Objectif globale : comprendre une courte conversation écrite, écrire un e-mail
Objectifs travaillés : Utilisation de « WANT/WOULD LIKE TO »
Resources :
PDF: Canada Correspondance
PDF: Grille d’évaluation – Canada email
Contents
Activité 1
Good points and bad points. Order the conversation!
Put the conversations between David and Mary in the correct order.
Listen to your friends and answer these questions:
- What does David want to know?
- Has Mary been to Canada before?
- Has David been to Canada before?
Listen again and note this information;
- What are the good points of living in Canada?
- What are the bad points of living in Canada?
- There are diverse landscapes.
- There is lots to do.
- The pay is good.
- You can easily travel to the USA.
- The locals are interested in foreigners.
- The healthcare is great.
There are a few dangerous places.
It’s expensive to travel around Canada.
There’s a bad exchange rate.
There is some alcoholism & homelessness.
It’s easy to get lost on hikes.
The tap water is horrible.
Activité 2
Read the text about a German schoolboy looking for information about a working holiday.
What does he want to do?
- He wants to work in a city between August and September.
- He wants to work in a ski resort as a barman in the winter,
- He wants to work in a city until summer.
What forms of expression does he use to express a wish?
- Want to
- Would like to
Copy this information into your copybooks:
Pour dire ce que je VEUX faire, j’utilise WANT + TO
I want to go to Canada
Pour dire ce que j’AIMERAIS faire, j’utilise WOULD LIKE + TO
I would like to go to Canada.
Activité 3
Prepare 5 sentences using “would like to” to express what you would like to do in Canada.
I would like to try poutine for the first time.
I would really like to see a whale.
I would like to work as an au pair for a year.
Activité 4
Tâche intermédiaire : You are an American teenager. Write an email to your grandparents to tell them you would like to live and work in Canada.
This work will be marked.
