Project: Publish your Travel Advice, Review, or Comment (20 points)

--Due July 19th--

1. Choose 1 of the following,

-WikiTravel (edit a wiki & describe Japanese tourist sites - facts only, no opinions)

-AirlineEquality.com (review 1 flight/airline)

-TripAdvisor (review hotel, restaraunt, attraction, or location, or add a page)

-TripAdvisor Forum - Japan (give advice to people travelling to Japan on the forum)

2. Write 4+ sentences

-Write in paragraph form (but on Wikitravel, it is okay to add sentences to other paragraphs).

-Try to use the vocabulary we studied.

-Write formally (no hearts, etc.)

-Remember that non-Japanese will read it, so think about what foreigners want to do & what they know

(Japanese or Western things? / traditional or modern? / complicated or simple activities? / cute? / expensive?)

3. Edit the grammar and spelling!

-You should probably check it with Microsoft Word. I will check, too, if we have time.

4. Publish

On Wikitravel, press "edit" or "add listing"

On AirlineQuality, fill in the form

For the TripAdvisor Reviews, find the place you want to review & fill in the required fields

For the TripAdvisor Forum, find a comment you can reply to & click "Reply"

--For TripAdvisor, you need to register to the site.--

5. Copy & paste the review, advice, or description you wrote & the URL on your blog.

Travel plan assignment

Your travel plan project --Finish by July 12th, before class--
1. Your travel style & overview of your trip
2. A photo (creative commons photo ; add the photographer's name)
3. Your flight details
4. Your hotel
5. Sightseeing destinations
Other (optional): eating/drinking/getting around/staying safe

Describe each using vocabulary words we studied in class (from the surveys & games on the blog)

Checking travel tips & advice

Is there any special advice for visiting your destination?

Any travel warnings?

What should you try (eat/drink)?

What are good souvenirs?

What is the best way to get to the airport?

1. Check Travel Forums on TripAdvisor

2. Check Wikitravel

Add the details to your blog post about your trip. Use your own words or quotation marks!

Putting feeds to your blog, web site (Google home page), or Google Reader.

A feed (RSS) is information or data from a web site or blog that is often updated. You can subscribe to these feeds if you want updated information on your blog or web site. This can save you time, since you don't have to click links or type URLs; all the information is available on one site.

Examples:

...updated news from your favorite web site

...recent blog posts from your friends

...updated pictures from your friends

You can add feeds to your "My page" from your Ferris email:

Click on the "Start page" and the "add new stuff" on the right

You can add feeds to your blog:

From your blog, click "design", then "add a gadget", and then "feed"

日本語：　カスタマイズ、　ガジェットを追加、フィード

You can make a Google reader page:

Sightseeing Spot Activities

1. Describing destination vocab

2. Listening Activities - Destinations

Geobeats

Travel Channel

Choose a destination, and watch the video. Take notes each place. What is it? What can you do there? Why is it special?

3. (Reading) Traveler Comments on sightseeing spots.

-Go to TripAdvisor.com

-Go to the country you chose & one city you will visit

-Click "Things to do"

-Read some TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews & note down 3 reasons travellers liked or didn't like the place

4. Search for places to visit on your trip

Search the following web pages and choose at least 2 destinations in the country you will visit. Explain your choices on your blog.

-lonelyplanet.com (click on ' see ')

-fodors.com/ (click on ' sites & actvities ')
-wikitravel.org/en/ (click on ' see ' or ' do ')

-tripadvisor.com (click on ' things to do ')

5. Update your post about your vacation.

Write about 2 or 3 destinations you are going to visit and why.

Searching airlinequality.com about airlines

Have you ever ridden JAL or ANA? In the future, which would you rather ride JAL or ANA? Why?

-Search Skytrax (airlineequality.com) and compare JAL and ANA rankings (Open two pages: ctrl + N).

Which airline is ranked higher? What are some good points (5 stars) and weak points (1-3 stars) about JAL or ANA?

-Read people's comments about JAL or ANA. Choose two positive comments (8-10 score) and two negative comments (0-5 points).

Write down at least 2 reasons (key words or phrases) why the passengers either liked or didn't like the flight.

Movie review reminder

Movie review assignment

How to publish on IMDb

I will grade your movie review next week, so make sure you publish your review on your blog. Add the URL from IMDb to your post if you can (for a maximum A grade).

More flying activities

-Listen and practice flight announcements (for English students).

-More vocabulary & quizzes

-Interesting flight attendant (in flight announcement rap) . News program about him.

NEW >> Airline commercials: what is each advertising? Virgin Air Southwest Alaska

Order the flight process

* Buckle your seat belt & prepare for takeoff

* Get your boarding pass

* Duty free shopping! (or, just wait by your gate)

* Exit the airport

* Go through immigration and customs

* Enjoy the in-flight entertainment system & meals. Talk to other passengers.

