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Hospitality and Tourism

Guiding
by Keith Harding

Level: Elementary (to Pre-intermediate) 3 Vocabulary for describing buildings

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Target age: 16+ and monuments

Time needed: 90 minutes
• Move on to part B of Worksheet 1. Get students
Grammar / language objective: Describing to brainstorm two or three other world-famous
buildings and places: prepositions, passive buildings (you could prompt with photographs if you
(simple past). have them).
Materials: Worksheet 1: Famous monuments;
Worksheet 2: Coach commentary role-play. • In pairs, students decide which words in the list
can be substituted for the highlighted words in the
sentences in part A.
1 Warm up
• Check students understand the meaning of each
• Draw a simple outline of the Eiffel Tower on the word and can pronounce it correctly.
board. Ask the class what it is. Add more detail if
necessary. (Note: If you want to have a bit of fun, and • They will end up with five lexical sets of words
if you’re feeling brave, you can ‘mime’ it, by standing used when describing buildings. See if they can add
with legs apart and holding your arms together any other words/phrases to each of the sets.
straight in the air!)
• Ask if they know any architects and designers
• Ask the class what they know about the Eiffel
(and the buildings associated with them).
Tower and write any useful information/language on
the board that the students give you, especially if it is
on Worksheet 1 – e.g. Paris, tall, iron, lift, view. 4 Controlled practice of language

2 Describing a famous monument • Get students to practise the target language in

complete sentences by carrying out a conventional
• Give out Worksheet 1 and get the students to ‘substitution drill’. For example:
complete the gaps in part A in pairs.
You Class
• Focus not only on the use of prepositions but 1740 It was built in 1740.
also on: wood It’s made of wood.
- The use of the passive (simple past) in 2 and 3, north It’s situated in the north.
contrasting with the active (Someone built it in 1889. 50 metres / high It’s 50 metres high.
Gustave Eiffel designed it). Point out that the passive etc.
focuses more on the object of the verb and is therefore
important in tourism/guiding. • Students can then practise in a similar way in
pairs.
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- Other useful chunks, such as: it is situated, you

can see
- Pronunciation: sentence stress and weak forms 5 Adjectives for describing places,
(e.g. was) people, etc.
• Model and drill the sentences. (This is important
• Write on the board: old, new, nice, big, famous.
as guiding language is obviously spoken production.
There will be further drilling suggested in the rest of
• Get students to try to think of alternatives. If they
the lesson.)
can’t come up with many, write the words below on
the board and get them to decide
(a) which of the original five they can substitute for;
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Hospitality and Tourism
Guiding
by Keith Harding

(b) whether they are used to describe buildings, • Put the students in groups of three or four and
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places, people or something else (e.g. delicious = food, give out Worksheet 2.
lively = nightlife)
• Get students to look at the note prompts on
beautiful Worksheet 2 and prepare what they would say
ancient - at the start of their coach commentary (depending
wonderful on the level of the students, you may want to teach
magnificent some of the expressions to the whole class),
modern - about each of the famous places they are going to go
massive past on their imaginary fantasy tour of world-famous
historic attractions,
delicious - to point out any other sights.
interesting
lively Stage two: the tour
grand
famous • Set the classroom furniture to look like a coach –
i.e. rows of four seats with an aisle down the middle.
• You can add more if you want (e.g. elegant, iconic,
and tourism

superb, fascinating) – or reduce the number of words • Each group will deliver their commentary in turn.
in the list if you think your students will struggle.
• Passengers should make notes about the places
• Make sure you model the words and mark the they see (which will help them when they come to
main stress when writing them on the board. do their own tours). If you want you can give a more
specific task, such as:
6 Pronunciation Group A: Note down all the adjectives that the guides
use.
Group B: Note down all the dates and numbers that
• Get students (in pairs) to group the adjectives in the guides use.
terms of their stress patterns. (This will obviously be Group C: Note down any names that the guides use.
easier if you’ve marked the stress on the board.)
Stage three: feedback and evaluation
O o ancient, modern, lively, famous, massive
o O o delicious, historic • Spend some time discussing how the activity
O o o beautiful, wonderful went and giving feedback (including corrections, but
o O o o magnificent balanced with praise).
O o oo interesting

• When they have grouped them, get the students

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to read out the words with exaggerated stress.

Speakers of some languages may be reluctant and
find this unnatural, but explain that it will help to
bring more life to their pronunciation and make their
guiding language more exciting and realistic.

7 Coach commentary role-play

• The students are going to prepare and deliver an

imaginary fantasy coach tour which will pass some of
the world’s most famous sights.

Stage one: preparation

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 Worksheet 1: Famous monuments
Hospitality and Tourism
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Famous monuments
Hospitality and tourism

A. Use prepositions to complete the sentences about the Eiffel Tower.

by from in of over until

1. It is situated ___ the west ___ Paris.

2. It was built ___ 1889.
3. It was designed ___ Gustave Eiffel.
4. It is ___ 300 metres high.
5. It is made ___ iron.
6. You can see all ___ Paris ___ the top.
7. It was the tallest building ___ the world ___ 1931.

B. Which of the highlighted words in A can these words replace?

long stone 1949 north wide 60 metres the 16th century

glass wood 100 feet centre 2008 250 metres south

West 1889 300 metres high iron

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 Worksheet 2: Hospitality and Tourism
Hospitality and Tourism
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Coach commentary role-play

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Important language
At the start

• Welcome the passengers: e.g. “Hello everyone and welcome to today’s tour.”
• Introduce yourself and your driver
• Explain the tour and some of the ‘highlights’
• Make sure everyone is comfortable and safe

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During the tour

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• On your right / left you can …

• We are now going …
• Please take a picture if you …

________________________________________________________________________________________

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At the end

• Thank the passengers

• Wish them a pleasant evening

________________________________________________________________________________________

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Famous sights (fact-sheets)

worksheet 2

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 Worksheet 2: Hospitality and Tourism
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Coach commentary role-play

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Famous sights (fact-sheets)

5. ‘Big Ben’, London, UK

1. London Eye, London, UK
• Situated in centre of
• Situated on river Thames
London
in centre of London
• Clock tower of Houses
• Built 2000
of Parliament
• Steel and glass
• Built 1850s
• 135m high
• 106m high
• 32 capsules
• ‘Ben’ = name of bell
(25 people each)
• Clock is largest in UK
• Takes 30 minutes
• Views for 40 km

2. St Peter’s Basilica, 6.
Rome, Italy
and tourism

• Situated in Vatican City in

Rome
• Most important church in
Catholic religion
• Built 16th century
• Stone
• Dome is one of largest in
world (136m high)
• Inside: Michelangelo’s
Pieta, throne of St Peter

3. Golden Gate Bridge, 7.

San Francisco, USA
• Situated west coast USA
(California)
• Suspension bridge
(one mile long)
• Built 1930s
• Steel
• 129,000 km of cable
• Painted
‘international orange’
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4. Empire State Building, 8.

New York, USA
• Situated in Manhattan,
New York
• Built 1931
• Was tallest building
in world
• Steel, aluminium, glass
• 102 stories/floors
• King Kong film
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