Travellers and Tourists
Theme 3 Unit 1
Types of Tourism
Teacher’s Book
Listening Script 3.1.1
Overview
Lead-in
Coursebook, page 33, Activity 1
Direct students to the Overview page of the
Coursebook.Ask them to look at Activity 1 and
match the seven photographs with the different
types of holidays in the box.Ask if they can
name other types of tourism, for example,
educational tourism, eco-tourism and medical
tourism.
Answers:
a sailing holiday
b camping trip
c history tour
d cruise
e safari holiday
f sightseeing tour
g adventure holiday
Discuss the different types of holidays briefly.
Which holidays are dangerous, cheap, relaxing
or exciting? For example, an adventure holiday
could be dangerous.A camping trip is cheap, a
cruise is relaxing and a safari holiday is exciting.
But students may have their own ideas too.
Elicit what different types of holiday activities
are available in Oman/in students’ own regions.
Coursebook, page 33, Activity 2
Students read the short text and check the
meanings of the words and phrases, using
dictionaries if necessary.They can work
individually or in pairs.All the words will occur
somewhere within the theme. Tell students to
copy the words and their meanings into their
vocabulary or exercise books.
Note:The core words for each theme should
be given as a spelling test at the end of the
theme.The core words for Theme 3 appear in
the Glossary in the Review and Reference
section on page 48. Explain to students that
they should learn these words and that you will
be checking them at the end of the theme.
However for future spelling practice you can
also tell them to learn the words and phrases in
bold below.
stunning: extremely beautiful and attractive
thrilling: very exciting
tourism industry: the business of providing
holidays for people
unspoilt: not damaged or ruined
luxurious: very expensive and comfortable
secluded: very private and quiet
cosmopolitan: with people from many
different parts of the world
tour operator: company that arranges travel
for people
traditional: following ideas and methods that
have existed for a long time
exotic: unusual and interesting
Coursebook, pages 34 and 35
Workbook, pages 30 and 31
Coursebook, page 34, Activity 1
Direct students to page 34 of the Coursebook.
Briefly discuss the four types of tourism listed
under the picture. Students read the phrases in
the box to the right of the picture and with a
partner predict which phrases are connected to
which types of tourism. Check that students
understand the meanings of yacht and rafting .
They write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in their
exercise books and write the letters of the
words and phrases against each number.
Play Listening 3.1.1 so that students can listen
and check their answers.
1
We are experts in wildlife tourism. Our most
popular holiday destination is Africa, where
people can go on safari and see elephants and
leopards in their natural habitats. But we also
offer holidays in other places, for example,
whale watching in the Pacific Ocean. People love
seeing these huge creatures rise up out of the
water.
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3 d
4 b
5 c
6 g
(e) adventure tourism has no picture
Discuss the different types of holidays listed in
the following background information. Discuss
whether students are familiar with any of these
types of holidays.Ask them which holidays they
think they would like to go on and to give their
reasons.
2
Our company arranges holidays for people who
are interested in the history and culture of a
country, particularly the arts.There are two
types of holiday – the first is cultural tourism in
cities, where people can enjoy visiting museums
and theatres.The other type is cultural tourism
in country areas where visitors take part in
local traditions and festivals.
3
We specialise in holidays for people looking for
thrills and willing to pay money to be frightened!
We arrange extreme sports holidays in
countries with stunning scenery, such as New
Zealand. One example of an extreme sport is
bungee jumping. Bungee jumping may look
dangerous but actually it’s very safe.Another
popular sport you can do is white water
rafting up rivers.
4
People are always delighted by sailing holidays
and the freedom to move from one place to
another. Our company has a large variety of
yachts of all sizes. If you are an expert sailor, you
can sail your yacht yourself, but we also have
experienced crews who can sail it for you.We
specialise in luxury yacht hire, where you can
enjoy every comfort on a yacht of five star
standard.
Answers:
1 d, g
2 c, f
3 a, h
4 b, e
Coursebook, page 34, Activity 2
With a partner or in groups, students discuss
the types of holidays listed in the box, and the
kind of activities you can do on each type of
holiday.Then they match the types of holidays to
the pictures.There is one type of holiday which
has no picture.
Answers:
1 f
2 a
Background Information
Cooking Holidays
These holidays are for people who want to
learn to cook, or to improve their cooking
skills.They take place in attractive locations,
such as castles in France or villas in Italy.
