Course Overview and Pre-Course Survey

Dear students,

Welcome to the online course about traveling in the UK-Planning your 4-day-trip to London during the summer study tour!

Before you enter Week 1, Please fill in the Pre-Course Online Survey through the following link. This will help the teacher to know your previous experience about using the online material, but do not panic if you have no experience in using the online technology. I will try to guide you in the way.

Pre-Course Survey


Course Overview:

There are two blocks in the course
1.
The first block (Week 1-4) will mainly focus on exploring your favorite tourist spots in London through using the Pinterest, article, videos, and online websites. In the end of the Block one, you will need to create a Flip book introducing your favorite tourist spots in London!

2.
The second block (Week 5-6) is built upon the assignment (Flip book) created in the block 1. The second block aims to carry out your plan by planning the possible routes, mainly the transportation part. You will need to vote for 4 best flip books and work as a group (4 group in total, each is responsible for one day of the trip) to plan the routes for your classmates. Googlemap and mobile apps (maps. me, TubeMap, CityMapper, UK Bus Checker) will be accessed. In the end of the Block two, each group will be required to produce a travel brochure combining the route and the introduction of the tourist spots. (Video version is also welcome!) Besides producing the travel brochure, each group is required to make a presentation through Skype. The presentation mainly focuses on the reasons why you decide to plan the route in this way. You will receive the peer and teacher's feedback after presentation.

Course aims

1. To be able to devise their 4-day-trip as a group.
2. To be able to use online material and develop 
    language skills.  
3. To be able to read the articles strategically and 
   learn how to introduce the tourist spots. 

Teaching tools

1. Blogger (For posing recorded videos, reading
   materials, and giving instructions)
2. Facebook group page (For the interaction and handing 
    in the assignments)
    Facebook Page
3. Pinterest (For exploring interest)
4. Issue (For creating Flip books)
5. Quizlet (For refreshing the vocabulary)
6. Apps (Maps me. TubeMap, CityMapper, UK Bus 
    Checker)
7. Skype (For making a presentation)

Assessment

There are informal, formative assessments throughout the whole course. Students are asked to comment on others’ opinion, post their assignment on FB group, use Quizlet as games to familiarize themselves with vocabulary. Also, there are summative assessment in these two blocks. In block one, students need to create a flipbook, while in block two, students have to work together to create a travel brochure and make a group presentation. In both phrases, students will receive peer comments as well as teacher's feedback every week.