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From http://leesensei.edublogs.org

Japanese teacher and blogger Colleen Lee-Hayes writes:

“What do you think of when you think of your Target Language country/countries? While you may have spent some time there – and traveled to various spots – your students may have not. As a Japanese teacher it seems that Tokyo is the number 1 ‘want to go to’ place for my students. However, as I spent my first 2 years in Japan in smaller more out of the way places, I want my students to learn that there’s more to Japan than the big urban areas. And so the Year4 travel fair – a summative activity at the end of a 2-week unit – was born. It allows students to utilize key words they will need if/when they visit Japan – and also allows them to research and introduce key areas to their classmates during an interactive oral.

“For me the fair takes a week – with time spent planning/preparing for the ‘fair’, running the fair and then using the information for a written ‘summative’ evaluation.”

Read how she implements the project at http://leesensei.edublogs.org/2014/06/09/the-travel-fair-an-interactive-oral-exploring-lesser-known-tl-places/#.U5qSO6ggXOU