What to Do

What to Do

  • Learn core vocabulary on travel and tourism topics. This will likely include words and phrases about different types of travel, activities, accommodation, meals, weather, and attractions.

  • Become familiar with a variety of travel scenarios. Practise describing plans, experiences and opinions about activities such as booking a hotel, taking a taxi, ordering food at a restaurant, and visiting historical sites.

  • Gain a solid understanding of different grammatical constructions that are frequently used in a travel context. For example, the imperative for giving and understanding directions, the comparative and superlative for describing different options, and the past tenses for talking about a recent trip.

  • Practice both listening and reading comprehension. Use a variety of resources such as travel blogs, tourism websites, restaurant reviews, and audio guides. Try to pick out key pieces of information, details, opinions and emotions.

  • Become proficient in writing about travel and tourism topics. This can include writing a postcard, a diary entry about a day’s activities, a review about an accommodation or an email to book a trip.

  • Practice speaking on the same topics. This might include simple conversations about travel plans or describing a past holiday. Be ready to ask and answer questions.

  • Learn how to handle common conversations on travel scenarios in French like asking for directions, ordering food, inquiring about prices or seeking help in an emergency.

  • Engage with French culture through these topics. Understand the significance of some French locations for tourism, learn about traditional French food that could be ordered at restaurants, and use cultural knowledge to understand and communicate more effectively.

  • Familiarise yourself with travel-related idioms and colloquial phrases to add authenticity and fluency to your speaking and writing.

  • Review and practise often. Like any language learning, the key to mastering these topics in French is regular and ongoing practise. Don’t leave it until the last minute!