The second five days are in the classroom. Students will pretend they have just been hired by the Teacher Travel Agency as a travel agent. The ir goal is to inform future travelers about the country and to persuade them to visit the country as well. They will accomplish this by researching their country on the Internet, by selecting interesting facts about their country, by using these facts to create the perfect vacation package for their country, and by giving an oral presentation using professional, sales techniques. A detailed travel brochure also will be included as a visual aid.
Students select or are given a country.
It may be helpful to discuss with the students what information may be helpful to travelers, i.e., weather conditions in the country, passport regulations, inte resting tourist attractions, etc. Students are introduced to the web site . This web site is used by actual travel agents. With the time remaining, students are to browse this web site and tak e notes on information which they feel would be of interest to their clients. Students continue to research the web site and to take notes on their countries.