Post by むちゃRABU❤ on Jun 29, 2015 15:57:19 GMT 9
Hi all, I have to make a presentation and teach a group of volunteers basic English soon. Here are the defintions
volunteers: mostly retired old people but also housewives who volunteer at the tourism information center to help tourists find their way etc etc
basic english : easy to remember english that is related to tourism
I just want to do a quick survey - what phrases are most useful to KNOW and USE when dealing with tourists?
Note that this lesson is one off (it may be continued sometime in winter but that's not confirmed so i am dealing with it as a single lesson) so complicated english or long phrases are useless. Also most people are old so they have very terrible negative ideas regarding learning english.
for example, I thought it would be good to teach them to say "thank you" in different languages (english, mandarin, korean) but other than that, I'm drawing a blank. (even teaching stuff like directions needs more than one lesson!!!) what should I do for 2 hours?!
PLUS:
are there any taboos in your country? e.g. you should not greet someone in a certain way for fear of offending them
this lesson would also be part cultural "how to deal with foreign tourists"
I hope my explanation is a little clear.
Thank you!
volunteers: mostly retired old people but also housewives who volunteer at the tourism information center to help tourists find their way etc etc
basic english : easy to remember english that is related to tourism
I just want to do a quick survey - what phrases are most useful to KNOW and USE when dealing with tourists?
Note that this lesson is one off (it may be continued sometime in winter but that's not confirmed so i am dealing with it as a single lesson) so complicated english or long phrases are useless. Also most people are old so they have very terrible negative ideas regarding learning english.
for example, I thought it would be good to teach them to say "thank you" in different languages (english, mandarin, korean) but other than that, I'm drawing a blank. (even teaching stuff like directions needs more than one lesson!!!) what should I do for 2 hours?!
PLUS:
are there any taboos in your country? e.g. you should not greet someone in a certain way for fear of offending them
this lesson would also be part cultural "how to deal with foreign tourists"
I hope my explanation is a little clear.
Thank you!