Literary Tourism
This is where readers go on tours to places
either described in a particular book or
related to a famous author such as Dickens or
Shakespeare in the UK.
Ice Tourism
Tourists stay in hotels made of ice which are
built north of the Arctic Circle every year and
which melt every spring.They visit local people
such as the Eskimos/Inuit in Canada, and go on
trips to look for wildlife such as polar bears.
Space Tourism
This is for very rich people who pay to be
taken up into space with very little training.
Tours are offered by the Russian Space Agency
and include a seven day trip to the
International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz
Spacecraft.
Adventure Tourism
This covers different types of activities such as
desert and animal safaris, hiking and ballooning.
It is a more general term than extreme sports
tourism which covers sports with a degree of
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traditions
ways of
thinking
the economy
awareness of
other
cultures
Benefits of
foreign tourism
people can learn
from each other
gives people a
broader outlook
provides jobs; brings
in money; generates
money
helps to promote
greater
understanding
between people
from different
cultures
Disadvantages
of foreign
tourism
traditional values
of local people may
change
could lead to
inappropriate
changes in outlook
local people cannot
enjoy or afford
facilities; prices rise;
environment is
damaged; people are
forced to move to
tourist resorts to
find work
Coursebook, page 35, Activity 4
Students match the seven phrases to the right
advertisements. Before they do this, ask them
to identify the key word(s) in each phrase.The
key words will direct them to the answers
more quickly.
Answers:
1 b
2 c
3 d
4 c
5 b
6 a
7 e
Coursebook, page 35, Time to Talk
Direct students to the ‘Time to Talk’ box. Get
them to discuss the two questions in their
groups.Tell them to focus their discussion on
the areas in the box at the bottom.To help
them, here are some suggestions for ideas
about each area, though students may also
come up with their own.
As a writing task, ask students to create a
paragraph based on their discussion.
Coursebook, page 35, Activity 3
Before students do this activity, it is important
to direct their attention to the Top Tip under
the advertisements.
Students read the five advertisements and
decide which type of holiday is being advertised.
This can be done orally or students can write
their answers in their exercise books.They
should refer to the types of holidays and
tourism mentioned in the Overview section on
page 33 of their Coursebooks, as well as in
Activities 1 and 2 on page 34.
Encourage students to note down any new
vocabulary in their exercise books together
with the meanings, for example, masterpiece in
Advert C and ingredients in Advert E.
Answers:
a extreme sports tourism/adventure tourism
b ice tourism
c painting holidays
d adventure tourism/safari holidays
e cooking holidays
Top Tip, Coursebook, page 35
The Top Tip focuses on the importance of
identifying key words and phrases when doing a
matching activity.
risk – for example, white water rafting.
Painting Holidays
These holidays are for people who are
interested in learning to paint, or who already
have experience of painting.They take place in
attractive locations with a variety of scenery
where the light is good for painting.
Bird-watching Tourism
These tours are for bird-lovers, and involve
visiting countries which offer a variety of
interesting birdlife such as Oman.The tours
vary according to the seasons when
different birds might be found.
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unknown area in order to find out more about
it. For example, Marco Polo
visitor: someone who comes to visit a place
or person
tourist: someone who visits a place on
holiday or for pleasure
With regard to Question 2, it is true that
tourists are always travellers – i.e.
someone who makes a journey. However,
travellers are not always tourists.Travellers may
visit places not just for pleasure, but to explore
or to do business.
Workbook, page 30, Activity 2
This activity further focuses on some possible
differences between travellers and tourists.
Note: Tell students they should read all the
sentences before attempting to decide whether
each one best describes a traveller or a tourist.
They should write the letters of the sentences
in the boxes above the appropriate column.
Answers:
Paragraph 1 (Travellers)
a, f, g, h, j
Paragraph 2 (Tourists)
b, c, d, e, i
Workbook, page 31, Activity 3
Students read the postcard and decide if it was
written by a tourist or a traveller.They can do
this individually or in pairs.
Answer:
The writer of the postcard is a tourist because
she is not the type of person who wants to be
adventurous or independent. She is staying in a
hotel. She doesn’t like the local food – she
wants food to be similar to food back home.
Suggested structure of the paragraph:
Here are some guidelines for students to follow
when writing their paragraphs:
1.They should begin their paragraph with an
introductory sentence, for example:
Foreign tourism brings both benefits and
disadvantages to local populations.There
are several benefits and disadvantages to
local populations from foreign tourism.
