Practically Introducing About our Beautiful Culture

By Ms. Kumiko Obino and Carlos Silva

Let’s now enjoy our Homework presentations

It’s time to hear from each of your teams what types of narrations were you able to create using last weeks video.

Key Points of Today:

Recommending a spotBasics of guiding a tour in EnglishBasics of travel planning

Vocabulary

Recommendation= advice

Observing=seeing carefully

Sculpture=statue Folk

dance=traditional dance

Questions concerning something= questions about something

Anxiously=with excitement/can't wait!

Accommodations= hotel rooms

Recommending a Place to Go Formal:

– I believe you should + recommendation– Maybe you should + recommendation

Informal:– How about + Verb(ing) + recommendation + ?– you should try + Verb(ing) + recommendationExamples: I believe you should visit the old temple

s in Nara. How about going to the Hankyu Higashi Doori entertainment area in Umeda tomorrow?

Basics of guiding a tour in English Useful expressions:

– As you're be able to see, here is/are + name of the place/sculpture/art/festival

– And now as you can see by observing this + area/picture/painting/festival/location + name of the object

– Here is + the famous statue/castle/temple/shrine + which was built + the period name/year and age + in order to (purpose/reason)

A Few Examples Using the Tour-guiding Language Examples: Here is the famous Wakayama

Castle which was built in the 1400s in order to protect the leader of this region at that time.

As you're able to see, here is a painting of a few Japanese noble ladies washing their hair at a river.

And now as you can see by observing this festival, they are celebrating by dancing a Japanese folk dance that is based upon the act of rice planting.

Basics of Travel Planning in English Key questions are as follows:

– May I have your name please? – What kind of place would you like to go to? – What kind of activities do you enjoy doing? – When are you planning to come + to our hotel/to Japan/to our resort? – Would you like to make a reservation + name? – How many people are coming along with you, Mr./Ms. + name? – Do you have any questions concerning + our hotel/Japan/our resort? – Would you like us to book a + flight/restaurant reservation/seat at a

play or show for you in advance, Mr./Ms. + name? – We are anxiously expecting you, we hope you will enjoy our country

and accommodations, thank you for choosing + hotel/resort name.

Now as far as practice goes:

① Upon asking Ayano about her tastes, Mr. Kaiba has found out that she loves animals and the beach.

② Based on what she told him, he believes Ayano should go to Shirahama in order to enjoy a good time at the beach.

③ After going to Shirahama, Mr. Kaiba also took Ayano to the Adventure World, which was built just over 10 years ago, but has a large number of animals.

Now let us all try to become travel agents:

Ask your partners the questions on the handout being given to you right now. Fill in the hand out and memorize the answers.

And Now for the Drama:

Since you have discovered about each other's tastes, based on such tastes let's prepare a drama in which you have to create a travel plan to your partner in order to show him or her around based upon her or his tastes.