INTERVIEW. BARAJAS AIRPORT

Here you can see one of the videos recorded by two of your classmates. I hope you like it. Thank you, students!

PRESENT PERFECT

In order to practise this tense -the present pefect- I recommend you to visit this page where you will find some useful grammar explanation about it.

Then, you can do the exercises that follow the explanation:

• In exercise 5 you can practise with sentences in isolation. 
• Exercise 6 6 is about present perfect in context.

You can also practise on www.agendaweb.org

JOB ADS - RECEPTIONIST

Have a look at this ad and answer the following questions.

1. What are they looking for?
2. Where is the place they are advertising?
3. Is it a part-time job? Why?
4. How many days per week would you work?
5. Which duties would you have to carry out?
6. What qualities should you have?
7. Can anybody from any country apply for the job?
8. How much would you earn? How much is it in euros?

Now read this one. Answer the following questions:

1. Where is it located?
2. Is it for the same position as the previous advertisement? Why?
3. What responsibilities would you have?
4. What personal qualities should you have?
5. What benefits, if any, would you be given?
6. Which one of the two ads is more interesting for you? Why?

HOTEL FACILITIES

Have a look at the following webpage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the name of the hotel?
2. Where is it located?
3. How many stars does it have?
4. How many rooms and restaurants does it have?
5. How many conference and banqueting rooms does it have?
6. Write six items a disabled room is equipped with.
7. Write another name for 'accessible room'.
8. Could you tell me the way to Marble Arch?

APPLYING FOR A JOB. CURRICULUM VITAE EUROPASS

Have you ever heard of the Europass Curriculum Vitae?
It is an EU initiative to increase transparency of qualification and mobility of citizens in Europe. It aims to be a Life Long Learning Portfolio of documents containing the descriptions of all learning achievements, official qualifications, work results, skills and competencies, acquired over time, along with the related documentation. The aim is to make a person's skills and qualifications clearly understood throughout Europe.

I would like you to have a look at the following example. http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/img/dynamic/c1349/type.FileContent.file/ELPExamples_en_GB.pdf.
Here you can see the instructions for using the Europass Curriculum Vitae.
Once you know how it works you can either download the Europass CV documents or create your Europass CV online now.
Once it is ready, send it to me by email. The name of the file should be: cv_hm_2010_yoursurnameinitialofyourname
Deadline: Monday 15th November 2010.

INTERVIEW AT BARAJAS AIRPORT 2010

Here you have the document with the guidelines you need to do the project.
Good luck!

PROJECT

A PASSENGER SURVEY AT BARAJAS AIRPORT

Assignment: This project should be carried out at Barajas airport. You must interview two people and ask for permission to video-record the interview. If not, at least ask permission to record the sound. Do it in pairs. Some interviews will be published on the blog www.agr8tourblog4u.blogspot.com for educational purposes.

Aim: To use English as a tool for communication and to get to know the people who visit our country (nationalities, reasons for travelling, accommodation expectations…)

Assessment criteria: It will be graded from 1 to 10 and will be part of the mark of the oral skills.

Deadline: By Monday 8th November.

You can begin like this:
Good morning/afternoon/evening. I’m a student of Hotel Management / Tourism at Hotel Escuela High School, Madrid. We are doing a project about why people travel. Would you mind answering a few questions? If you don’t mind, we would like to record the interview as a class practice. Thanks a lot.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS: CHECK-IN/DEPARTURE AREA

1. Where are you from?
2. Where are you travelling to? What’s the name of the airport?
3. How long have you been here?
4. Have you been in Spain before?
5. Where did you stay? (Accommodation)
6. What’s a hotel for you? Tick the right option.

a) A bed for the night                                       c) A bit of luxury once in a while
b) The office when away from the office           d) Home far from home


7. What was the purpose of your visit?
8. How often do you travel abroad?
9. Which countries have you visited?
10. What did you like most about Spain?

Thanks for your help. Have a nice trip.

WELCOME

Hello, students,

Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic

I would like to begin this school year by welcoming Bietka, our Comenius English language assistant. As you already know, she comes from the Czech Republic so I recommend you to visit this page so that you get to know a bit about its capital city, Prague, a very important tourist destination.