English 4

Unit 10: Ecotourism

Online session 1

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Unit 10: Ecotourism

Session 1 communicative objective

• By the end of this session, you will be able to discuss activities

supporting the principles of ecotourism.

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 Activities

 Look at the pictures of

different activities.
 Describe them for the class.
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3 4 5

3 minutes
Warm up (part 1)
whole class 3
 Activities

 What do these activities

have in common?
 Share your answers with the staying in an hiking in a
class. eco-lodge national park

planting cleaning up
trees a coastline

teaching
children

3 minutes
Warm up (part 2)
whole class 4
 Ecotourism
 Watch a video about What Ecotourism is at
Pre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4ioqIaXrE (2’23’’)
production 1
 Take notes and then share with the class.

5 minutes

whole class

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 Ecotourism Expressing your opinion
 With your partner, discuss what travel agencies, eco-hotels I think…
and communities can do to make Ecotourism successful. I feel that…
As far as I’m concerned…
 Use the Word bank to talk about these issues:
How to conserve resources Asking for your partner’s
How to protect plants and animals opinion
What to do to help the community Do you think that…?
What ecotourism activities to offer What do you think about…?
Are you sure that…?
How can eco-hotels
conserve resources? They can use renewable
energy sources, such as Agreeing
solar and wind power. Yes, that's right.
I think so, too.
That’s right! Also, I think that Exactly.
they can separate organic And what do you think about I (fully) agree with you.
trash for composting. transportation? They could Disagreeing
use electric or hybrid cars... I don't agree.
I don't think so.
10 minutes You can't say that.
Production 1 Oh no,. . . 6
pairwork
 Ecotourism

Feedback

4 minutes

whole class

 Report some of the ideas you exchanged with your partner.

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 Let’s go safari!
 Imagine you want to go on a
safari ecotour to Africa.
 Tell us:
 what you would like to do/see
there

 what you wouldn’t like to

do/see there

 which of the photos on the

right looks like a photo you’d
take there or an activity you’d
do there

1 minute
Pre production 2 whole class 8
 Let’s go safari! Expressing your opinion
I think…
 Work in pairs. Imagine you are planning to go on a safari I feel that…
ecotour to Africa. As far as I’m concerned…
Production 2  Discuss and agree on 5 activities/places/things you would
like to do/visit/see there. Asking for your partner’s
 Use the Word bank. Make comments and ask follow-up opinion
questions. Do you think that…?
What do you think about…?
Are you sure that…?

Agreeing
Yes, that's right.
I think so, too.
Exactly.
10 minutes
I (fully) agree with you.
Disagreeing
pairwork
I don't agree.
I don't think so.
You can't say that.
Oh no,. . .
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 Let’s go safari!
Feedback

We agree on…

4 minutes

whole class
 Tell us what you and your partner have agreed on.

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Summary
Now I can…
√ discuss activities supporting the principles
of ecotourism.

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Preparation for
next class

Reinforce Unit 10.

Do Grammar Practice component exercises.
Work on the Enrichment Practice component.

Study the Use of English file.

Check out the Practice Resources folder.

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Sources

 https://thenounproject.com/
 https://www.shutterstock.com/
 https://dictionary.cambridge.org
 https://journeystoperu.com/
 English Discoveries Student platform

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