French+Foundation+1

Trip to Paris Image by: ЕленАндреа Dear students you and other members of your class are thinking about being an exchange student in France. Right now you are going on a shopping and interacting exploratory trip to learn about how to live and shop in France. You will return to your classmates and share the information you found. Let's start with shopping.


 * Week-by-week **

Use the links below to find out which are the francophone countries, then **answer ** word document by converting **fifteen** Francohone countries currency to France's currency.
 * Week 3: Currency Exchange rates and calculating the trip costs **
 * **Francophone countries:** @http://www.fll.vt.edu/French/francophonie.html
 * **Currency converter:** @http://www.oanda.com/lang/fr/currency/converter/
 * **Countries with French as Official Language:** @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_French_is_an_official_language

Use Excel **spreadsheet ** document to calculate the Paris trip total cost.


 * **Check flight cost for one person from Accra to Paris**:@http://www.skyscanner.fr/
 * **Book four star hotel in Paris:** @http://www.expedia.fr/
 * **Louvre museum:** Le Louvre museum official website
 * **Disneyland Paris:** @http://www.disneylandparis.com/
 * **Transportation costs in Paris**: @http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187147-s303/Paris:France:Public.Transportation.html,Metro Fares
 * Download[[file:Step-by-Step how to answer the spreadsheet.pdf]]
 * **Excel –** More Spreadsheets tutorials: @http://www.teach-ict.net/software/excel_2007/excel_2007.htm

Create **pie chart** to find out which item costs the most.

Use the **vocabulary list ** document to help you write a conversation between you and the sales assistant.
 * Week 4: Role play practice **
 * **France for Kids:** @http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/WorldGeography/France/France.htm
 * **Welcome to France:** @http://www.virtourist.com/europe/france/index.html
 * **French phrases –** shopping in French: @http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/phrase_book/en/shopping.html
 * **How to shop in Paris:** @http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/travel/17paris-shops.html?pagewanted=all
 * **Top shopping districts in Paris:** @http://goparis.about.com/od/shopping/tp/Top_Shopping.htm


 * Use Garageband to record your conversation. **

You will evaluate and give your opinion by answering questions presented on the Google docs website. Click here
 * Evaluation**:


 * Extra links:**

La Jaconde (Mona Lisa)

Anxious to learn more about Paris? Try some of these links

Paris Info Use the gray toolbar at the top to learn more about attractions, events, shopping, dining, transportation, and practical information about Paris. Web Museum, Paris This site has many photographs of Paris so you can become familiar with the more famous attractions. Paris tourist information On this site, you will find interactive maps of monuments, museums, train stations, the metro, and more. Wikitravel

More tourist information about Paris. Interactive Mona Lisa (click the English flag for English
 * Amusez-vous bien! Just for fun!**