10.4 Home swapping - hv12

10.4 Home swapping - hv12

Home swapping

Introduction

The subject of this double period is: home swapping.

  • Work together with three or four classmates.

Discuss the following question in your group:

  • What do you know about home swapping?
  • Would you try home swapping? Why (not)?
Step   activity aim time
  introduction Find out what you already know. 10
Step 1 listening
Home swapping		 You can understand a conversation about home swapping and answer questions about it. 15
Step 2 reading
Home swapping		 You can understand a text about home swapping and answer questions about it. 15
Step 3 vocabulary You can understand and use the vocabulary about houses. 15
Step 4 grammar
Grammar test		 You can take a grammar test. 15
Step 5 speaking
Home swap		 You can have a discussion about home swapping. 10
Step 6 writing
Email for homeswap		 You can write an email about home swapping. 15
Step 7 evaluation Reflecting on what you have learned. 05

Step 1 - Listening

Home swapping
You are going to listen to a conversation between Kate and Jackie about home swapping.

  • Listen to the audio clip and do exercise 1.
  • Read the statements.
  • Listen again and do exercise 2.


Exercise 1

In this audio clip, five people give their opinion about home swapping. What are they?
Complete the grid. Use keywords to write down your answers.

What do they say about home swapping?

Jacky

                             

Female home swapper

 

Girl from London

 

The girl’s Dad

 

Kate

 

Step 2 - Reading

Home exchange
You are going to read two short texts. One is about home swapping and the other is about couch-surfing.

  • Work together with three or four classmates and do exercise 1.
  • Read the texts and do exercise 2.

Exercise 1

What is couch-surfing? And what about home swapping?

  • DON’T read the texts yet.
  • Together, come up with and write down definitions of both home swapping and couch-surfing.
  • Read the texts and check if your definitions are correct.

Home swapping
Home swapping is a mutual exchange of homes, usually at the same time, for an agreed period in the same country or abroad. It enables you to step into other people’s lives free of charge, making it a very economical way to travel.

All you need to start is a home to exchange, large or small; it can be in a city or in the countryside. Then you register on one of the many home swapping websites (most have a small fee) and set up a profile with a description and pictures of your home.

You can experience a different culture first-hand and meet local people, without exchanging any money. You can also feel safe that your house is not empty and that somebody is looking after your plants and even your pet.

As with all transactions over the Internet, there are risks. You are allowing a stranger to live in your home, use your things; while at the same time you are hoping to find what they write about their home is true, so that you do not have a bad holiday.

Couch Surfing
CouchSurfing is an American expression for students staying on the sofas, or couches of other students, who they do not really know. Today, it is an international social networking site with over 3 million people in over 230 countries, exchanging hospitality or joining in activities together.

You can register free of charge and provide as much or as little information about yourself as you choose. When you find likeminded people, you agree on what you want to do together, where and when. It can be as simple as going to a party, or visiting somebody on the other side of the world.

It is an economical way to meet new people, learn about other cultures and places and try new activities, not as a tourist, but as a local. You also have the opportunity to share your experiences, interests and knowledge with others.

There are a number of security checks, which the site offers, but you are essentially trusting what another person chooses to share with and you might just not have the experience you are expecting. As with all social networking sites, you need to be careful.

 

Exercise 2

Step 3 - Vocabulary

  • Study the vocabulary. (10 minutes)
  • Do the exercises.

Woordenlijst Home swapping - hv12

Step 4 - Grammar

You are going to take a grammar test.

  • Revise the grammar of theme 10.
  • Take the grammar test.

Step 5 - Speaking

Home swap
You and your family are on holiday in an exchange home in Scotland.
Your exchange home is a big, detached house. One day, you meet the neighbour in the garden. He asks you what your house in the Netherlands looks like. Tell him what kind of house it is, how many rooms it has and something special about your house.

  • Work together with a classmate. One of you plays the home swapper and the other the neighbour.
  • Prepare the conversation. If needed, write down some words to help you during the conversation.
  • Make sure the conversation has a clear and fitting beginning and end.
  • ​Practise your conversation at least once.

Having the conversation

  1. Find another pair to work with.
  2. Act out your conversation.
  3. Let them act out their conversation and write down feedback for them.
  4. Discuss what things were good and what you can do better next time.

Step 6 - Writing

You have found a wonderful house you would like to swap with during the summer.
Send an email to the owner of the house (contact person).

Write in the email:

  • who you are;
  • that you read his advertisement on the site;
  • who you will be travelling with;
  • what you like about his / her house;
  • what kind of house you have (location, attractions near your house, number of rooms, names of rooms).
  • when you want to swap homes;
  • that you look forward to hearing from him / her soon.

Tips:

  • Look at the descriptions on www.lovehomeswap.com if you need inspiration;
  • Be consistent with formal, informal or neutral language in your email!
  • ​Have a look at the toolbox (reference, words) or the warming up section for help.

Step 7 - Evaluation

What have you learned in this double period?
Answer the following questions:

  • What was the easiest part of this lesson?
  • What did you already know?
  • What was the most difficult part?
  • What was new to you in this lesson?
  • Are there things you don't quite understand yet? How are you going to deal with them?
  • What do you need to ask your teacher?

 

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    Deze les valt onder de arrangeerbare leerlijn van de Stercollecties voor Engels voor havo en vwo, leerjaar 1 en 2. Dit is thema 10 'At home'. Het onderwerp van deze les is: Home swapping. In deze les staat het onderwerp huizenruil centraal. Daarnaast wordt er een grammaticatoets gegeven waarin de onderdelen present continuous, past continuous en betrekkelijk voornaamwoord worden getoetst.
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