Learning and Teaching Activity – A Study Tour to New Zealand
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To develop an ever-improving capability to
use English
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Vocabulary
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Language Skills
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Generic Skills |
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Documents for a study tour: confirmation slip, self-addressed envelope, cheque, passport, etc. Personal information: allergic, Buddhism, religious reasons, independent, etc. Travelling: departure, arrival, Hong Kong International Airport, etc. |
Reading Locate Information and Ideas? scan a text to locate specific information by using strategies such as looking at headings and repeated words ? skim a text to obtain a general impression and the main ideas ? identify details that support a main idea
Reading (Key Stage 3) Understand, Interpret and Analyze Different Written Texts? make use of knowledge of the world to make sense of the written text ? acquire, extract and organize information relevant to specific tasks identify implied meanings through inferencing
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Activity |
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Duration (mins.) |
For students'self-access |
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Part 1 |
This task consists of 5 parts. The following texts are included in the Data File: (in Word Format) 1. A letter of acceptance with a confirmation slip attached to it 2. An extract from an application form 3. Two pages extracted from a passport 4. Pre-tour briefing notes
Task Description: You are Crystal, a Secondary 3 student who has been accepted to join a study tour to New Zealand in July 2005. You are going to do 5 tasks to prepare for the tour based on the information in the Data File.(in Word Format - student version, teacher version).
Part 1: Complete the confirmation slip attached to the letter of acceptance issued by AF Exchange Tour.
Part 2: Complete the cheque which you will send to AF Exchange Tour as deposit .
Part 3: Complete the self-addressed envelope for future correspondence.
Part 4: Check your passport and decide whether you should renew it.
Part 5: Read the pre-tour briefing notes and decide what you should bring for the tour.
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The Data File and the tasks are available for printing.
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