🇬🇧 🎌 Culture · Fine for most work and travel (B1)
🗼 Guiding a tourist in Tokyo
🎯 Give recommendations, explain history and answer questions as a guide
🎮 Play this in classUse the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.
💬 Warm-up questions
- Where would you take a friend in Tokyo?
- What's an underrated place in Japan?
🔑 Key phrases
- If you have time, I'd highly recommend…時間があれば、ぜひ〜をおすすめします。
- It was built in…〜年に建てられました。
- Locals love this place because…地元の人がここを好きな理由は〜。
- Try to avoid rush hour.ラッシュアワーは避けてください。
- It's worth the wait.並ぶ価値があります。
- Let me take a photo for you.写真を撮りましょうか。
📚 Useful words
- landmark — 名所
- off the beaten path — 穴場
- crowded — 混雑した
- historic — 歴史的な
- neighborhood — 地区
- souvenir — お土産
⚡ Speaking challenges
- Describe a famous landmark like a guide.
- Recommend a hidden gem.
- Give 3 tips for riding Tokyo trains.
- Explain the history of a place you know.
🎭 Role-play
A one-day private tour. The tutor is a tourist with specific interests (e.g. food and history).
🧑🎓 Student's card
Plan the day live, explain 3 places and answer questions about history and tips.
🧑🏫 Your card (tutor)
Be a demanding tourist: 'Is it worth it?', 'How much?', 'Somewhere less touristy?'
🌀 Twist (halfway through): It starts raining heavily. Change the plan to indoor spots.
🗣️ Discussion questions
- Is overtourism a problem in Japan?
- What should tourists know before coming?
- Would you like to be a tour guide?
📌 Homework
Write a half-day tour plan of your area with a short explanation of each stop地元の半日ツアーを計画し、各スポットを説明する