Thursday, November 28, 2019

英語表現演習2 (金 2・3限): Tenerife airliner disaster・テネリフェ空港ジャンボ機衝突事故

Hello!



How are you? Today, let's look at the Tenerife airport disaster (テネリフェ空港ジャンボ機衝突事故) in 1977. Have you ever heard about it? If you haven't - then today you'll find out!

The map above shows where it happened - on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The Canary Islands are controlled by Spain


Below are two (2) maps of where the Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean



Activity/homework
Watch the video below. It is a re-creation of the accident

If you go to YouTube at this link, you can turn on Japanese subtitles (字幕if you need them. 

As you watch, make notes about each step of events that led to the accident

Watch the video as many times as you want or need. What do you see that happened? How do you think it could have been prevented? 

When you are finished, explain what happened to your classmates, based on what you watched plus your notes. 


Discussion circles
Here are the questions for the leaders for our discussion circles.

Leader questions
For the summarizer:
Are you ready to summarize the reading/CD talk? (Can you give us your summary of the reading/CD talk?) 

For the details master:
1. Where is Tenerife Island located?
2. Which two airlines’ planes were involved in the accident? 
3. Why were the planes at this smaller airport instead of the larger one?
4. Describe as best you can what happened in the accident. 
(Leaders: Think of 1-2 more details to ask the details master!) 

For the vocabulary master:
What is aviation
What does it mean to accelerate
What is fog

What are fatalities
(Leaders: Think of 1-2 more words to ask the vocabulary master!) 

See you next time!

Images: Top – screenshot taken from http://www.world-guides.com/europe/spain/canary-islands/lanzarote/lanzarote_maps.html/Maps of Canary Islands in Atlantic & near Morocco - screenshots taken from http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/canary-islands-continue-quest-for-geothermal-energy-utilisation http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/canary-islands-continue-quest-for-geothermal-energy-utilisation
Video uploaded from YouTube. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). I do not own the rights to this video. Uploaded for classroom purposes only.

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