PLACES   Objective:  To enable students to describe a tourist attraction  Skills:     Reading-Writing

Level:        Mixed  Content:    Traveling, tourist spots    Time:       50 minutes    Preparation:              Hardware:  one computer per group of students              Software:  a standard word-processor              Knowledge: teacher and students-- basic word-processing  Procedure:  Pre-Computer Work              1. Prepare some tourist brochures in English                 and hand them out to students.              2. Ask the students to skim for the following                 information:                   a. name of the place                   b. location                   c. tourist spots and other attractions such as museums, parks, sports facilities,  restaurants, etc.              3. Explain to the students that they are going to write one paragraph about a tourist attraction on the word-processor.          Computer-work:              1. Students in groups of three write up their texts on the word-processor.              2. When students have finished, they should edit  their texts to make sure there are no linguistic or factual errors.       Post-computer work:              1. Students  exchange  their  texts with the other groups.              2. Each group grades all the texts.  The group that receives                 the hightest point  is the winner.

Evaluation: 10 points

Example:

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       Instructions:  In groups of three, write one paragraph
                      about one of the tourist attractions
                      described in your brochures. You should
                      include the following topics in your
                      text:

                      a. name of the place
                      b. location
                      c. tourist spots and other attractions
                         such as museums, parks, sports
                         facilities, restaurants, etc.
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       Example:

                        CHIANG RAI
 

              Chiang Rai is located in the northern part of
       Thailand, close to the Burmese border.  It is one of the
       most interesting, remote and mysterious areas of Asia.
       Visitors can see small settlements set in jungle valleys
       where colorfully dressed hill people live in nearly
       inaccessible tribal villages.  They can also visit ancient
       Burmese-style temples and the well-known Golden Triangle.
 

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       Now write a paragraph on the computer about the
       tourist attraction described in the brochure.
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       Edit your text and don't forget to save your file.
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