Oral Presentations: Rubric

Have a look at the following rubric. It will help you to prepare your oral presentation as you will see the different items which will be taken into account when evaluating your presentation.

rubric_for_oral_presentation_blog.docx by dgmmm

Madrid: Tourist Attractions

From your point of view, which are the most important tourist attractions in Madrid?

Choose one, find out some information about it, write a short description and, when you are ready, click here to listen to the instructions, choose a picture which represents the attraction you have chosen and speak about it.

T:  click here.

Project: Tourist attractions 2014

Here you have the document with the guidelines you need to do the project, which is compulsory.
Good luck! =)

PROJECT

A TOURIST ATTRACTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE

Assignment: This project should be carried out at one of the top tourist attractions we can find in Madrid. You must interview a person and ask for permission to video-record the interview. If not, at least ask for permission to record the sound. I recommend you to do it in pairs but each student has to carry out an interview. Try to interact with the interviewee. Some interviews will be published on the blog www.agr8tourblog4u.blogspot.com for educational purposes.

Aim: To use English as a tool for communication and to get to know the people who visit our country (nationalities, reasons for travelling, accommodation chosen, opinion about tourist attractions…)

Assessment criteria: It will be graded from 1 to 10 and will be part of the mark of the oral skills.

Deadline: By Friday 7th February 2014. You will have to send me or hand in the files (with an extension I can see and listen to) and the transcription of the dialogues. The files have to be named as follows: 

• yourname_surname_tourist_attractions_age_13_14 (Students of Travel Agencies and Events Management). 
• yourname_surname_tourist_attractions_gatd_13_14 (Students of Tourist Accommodation Management).

This assignment won't be corrected if it doesn't follow these rules.

You can begin like this:

Good morning/afternoon/evening. I’m a student of Tourist Accommodation Management / Travel Agencies and Events Management / Tourism at Hotel Escuela High School, Madrid. We are doing a project about tourist attractions in Madrid. Would you mind answering a few questions? If you don’t mind, we would like to record the interview as a class practice. Thanks a lot.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS:

1. Where are you from?
2. How long are you staying in Madrid?
3. What is the purpose of your visit?
4. Where are you staying (type of accommodation)?
5. What monuments or places have you visited so far?
6. Which one did you like most? Why?
7. Could you give us a short description that summarises its main features?
8. Did it fulfil your expectations? If not, why not?
9. From you point of view, which are the top five visitor attractions in Madrid?

Student recommends one or two more places to visit (one of them has to be a ‘natural attraction’).

         Thanks for your help. Enjoy your stay.

INTERVIEW AT BARAJAS AIRPORT 2013

This is a compulsory task for students of the formative cycle of Travel Agencies and Events Management and an optional task for students of the formative cycle of Tourist Accommodation Management.

Here you have the document with the guidelines you need to do the project.

Good luck and enjoy it!

PROJECT

A PASSENGER SURVEY AT BARAJAS AIRPORT

 

Assignment: This project should be carried out at Barajas airport. You (each student) must interview one person and ask for permission to video-record the interview. If not, at least ask permission to record the sound. I recommend you to do it in pairs but each student has to carry out an interview. Some interviews will be published on the blog http://www.agr8tourblog4u.blogspot.com/ for educational purposes.

Aim: To use English as a tool for communication and to get to know the people who visit our country (nationalities, reasons for travelling, accommodation, expectations…)

Assessment criteria: It will be graded from 1 to 10 and will be part of the mark of the oral skills.

Deadline: By Friday 15^th November. You will have to send me the files (with an extension I can see and listen to) and the transcription of the dialogues. We'll probably do it through the Moodle platform. The files have to be named as follows: yourname_surname_age_13_14. This assignment won't be corrected if it doesn't follow these rules.

