Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Lecon 2 - 13 FEVRIER 2007

Vocabulaire de la deuxième leçon


Pénible
Désagréable
La taille
Même
Je suis d’accord
Je (ne) suis pas d’accord
J’ai le même problème
La longueur
Le pantalon
Le gilet
Les épaules
Le haut est plus grand que le bas
Je voudrais réserver une chambre simple/double / avec un grand lit / avec des lits jumeaux pour 4 jours
Avec salle de bains / douche / baignoire
Une serviette
Un drap
La chambre est trop petite/ grande
La chambre ne correspond pas à nos besoins
Je suis désolé(e) mais ça ne va pas
Je voudrais une chambre avec vue sur la mer / la campagne / la montagne
Je voudrais une chambre côté rue / cour
C’est trop bruyant – c’est possible de changer de chambre ?
Est-ce qu’il y a une navette de l’aéroport / de la gare ?
C’est loin du centre-ville ? / C’est central ?
Il y a un arrêt de bus / une station de métro / une gare à côté de l’hôtel ?

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Elementary 2-3 - Programme

The focus for the course will be on talking ! The main objectives are to revise and reinforce what you learnt last term, and also consolidate some of the vocabulary you have been acquiring. Therefore, I have chosen a number of ‘themes’ which will be exploring over 1 to 2 weeks to ensure everything is well clear and absorbed!

I will prepare for each section a list of useful vocabulary and structures that you will need to look at beforehand, and which will constitute the bulk of your homework.
I am hoping that you will increase your confidence and fluency through alternating free flow and directed discussions, and more specific learning games as we have done in the past.

New year, new you !

- Discussions:
o Christmas presents – received/given
o Online shopping VS High street shopping
o Good resolutions – meant to be broken?
o Your hogmanay

- Brainstorming: Booking a hotel room
- Vocabulary list: Clothes and fashion

La mode

- Discussions:

o Is fashion important to you?
o Best & Worst dressed celebrities: what do you think?
o Shoes, lovely shoes
o Colours and mood
o Second-hand clothes?
o Kilt or trousers?

- Brainstorming: Buying shoes – Buying clothes
- Vocabulary list: Communications

Les communications modernes

- Discussions:

o Phone or text?
o Letters VS emails
o Are you a postcard sender?
o What do you think of interactive TV? Do you press the red button?

- Brainstorming: Buying stamps & other postage issues – Important phone numbers
- Vocabulary list: Food

L’alimentation

- Discussions:

o Food groups
o Your favourite dish – we want the recipe NOW – in French!
o Dinner heaven & hell
o Choccy
o Drinks
o Your favourite cocktail, and how to make it….

- Brainstorming: At the restaurant – table booking – choosing your wine – something’s missing – cutlery - complaining
- Vocabulary list: Transports

Les moyens de transport

- Discussions:
o Favourite VS actual means of transportation
o Plane taxes –faire or unfair?
o Edinburgh’s tramway?
o Scottish trains

- Brainstorming: getting by in the métro. Buying/Booking tickets. Renting a car.