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Discussion lesson ideas

These probably need a separate Wikigogy page each because these discussion instructions are too long to fit the discussion card format. Someone please put these each on separate pages.

Procedure

Students write down some notes for a few minutes, then discuss in small groups. After discussion, each group reports to the whole class.

Discussion questions

1 Have you ever had something stolen while traveling?

How did it happen?

What did you do?

Suppose you were traveling in another country or inside your country. What would you do? Would you report it to the authorities?

What are some of the precautions one should consider to keep from having something stolen while on vacation?

What is the safest type of travel and what type of travel is most likely to lead to having something stolen?

2 Have you traveled outside of your hometown to see a well known place? Where? Did you travel by yourself or with friends or family?

Have you ever traveled with a tour group or company?

Which is better, traveling on your own or with a tour group? Why? What are the disadvantages and advantages of each type of tour?

How would you arrange a tour group travel? What would be the most important information you would want to gather before making a decision which tour group to use?

3 With two or three others in the class discuss the following and then report to class. Can be done as a brain storming activity with teacher or a student recording on the blackboard. Individuals would explain where and how to get there.

        Where would you tell a foreign person they should visit in Fu Jian Province for:

Hiking or climbing

Beautiful scenery

River rafting

Historical sites

New Buildings

Swimming

Temples

Minorities

Giving directions with a Map

Giving Directions to someone riding a bike in a city

Look at a map (provided by teacher) and discuss with your group members all of the place and street names. Explain to each other how to get from one location to another. Create your own map of several blocks in a city with street names and store-services-entertainment names.

Teacher talk about turn left/right, cross to the corner diagonally from you, stand at the south-east corner to start, walk south 3 blocks then turn to the west, go to the first traffic light, and make directions as simple as possible for better memory. Summarize and practice giving directions by selected individuals to whole class.