2.They should then give two or three of the
most important benefits, for example:
The main (most important) benefit is . . .
One important advantage (benefit) is . . .
Another benefit (advantage) is . . . .
3.They should then give two or three of the
most important disadvantages, for example:
However, the main disadvantage is . . . .
One disadvantage is . . . .
Another disadvantage is . . . .
4. Finally, they should end their paragraphs with
a concluding sentence, for example:
The advantages of foreign tourism are
greater than the disadvantages, because
foreign tourism helps to promote
international understanding
Workbook, page 30, Activity 1
This focuses students’ attention on the different
reasons why people travel to other countries. In
groups, students discuss the four types of
people and try and identify the differences
between them.
Here are some ideas for answers to Question
1, although students’ definitions may vary.
traveller: someone on a journey
explorer: someone who travels through an
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Example of a model paragraph
I would like to go on an adventure
tourism holiday because it is different
from the typical kind of tourism. It
involves exploring natural places and
travelling to remote areas. It also involves
a variety of enjoyable and exciting
activities such as mountaineering, bungee
jumping, rafting and rock climbing. It can
be challenging but I enjoy taking risks. I
know this type of tourism is usually
costly because it needs some expensive
equipment, but I don’t mind paying for
the chance to have a thrilling adventure,
free from my normal daily routine.
Workbook, page 31, Activity 4
Students read the two paragraphs and answer
the questions as a quick comprehension check.
A suitable title for the text could be ‘The British
on Holiday.’
Answers:
1 By the beginning of the 1900s
2 a places to stay
b organised holidays that include travel and a
hotel
c place you are travelling to
d able to be paid for
3 Because air travel is becoming cheaper
Workbook, page 31, Activity 5
In this writing activity, students are asked to
write a paragraph. It is strongly recommended
that, if time allows, teachers get students to
write the first drafts of their paragraphs in class.
If possible, a first draft should be written in class
whenever students are asked to produce a piece
of written work during the Grade 11 course. In
this way, teachers can best guide and help
students.
Students review the different types of holidays
presented in Activities 2 and 3 on pages 34 and
35 of their Coursebooks, and choose one type
of holiday to write a paragraph about.
Note: If they prefer, students can choose to
write about a type of holiday not presented in
the Coursebook.
The following is a suggested procedure for
helping students to write their paragraphs.
Teachers may also come up with their own
ideas.
Step One
Give students time to think about and discuss
the reasons why they have chosen this
particular type of holiday.
Step Two
Elicit students’ ideas orally and encourage them
to express them in complete sentences.
Step Three
Build up a model paragraph as follows.You can
exploit this in different ways – either by preparing
it in advance on an OHT, or by writing some
or all of it on the board.
The first sentence of the paragraph states what
kind of holiday you prefer to go on and why.
Use a structure such as:
• I would like to go on a (type of holiday)
because . . .
• I prefer going on a (type of holiday)
because . . .
The rest of the paragraph gives more details
about this type of holiday. Some things you
could mention are:
• activities you can do /fun you can have
on this type of holiday
• things you can see
• skills you can learn
• places you can explore
• exciting challenges you can experience
• the cost
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Getting There
Teacher’s Book
Coursebook, pages 36 and 37
Workbook, pages 32 and 33
Lead-in
Discuss with students what they are
planning to do after class, that evening, that
weekend, next week, in the summer, next year.
The students note down their answers and tell
each other their plans, in pairs or small groups.
Discuss popular holiday destinations in Oman
for visitors from other Gulf countries. Discuss
the reasons why tourists might visit Salalah in
July and August, and the different ways to get
there.
Coursebook, page 36, Activity 1
Outline the situation.A group of people who
live in Dubai are planning to take a short holiday
break in Salalah.They are considering whether
to travel to Salalah by bus or by plane.They
have brochures from two travel companies with
information about the bus trip and the flight.
Students skim the jumbled paragraphs and
decide which paragraphs belong to which form
of transport.Tell them first to think of possible
key words associated with each form of
transport.They can then look for these
keywords in each paragraph.This will help them
skim more quickly.
Suggested keywords are bus, drive, flight, airport.
