Oxford Trip 2021

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 3

What do you know
about Oxford already?

Oxford is famous for its worldleading universities...

1. True
2. False

Oxford was largely spared during the bombings of World War II, making it the perfect city for lovers of old architecture...

1. true
2. false

A 'Pantomime' is a type of pie, famous in Oxford. It includes both fruits and flounder (Fish)...

1. true
2. false

False!

A pantomime is theatrical entertainment which involves music, jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, It's typical for an English Christmas.

Many buildings in Oxford were used for the filming of Harry Potter...

1. true
2. false

Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries have around 5 million items.

1. true
2. false

Bodleian Libraries have combined collections of 12 million items !

Discuss in pairs... (5 minutes)

 

What do you already know about tour guides?

What is their job?

Why are there tour guides in cities?

Which qualities does a tour guide need?

Do you think you would be a great tour guide? Why/not?

Now individually finish answering the questions for exercise 2 in the booklet.

Beginning of preparing the tours! (exercise 3 in the booklet)

1. Research 

2. Extend Research by making questions.  

3. Consult Teacher before moving on to step 4 

4. Split the group and answer the sub-questions. For next lesson, you only need to answer the sub-questions. You will answer your main question in the next lesson.

5. Write down ideas for how you want to guide the tour in Oxford.  

Before the next class:

- Answer the sub-questions. You will answer your main question in class.  

- Write down ideas for how you want to guide the tour in Oxford. You'll need these for the next time.