Unit 1 : Travelling to Britain Lexicon : travel, countries, means of transport, sight-seeing and tourism, time, prices, currency, timetables, itineraries Language: travelling, taking transport, buying a train/bus ticket Grammar: Prepositions: from, to, in, at, on, for, of, through expressing the future: will- imperative form Phonology: intonation pattern in English Culture: The United-Kingdom Lesson1: Images from the UK
1 ) Speaking activity Put the photos in the correct order and comment What? Who? Where? Why? When? 2 ) Vocabulary A map, an itinerary, a ferry-boat, a coach, the shuttle, a train, cars, London, Tower Bridge, a school party, a school trip, a journey to Great-Britain, The changing of Guards, Buckingham palace, the Scottish tattoo, musicians, a band, The clock Tower, Big Ben, the river Thames, a night city view, the Scottish Flag, the Highlands, Eileen Donan castle England, Scotland, Wales 3 ) Culture: The United-Kingdom (see map of the British Isles below) Countries: Great-Britain = England, Scotland and Wales The United- Kingdom = Great Britain + Northern Ireland or Ulster The British Isles = the United-Kingdom + The Irish republic Ireland or Eire = Irish republic = Southern Ireland Capital Cities: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff Ulster: Belfast Eire: Dublin
Lesson 2: Travelling to Britain A) Vocabulary: People means of transport places to visit accommodation Passenger by air visit a museum bed and Breakfast Traveller* train, ferry-boat historical monuments guesthouse Foreigner coach, car a castle, an exhibition self-catering accommodation Stranger a city, a country campsite, hotel Travel agent go shopping rental flat Holiday maker go abroad mobile-home Go to the sea-side, to the beach, caravan, bungalow to a mountain resort To the countryside Get your ticket on line: preparation Destinations in Britain, time, prices, booking a train ticket B)Reading activity 1: on internet, go to Eurostar.com. Book online a) Decide when you want to go to London and find out about times and prices b) What should you click on if you are travelling with a wheelchair user? c) Fill in the booking form C) Listening activity: Getting around on public transport Listen to the recording and complete the dialogues with the correct words (see activity sheet) Language: work on Wh-/H- questions and prepare questions you can ask when you buy a train / bus ticket Useful expressions to book a train ticket: Inward/outward journey Return/one-way ticket Ticket fares, reduced fare, group fares Schedule, departing time, arrival time Carriage, seat window seat, aisle seat Length of the journey Meal on board Direct train/stopovers, changing Platform number Passengers: adult, children under, youth, seniors
D) Speaking activity: Pair-work: dialogue preparation Situation: a tourist is in a train station in London and wants to go to Oxford. She asks information on the train, schedules, fares Imagine a dialogue scene at the railway station. Building questions Where is the platform number.? Can I have a ticket for Oxford, please? How much is it, please? What time is the train departure/arrival? E) Reading activity 2: Discovering Britain Text: Welcome To Britain Would you like to discover Britain? Then why not go to the United-Kingdom and cross Great-Britain from London to Edinburgh with Union Jack Tours? All travelling and accommodations in boarding schools included in our unbeatable prices. The trip lasts one week and starts right outside your school gates! DAY 1: Departure from your school by coach to Calais DAY2: Arrival in Calais for embarkation at 4.30 am The cross-channel ferry leaves at 5.30 am. As British time is one hour behind French time, you will arrive in Dover at 6.00 am and in London for breakfast at 9.00 am. Morning: visit to Madam TUSAUD s Wax Museum and the Planetarium. Afternoon: Boat trip on the Thames and visit of the Tower of London. Watch out for the famous Beefeaters! DAY3: Coach trip round London. Watch the changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace, and then go to Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Scotland Yard, 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister s residence, and finally Big ben and the Houses of Parliament. DAY 4: Leave London at 8.00 am for Edinburgh, stopping to visit the historical city of York. Arrival in Edinburgh at 7.00 pm DAY 5: Guided tour of Edinburgh Castle and HOLYROODHOUSE the Royal residence in Scotland. In the afternoon, you will find out how kilts and bagpipes are made at the Scottish Experience. DAY 6: No trip to Scotland would be complete without a visit to Loch Ness! You will visit the official Loch ness Museum at DRUMNACHDROCHIT and learn all about the famous monster,
