Is Tourism Killing Venice?

A ready-to-teach B1+ listening lesson on attitude and tone, built around a free 3-minute BBC News report on mass tourism in Venice.

The report is told mostly through short interviews, so students listen to how people feel rather than every word. They predict, match key words, then watch once to match five speakers to an attitude, and again for words, voice and tone with timings. They notice intensifiers and softeners (so, such, totally, super, kind of) in short quotes, race in teams to make sentences stronger or softer, and discuss tourism where they live. Background notes bring the 2018 figures up to date.

What's inside

• 12 colourful slides to project, with answer keys straight after each activity
• 4-page A4 exercise sheet: teacher's notes, answer key and a 2-page student worksheet
• Prediction, key words, two-step video tasks, notice-it grammar, team race and group discussion
• Links to the free video (no download needed); the worksheet works even without it
• Easier and Harder options, an online tip, an exit ticket and free homework links

Level: B1+ · Time: 60–75 minutes · Prep: play the video from the link and test the sound. Print, project and teach.

Facts are sourced, with full references.

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