Asking for the way

Website: QUA-LiS NRW
Kurs: [Q23] In town
Buch: Asking for the way
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Datum: Donnerstag, 21. November 2024

Beschreibung

1. Vocabulary - Asking for the way

Picture English German Context Notes
turn right turn right 
nach rechts abbiegen You have to turn right. Write something that helps you to learn.


turn left turn left 
nach links abbiegen You have to turn left.
straight on straight on  
 
geradeaus  Go straight on along Main Street!  
around the corner around the corner 
um die Ecke Turn around the corner!
between between 
zwischen The bakery is between the supermarket and the pharmacy.
in front of in front of 
vor The tree is in front of the church.
next to next to
neben The pharmacy is next to the bakery.
opposite opposite 
gegenüber The supermarket is opposite the pharmacy.

1.1. Dialogue Cards

1.2. Flashcards

1.3. Gap text - Nina is lost

Asking for the way:

Example / Beispiel:

Nina is standing at the corner of Main Street and Green Street.

She wants to go to the Oxfam shop, but she does not know how to get there. She asks a woman for the way.

  • Nina: Excuse me, I am lost. How do I get to the Oxfam shop, please?
  • Woman: To the Oxfam shop? Let me explain. You go straight on Green Street past Blue Way. Then you turn left into the next street. After that turn right into Red Avenue and you see the Oxfam shop on your right.
  • Nina: Thank you very much! Now I can find it.
  • Woman: You are welcome.

Here you can listen to the dialogue: 

 



street map

1.4. Multiple choice

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1.5. Text order - From the hospital to the supermarket

streetmap 2

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1.6. Your text 1 * - Help Nina!

Stadtplan mit unterschiedlichen Gebäuden


Nina is lost and asks for the way.

Example / Beispiel:

Nina is standing at the corner of Main Street and Green Street.

She wants to go to the Oxfam shop, but she does not know how to get there. She asks a woman for the way.

  • Nina: Excuse me, I am lost. Can you help me, please? How do I get to the Oxfam shop?
  • Woman: To the Oxfam shop? Let me explain. You go straight on along Main Street past Blue Way. Then you turn left into the next street. After that turn right into Red Avenue and you see the Oxfam shop to your right.
  • Nina: Thank you very much! Now I can find it.
  • Woman: You are welcome.

Write a own dialoge / Schreibe einen eigenen Dialog

Now write your own dialogue. Pick a place on the map where Nina is now and where she wants to go.
Ask somebody for help. Load your text up in your page in the In town-WIKI.

1.7. Your text 2 * - Help Akira!

Stadtplan mit unterschiedlichen Gebäuden

Look at this street map. Akira is standing in front of the mosque. He wants to go to different places in town, but he does not know the way. Can you help him?

📌 1. Write short dialogues. Look at the examples from page before.

Schreibe kurze Dialoge. Sieh dir die Beispiele der vorherigen Seite an.

Describe the way from the mosque to:

a) the police station

b) the cinema

c) the pharmacy

d) the post office


📌 2. Read the dialogues out with a partner. If you work alone on a computer, read both parts out loud and make an audio recording. Load your results up in your page of the In town-WIKI.

Lies die Dialoge mit einem Partner. Falls Du alleine am Computer arbeitest, lies beide Teile laut vor. Nimm den Dialog auf. Stelle deine Ergebnisse in deine Seite im In town-WIKI ein.

1.8. Your text 3 * - Write your own dialogue

Look at the map again and make an interview with your partner.

Schau auf den Stadtplan und mache ein Interview mit deinem Partner.


Imagine you are at the school and want to go to the hotel.

Start like that:

  • Excuse me please. Can you tell me the way to the hotel?
    Yes of course, go along Main Street ...

Take parts and ask for different ways. You may also record your dialogue.

Übernehmt eine Rolle und fragt nach verschiedenen Wegen. Ihr könnt euren Dialog auch aufnehmen.

2. Answer questions * - Where is it?

Look at a map of your town and answer the following questions:

Sieh dir den Stadtplan deiner Stadt an und beantworte die folgenden Fragen:


Where is a church?       (e.g.: The church is at the market place.)

Where is a hotel?

What is next to the cinema?

Is there a supermarket next to the hotel?

Is the church near the river?

Where is the library?

Where is a swimming pool?

Where is the biggest park?

3. Team work ** - Telling the way

Work with a partner. Both of you look at the same map (street map 1, 2 or your own maps).

Stadtplan 1
street map 1
Stadtplan 2
street map 2
  1. Tell your partner the starting point and the end and let him/her explain how to get there. Then your partner has to do the same.
  2. Tell your partner your starting point and give him directions. He/she has to follow you on the map and tell you, where you are at the end. Then you swap.

Arbeite mit einem Partner zusammen. Ihr müsst beide auf die gleiche Straßenkarte gucken (Straßenkarte 1, 2 oder eure eigene Karte).

  1. Lege den Start- und Endpunkt fest und lass deinen Partner auf der Karte den Weg erklären. Danach tauscht ihr.
  2. Lege einen Startpunkt fest und erkläre Deinem Partner einen Weg. Am Ende muss er sagen, wo ihr jetzt seid. Dann tauscht ihr.