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This overtourism ESL lesson plan provides activities, PDF worksheets, and digital materials designed for advanced C1 students. In this lesson, students will:
In the first section of this ESL lesson plan on overtourism, students use a mind map to explore some topics related to overtourism. For example, students explore different causes, consequences, and locations most heavily affected by overtourism. This leads into a part where students can explore and discuss questions about mass tourism. Then, students can talk about some elements that impact or contribute to mass tourism, including Instagram & social media, budget airlines, long-haul flights, cruise ships, and Airbnb accommodation. The last part focuses on some collocations students can make to talk about some of the impacts of overtourism.
There is an informative news report for students to watch as a part of this lesson. In the video, they talk about some of the places most heavily impacted by mass tourism, and what the consequences have been. They also explore the history of tourism and some of the main factors that drive mass tourism today. In the activities, students match sentences about global tourism today and its history with the correct endings. They also listen for information and discuss the influence that Instagram, budget airlines, long-haul flights, cruise ships, and Airbnb accommodation have had on tourism.
In the section that comes after the video, students get to discuss some questions. These questions are mostly based on student opinions on overtourism. For example, one of the questions is based on who is to blame for the consequences caused by mass tourism — individuals, policymakers, or someone else.
After that, there is an imaginary scenario in which residents in Barcelona, Spain are protesting overtourism. Students complete their statements using some verbs provided. Here, students get to practice and answer questions about the use of the present continuous in the passive voice.
For example, some of the statements include:
In the third part, students can explore some of the positive impacts of tourism using the same structure: the present continuous in the passive voice.
In this communicative activity, students get to choose from two options:
In the first option, students work with a classmate or their teacher. They choose a region or city that is being impacted by tourism. They take a role for a role play, and get some time to prepare. In the role play, students imagine that they are tourism policymakers in the same city/region they chose. They must debate and negotiate new tourism regulations for the city.
In the second option, there is a list of areas that are being impacted by mass tourism today. These places include Venice, Italy, Machu Picchu, Peru, and a few others. Students are encouraged to discuss and can even research these places and what kinds of impacts there have been. They discuss what measures are being taken to minimize these impacts.
Overtourism, Global Tourism, Impacts
Matching Activity, Contributing Factors, Short Answers
Collocations (Describing Tourism Impacts)
Present Continuous In Passive Voice
Tourism Regulation (Policy Debate), Quiz & Review, Lesson Reflection
Overtoutism, Global Tourism, Impacts