Get students to identify other words or phrases
in the text that give clues about whether a
journey is by bus or by plane, for example:
Bus: bus station, drive, border, border control
post, border formalities
Plane: Terminal 1, Speedy Flight, airport formalities
Answers:
Paragraphs relating to the bus:
b, c, e, g
Step Four
Ideally, give students time to write their draft
paragraphs in class. Circulate around the
classroom offering guidance and support.They
should write a second (final) draft at home,
attach it to their first draft and put everything
into their portfolios.
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Getting There
I'm hoping to arrive in Salalah at about 6.30
p.m. I'm staying at the Dhofar Heights Resort.
The number is – hang on a minute – it's here
– 228793444. Got that? I’ll repeat it.
228793444. I'll call you when I get there so
you know I’ve arrived safely.Thanks a lot. Bye!
Paragraphs relating to the plane:
a, d, f, h
Ask students to read the paragraphs for a
second time and put them in the correct order.
This requires a more detailed reading. Students
note down the letters of the correctly-ordered
paragraphs in their exercise books.
Answers:
Order of paragraphs describing the bus journey:
c, e, g, b
Order of paragraphs describing the plane
journey:
f, h, a, d
Coursebook, page 36, Activity 2
Students listen to a car driver leaving a message
on his friend’s answerphone about his plans to
drive from Dubai to Salalah. Before they listen,
get them to look at the pictures carefully, and
make sure they understand the task – i.e. to find
the picture of the thing the car driver is NOT
planning to do. Play Listening 3.2.1.
Listening Script 3.2.1
Answer:
The speaker doesn’t mention Picture 3 –– he is
not planning to make a stop in the desert.
Coursebook, page 37, Activity 3
Students listen to Listening 3.2.1 again and
decide if the statements are True, False or if
there is no information given.Ask them to write
down the letters a – i in their exercise books
and write T, F or NG beside each one.
Before playing the recording again, give students
time to read all the statements.
Answers:
a T
b NG. We don’t know what size of car he has.
c F. He is going to set out in the early morning.
d T
e F. He’s already got his visa for Oman.
f F. He is planning to visit a pottery shop in
Bahla.
g T
h F. The number is 228973444.
i NG. We don’t know if he has a friend in
Salalah or not.
Coursebook, page 37, Grammar Recall
Discuss students’ attention to the Grammar
Recall box.This focuses on three different ways
of expressing the future. Read through the
example sentences on the left and ask students
to match each sentence with the description of
its usage on the right. Refer students to the
Grammar Reference section on page 75 of their
Workbooks for further guidance.
Hey, Clive, it's me, Steve. I've got a few days
holiday so I've decided to head off to Salalah.
It’s too late to get a flight now so I'm going to
drive down. I thought I'd better let you know
where I'm going in case I get lost on the way!
I’m planning to set off from Dubai at about
5.30 tomorrow morning to avoid all the
traffic. I'm driving to Al Ain to cross the
border there. I've already got my visa for
Oman, so I won't have to wait at the border.
Then I’m going to drive through Ibri and
Nizwa. I’ll stop for coffee in Ibri then I'm
thinking about taking a short detour to Bahla
to visit a pottery shop there.After that I’ll
drive on to Nizwa and meet my friend Paul
for lunch in a café near the fort. After that
I’m going to drive all the way down to Salalah.
I’m only planning to stop for petrol or if I see
anything I want to take photographs of.
1 e
2 a
3 d
4 a
5 c
6 b
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Thank you for choosing the 3-day
Nizwa-Wahiba-Sur tour. Here is some
information about the tour programme.
We will leave Muscat at 8.30 on Thursday
morning and drive to Nizwa Souk. In the
Theme 3 Unit 2
Getting There
Answers:
Coursebook, page 37, Activity 4
Before focusing on the sentences in Activity 4,
students read the sentences in Activity 3 again
and find three different ways of expressing the
future.Then they look at sentences a – g in
Activity 4 and choose the most suitable forms
of the verbs.
Answers concerning sentences in
Activity 3:
Expressing the future using ‘will’
Sentences d, e, f and g
Expressing the future using ‘going to’
Sentence c
Expressing the future using the present continuous
Sentence i
Note about answers for sentences in Activity 4:
Although sometimes the alternative choice of
verb is not grammatically wrong, the best
answer is the one which sounds more natural.
For example, in sentence a, the phrase ‘we will
go to Dubai’ is not wrong, but it doesn’t sound
as natural as ‘we’re going to go.’
