5 BUSINESS OR PLEASURE?
The student will be able to:
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Identify basic information for situations such as
plane trips, timetables, advertisements, reservations, etc.
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Plan a possible trip
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Express and answer to applications and simple questions
in traveling situations.
On a round trip
o
Identify, recognize and meet the necessary
requirements to travel abroad according to the destination and guidelines of
the trip.
o
(e.g. documentation, articles of the trip, luggage,
etc.).
o
Fill out forms on line to make reservations of staying
and transportation.
o
Fill out forms, answer questions and listen to routine
information in the arrival station, airport, etc.
o
Recognize basic
information in the Schedule boards and listen to the information in the speakers
in different stations, airports, etc (e.g. arrival time and departure times,
flight number, etc.)
o
Find specific places in the map of the station,
airport, etc. (e.g. customs, luggage claim, restrooms, etc.)
a) Getting
your documents ready (passport, visa, medical care, & other)
Instructions:
go to each one of the links bellow and watch the videos if there is one
or :
1. - download the forms to obtain a passport, visa, medical care and car
insurance then,
2. - fill them out the best you can.
Listening activity
Listen to the video and write down on your piece of paper the
instructions that are given to fill out the application.
Reading and Writing activity
The following link is to obtain a Mexican passport, download the
application and fill it out with the best of your knowledge so you get the
experience of doing so, any questions that you might have, ask them to your
classmates or instructor for clarification.
Listening activity
Watch the video before doing the writing activity, take notes in a chart
to show what you can do and cannot do.
Writing activity
Imagine you are an American citizen and you are applying for a passport
fill this form out the best you can, there might be some areas that don´t apply
to you, don´t worry about it just fill out the ones that do.
Listening activity
Go to the link, click on the cc option in the right bottom side of your
video, this will show you the script of what you are listening.
Write down the advice that the speaker is giving you.
Writing activity
The link bellow is to obtain medical insurance, fill it out the best
you, if you don´t know what they are asking you in some spaces, leave them
blank for class discussion.
Listening activity
Listen to the video and write down in a piece of paper what are the
advantages for a family of this visa and what are the disadvantages for a
single person.
Reading and writing activity
Read the following instructions and gather all the necessary information
in a piece of paper as if you were going to fill out the application on line.
b) Online
bookings (hotel & transportation)
Listening Activity
Listen to the tips given to you about hotel booking, what do you think
applies to your hotel choice, write about it.
Writing Activity
Look at the website on the left hand side; check out the blanks to fill
out when you are trying to book a hotel room.
Copy it in your notebook and fill out the information required.
c) Packing
your luggage
Listening Activity
Watch the video and write down the tips, put a check mark next to each
tip that applies to you.
Reading and Writing Activity
Look at the luggage restrictions and make a list of your own luggage
that don´t include the restrictions
d) Travelling
information:
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Airports
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Timetables
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Signs, maps, anouncements
Listening Activity
Activate
the cc for the video which is on the right bottom corner, so you can read the announcements.
Answer the following questions
What is the
name of the plane?
What speed
is it traveling on?
What is the
altitude of the plane?
Writing
Activity
Look at the
images for airport signs, which ones are the same as in your country and which
ones are different? Make a list about them.
Writing
Activity
Look at the
airport images, make a list of the most likely airports that you would travel
to. Identify the following areas in an airport of your choice: arrivals,
departures, luggage claim, boarding area, waiting room, facilities, ticket
counter, elevator, escalator, cart, information desk, luggage check-in area, and
landing strip.
Writing
Activity
Look at the
subway map of New York. Identify where are the connections with other trains,
look at the name of the stations, get familiarized with north, south, east, and
west. Make a route to get from JFK international airport to Van Cortlandt Park.
How many
stations do you go through?
How many
trains do you have to take?
Look at the
airport timetables
Choose one
of the charts, find a city, the time of the flight, the departure gate, the
flight number, if it is cancelled or not, if it is on time or not, find the
arrival gate and time and any other information that you can find.
2.
At the destination
a) Dealing
with airport situations
Reading Activity
Read the following information in the website and
write about your personal experience.
Does the article help?
Did you already know the information?
What can you do if you lose your luggage?
Have you ever lost your luggage?
Did you get traveler´s insurance?
Dealing with accommodation
o
Ask for help to claim the loss of luggage and follow
information
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Ask for basic information about places and
transportation in the city.
o
Read, find places and understand maps of the city of
your destination
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Act out the registration of checking in and out of a
hotel.
