2.5 Reading comprehension

• Vocabulary on tourism and travel
• Reading tourism texts and answering questions
• Tourist attractions in Kenya and German-speaking countries
• Comparing types of tourism in Kenya and German-speaking countries
• Reading texts on the effects of risky road behaviour
• Researching tourist attractions and presenting findings

• recognise vocabulary for comprehension
• analyse varied texts for comprehension
• appreciate the role of reading comprehension in everyday life

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1. Tourism vocabulary
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read and collect vocabulary on tourism and travel.
2. Reading travel texts and answering questions
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read a travel text and answer the W questions.
3. Tourist attractions in Kenya
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read about tourist attractions in Kenya and underline the key words.
4. Tourist attractions in Germany
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read about tourist attractions in Germany and underline the key words.
5. Comparing places in Kenya and Germany
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Compare tourist places in Kenya and Germany and present the differences.
6. Types of tourism
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read about different types of tourism and give examples.
7. Comparing tourism in Kenya and Germany
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Compare the types of tourism in the two countries from given texts.
8. Risky behaviour on the road
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read texts on the effects of risky road behaviour while travelling.
9. Reading travel blogs and reports
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read a travel blog, note its features and understand the writer opinion.
10. Researching and presenting attractions
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Research tourist attractions in Kenya and Germany and present findings.