You can begin like this:

Good morning/afternoon/evening. I’m a student of Travel Agencies and Events Management / Tourist Accommodation Management / Tourism at Hotel Escuela High School, Madrid. We are doing a project about why people travel. Would you mind answering a few questions? If you don’t mind, we would like to record the interview as a class practice. Thanks a lot.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS: CHECK-IN/DEPARTURE AREA

1. Where are you from?
2. Where are you travelling to? What’s the name of the airport?
3. How long have you been here?
4. Have you been in Spain before?
5. Where did you stay? (Accommodation)
6. What’s a hotel for you?

a) A bed for the night	¨	c) A bit of luxury once in a while	¨
b) The office when away from the office	¨	d) Home far from home	¨

7. What is/was the purpose of your visit?
8. How often do you travel abroad?
9. Which countries have you visited?
10. What did you like most about Spain?

         Thanks for your help. Have a nice trip.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: TIPS AND LINKERS

In this document you can see some tips and linkers which will help you when dealing with oral presentations.

World Tourism Day 2013 27th September 2013

Secretary-General Message for 2013  

With unsustainable consumption and climate change threatening global water resources, this year’s World Tourism Day highlights the responsibility of the tourism industry to safeguard and intelligently manage water.  In this International Year of Water Cooperation, I urge tourism establishments to cut consumption and improve waste management and I call on individuals to play their part by making environmentally conscious choices when they travel.  By making water saving a priority we can all help to build the future we want. 

 Ban Ki-moon

FACILITIES AT IES HOTEL ESCUELA

This is the video that five students of Travel Agencies and Events Management have created in order to show and explain the facilities the Hotel Escuela has. They've made a great effort and in the end they got it!

Thanks to Vanessa, Raquel, Elena, Anabel & José. You've made a lot of progress!

ROLE-PLAYS AT THE TRAVEL AGENCY

Here you can watch two videos in which students of Travel Agencies and Events Management act out a dialogue at the travel agency. Well done, students! Congratulations!

                                                

SUGGESTING DESTINATIONS

Think about tourist destinations for a couple in their honeymoon. Which ones would you recommend? What type of accommodation? What places would you tell them to visit? Why? When you think you are ready to speak, go to the following link, listen to the instructions given and practise in Voicethread. If you haven't registered yet, you can do it now.

PROJECT: TOURIST ATTRACTIONS INTERVIEW 2013 - AUDIOS AND VIDEOS

I hope you like watching and listening to some of your classmates carrying out their interviews about tourist attractions in Madrid.

2º Travel Agencies and Events Management
Laura M.:



Dámaris:





Lorena:


2nd Tourist Accommodation Management

Paloma:

 

Laura:

Booking a holiday

Here you have a dialogue created by two of your classmates. It is very useful in order to practise for the oral exam because you will be able to see how to book a holiday at a travel agency with all the different stages and how to inform the customer in a proper way. Thank you, Carlota & Adrián! :-)

Booking a Holiday Dialogue by dgmmm

Parque de Europa 2013

We were looking forward to going sightseeing and in the end we decided to visit quite a lot of cities in Europe.
We (Travel Agencies and Events Management) invited our classmates of 2nd year of Tourist Accommodation Management (Afternoon) and 1st year of Travel Agencies and Events Management.
We (both groups of second year) had to speak about the countries and monuments whose replicas can be found in Parque de Europa. We were twitting and taking some photos. Though we were a bit nervous, we enjoyed it a lot. Have a look!

JOB PROFILE: TRAVEL AGENT

Here you can read about the job profile of a travel agent. Hope you find it interesting. It tells you the duties you should carry out if you decide to become a travel agent in the future and some pieces of information.
After reading it, you can watch the following video.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: YOUR COUNTRY

I would like you to comment on the oral presentantions you have made. Go to the following link and start speaking. ;-)

PROJECT: TOURIST DESTINATIONS 2013

Here you have the document with the guidelines you need to do the project.
Good luck! =)

PROJECT

A TOURIST ATTRACTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE

Assignment: This project should be carried out at one of the top tourist attractions we can find in Madrid. You must interview two people and ask for permission to video-record the interview. If not, at least ask permission to record the sound. Do it in pairs. Some interviews will be published on the blog www.agr8tourblog4u.blogspot.com for educational purposes.

Aim: To use English as a tool for communication and to get to know the people who visit our country (nationalities, reasons for travelling, accommodation chosen, opinion about tourist attractions…)

Assessment criteria: It will be graded from 1 to 10 and will be part of the mark of the oral skills.

