Week 2 : In-class Activity

[ March 14 ] Today's goals
1. Essay writing practice
2. Write a formal business letter
3. Recognize formal and informal expressions
4. Organize a letter into paragraphs


Warm-up
* Have you ever travelled aborad as part of a group?
   I went to Indonesia in this winter with my family.
* Group travel
   Advantages : save money / take pictures of each other / not lonely / not boring
                         get information / safer / don't have to plan
   Disadvantages : arguments / sacrifice your priorities / no personal times / no freedom
                              bad egg / too much planning / wait for people  / count everyone


1. Essay writing practice
  Q. The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide?
 
  The best way to travel I prefer is not in a groupd led by a tour guide but in a group themselves. Traveling with  a tour guide has few advantages while it has many disadvantages.

  Of course, taking a trip led by guide is easy to travel. Because the guide makes a plan durig a whole travel, so travelers don't have to do that. However, this can be the weakness. No wonder travelers don't know the schedule. They can be unconcerned with that. Also, traveling with the guide has formal visit. Then, travelers can't feel any culture or view of there.

  Meanwhile, traveling just in a group themselves has a lot of advantages.
  First, travelers can plan to travel by ourselves. This makes feel them excited. Also they can feel like a leader of one project.
  Second, travelers can get a memory which would not easily  be forgotten. Because travelers can register for a long time and they can take a lot of pictures each other. This can be the most strength of traveling with the group. Because this help people to avoid feeling lonely that can be exist in traveling alone.
  Finally, travelers can save the money without a guide rather than the other case, traveling with the guide. Because travelers have to give some tips to guide.

  To sum up, I think the best way to travel I prefer is in a group just by themselves.


2. Write a formal business letter
  This July I will travel to Venice and I am looking for suitable accommodations. I saw your advertisement on the newspaper. So I send an email to get an information of your apartment. We will register for four nights.

  I will ask some questions as following : Is there air conditioner? Is it possible to use Internet? How much is booking apartment? and Could you give me precise details about prices?

  It would be very helpful if you could inform me of any other things.
  I look forwarrd to hearing from you.
 

3. Recognize formal and informal expressions.
   Writing book p. 11

4. Organize a letter into paragraphs
    Writing Book p. 12