* Go through security with your carry-on luggage

* Enter the airport

* Prepare for takeoff: put your seat upright & make sure your seat belt is fastened

* Present your passport & check in your luggage

* Board the aircraft when your flight is called

* After the plane has taxied to the gate, exit the aircraft

-Maybe watching this short film will help

Today's plan June 22nd

1. Add a picture to your travel plan

2. Flying: vocabulary activities

3. Flying: reading people's opinions about airlines

Adding a picture of your destination

Edit your blog about your trip, and add a photo of the place you will visit.

Note: though many people do it, it is not technically okay to put someone's photo on you blog without permission.

As mentioned before, it is okay to put movie poster (or cd and book covers) and company logos when discussing them in a fair way.

For other photos, one good way is to search "Creative Commons" photos on Flickr.com. These are photos people have taken, and they give permission for the public to use them.

Photos on Wikipedia have usually been copied legally.

Where is this chicken?

Whoever can first guess which country I took this picture in (click comment) will get an extra particiaption point.

Travel style survey copy - for studying only

Why do you travel? To escape reality / to kick back & relax To discover the world / for excitement

Where do you want to go? I want to go to the top tourist destinations I want to go off the beaten track

Who do you want to travel with? With a tour group Solo, or with a couple friends

How do you like to travel? A package deal where everything is planned out for I want to make my own detailed plans Spontaneously. I'll make few or no plans--just go!

Money, money, money. I prefer first-class all the way. I travel on a shoe-string budget. Meet real people

Safety or adventure? Safety first! Risk taking is adventurous!

Travel Project number 1 (example)

Here is an example of the Travel Project number 1:

http://julystargorforit.blogspot.com/2006_11_13_archive.html

Each class for the next few weeks, we will update the blog post.

Today, you first have to think about where you want to go!

TRAVEL UNIT

This unit has two projects (both 20 points):

-An ongoing activity where you plan your dream vacation and blog about it.

*You have 250,000 yen to plan a vacation. You choose the time & place.)

*Here is an example.

-At the end of the unit, you will post some travel information on WikiTravel or an other site. (More explanation later.)

First, answer the survey on Ferris Passport about your TRAVEL STYLE.

Write on your blog:

a. Where are you going to go for your trip? Why?

b. Describe your travel style, using 3 words from the survey

Search for your flight on Orbitz.com. (Make sure you understand all the vocab on the search page.) Edit your blog about your trip and copy the key details on your blog:

* When to depart and arrive?

* What is the airline?

* What is the airfare?

* Do you stop over in a city or dop you have a nonstop flight?

* What class (economy, business, first)?

Famous quote from Mark Twain

Travel is fatal to　prejudice,　bigotry, &　narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one corner of the earth all one's lifetime." -- Mark Twain

旅は、偏見、頑迷、狭い心に大きな刺激を与えるし、我々もこのために旅に出なければいけない。 地球の片隅でじっと一生過ごしていては、広く、健全で情けのある考え方は得られない。　－マークトエイン

Today's plan June 15th

1. Check out each other's movie reviews

2. Publish your review in IMDb.com

3. Start next unit on travel

How to publish your review on imdb.com

1. Go to imdb.com

2. Register to IMDb.com. Click on register, on the top-right hand corner and fill in your information.

After this, you have to check your email and confirm your account. (After this, you do NOT need to give your name, birth date, etc.)

3. Go back to IMDb and search for your movie.

4. Next to "User Reviews" for the movie (towards the bottom), click on "(Review this title) ".

5. Type the title (your main point), vote for how many stars you give the movie, and copy & paste your movie review.

6. If approved, IMDb will send an email in a few days telling you the URL of your review. Save this, and post the URL on your blog by next week (if possible).

If you have some trouble, don't worry or panic. Email me or come talk to me!!!

Congratulations! You contributed to a web site used by millions of native and fluent speakers of English!

Movie Listening Activities

1. ELLLO Movie Activities

2. Movie Reviews by film critics

Before watching/listening, it is helpful to read the plot and reviews of the movie first.

1) Search for a movie you like or want to see.

2) Notice if the critics like the movie ("Thumbs Up" or "Watch it") or not ("Skip it" or "Thumbs Down")

3) Listen (first the plot and then their opinion)

4) Try to note down reasons why the critics liked or didn't like the movie.

(If it is very difficult for you, just take notes on key words that you hear.)

OR

Movie Reviews by young guys (in animation style)

Same as above:

There scale for how good a movie is (Step 2 above):

Same old bullsh*t = terrible / nothing new

Rental = not that good, but worth renting at a video store

Matinee = okay, worth seeing at the theater during the day (which is cheap in the US)

Full price = good; see it at the theater

Better than.... = you must see it!!!

Today's plan June 8th

1. Blog time: Also try to finish your movie review response (see below)

2. Review movie review assignment (due next week)

3. Checking out movie web sites

4. If time: learn about subscribing to web feeds