French Level 2, Activity 10: À l'hôtel / Hotels (Face-to-Face)

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Amber Hoye, Justin Snyder, Emily Blackburn, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

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Hotels / À l'hôtel

Description

Students are going to practice navigating hostelworld.com. They will locate a hostel they like and identify different features of it. Students will learn to discuss preferences while traveling. Students will also learn more about using hostels while traveling abroad. 

Semantic Topics

Hotel, hostel, reservation, travel, l'hôtel, auberge de jeunesse, voyage, structure of preferences, la structure des préférences

Products

Hostels

Practices

It’s very common in Europe (and by extension, France and Switzerland) to rent a hostel instead of a hotel room for a night, especially when traveling on a budget.

Perspectives

Hostels are seen as an easy way to engage in extended periods of traveling without breaking the bank! Generally, they are associated with the youth.

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards

  • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written French on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures of the francophone world.

Idaho State Content Standards

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions. 
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • CLTR 1.1: Analyze the cultural practices/patterns of behavior accepted as the societal norm in the target culture.
  • CLTR 1.2: Explain the relationship between cultural practices/behaviors and the perspectives that represent the target culture’s view of the world.
  • CONN 2.1: Access authentic materials prepared in the target language by or for native speakers.
  • CONN 2.2: Analyze the content and cultural perspectives of authentic materials prepared in the target language by or for native speakers

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

  • I can use a French website to plan a trip.
  • I can book an online reservation.
  • I can discuss my lodging preferences.

Materials Needed

Warm-up

1. Begin by introducing the Can-Dos for today’s activity.

2. After, review some vocabulary from the unit. Here are some examples of useful words to know related to hotels/hostels.

Aujourd'hui, nous allons parler des logements et trouver une auberge de jeunesse que nous aimons bien. Premièrement, nous allons réviser quelques mots de vocabulaire. (Today, we are going to talk about lodging and finding hostels that you will enjoy. Firstly, we are going to go over some vocabulary words.)

balcon ; lit ; auberge de jeunesse
réception ; terrasse ; climatisation
disponible ; service de chambre
service de ménage ; coffre-fort
hébergement ; fer à repasser
piscine ; parking ; non-fumeur

Main Activity

1. Have students get an iPad and go to hostelworld.com. Make sure they change the language to French by clicking the flag in the top right hand corner.

Prenez un iPad et allez au site web hostelworld.com. Changez la langue au français en cliquant le drapeau dans le coin supérieur droite de la page.                

2.  Give students the option to choose from the list of cities on the presentation. Tell them they are going to find a hostel that they like.

Choisissez une des ces villes. Vous allez trouver une auberge de jeunesse que vous trouvez géniale.

3. They are going to identify the name of the hostel, where it is located, the price for a night, how many floors there are (if this is not available in pictures, they can make it up) how many beds are in the room they selected, and the amenities.

Identifiez le nom de l’auberge de jeunesse, sa localisation (la ville et pays), le prix par nuit, le nombre d'étages (si vous ne pouvez pas les trouver sur une photo, imaginez), le nombre de lits dans la chambre que vous avez choisie, et les commodités/les services.

4. Share aloud with the rest of the class!

Wrap-up

Ask the following questions to finish the activity:

  • Est-ce que tu préfères les grandes ou les petites chambres ? (Do you prefer big or small rooms?)
  • Tu aimes les chambres au rez-de-chaussée ou à un étage haut ? (Do you like rooms on the ground floor or on a high floor?)
  • Préfères-tu loger avec tes "covoyageurs" ou seul(e)? (Do you prefer to stay with your "co-travelers" or alone?)
  • Qu’est-ce que tu aimes le plus : les hôtels, les auberges de jeunesse, ou les Airbnb ? (What do you like most: hotels, hostels, or Airbnb?)

Cultural Resources

What's the difference between a hotel and a hostel?

Tips for keeping your items safe while staying in a hostel

A few 5 star hotels in France

Hotel vs AirBnB

End of Activity

  • Can-Do statement check-in... “Where are we?”
  • Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence.
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements

  • I can navigate a French website.
  • I can book an online reservation.
  • I can discuss my lodging preferences.

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