In groups of two (2) or three (3), you will make a Padlet, Keynote presentation, or iMovie.
You are an employee of a transportation consulting firm named:
Emirates Transportation Solutions
You have been hired by the government to fix a
transportation problem in the UAE.
Some options for
transportation problems:
CHOOSE ONE PROBLEM |
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Students do not commute quickly and safely enough from home
to school.
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Businessmen do not commute quickly and safely enough from
RAK to Dubai.
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Tourists do not travel quickly and safely enough to the
top of Jebel Jais.
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Drivers are using mobile phones while driving.
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Pedestrians cannot safely cross the road.
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Personal vehicles are not environmentally friendly.
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There are many car accidents.
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Parking lots are full.
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Petrol use is too high.
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Create your own traffic problem |
01) Describe the traffic Problem/Why
is it a problem?
What are three to four consequences/effects that are
caused by this problem?
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How does this problem
affect:
People’s schedules and productivity?
The safety of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians?
The Environment?
People’s health?
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Example:
Traffic congestion causes people
to feel stressed, which may make them dangerously angry.
It also makes people to be
late for work or school as well as packages to be late for delivery.
Additionally, traffic
congestion slows emergency services so fireman and ambulance drivers cannot
quickly reach the people they need help.
Finally, it wastes fuel, which
is bad for the environment.
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02) What is the cause of the problem?
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For example:
Traffic congestion happens
because too many cars are on too small of a road (or too small of a bridge,
tunnel, parking lot, etc.).
[Problem because reason]
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03a) Create three (3) solutions
to the problem.
(This task should
already be completed from your TitanPad)
Also, remember your essay about the city with the traffic problems.
Is it more efficient? Is it safer? Is it more convenient? Is it more environmentally friendly? Is it scientifically or financially feasible?
Your solutions can be a
mix of:
inventions or different modes of transport.
rules or policies.
city engineering projects.
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03b) What are one or two good things that may happen
because of the solution?
What are one or two bad things that may happen because of
the solution?
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03c) What are two advantages and to disadvantages to each
solution?
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(Fill out the
chart to answer
questions 3a, 3b, & 3c)
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3a)
Solutions
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3b) Positive consequences
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3b) negative consequences
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3c) advantages
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3c) disadvantages
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04) Which solutions are
more or less safe, more or less Exciting/Attractive, more or less expensive, more
or less environmentally friendly, more or less efficient, more or less
convenient, more or less futuristic, more or less traditional.
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Rank your Solutions: 1= most
3= least
(write number twice if
same)
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Solution 1
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Solution 2
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Solution 3
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safe
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expensive
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Futuristic
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traditional
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efficient
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convenient
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Environmentally friendly
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Exciting/Attractive
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EXAMPLE 4) Rank your
Solutions: more, less, most, least, or
same
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Bike lane
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Speed camera
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high-speed rail
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safe
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3
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1
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2
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expensive
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3
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2
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1
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Futuristic
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3
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2
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1
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traditional
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1
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2
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1
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efficient
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1
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3
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2
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convenient
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1
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2
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1
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Environmentally friendly
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1
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1
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2
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Exciting/Attractive
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2
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3
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1
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05) Look at Your chart from task 4. Write three sentences
comparing your solutions. (Using the
comparative or superlative form: more, less, most, least, same, whereas).
Page 147 in listening & speaking book can help you with comparative and superlative.
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2.
3.
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5 EXAMPLE:
1) Bike lanes are more
efficient than speed cameras because people only slow down when they see the
camera. However, bike lanes are always
visible.
2. High speed rail is the most
futuristic and bike lanes are the least modern.
3) High-speed rail is the most
attractive because it is very fast, new, and exciting, whereas speed-cameras
make people angry because of paying fines.
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06) What is the best solution? Why? Okay
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EXAMPLE 6: Public
transportation is the best solution to fix traffic congestion because it is
the most certain to reduce the number of cars on the road. Although many
people do not like to ride the public bus or metro, it is necessary to make
public transportation more exciting and attractive because we simply do not
have enough room for cars.
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07) Go back to task 1. Ask three to four rhetorical
question based on your description of the problem. This will be your
introduction.
Go to Page 142 in listening and speaking book for more info on rhetorical questions.
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4)
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EXAMPLE 7:
Have you ever been afraid of
flying?
Are you stressed when there is
turbulence?
Do you feel scared when you
hear about a plane crash?
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Make a keynote presentation, padlet, or Movie:
FORMAT for presentation:
Slide 01: Group members and Company name
Slide 02: (The problem)
Slide 03: Task 7 (Rhetorical questions that describe effects
the problem)
Slide 04: Task 2 (The cause of the problem)
Slide 05: Task 3/
Solution 1 (Advantages and positives)
Slide 06: Task 3/
Solution 1 (Disadvantages and Negatives)
Slide 07: Task 3/
Solution 2 (Advantages and positives)
Slide 08: Task 3/
Solution 2 (Disadvantages and Negatives)
Slide 09: Task 3/
Solution 3 (Advantages and positives)
Slide 10: Task 3/
Solution 3 (Disadvantages and Negatives)
Slide 11: Task 5
Slide 12: Task 6
