, worksheets, projector, presentation, tips for making up dialogues

Procedure
Greetings
Warm up
T: Look on the screen. What images come to your mind when you see words “Heritage tourism” Use the tips on the posters. (Students give their answers. Teacher sums up their answers)

Main part
How much do we know about Great Britain’s history? Lets watch a video to see how industrial past is being used for a newer industry: tourism.
  1. Matching
Match the vocabulary with the definition. Discuss within your groups. Then a representative of each group will show the results of his group work in on-line exercise.

1
To recreate
A
Important cultural activities, objects and buildings from the country’s past
2
A canal
B
An area of business activity
3
An industry
C
An artificial waterway
4
To dress up
D
To repair something and return it to its original condition
5
Heritage
E
To make a model of something from the past
6
To restore
F
To put on special clothes
Two students do the task and check on-line.
  1. Watching a video. (www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishteens)
  2. Multiple choice.
Circle the correct answers. Discuss in groups, and then do this task online.
1.In Victorian times, what was Britain famous for?
a) heritage tourism      b) producing goods    c) pop music
2.Before planes, trains and cars, how did people transport large amounts of goods?
            a) on horseback          b) on bicycles                         c) on canal barges
3.What was the train in the museum powered by?
            a) steam                      b) electricity                           c) diesel
4.Which of these reasons for visiting Britain was not mentioned by the people interviewed in the video?
            a) its history                b) its cafes and restaurants     c) its culture
5.What time in the history is recreated by the street in the museum?
            a) 50 years ago           b) 130 years ago                     c) 180 years ago
6.What do visitors to the museum like doing?
            a) dressing up in old costumes                      b) taking photos with museum guides  
c) shopping in the recreated street
Groups, listen to the speakers attentively and say whether you agree with the answers or not. Then we’ll check the answers online.
  1. Check your grammar
Fill in the gaps with adjective-dependent propositions from the box.
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  1. In Victorian times, Britain was famous ______ producing things.
  2. Nowadays, the canals are used ________ leisure and many of them have cafes, restaurants and art galleries.
  3. The National Railway museum is devoted _____British trains.
  4. The streets of York are crowded ______tourists.
  5. Britain’s culture and history are different ________anywhere else in the world,.
  6. The guides in the museum are dressed ______Victorian costumes.

  1. Disappearing dialogue.
Now look on the screen and read a dialogue. In a minute some words will disappear. You should read a dialogue one more time without a pause in roles, as if all the words are seen.
Victorian Street Museum
Step back in time
Natalie Kingston is a guide here and dressed up for her role.
Amandeep:Why do you think people like to visit this 1 old street?
Natalie:     I think people like to visit this 2 street because it 3 recreates     the past. It was the first ever recreated street in the 4world. It was built in 51938.
Amandeep:What 6reactions do you get to being dressed up?
Natalie:     The most common reaction to being dressed up is that people want to take 7photos of you and they like to have photos taken with you. People ask a lot of questions when you’re 8dressed up. Not just about the costume but also about the street and 9everything in it.
Amandeep: Being here, I really do feel like I’ve been 10 transported back in time.

      6. Make up your own dialogues (in pairs)
Which places of interest would you like to visit? Why?
 Imagine that one of you is a tour guide, the other is a tourist in Britain. Make up a similar dialogue, include the information you’ve heard in the video.

Summing up.
Today we talked about Britain’s heritage.  Are you interested in your country’s history and culture? What places of interest have you visited already? Now, pay attention to the heritage quotation on the screen. “A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. Comment it.
 (Students give their answers.)
I want you to take care of our Motherland as you care about your mother, respect other countries and life in peace.

Thank you for your work today.

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