Tourists Flock to Japan This Autumn

That's News to Me

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this digital-only lesson featuring content from The Associated Press, students read about the return of tourists to Japan as COVID-19 travel restrictions lift after two years. This lesson includes photos, a video, and a speaking task.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
travel
Japan
COVID-19
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

foliage
droves
sorely
cliched
protocol
dwindle
vulnerable
inoculated
influx
ailing
sweltering
culinary
A spinning paper plane