Deadline: By Friday 1st February 2013. You will have to send me or hand in the files (with an extension I can see and listen to) and the transcription of the dialogues. The files will be named as yoursurname_initialofyourname_tourist_attractions1 and your surname_initialofyoursurname_tourist_attractios2 (no capital letters); I won't correct any files that don't follow this.

You can begin like this:

Good morning/afternoon/evening. I’m a student of Tourist Accommodation Management / Travel Agencies and Events Management / Tourism at Hotel Escuela High School, Madrid. We are doing a project about tourist attractions in Madrid. Would you mind answering a few questions? If you don’t mind, we would like to record the interview as a class practice. Thanks a lot.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS:

1. Where are you from?
2. How long are you staying in Madrid?
3. What is the purpose of your visit?
4. Where are you staying (type of accommodation)?
5. What monuments or places have you visited so far?
6. Which one did you like most? Why?
7. Could you give us a short description that summarises its main features?
8. Did it fulfil your expectations? If not, why not?
9. From you point of view, which are the top five visitor attractions in Madrid?

Student recommends one or two more places to visit (one of them has to be a ‘natural attraction’).

         Thanks for your help. Enjoy your stay.

PODCASTS: ENGLISH SPEAKING TOURIST DESTINATIONS

These are some of the podcasts you have created. You can listen to them. Can you identify the people who are speaking?
If you want to, you can also download them and listen to them on your smart phone, iphone, tablet, MP4 and so on.
You can also add a comment below.
Congratulations! You've done a very good job! :-)

Tourist Accommodation Management:

San Francisco: Ir a descargar

New York: Ir a descargar

Sydney: Ir a descargar

Dublin: Ir a descargar
 
Travel Agencies and Events Management:
 
Liverpool: Ir a descargar

Dublin: Ir a descargar

London: Ir a descargar
 
Los Angeles: Ir a descargar

AT THE AIRPORT

Looking forward to watching some of your videos? Here are some of the videos and audios you recorded in order to carry out the survey at Barajas airport.
Good job! :-)

CHOOSING A HOTEL

Choose a hotel. Think about its facilities and services. Write a brief description and, when you think you are ready to speak, go to the following link and practise. ;-) You will have to register first!

JOB PROFILE: RECEPTIONIST

Here you can read about the job profile of a receptionist and the qualities and qualifications that are required in the UK.
Once you are familiarised with the main duties a hotel receptionist has to carry out you can watch the following video. It is very useful and interesting! ;)

INTERVIEW AT BAJARAS AIRPORT 2012

Here you have the document with the guidelines you need to do the project.

Good luck!

PROJECT

A PASSENGER SURVEY AT BARAJAS AIRPORT

 

Assignment: This project should be carried out at Barajas airport. You (each student) must interview two people and ask for permission to video-record the interview. If not, at least ask permission to record the sound. Do it in pairs. Some interviews will be published on the blog http://www.agr8tourblog4u.blogspot.com/ for educational purposes.

Aim: To use English as a tool for communication and to get to know the people who visit our country (nationalities, reasons for travelling, accommodation expectations…)

Assessment criteria: It will be graded from 1 to 10 and will be part of the mark of the oral skills.

Deadline: By Monday 12^th November. You will have to send me or hand in the files (with an extension I can see and listen to) and the transcription of the dialogues.

You can begin like this:

Good morning/afternoon/evening. I’m a student of Tourist Accommodation Management / Hotel Management / Travel Agencies and Events Management / Tourism at Hotel Escuela High School, Madrid. We are doing a project about why people travel. Would you mind answering a few questions? If you don’t mind, we would like to record the interview as a class practice. Thanks a lot.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS: CHECK-IN/DEPARTURE AREA

1. Where are you from?
2. Where are you travelling to? What’s the name of the airport?
3. How long have you been here?
4. Have you been in Spain before?
5. Where did you stay? (Accommodation)
6. What’s a hotel for you?

a) A bed for the night	¨	c) A bit of luxury once in a while	¨
b) The office when away from the office	¨	d) Home far from home	¨

7. What is/was the purpose of your visit?
8. How often do you travel abroad?
9. Which countries have you visited?
10. What did you like most about Spain?

         Thanks for your help. Have a nice trip.