It is all about how travelling can best be used as Language learning content.

1. A CURSORY PRESENTATION
ON
USA EAST COAST CULTURAL TRIP
Sept 29- October10, 2019
POSSIBLE TEACHING LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING TASKS
By Jaya Narayan Bhusal
Faculty of English
GEMS School
October 18,2019

2. USA Cultural Trip-East Coast
New York Boston Buffalo Orlando
Overview
Trip Members and Organisers
Experiential Learning
Trip: General Objectives
Trip: Some Moments at Edutainment Sites
Trip: Specific Objectives- Focus on language learning
Receptive and Productive Language Skills
Summary and Conclusion
Gratitude & Good Wishes

3. USA Cultural Trip-East Coast
New York Boston Buffalo Orlando
Tour Package (First Flight) : 29th September– 10th October =12 Days
Student Participants= 39 (19 Boys + 20 Girls)
Teachers In Charge
1. Ms. Shelly Koirala
2. Mr. Jaya Narayan Bhusal
3. Mr. Sulaksha Purna Shrestha
4. Ms. Ganga Pradhan.
Concept/Organiser: GEMS School
Tour Operator: Young Edsplorer, New Delhi
Tour Guide: Ms. Nancy Sherpa

4. Experiential Learning
Experiencing—Reflecting—Concluding and Application (Experimentation)
By David Kolb
Tell me and I will forget.
Show me and I will remember.
Involve me and I will Understand.
-Chinese Proverb
Learning by Doing.
Four Major areas where Experiential Learning can be practised:
Role Plays
Simulation (Creating a realistic situation for interaction using props/real materials
not just models)
Debates (Controversial Topics/Pros and Cons Issues)
Presentation/Project

5. Trip: General Objectives
1. To Get Rid of the Classroom Learning Milieu for More Effective
Real Learning Thru-- International Exposure with regard to Physical,
Natural & Cultural Environment
2. To Develop Social Skills like-
a. Communication Skill
b. Collaboration Skill
c. Critical & Creative Thinking Skills ( Why and How)
d. Decision Making Skill
e. Leadership Skill
f. Time Management Skill
g. Empathy and Sympathy
h. Independent and Project Based Learning, etc.

6. Trip: General Objective
Contd…
3. To have a Thorough Recreation and Break in American Hi-Tech
Recreation Centres like Universal Studios and SeaWorld in
Orlando, Florida
4. To have some General Information about Harvard University and
How Robots are programmed (Basics) at MIT in Boston
5. To Have some idea about the One World Observatory (Freedom
Tower) in New York Built in the Memorial site of 9/11
6. To Observe and Understand How Kennedy Space Center in
Florida Works
7. To Observe and Enjoy the Exotic Beauty of Niagara Falls in
Buffalo

7. The Kennedy Space Center, Florida
October 1

8. Niagara Falls, Buffalo
October 4

9. The Statue of Liberty, Manhattan, NY
October 6

10. Broadway Theatre, New York
October 6

11. Trip Specific Objectives: Possible Application
Focus on Language Learning Tasks
Travelling and Language Learning are very close entities. Often
we limit opportunities for us when we lack social skills like
Communication Skill.
Following language learning activities can be practiced to develop both
the receptive and productive language skills.
Receptive Skills Productive Skills
1. Listening 1. Speaking
2. Reading 2. Writing

12. Receptive Skills
Listening
Playing podcasts from
BBC/CNN/websites/YouTube videos
Asking learners to share insights on
the sites visited
Telling the historical background of
the sites by teacher
PowerPoint Presentation by learners
Testing Listening Comprehension
including as many aspects of Benjamin
Bloom’s Taxonomy as feasible
‘KUAASE’
(Knowledge, Understanding , Application,
Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation)
Reading
Using reading materials like leaflet/
brochures/ maps collected at the sites
visited
Providing downloaded materials on the
historical background of these sites like—
Kennedy Space Centre, Florida
Niagara Falls, Buffalo-Ontario
Universal Studios-Orlando
Sea World Orlando
One world Observatory & UN House NY
Broadway Theatre
Harvard & MIT, Boston ,etc.
Testing and evaluating Reading
comprehension
(TA,TR,CC,LR,GRA/KUAASE)

13. Productive Skills
Productive Skills
Speaking
Experience sharing
Giving opinions on places and
people met with or visited
Expressing likes and dislikes
PowerPoint Presentation by
learners in group
If I were the Tour Guide, I…
Making a Critical Analysis of the
tour
Summarizing the tour Package
Followed by Tests and Assessments
Writing
Leaflets/ brochures/ about the sites
visited
Reports for Papers and Yearbooks
Diary and travelogues
Narrative and Descriptive essays on
places like—
Kennedy Space Centre, Florida
Niagara Falls, Buffalo-Ontario
Universal Studios-Orlando
Sea World Orlando
One world Observatory & UN House NY
Followed by Tests and Assessments

14. Summary and Conclusion
Experiential learning --widely accepted and tested learning
Travelling provides –ample learning resource and content
All language areas and skills can be fruitfully practised both during and after the period of
journey to important places.
A kind of real time and real life assessment and evaluation can be made for learners’ use of the
language and other social skills even more conveniently should the whole class have had the
same travel experiences.
The Cultural Trip was a wonderful opportunity for both the learners and the mentors to widen
the horizon of their perspective and world view.
Encouraging and promoting such experiential learning packages at regular intervals can certainly
embellish the already attained knowledge and skills of our learners.
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15. Thank you and best
wishes for your most
enriching journey to
Europe!