At the Tourist Office

The EDIA bunch at EOI Luarca are still travelling around London and on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 December 2018, they stopped by Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

While there, they investigated about the History of both landmarks and learned more on when to visit, what to do inside as well as some interesting facts such as measures, nicknames or British traditions like the afternoon tea.

Besides, they started a temporary job, at the London Tourist Office, where in teams, they designed a couple of leaflets in order to renew the Tourist Office window and advertise Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to tourists.

They had to search for sample leaflets, find basic information regarding opening times, prices, facilities and guided tours, so as to be able to create attractive but authentic outcomes too.

Finally, as tourist officers, they had to explain to a special tourist (the teacher), why Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament were those spots one cannnot miss when in London.

It was up to them to hand out the roles to one another, to decide what they were going to explain to their customer, to design the leaflets so as to attract her attention and to double check that the info the leaflet contained was authentic. Collaborative classwork in progress for 120 minutes!

As support material, they used the chapter about Big Ben within the London OER by the EDIA Project, plus colour sheets, crayons, markers, a lot of imagination and a great active collaborative attitude!

Last but not least, they were practising a wide range of language activities while showing their artistic skills, too: reading, writing, mediation and speaking competencies were all over this learning challenge, which aims at A1-B1 ESL students to have a good time while travelling around some English speaking cities, from their hometown.

One of those days when one remembers that being a teacher is the best job in the world! 

Very proud of my EDIA bunch!

Thanks, guys!