CHAPTER 7 ACCOMODATION
Take off
1. Make a list of different types of tourist accommodation in your country.
Answer: Culinary, hotel, and tourist attraction.
2. Which of these have you stayed in?
Answer: I have been to some tourist attractions before in Yogyakarta such as Borobudur temple and Malioboro and many more to other cities.
3. Tell your partners about the best/worst/most unusual accommodation you have ever stayed in.
Answer: Borobudur temple was the best tourist attraction I have ever visited because it is a part of Indonesian history.
Vocabulary
1. Caravan
2. Log cabin
3. Motel
4. Campsite
5. University hall of residence
6. Farmhouse
2. Which of these types of accommodation do you have in your country?
Answer: There are campsite, motel, and university hall of residence in my country.
3. Think about each type of accommodation. It is serviced (meals are provided) or self-catering (you cook your own meals)? Discuss this in pairs or groups and complete the diagram.(Hint: Some types will fit into either category. Put these into the shaded area.)
Answer:
Self-catering: Caravan, Log cabin, Campsite, Farmhouse.
Serviced: Motel.
4. Now repeat your discussion, but this time categorize the different types of accommodation as
- Urban or rural
- Static or mobile.
Make a new diagram for each discussion.
Find out
Go to the internet or your local tourist information office. Find serviced or self-catering accommodation in your area that would be suitable for
1. A family (two adults, two small children) on holiday but with limited budget.
Answer: I think the swimming pool would be a very nice serviced place for a family to visit on holiday and the budget is not really that expensive too.
2. A business traveller staying in your area for three days for a conference.
Answer: If they are going to stay for three days I think it is the best for them to stay at a well-serviced hotel.
3. A retired couple who want to see the important monuments in your area.
Answer: There is not much important monument in my area but I think Karang Resik would be a suitable place to visit because there is a bridge related to the Indonesian history during the war against Netherland.
4. A student like you.
Answer: There are so many places to visit for a student but Pangandaran beach or Batu Karas are very popular place to visit by many students. There are a lot of activities they can do there.
Reading
What makes a good hotel?
1. What do people want from a hotel? A good bed? A comfortable room? A modern building? Work in pairs. Make a list of five things you would expect from a good hotel.
Answer: People want every aspects mentioned in the question. It would be nice if the hotel has a good service, a clean and comfortable room, a small kitchen area, a complete bathroom set such as bathtub, shower, etc. a balcony, a TV, and the most important is air-conditioning.
2. Look at the hotel web pages. Which hotel
- Is the best for business travellers?
Answer: The best hotel for business travellers is Radisson SAS Hotel because the hotel has 11 execellent meeting rooms, ballroom, and rooftop terrace for lunch and dinner.
- Sounds the most luxurious?
Answer: Ballymaloe
- Is the most attractive to you?
Answer: El Hana Beach
Vocabulary
Services and Facilities
1. Match these facilities and services with the icons.
1. Air conditioning
2. Baby sitting
3. Boutique
4. Beauty parlour
5. Car park
6. Safe box
7. Conference facilities
8. Direct dial telephone
9. Gymnasium
10. Internet connection
11. Laundry service
12. Hairdryer
13. Mini bar
14. Room service
15. Jacuzzi
16. Outdoor swimming pool
17. Wake-up call
18. Pay TV
19. Sauna
20. Restaurant
21. Radio
22. Satellite TV
23. Sea view
2. In your opinion, which are the five most important hotel services and facilities in
- a hotel for business people and conference delegates?
Answer: conference facilities, direct dial telephone, internet connection, restaurant, wake-up call, and safe box.
-a holiday hotel complex on the coast?
Answer: beauty parlour, sauna, sea view, room service, and air conditioning.
-a small hotel in the country side?
Answer: baby sitting, outdoor swimming pool, pay TV, and minibar.
3. Explain your choice to your partner.
Reading
Accommodation in Scotland
1. What types of accommodation would you expect to find in Scotland? Make a list with your partner.
2. Read the website of Scotland,
- How many different types of accommodation does it offer?
Answer: 14 hotels.
- Which type of popular, budget accommodation is not mentioned on the website?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel and Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
- Which are the most unusual types of accommodation mentioned?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel and Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
- Which are the types of accommodation on the web pahe attracks you most? Why?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel because I am not a fan of hot weather so I want to try how does it feel to stay in a cold hotel like that.
Vocabulary
Describing and accommodation: adjectives and nouns
1. You can have a metropolitan hotel but you cannot have a metropolitan cottage. Why not?
Answer: Because metropolitan is a term used mostly to describe a big city rather than a small city in the country side and cottage is usually not located in a big city like hotel.
2. Match adjectives from A with nouns from B
Answer:
-Five-star hotel
- Country farmhouse
- Converted motel
- Budget villa
- Friendly guest house
- Metropolitan apartement
- Medieval cottage
- Modern cabin
- Self-catering bed and breakfast
- Stylish hostel
3. Which adjectives can describe most nouns? Which adjectives combine with only one nouns? Budget, modern, stylish, and five-star.
