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Renting a gîte: an online reading task

 


You remember that slightly quaint phrase "web quest"? It was sometimes used to describe online research tasks. Well this is such a task, quite appropriate for remote teaching too, provided your classes have access to a phone, tablet or computer. It's actually a resource from the Y9 page of frenchteacher.net, and an example of a proper real life "task" (in the Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) tradition). 

I am copying it below. It's self-explanatory, provided you are a reader of French, and would suit classes from around high-attaining Y9 through to Y11. It gives good practice in online dictionary use - encourage classes to use Word ref rather than an online translating service like Google - they'll learn more this way.

Feel free to copy this into Word and edit as you please.

On loue un gîte (Renting a gîte)

Allez au site www.gites-de-france.com

Sur la carte interactive sélectionnez une région. Puis, sélectionnez un département.

Il vous faut un gîte pour 6 personnes, avec 4 lits. Vous ne voulez pas payer plus de 500 € par semaine. Trouvez 3 gîtes qui correspondent à vos besoins. Cliquez sur les photos et notez, en anglais, les équipements de chaque gîte.

En ce faisant, complétez la liste de vocabulaire ci-dessous :

Consultez wordreference.com si nécessaire (ouvrez une deuxième fenêtre).

                                                                              

rez-de-chaussée   

chauffage                       
 

insert    

chambre attenante     

lit bébé       

maison mitoyenne  

lave-linge       

draps fournis            

cheminée                    

coin cuisine              

deuxième étage                   

animaux autorisés         

mobilier de jardin                  

congélateur                

maison rénovée                     

lave-vaisselle                 

tarifs                                     

micro-ondes                 

buanderie                               

terrain clos                          

salle d’eau                         

séjour                        

pelouse                                

 piscine chauffée            

 

Quand vous avez choisi voter gîte préféré et complété la liste de vocabulaire, présentez votre gîte à un partenaire ou à la professeure.

Devoir : Mon gîte idéal   120+ mots

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