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BournemouthQuest Classroom Activities
Language focus
VOCABULARY/FUNCTION: asking for and giving directions
SKILLS PRACTICE: speaking
Before the activity
Students watch Bournemouth Quest Vodcast at home or in the classroom. Each student will
need a copy of Worksheet 1. Prior to starting the activities, you may like to revise language for
asking for and giving directions ( go straight on, take the third right , etc.).
Procedure
1 Elicit from the class what they can remember from the vodcast. What did Tom and Alessandra
have to nd? Was it easy or difcult? What did they have to bring back from each place? Ask theclass if any of them have been to Bournemouth. Did they like it? What did they visit there?
2 Hold up a copy of Worksheet 1 and elicit some suggestions for the function of each marked
building (tourist information, bank, library, arts centre, souvenir shop, etc.). The students should
write the names of the buildings in the spaces at the bottom of the worksheet as the class
decides them. When you have nished, everyone in the class will have the same map.
3 Organise the class into pairs. In each pair, Student A species a start point and asks directions
to another point on the map. Student B then gives directions. The students then reverse roles.
Repeat the procedure as many times as you wish. You may nd it helpful to set up the activity
with a demonstration rst.
Homework extension activity
Using the internet, students research and preparea report about the city of Bournemouth. This couldinclude photos, interesting facts about the city itself and about its history. Bournemouth is a good choicefor a research task, partly because it is only 200 yearsold and so its history is of a manageable size, andpartly because the changes it has been throughsymbolise some of the social changes that haveoccurred in Britain over that time.
Alternatively, you may wish students to write a reportbased on the following:
A recent survey found that Bournemouth is thehappiest place in Britain, with 82% of peoplequestioned saying they were happy with their lives.Find out about Bournemouth, and suggest possiblereasons for this.
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Where are Tom’s father’s family from?
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