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Act out petitions and or simple complaints of lodging.
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Act out a dialogue about a specific situation of a
trip of pleasure and/or business.
6 TIME TO EAT
El participante es
capaz de:
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Describir alimentos y expresar sus hábitos
alimenticios.
·
Hacer, aceptar y rechazar invitaciones a comer.
·
Ordenar alimentos en un restaurante
·
expresar brevemente y de forma simple su opinión sobre
los alimentos y establecimientos de alimentos
1)
Food and diet
Likes and
dislikes about food
Clasificar los alimentos en categorías (e.g. carnes,
vegetales, cereales, etc.)
Relacionar los alimentos con sus características
básicas (e.g. lemon-bitter, banana-soft, etc.).
Utilizar las características de los alimentos para
expresar de forma básica qué le gusta y que no.
a)
Tastes
and textures
Listening
Activity
Turn on the cc
option on the right bottom corner of the video to see the script.
Listen to the
video carefully and then write down if you have done any of this suggestions to
start liking fruits and vegetables.
Reading
Activity
Read the
article and make a list of foods that you won´t eat because of the taste and
another one of the foods that you won´t eat because of the texture.
Writing
Activity
Look at the
website go to the different recipes and describe your favorite taste and
texture for your food.
b)
Healthy
and unhealthy food
Listening Activity
Activate the
cc so you can read the conversation as well.
Listen to the
conversation and write your opinion on not eating animal products.
Reading
Activity
Go to the link
below and click on each food, it will show you a recipe for it. In your
notebook copy the list and put a check mark next to the ones that you already
eat and explain which ones you are willing to start eating and which ones you
will not eat either because of an allergy or taste.
Writing
Activity
Look at the
vegeterian recepies. Are you a vegetarian? Do you think eating vegetarian food
is healthier? What do you consider unhealthy?
2)
Let's eat
o
Hacer
planes simples para comer fuera eligiendo opciones apropiadas
o
Expresar
su interés y hacer, aceptar o rechazar sugerencias sobre opciones para comer
fuera.
a) Making
plans for eating out
Listening
Activity
Watch the
video and write your own conversation to invite someone for dinner.
Reading
Activity
Read all the
classifications of the common sentences for eating. Translate the words that
you don´t know using your dictionary.
Writing
Activity
Go to the link
below and answer the questions, also write them down in your notebook to show
your work.
b) Ordering food: to take-out or to eat in
Listening
Activity
Activate the
CC close captions on the right bottom corner of the video so you can read the
words.
Compare what
they order with what you usually eat for breakfast is it the same or different.
Write about it.
Reading
Activity
Read
the questions and answer the questions that apply to you.
Writing
Activity
Read
the menu on the food to go
Create
your own list of things to order.
An eating-out experience
o
Localizar
información específica relacionada con establecimientos de alimentos y los
servicios que ofrecen, como tipo de establecimiento (comida rápida, cafetería,
bar, etc.), buffet, servicio de fiestas, comida para llevar, dietas especiales,
etc.
o
Identificar
las secciones de un menú (entradas, sopas, ensaladas, plato fuerte, postre,
bebidas, etc.)
o
Ordenar
alimentos del menú en un restaurante.
o
Expresar
su opinión sobre los alimentos consumidos en un restaurante (e.g. The soup is
cold).
o
Describir
y explicar su experiencia positiva o negativa en un restaurante o
establecimiento de alimentos.
a) Types of
catering places
Listening
Activity
Activate the
cc on the bottom right corner of the video so you can see the script.
Listen to the
video and make a list of all the possibilities of jobs for the chefs.
Reading
Activity
Read about
slow food in the website, write your opinion about it. Include if you had
already heard about it or not.
Wrtiting
Activity
Look at the
following sites, in your opinion, what is better a buffet, a drive-thru, or a
food delivery establishment?
b) The menu
Listening
Activiy
Activate the
cc in the bottom right corner so you can see the script.
Listen to the
recipe and write down the ingredients and directions.
Answer the
questions:
Have you ever
eaten something similar to this?
Do you like
it?
How long does
it take to cook?
Reading Activity
Read the page
for a typical American restaurant; find similarities and differences with our
typical food. Write a one page document where you describe the differences and
similarities.
Writing
Activity
Look at the
different menus, and then create your own menu for a whole day, breakfast,
lunch, dinner and supper; including appetizers, dessert and drinks.