affectionately known as Nessie. On the way back to Edinburgh, see how whisky is made at GLENTURRET Distillery. DAY 7: Leave Edinburgh at 8.00 am. Arrival in Folkestone at 8.45 pm to take the Shuttle through the Channel Tunnel at 10.00 pm. Arrival in Calais at 11.35 pm, don t forget to put your watches forward one hour! DAY 8: Arrival back at your school with lots to tell your friends and family All-in prices range from 170 to 300 Euros, depending on which part of France ylou live in. So, don t delay, send for our order today! 1 ) general understanding a) What sort of document is it? Reading tasks b) Where can you find this type of document? c) who is it destined to? Justify with elements from the text d) Read the whole text and make correspond each day with an illustration from visual doc 1 given before 2) the introduction: find essential elements a) What sort of trip is it? b) Who is it for? c) Find the name of the Travel Agency d) Where exactly does the trip take place? e) What about the price given? What do you think? f) Find the place where people sleep g) How long does the trip last? 3) Trace the itinerary of the travellers on a map 4) Pick out the different places visited and classify them in categories Countries and cities / monuments, museums and places of interest / natural touristic areas/local history and discoveries 5) find out the different means of transport used Tourism: Text lexicon guided- tour, travelling, accommodation, trip, departure, arrival, embarkation, leave, visit, find out, all-in prices
Transport: by coach, the ferry, boat trip, coach trip, take the Shuttle boarding schools, school gates, Wax museum, Abbey, Square, palace, Places: Castle, Distillery, Cultural and historical elements: The river Thames, Tower of London, the Beefeaters, the changing of the guard, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, 10 Downing Street, Scotland yard, Big ben, The Houses of Parliament, Historical city of York, Edinburgh castle, HOLYROOD Royal residence, Kilts and bagpipes, Loch Ness, the Channel Tunnel F) Grammar study: preposition, imperative form, will a) Prepositions Movement: TO From. to : On the way back to Round Through Position In, at, on,: for: space and time Behind Forward (advance) b) Imperative form Use of verbs without any subject Ex : watch out go on to leave see don t forget, don t delay (negative form): do not + verb c) Will + verb Future auxiliary: used for plans (ex. Travelling projects) Ex. You will visit, you will find out
G) Phonology: intonation pattern in English Intonation is very important in English. Intonation is the music or movement of your voice The voice can go up (a rise) The voice can go down (a fall) English uses intonation for communication: a different intonation gives a different message In English, we use intonation to express attitude (our feelings) Big voice movements express strong feelings Flat intonation expresses that you are not interested or that your attitude is negative Intonation: French has a flat intonation ----------------------------- English has a descending and ascending intonation: it goes up and down 80% English has a falling intonation 20 % English has a rising intonation Questions have a falling intonation ex: What time is it? (all WH-question: what, where, why, who, whose which, how ) Interrogations have a rising intonation Ex: do you like chocolate?
ACTIVITY SHEET Listening activity: Script: 1. A I don t know the underground. Could you give me a. Please? B Of course. Here you are. 2. A excuse me, do you know the time of the next train, please? B I m not sure. There s a.. over there, on the wall. 3. A Excuse me, how much is a to London? B Is that a.? A No, a.. please. I m coming back this evening. 4. A I want to buy a ticket but the / is closed. B You can get one at the../. over there. 5. A Which. does the train go from, please? B Number five, right at the end, over there. 6. A What s the.. to the town centre please? B 70 p. 7. A which.is Victoria in? B One, I think. It s in the centre, isn t it? 8. A Which. is Heathrow on? B The blue one, but I don t know the name of it. 9. A Are you going to Edinburgh? B I d like to but it takes 10 hours A That s a long 10. A Is this a.. train? B No, I m afraid it stops at all stations 11. A Is this a.. train? B No, sorry. Change at the next stop. 12. A I m not sure which platform to go to. B Let s listen to the 13. A We re going on an. To Cambridge tomorrow. B Oh, are you? What time does your coach leave? 14. A In a taxi. The fare is 4.50. How much shall I give him?* B If you give him 5.00 that s fine. Direct platform journey ticket machine timetable fare line ticket excursion fast announcements tip zone single return map ticket office