A tourist, language is spoken in this topic, and two accents are presented. A receptionist speaks with Received Pronunciation that is heard on British radio and TV, and amongst educated people. A girl speaks with a Spanish accent-Before listening the students read and fill in a questionnaire. It presents them with the language and the subject of the listening. In pairs they compare and discuss their answers.
Part A. Listening
Let students listen to the tape twice. While listening they should complete the registration form. Not all the necessary information is given on the tape.
Key: Registration Form
Name: Isabel Martinez
Age:
Occupation: student
Nationality: Spanish
UK address: Youth Hostel, High Street
Length of Course: 4 weeks
Number of hours per day: 3
Course Starting Date: July 15th
Price of Course plus Accommodation: 600
Accommodation required: (yes)
Amount of Deposit Paid: 20
Part B. Extension Activities
Two kinds of activities are involved in this task: writing & reading. Students read the answers of a receptionist and think of a question.
Possible questions:
How long is the course?
When does the course start?
Can you find line accommodation?/ Can you help me with accommodation?
What's the price (of the course)?/ How much does it/the course cost?
Do you have any other facilities?/ What other facilities do you have?
How big are the classes?/ How many students are there in a class?
Is there an entrance test?/ Do I have to do an entrance test?
Part С Role-play
In this part the students use the same or similar language in a situation as on the tape. The students work in pairs with one person taking the part of the student and the other the part of receptionist. Every student reads through the card for his/her part only. After that, they role-play the situation in pairs. One of two pairs might play their roles for the group.
Part. D. Writing
This task might be done at home and then worked out in the classroom.
Pre-Listening Discussion Questions
The aim is to help to activate students' passive vocabulary by encouraging the contribution of ideas and opinions closely related to the taped material.
Part A. Listening for Specific Information
4) The students should have underlined the following: Edinburgh, Cork, Ankara, Dublin, Cyprus, Canada, Athens, New York, Düsseldorf, and Belfast.
The students should do this exercise while listening to the tape for the first time. If your students ask for or appear to need to listen for the second time, do not hesitate to increase the number of listenings. This is support material, not a test.
5) The missing information on the departures board is:
Edinburgh; Gate 4
Cork; BA 838; Gate 9
Dublin; AI 141; Closing
Athens; BA 560: Gate 22; Closing
6) While listening to the tape the students should fill in the information about, the passengers:
| Title | Forename | Surname | Travel Information |
| Mr. | Ian | Jackman | recently arrived from Ankara |
| Dr. | Raymond | Miller | from Dublin |
| Ms. | Yvonne | Simpson | from Cyprus |
| Mrs. | Warring | meeting a passenger | |
| from Larnaca | |||
| Capt. | Jay | Brock | from Canada |
| Mr. | Stephen | Sandberg | recently arrived from New York |
| Miss | Margaret | Murphy | in transit from Düsseldorf |
| to Belfast |
Part B. Additional Activities. Brainstorming and Inventing Stories
8)
Tasks 7) and 8) aim to extend the Unit's work. They also provide some conventional classroom work.
Pre-Listening Discussion Questions
The aim is to help to activate students' passive vocabulary by encouraging the contribution of ideas and opinions closely related to the taped material.
Part A. Listening for Specific Information
4) The students should have underlined the following:
Edinburgh, Cork, Ankara, Dublin, Cyprus, Canada, Athens, New York, Düsseldorf, Belfast.
The students should do this exercise while listening to the tape for the first time. If your students ask for or appear to need to listen for the second time, do not hesitate to increase the number of listening. This is support material, not a test.
5) The missing information on the departures board is:
Edinburgh; Gate 4
Cork; BA 838; Gate 9
Dublin; AI 141; Closing
Athens; BA 560; Gate 22; Closing
6) While listening to the tape the students should fill in the information about the passengers:
| Title | Forename | Surname | Travel Information |
| Mr.
Dr. Ms. Mrs. Capt. Mr. Miss |
Ian
Raymond Yvonne - Jay Stephen Margaret |
Jackman
Miller Simpson Warring Brock Sandberg Murphy |
recently arrived from Ankara
from Dublin from Cyprus meeting a passenger from Larnaca from Canada recently arrived from New York in transit from Düsseldorf to Belfast |
Part B. Additional Activities. (Brainstorming and Inventing Stories)
8) Tasks 7) and 8) aim to extend the Unit's work. They also provide some conventional classroom work.
Before listening
The first tasks introduce to the subject of listening and to possibly unknown vocabulary, which is important for understanding the listening. These tasks require student's work together.
Part A. Listening Activities
Listening for details is introduced in a form of a radio tourist service programme. The tape gives the information about:
a) traditional and folklore events;
c) exhibitions;
d) sports events;
e) concerts and theatre;
g) where to eat.
Part B. Jigsaw Listening
a) Divide your students into three groups. Each group should listen to the radio programme trying to make notes in the boxes about the main details (activity, time, duration, place) of what is on in the cities in:
group 1: Rotterdam, Geneva, Stuttgart
group 2: Amsterdam, Brussels
group 3: Paris, Weisbaden
b) Redistribute the students making new groups so that every new group consisted of the students from every previous group. In their new groups the students exchange information, trying to fill in all empty boxes.
Key:
Amsterdam:
* traditional games and dancing - 2 pm - Vondel Park;
* International Athletics Championship - sports stadium.
Rotterdam:
* Bruce Springsteen - Eyenoord football stadium.
Paris:
* Impressionist exhibition for fortnight from today;
* Classical concert - Beethoven's 5-th Symphony - 9 pm -Bois de Boulogne.
Geneva:
* Yachting regatta - 11 am - Lake Geneva.
Stuttgart:
* traditional German food exhibition - Town Hall - from 10 am.
Wiesbaden:
* canoeing events on the Rhine.
Brussels:
* Picasso exhibition for another 2 weeks.
Task 6) gives the opportunity to revise the usage of prepositions of time which are important in the listening text the students have just heard.
Part B. Extension activities
In this task the students will use the same or similar language and situations as the tape. This task should be done in pairs
Part C. Writing
Written work might be done at home and then worked out in the classroom