1. Type of activity:
- Mandatory assessment: Group presentation (in
pairs).
- Optional assessment: Portfolio (individual).
2. Active methodology:
- Task-based learning.
- Real case analysis.
- Flipped classroom.
- Portfolio.
3. Teaching unit:
Tourism trends & global destinations
4. Learning objectives:
- To improve formal oral expression with visual
support.
- To develop strategies to describe trends using data
and graphs.
- To synthesize information.
- To structure a presentation.
- To improve formal written expression.
5. Activity description:
You will work in pairs to analyze a currently
booming tourist destination (emerging or rediscovered) and present the causes
of its growth orally. Choose a growing tourist destination (city, region, or
country). On your own and using any AI tools you wish, search for statistical
and qualitative information to analyze its recent evolution. Independently
prepare a 5-minute oral presentation with visual support to be delivered in
class, including:
1) Description of the destination,
2) Growth data represented visually,
3) Causes of its rise, and
4) Predictions.
Afterwards, you may write an individual
reflection for your portfolio, including a summary sheet and evaluation of the
activity, also explaining how you used AI (what was used, how, and why).
6. Tasks to complete:
- Information search and selection of significant
data.
- Development of a structured oral script.
- Design of visuals (graphs, images, maps).
- Public presentation.
- Final evaluation and reflection.
7. Use of AI:
- Research: ChatGPT for preliminary data and trend
ideas.
- Script generation: Structuring ideas in writing
and practicing oral text with tools like Grammarly or Copilot.
- Visual generation: Creating graphs and visuals
with Canva or Flourish.
- Reflection: Text review with Grammarly.
8. Learning resources:
- Official websites: UNWTO, Eurostat, Google
Trends, etc.
- Tools: Canva, Flourish, Google Slides
- AI: ChatGPT, Copilot, Grammarly
- Excerpts from the book English for
International Tourism. Upper Intermediate
9. Assessment tasks:
- Oral presentation (5 minutes per pair).
- Digital visual support (minimum 2 data graphs + 1
relevant map or image).
- Optionally, individual written portfolio evidence
(summary sheet with script or outline + reflection and evaluation of
150–200 words).
10. Assessment criteria:
- Oral presentation: Oral 1 (4% of final grade)
based on these criteria: language use, topic development, communication
resources, fluency, and pronunciation.
- Portfolio (optional): Written evidence (3% of
final grade) based on these criteria: task achievement, topic development,
argumentative ability, and critical thinking.
11. Remarks:
- Avoid reading the text directly from the script.
- Originality of the chosen destination will be
valued.
- Visual support must reference reliable sources.
