Describing Places

Hi guys!

How is life?

This post is still about descriptions. Sometimes, we need to describe our hometown, our country, or places we have been to to others. That is why we are going to learn how to tell a brief, yet useful information about those places.

Let's start by studying these words to describe places.

http://englishconversations.org/lessons/english-conversation-course/describing-a-city/

http://englishfortourismzubiri.weebly.com/vocabulary-for-describing-places.html

The following video is also interesting. let's watch it together. (accessed on 19 February 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VWnQL7_W2E)

Are you ready to practice now?

Before practicing, let's study a number of descriptions of places in the link below.

http://englishconversations.org/lessons/english-conversation-course/describing-a-city/

Now, ready? I know you are. Let's try.

http://www.ielts-exam.net/ielts_speaking_samples/832/

Here is an outline to help you explain your favorite place.

1. What is it?

2. What do you think about it? (General description)

3. Where is it?

4. When was the last time you visited the place? or When do you plan to visit?

5. What can be found there (tourist attraction/food/special cultures and traditions/events)

6. Why is it your favorite place? (specific description)

7. Who do you want to visit the place with?

8. Closing (general conclusion, your expectation,

For example.

I really want to visit (1) Komodo Islands. It seems to be (2) a really cool place. Komodo Islands are a group of small islands (3) located in Indonesia. It is about 2,5 hours by airplane from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, to the interesting island. I have never been to this island, but (4) I plan to visit soon. May be I will have a chance to visit next year.

In this island, there are (5) a lot of breathtaking attractions. It is the only place in the world where you can see komodo gradons, the biggest living lizards. It has a large number of varied species of animals and plants. Also, the beaches are just extremely beautiful. There is even a pink sand beach in the island. The underwater view is too attractive to not see as well.

It has been a dream of mine to travel around the islands (6) as I can do a wide variety of acitivies in the islands.

I will bring (7) my best friends to enjoy the islands as their hobby is travelling, the same as mine.

To me. (8) this place is the islands of dreams and I will make sure to visit in near future.

We will practice more about places' descriptions in this week's class. If you have spare time, please prepare a short description about your hometown or favorite place. See you in class guys.