the airport project

4ESO - april 2010

ABEL GALVEZ BENITO
IES TORRE DEL PALAU

DEPARTURES
Preparation activities.
Vocabulary in context
The language of airports video
Dialogues at the airport
Preparing an interview with airport
passengers.
Create a GLOG at glogster.com to
put your final products.
 ON THE PLANE
A school trip to the airport
An opportunity to learn about
airport facilities and the language of
airports. Students will be able to
develop some projects depending on
their oral abilities or airport permissions.
OPTION A: Video record an
interview with airport passengers
OPTION B: Roleplay your own
passenger interview and video record
it at the aiport facilities.
OPTION C:Record with your video
camera/digital camera or mobile
phone 5 different audio messages in
English that you can hear at the
airport.
OPTION D: Make a photo
presentation with airport signs in English
that you can find at the airport.
 ARRIVALS
After the visit it's time to wrap up all
the tasks that you have started:
1. Edit your video recording
2. Edit your audio or photo project
3. Put everything in your GLOG,
including vocab from the 3 main
steps when travelling by air.
(Departures, on the plane, Arrivals)

ASSESSMENT:
1. Peer correction: watch/listen to
3 of your partners projects and give
them a 1-10 mark. Bear in mind the
following aspects:

PRONUNCIATION

CORRECTION

CLARITY

CREATIVITY

DESIGN
1. SELF-AVALUATION: What mark
do you give yourself to your final
product?
2. WRITTEN ASSESSMENT. Your
teacher will give you a short test
about airport vocab, airport
expressions and airport language.

Materials
 Travelling by air photocopy
 Travelling by plane photocopy.
 AirTravel (Streamline
Connections) Communicative
dialogues in the context of an
airport
 Play games with English reported
speech
 An interview at the airport
Worksheet.
 ONLINE AIRPORT QUIZZES.
 http://abelsenglishpage.blogspot.com/2010/03/try-these-airport-
vocabulary-quizzes.html

 Interesting Audio Clips

 LINGUASPECTRUM- AIRPORT
LANGUAGE
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCKFGYFxg7A

 AIRPORT ANNOUNCEMENTS

http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/airline-
announcements.htm


 Barcelona Airport Documents

Visits- airport visit- 12+13 april

 pele- oral project- video
interview to some tourists
 photo project- the language of
airports

 at the airport- flight info

 on the plane- safety tips
 film clips:
 Checking in- up in the air
 Security control-Meet the
parents
 Boarding and baggage
claim- home alone 2
 In flight-Up in the air
 Take-off and baggage
reclaim- Toy Story 2
  Terminal Building- The
Terminal.
 Pilots and Cabin Crew- Catch
me if you can
 The insides of a plane:
Flightplan
 Air controllers- Fuera de
control.
 Airport bingo
 Travelling game (Vocabulary
games)
 Writing task-Baggage claim
letter.