This document provides a lesson plan for an advanced conversation class at the University of Narino. The 3-hour class focuses on traveling to different places around the world. The objectives are to identify places to travel, use travel-related expressions, and create hypothetical travel situations. Activities include identifying places in pictures, sharing travel experiences, discussing culture and customs in different countries, and role-playing travel scenarios.

1. UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑO
ADVANCED CONVERSATION III
LESSON PLAN: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
ESTEFANIA AUX MENESES
A. DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS
LEVEL: UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
Students between the ages of 19-25.A mixed group of men and women. The class takes place
from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Mondays.
B. OBJECTIVES
1. To identify different places for travelling and knowing around the world
2. To use some expression in order to create situations while traveling.
3. To create hypothetical situations related with travel and trips.
C. CONTENTS
OBJECTIVE 1: To identify different places for travelling and knowing around the world
(20 minutes)
a) Context:Do you know those places?
Students will be contextualized through pictures of different countries around the
world.
b) Activity 1:Share experiences and information about travelling.
Have you traveled abroad?
How long have you stayed in that place?
How did you feel during that time?
What has been the strangest thing that you have faced there?
Activity 2: Choose a picture and talk about what you know of the chosen place. (At
least 3 minutes)
c) Aids: Slides, Pictures
OBJECTIVE 2: To use some expression in order to create situations while traveling.
Context: Moving abroad
Would you like to move abroad? Where?
What is the main reason for you to move abroad?

2. a) Activity 1:create some sentences about what you can feel if you move abroad using
the following expressions:
1. Be afraid of
2. Be interested in
3. Insist on
4. Be excited about
Activity 2: choose a piece of paper and say if the information you have is the same or
different in the USA and our country. Explain why.
1. Lunch is usually a fairly light meal that doesn’t last long
2. Many people eat dinner early in the evening, around 6:00 pm
3. People are usually punctual for appointments. In fact, most people arrive slightly
early.
4. Both men and women shake hands when introduced
5. It’s common to ask people you meet what kind of work they do
6. It’s not uncommon for couples to display affection in public
7. When invited to someone’s home, you’re not necessarily expected to bring a gift.
Even so, something small, such as flowers or dessert is always appreciated.
8. People generally talk quite a bit while they’re eating dinner.
Activity 3: Video “Nepal: The most amazing and beautiful place on earth”
1. Are you interested on visit Nepal? Why?
2. What is the most interesting thing you can see in the video?
3. What do you think about its culture? What is the strangest thing for you?
4. What will be the first thing you do if you were there?
b) Aids: Pieces of paper, video, board.
OBJECTIVE 3: To create hypothetical situations related with travel and trips.
a) Activity 1: What do you do if…?
1. You lose your baggage in the airport of a new country.
2. You get lost in a place that you don’t know
3. Somebody stoles your wallet with your documents and your money.
4. You don’t like to fly, but you don’t have any other option for arriving to the new
place.
5. You don’t speak the native language of the new country.
6. A strange starts talking and inviting you to go to a place that you don’t know.
a) Aids: pieces of paper, board