Treball de Síntesi 2nd ESO BSD

A trip to an English speaking country

DOSSIER

A TRIP TO AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRY

Introduction

You are going to take a trip to an English-speaking country. You are 3 classmates travelling together for 8 days (that means 7 nights for accommodation). You have a budget of 2000 Euros per person.  What would you like to see and do in this country? What part of the country would you prefer to see?

Before you can go, you will have to make some preparations and do some research so as to make the best use of your time and money and create a memorable trip.

You will need a detailed list to act as an itinerary including dates of travel, day tours, places of interest, shopping malls, great buys, cultural exhibits, etc. You must demonstrate your knowledge of this country. So here's what you have to do:

 ▪ Become an expert on this country

▪ Book flights to a specific destination

 ▪ Book accommodation for yourselves

 ▪ Make a list of places of interest for you to visit.

The teachers will provide you with a list of links where you may find all the information you will need to make your project.

Tasks

1. You will submit a project paper at the end of the Crèdit de Síntesi. The project paper has to be at least 20-25 pages long. Each student is required to contribute about 7 pages.  Individual contributions must be identified in the table of contents.

2. Oral presentation: you’ll have to expose your project and you can display this in a Power Point presentation.

 The process

1. The first thing you will need to do is familiarise yourselves with this country. 2. Choose an itinerary from a map of the country.3. The next step would be to book and document flight details.4. Choose suitable accommodation. Keep in mind you have a budget.5. Choose some tours and activities that you would be interested in.  6. Gather the information and pictures found on the internet and print them out. You have to

use your own words for the descriptions. So, do not copy every word from the internet!7. Prepare a power point that will help you with the exposition of your work. Don’t make more

than 15 slides and remember that you only have 10 minutes per group to expose your project.

Have fun and learn a lot!

TABLE OF CONTENTS1- WRITTEN PROJECT

A General Information about the countryA maximum extension of two sheets. Write what you think is important to know in order to travel to this country.

B Trip Daily Log

1. A map with the itinerary.2. Day One 3. Day Two4. Day Three5. Day Four6. Day Five7. Day Six8. Day Seven9. Day eight

C Bibliography

At the end of the project each group will write a list with all the books, magazines and webpages they have read and used to make their project. Moreover, you will have to hand in a self-evaluation sheet showing if you have done the task due for the day.

2- POWER POINT

a- General information about the countryb- Daily Log

Country Web links

South Africa http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://www1.southafrica.net/cultures/sv-se/satdefault.southafrica.net/http://www.sa-venues.com/tourist_attractions_south_africa.htmhttp://www.south-africa-tourism.com/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/africa/south-africa/overview.htmlhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=South+Africa

New Zealand http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://www.tourism.net.nz/http://www.nzescape.com/http://www.greatnewzealand.co.nz/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=New+Zealand

Australia http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://www.tourism.australia.com/http://www.australiatourism.com/EN_default.asphttp://www.bookitnow.com.au/http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Australia

Canada http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Canada

India http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=india

THE USA: East coast

www. usatourist .com/ http://www.discoveramerica.com/mx/http://www.historyplace.com/tourism/usa.htm

Tanzania http://www.opodo.co.uk/ (flight & accommodation)http://tanzaniatouristboard.com/http://www.safariweb.com/tanzania/tourism.htmhttp://www.planetware.com/tanzania-tourism-vacations-tza.htmhttp://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=tanzania

SCOTLAND http://www.visitscotland.com/http://www.scotlandtourism.com/http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/touristinfo.html

THE USA: West coast

www. usatourist .com/ http://www.discoveramerica.com/mx/http://www.historyplace.com/tourism/usa.htm

IRELAND http://www.discoverireland.com/gb/www. tourismireland .com/ http://www.irelandtourism.com/

Other interesting links:

http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.htmlhttp://www.geographyiq.com/countries/abc/a.htmhttp://dg.ian.com/index.jsp?cid=10429 http://travel.viamichelin.com/http://www.fodors.com/world/