Answers concerning sentences in
Activity 4:
a ’re going to go
b will happen
c ’m visiting
d ’ll work
e going to have
f won’t replace
g ‘s meeting
Workbook, page 32, Activity 1
This activity provides further practice with
expressing the future.Ask students if they have
ever been on a tour, either in Oman or in a
foreign country. If yes, did they enjoy it? If no,
would they like to go on a tour?Why/why not?
Students look at the map and read the tour
programme then write answers to Questions a
– f on the writing lines beside the questions.
Answers:
a The tour will start in Muscat.
b They will see Nizwa Fort.
c They will stay at a hotel in Nizwa.
d They will arrive at theWahiba Sands on
Friday afternoon.
e They will visit Sur on the third day.
f They will return to Muscat on Saturday
afternoon.
If time allows, get students to make up other
questions to ask a partner about the tour.
Workbook, page 32, Activity 2
This activity can either be done in class or given
as homework. Students write a description of
the tour. In order to do this, they have to
combine the information about the tour
programme given in Activity 2 with the
information about the tour in the
Communication Activity on page 61 of the
Workbook.
Before writing, students should study the
pictures and information in theWorkbook
Communication Activity carefully.The pictures
show the places included on the tour.The verbs
under each picture give details about what the
tourists will do in each place.
A model answer is given below. Students’ tour
descriptions may vary. However, they should
include examples of the future with will when
describing the tour programme.They should
also say what people can see or do in each
place visited.
Tours of Oman
Listening Script 3.2.2
Presenter: Listen to these two people
preparing for a holiday.
Student A: We need to buy the plane
tickets.
Student B: I’m going into town on
Wednesday. I’ll get them then.
We need to change some
money.
Student A: I’m going to the bank on
Thursday. I’ll change it then.
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souk you can see and buy local pottery. In
the afternoon, we will visit Nizwa Fort,
which was built in 1660.You can go inside
the fort and learn about it.
On Friday morning we will see the Souk at
Sinaw.You can meet local craftsmen there
and buy old silver and jewellery.On Friday
afternoon, we will visit theWahiba Sands.
You can walk or ride a camel there.
On Saturday morning, we will go to Sur and
see a boatyard. On Friday afternoon we will
return to Muscat.We will stop and swim at
a beach on the coast road.
Workbook, page 33, Activity 3
Students think about their summer holidays and
fill in the information about their plans.They ask
a partner the same questions and fill in his/her
answers in the other column.Then they ask
other students in the class the same questions,
and note down the information in their exercise
books. Finally, they can report back orally to the
class about their findings.
Go round the class and write up students’
findings on the board.Where is the most
popular holiday destination for your class?
Workbook, page 33, Activity 4
Students write up the information about their
partner’s holiday, using the sentences about
Tariq’s summer holiday as an example.Tell them
to write a heading on the writing line, e.g.
Khalid’s summer holiday.
Note: If you prefer, depending on your
students’ level, you can ask them to write a
paragraph rather than sentences. It is also
possible to combine two pieces of information
in one sentence, for example: ‘She is going to
stay in a hotel for a week’ instead of ‘She is
going to stay in a hotel. She is going to stay for a
week.’
It is also possible to use the future tense
formed either with ‘going to’ or the present
continuous. But the future tense formed with
‘will’ is not so suitable for this activity. It is more
natural to express future plans and intentions
using ‘going to’ or the present continuous.
Coursebook, page 37, Activate Your
English
Discuss with students the kind of things that
people need to do before going on holiday.
Direct them to the ‘Activate Your English’ box
and play Listening 3.2.2 as an example dialogue.
Practise the sentences, paying attention to the
intonation.
In pairs, students draw up a list of things to do
before going on holiday.Then they practise
making sentences using future verbs to talk
about who is going to do the things on their list.
Workbook, page 33, Activity 5
The Grammar Practice activities on page 66 of
theWorkbook provide extra practice with the
grammar focused on in this unit.They should be
given as homework. Refer students to the
Grammar Reference section on Activities page
75 of theirWorkbooks for guidance.
Answers to Grammar Practice
Activities:
1 a I’m going to China next month.
b Khalid is going to Qatar for a conference.
Listening Script 3.3.1
A. ‘Where only the best is good enough’.
For a superb and completely relaxing
holiday experience, enjoy a stay at the
wonderful five star accommodation
offered by the Poshasus Hotel. Our
luxurious rooms all have a view of the
sea, and our restaurants and swimming pool
are first-class.

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