Getting lost I)Vocabulary navigational abilities surroundings an innate sense of direction spatial memory visual landmarks to navigate to visualize the area to take a mental photograph to misjudge distances II)Questions Have you ever lost your way? ❖ Ideas ➢ never ever, lucky for me ➢ once or twice if I remember correctly ➢ quite a few times ➢ many times actually ➔ why this happened: ➢ I simply did not pay attention to what surrounded me ➢ I didn’t pay attention to visual landmarks on my way to a new area ➢ I didn’t look back to take a mental photograph to visualize the area from multiple orientations ➢ I misjudged the distance ➢ I didn’t have a good sense of the area I was in ➢ I don’t have good navigational abilities ❖ Answers Have you ever lost your way? ➢ Oh yeah, quite a few times actually Once it happened simply because I didn't pay attention to what surrounded me on my way to a new area, I mean all those visual landmarks which could help me find my way back easily And other times it mostly happened because I misjudged the distance But lucky for me, I always managed to find my way quite fast How can you find your way when you are lost? ❖ Ideas ➔ I can: ➢ study the map of the area I am in ➢ get help from people around, asking them to give me directions to the area I need to get to ➢ use Google Maps on my phone ❖ Answers How can you find your way when you are lost? ➢ Well, by studying the map of the area I am in or by using Google Maps on my phone if I’m in some desolate region But if I’m in a crowded place, I can try to get help from people around, asking them to give me directions to the area I need to get to 3 Can you read a map when you are lost? ❖ Ideas ➔ yes: ➢ I learnt to it when I studied at school ➢ my grandpa taught me to it when I was a young boy (girl) ➢ I learnt to it just a little while ago while travelling around my country ➔ no: ➢ I always use Google navigator when I lose my way ❖ Answers Can you read a map when you are lost? ➢ Oh, I can it quite well, lucky for me I learnt to read paper maps when I studied at school We often went hiking in summer time, so during the academic year our teachers taught us to understand distance and interpret data in order to make us able to find our way home independently if we get lost Have you ever helped someone who got lost? ❖ Ideas ➢ I can't recall it now ➢ just once in my life ➢ only a few times, and quite long ago ➢ I always help people who get lost, though I don't often meet them ❖ Answers Have you ever helped someone who got lost? ➢ Well, only a few times in my life, and quite long ago I used to live in a remote area with terrible road infrastructure, and sometimes, I had to help people who visited that area for the first time find their way as it was absolutely impossible to it without assistance from locals  ... if we get lost Have you ever helped someone who got lost? ❖ Ideas ➢ I can't recall it now ➢ just once in my life ➢ only a few times, and quite long ago ➢ I always help people who get lost, though... no: ➢ I always use Google navigator when I lose my way ❖ Answers Can you read a map when you are lost? ➢ Oh, I can it quite well, lucky for me I learnt to read paper maps when I studied at school...3 Can you read a map when you are lost? ❖ Ideas ➔ yes: ➢ I learnt to it when I studied at school ➢ my grandpa taught me to it when