OUR TRIP IN NORMANDY par les 1èreTCV

We spent two days in Normandy with our class. We did a lot of visits. The first day, we saw the bay of Mont Saint Michel with its mussels breeding and its salt marsh (pré salé), this zone of meadow covered by the tide (marée) .

On the afternoon, we went to an organic farm with goats, « la Ferme des Chèvres dans le Vent », and we saw the goat cheese making process.


In the evening we discovered the self-catering cottage where we had to sleep. On the second day , to begin, we visited  a caramel fudge factory at Isigny.

After that, we went to the « Mémorial de Caen ». This museum presents the story of the World War II, the world before and after this war and especially the 6th June 1944 landing of the Allies (English, Americans). This museum is very interesting and complete but, unfortunately, we didn’t have enough time to visit it.

(from the Memorial website : www.memorial-caen.fr)

Then we went to Arromanches, one of the landing beaches. The beach is very big and we could see the remains of the artificial harbour built for the landing.

To finish, we stopped at Colleville-sur-Mer to see the American Cemetary. It was impressing. On the whole, this trip was interesting and enriching but a little too short for us.


LET’S GO SHOPPING

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1tfWzHgOA[/youtube]

Go to this website to learn some Shopping Vocabulary. As well as the video above, you will find some useful words, shopping phrases , sample dialogues,  games and tests:

Try to do these exercises, then LE ARN one of the 2 dialogues in order to play them in front of the class.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: Shopping for the Day, Supermarkets, Shopping and prices, Grocery shopping, Store returns, Street Market

SHOPPING (2)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dggckDrXml8&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qioi6wU9uS8&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w20tQUeQ6t0&NR=1[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrIyEu6h_E[/youtube]

YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE

How to talk about your work experience:

  • Exercise 1,
  • Exercice 2 : rédigez votre compte rendu de stage et montrez-le moi (eh oui !  ce n’est qu’une machine !)

Watch for example:

  • medical secretary
  • Nursery worker
  • Nursing aides
  • Personal and home care aides
  • Social and human service assistant…

And for the TVC:

  • Retail salesperson
  • Stock clerks
  • sales representative…

LISTENING COMPREHENSION : Au pair, First job