Tourism
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Introduction
Learn how to speak about where you have been on holiday, at home and abroad, and describe what the experience was like. Be able to say how you got there and describe the journey itself Find out how French towns make the most of what they offer to the modern tourist..
Remember you can write new vocabulary and expressions into your Notes file, write versions of your own details or even record descriptions of your activities using Windows soundrecorder with a microphone. These can be added to as you progress through the school.
Where do you go on holiday and what do you do?
Holidays
are an important part of modern day life. We like to get away from
the daily traffic jams and din to somewhere more peaceful. Nowhere
is this more so than in a big city like Paris where most of the people
have their roots in the countryside. France is a big and varied enough
country for people not to need to leave it-most people stay on French
soil when they go away.
Read
Alain's account in Reference 1 of his yearly summer stay
at his grand-parents' farm in the Corr�ze in southern France. He
does this every year so is using the present tense of
nearly all the verbs. When he is talking about what he himself does
he uses the je part of the verb, je vais -I
go, je retrouve-I meet, j'aime- I like, je
rentre- I go home. When he is talking about what he and his
friends or family do he use on meaning we
as in on habite-we live, on met- we put, on
peut faire -we can do... When he refers to his parents,
friends or grand-parents je uses the
ils (they) part of the verb for which the last two letters
are always -nt (usually -ent), as in
ils viennent-they come, ils habitent-they live.
Interactive
reading exercise on talking about where you go on holiday and what you
do there-Reference 1
Exercice interactif de lecture sur les vacances
au pr�sent
Interctive
reading exercise on holidays in the present tense
What did you do on holiday?
It is important to be able to compare notes with other people about what you have been doing. Holidays are always a good topic of conversation as there will have been new experiences, some good and some bad.
Read
Reference 1 which concerns the visit to Britain by a
group of young people from the Parisian suburbs. Not everyone is
used to the delights of nature as this account shows! The account
is in the past perfect tense which is used to relate
what happened next. The verbs relating to movements begin with
Je suis, On est or and the other verbs in J'ai,
On a and ils ont Pick out examples of each and write
in your Notes under Past Perfect. Remember you have to be able to
use this tense to gain Level 5 and above.
View
the videoclip where a young town dweller tells of his trip to the south
of France and what he did on holiday. Reference 2
Interactive
reading exercise, level 4-6 on a visit to Britain by a group of young
Parisians -Reference 1
Exercice interactif sur des vacances en G.B. au
pass� compos�
Exercise on holidays spent in GB in perfect tense.
Viewing
listening exercise on the summer holidays in the past perfect tense -Reference
2
Exercice
d'�coute sur des vacances pass�es en Corr�ze
Listening exercise on holidays spent in Corr�ze.
Speaking about a journey?
The first thing you are asked when you arrive at a business in France or at the home of your host family is, which way did you come, by ferry or tunnel, by the motorway or the mainroad. You can then compare notes on where there were hold-ups. It's as good as the weather for making conversation!
In
Reference 1 read Patrick's account of his family's disastrous
start to their holidays in Italy. Nothing went right! Again
the account is mainly in the past perfect tense.
In
Reference 2 (choose the page of train travel), you are
asked to prepare a journey from your town to your twin town
or to Nice using the websites of the relevant rail companies. When you
have planned the journey and made notes report back to a friend, giving
times of when you are going to leave and arrive in the various towns.
On va prendre le ...... de ...... heures de ..... We are going
to take the ....o'clock from ...... On va arriver � ........
� ..... heures We are going to arrive at ....... at ...o'clock
On va partir de .... � .... heures We're going to leave ....
at ..o' clock On va traverser Londres/Paris en .....
We're going to cross London/Paris by .......
Interactive
reading comprehension levels 4-6 on a journey to Italy-Reference 1
Exercice interactif sur un voyage d�sastreux
Interactive exercise on a disastrous journey
Reading
research on a journey-Reference 2
Recherches
sur un voyage en France
Research
on a journey to France
At the tourist information office
France is the most visited country in the world by tourists with its wide range of attractions.Therefore there are many opportunities for people to work in the tourist industry. Nearly every little town has its own syndicat d'inititative which has the job of promoting the image of the area and keeping its eye on the quality of hotels and restaurants.
Read
this account on the benefits Laure is gaining as stagiaire in
a tourist information office. Notice that the account speaks about
her in the elle part (3rd person singular) of the present tense
(describing what she does regularly each day) Look carefully and
see what is the last letter of most of the verbs used after Laure
or elle. What do you call this type of verb? Reference
1
Go
to Reference 2 and select Exploration G�ographique/France.
This will take you to a new page where you should click on Villes.
Towns are listed alphabetically. Select a town and find
the entry for Bureau de Tourisme or syndicat d'initiative
or other entry saying renseignements (information).
Find a) the cheapest room you could stay at in the town b) what there
is to do this week in the town and c) What attractions the town
has to offer. Report back in French. a) La chambre la
moins ch�re � . .......... co�te ...... francs. b) Cette
semaine on peut aller � un (concert) � une pi�ce (play) qui s'appelle
...... c) ............ on peut visiter le/la ..............(ch�teau,
cath�drale etc).
Interactive
reading comprehension exercise-levels 4-6-on work in a syndicat d'inititiave-Reference
1
Exercice interactif sur un stage de travail (pr�sent)
Interactive exercise on work experience in
present tense
Reading
research/note taking/oral work on tourist information sites-Reference
2
Recherches
sur ce qu'une ville a � offrir
Research
on what a town has to offer
By the end of this Module,
you should be able to:
Colour coding:- orange represents the content covered and purple the grammar
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say where
you normally go on holiday and where you are going this year.
Say where you went on the last occasion |
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use of
past perfect tense with �tre (je suis all�(e), on est all� preposition
en/ au to countries and � to a town |
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say
what activities you did on holiday and how you found them |
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use
of past perfect tense and imperfect (c'�tait) + adjective to describe
activity |
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be
able to describe main points of a journey |
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use
of past, present and future with "movement" verbs |
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be
able to understand/say what activities are on offer, with starting
times, cost etc |
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on
peut + infinitive, �a co�te ....... , �a commence/finit � .... heures |