Teaching French - Topics - Holidays and tourist information

A handy list of links to resources for teaching holidays and tourist information
Quick Fix
Ma France
Unit 11: Booking a gîte
Unit 17: Holiday memories, snowshoeing in the Alps and what to pack
Unit 18: Guided tour
French Steps
Stage 1: Asking for directions: Requesting and understanding simple directions to Musée de la Musique in Paris
Stage 1: Getting tickets: Buying tickets to some of Paris' major sites
Stage 4: Understanding instructions: Asking and finding out how things work at a holiday home
Stage 4: Getting your bearings: Asking and finding out about the local area while on holiday
Stage 4: Renting items: Hiring a bike while on holiday in France
Stage 5: Booking a room: Arranging your holiday accommodation over the phone
French Experience 1
Voyages: On your travels: Where you go on holiday; finding your way around
Talk French (BBC Active)
Unit 8: A quelle heure vous ouvrez?: Activity on opening times
BBC/LSC Factfiles. Printable factsheets with key phrases, a quiz for learners & a guide to BBC online resources
French TV
On Learning Zone Broadband
Telling Tales (French)
A collection of animated children's tales in both French and English
From the radio archive
In Our Time: Jean-Paul Sartre
Melvyn Bragg discusses the French novelist, playwright & philosopher
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