Voluntourism

Watch the video and answer the questions (check your answers in "comments").

1. What are many Americans planning to do on holiday?
2. What kind of activities do they mention?
3. Why can doing this benefit your wellbeing?
4. What is "Charity Watch"?
5. Why is it necessary?
6. What is a good idea?

Click here to read about some pros and cons of this kind of tourism.

Ecotourism

Click here to listen and read about ecotourism (choose the speed and accent you prefer). 

Click here to read an article about the advantages and disadvantages of this kind of tourism.

Tourism

Click here to do a listening activity about green tourism in London.

Click here to read a text about tourism in Egypt.

Here a podcast about A Day Trip with a Difference.

Holidays and Travelling Vocabulary

Click here to see the presentation we saw in class. There are more posts related to this topic in "Holidays" and "Travelling" in contents.

Brighton Tourism

Click here to do a listening activity about Brighton.

Holidays and Travelling- Listening

1. Listen to this man talking about living in a foreign country.
2. Listen to a teacher giving a lesson on the effects of tourism.
3. Listen to an interview about a trip to the Antarctica. Check your answers in "comments".

Holidays and Travelling- Speaking

Here you can find a speaking sample with questions and vocabulary related to Holidays.

Another sample here.

Holidays and Travelling- Vocabulary

Click on the presentation. You'll find useful vocabulary and questions to think about when talking about this topic.

Holidays and Travelling

Click here to listen to Vikki's monologue.

Click here to see the transcript for Vikki's monologue. 

(Many thanks for your help, Vikki!!)

April Fool's Day

"The professor has a policy against phones ringing in class. If a phone rings, you have to answer it on speakerphone mode.
It’s the equivalent of “You should share that note with everyone in the class.” And it’s a little strange for a college class.
But the students were ready for the first of April with a call that may make him reconsider the policy for good." 

Happy St Patrick's Day

Click here to listen to a text about the holiday. Don't look at the script, click on the activity to see some comprehension questions.

Read a text and watch a video here.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States.

Click here to visit a website created by Mª Jesús Pérez Bango (a teacher at EOI Albacete).

There's lot of information, videos, listening activities...