4. How many meaningful combination can you make with two adjectives and a noun
Example
There is a huge range of modern, budget hotel in London.
5. Choose different adjective-noun combinations and use them to write sentences to describe accommodation you have stayed in as a tourist.
Answer: I have stayed in a modern hotel many years ago in Yogyakarta.
Writing
Local accommodation
Write an introduction to tourist accommodation in your area. You will need to include information about
- The different types of accommodation
- Typical accommodation in (a) urban areas and (b) rural areas
- Types of accommodation that are typical of your country
- Accommodation for people (a) on holiday and (b) on business
- One example of 'unusual' accommodation if you can find one (if the is no unusual accommodation in your area, include your idea from the speaking activity)
- Where can you get more information (websites, etc).
1. Make a list of different types of tourist accommodation in your country.
Answer: Culinary, hotel, and tourist attraction.
2. Which of these have you stayed in?
Answer: I have been to some tourist attractions before in Yogyakarta such as Borobudur temple and Malioboro and many more to other cities.
3. Tell your partners about the best/worst/most unusual accommodation you have ever stayed in.
Answer: Borobudur temple was the best tourist attraction I have ever visited because it is a part of Indonesian history.
Vocabulary
1. Caravan
2. Log cabin
3. Motel
4. Campsite
5. University hall of residence
6. Farmhouse
2. Which of these types of accommodation do you have in your country?
Answer: There are campsite, motel, and university hall of residence in my country.
3. Think about each type of accommodation. It is serviced (meals are provided) or self-catering (you cook your own meals)? Discuss this in pairs or groups and complete the diagram.(Hint: Some types will fit into either category. Put these into the shaded area.)
Answer:
Self-catering: Caravan, Log cabin, Campsite, Farmhouse.
Serviced: Motel.
4. Now repeat your discussion, but this time categorize the different types of accommodation as
- Urban or rural
- Static or mobile.
Make a new diagram for each discussion.
Find out
Go to the internet or your local tourist information office. Find serviced or self-catering accommodation in your area that would be suitable for
1. A family (two adults, two small children) on holiday but with limited budget.
Answer: I think the swimming pool would be a very nice serviced place for a family to visit on holiday and the budget is not really that expensive too.
2. A business traveller staying in your area for three days for a conference.
Answer: If they are going to stay for three days I think it is the best for them to stay at a well-serviced hotel.
3. A retired couple who want to see the important monuments in your area.
Answer: There is not much important monument in my area but I think Karang Resik would be a suitable place to visit because there is a bridge related to the Indonesian history during the war against Netherland.
4. A student like you.
Answer: There are so many places to visit for a student but Pangandaran beach or Batu Karas are very popular place to visit by many students. There are a lot of activities they can do there.
Reading
What makes a good hotel?
1. What do people want from a hotel? A good bed? A comfortable room? A modern building? Work in pairs. Make a list of five things you would expect from a good hotel.
Answer: People want every aspects mentioned in the question. It would be nice if the hotel has a good service, a clean and comfortable room, a small kitchen area, a complete bathroom set such as bathtub, shower, etc. a balcony, a TV, and the most important is air-conditioning.
2. Look at the hotel web pages. Which hotel
- Is the best for business travellers?
Answer: The best hotel for business travellers is Radisson SAS Hotel because the hotel has 11 execellent meeting rooms, ballroom, and rooftop terrace for lunch and dinner.
- Sounds the most luxurious?
Answer: Ballymaloe
- Is the most attractive to you?
Answer: El Hana Beach
Vocabulary
Services and Facilities
1. Match these facilities and services with the icons.
1. Air conditioning
2. Baby sitting
3. Boutique
4. Beauty parlour
5. Car park
6. Safe box
7. Conference facilities
8. Direct dial telephone
9. Gymnasium
10. Internet connection
11. Laundry service
12. Hairdryer
13. Mini bar
14. Room service
15. Jacuzzi
16. Outdoor swimming pool
17. Wake-up call
18. Pay TV
19. Sauna
20. Restaurant
21. Radio
22. Satellite TV
23. Sea view
2. In your opinion, which are the five most important hotel services and facilities in
- a hotel for business people and conference delegates?
Answer: conference facilities, direct dial telephone, internet connection, restaurant, wake-up call, and safe box.
-a holiday hotel complex on the coast?
Answer: beauty parlour, sauna, sea view, room service, and air conditioning.
-a small hotel in the country side?
Answer: baby sitting, outdoor swimming pool, pay TV, and minibar.
3. Explain your choice to your partner.
Reading
Accommodation in Scotland
1. What types of accommodation would you expect to find in Scotland? Make a list with your partner.
2. Read the website of Scotland,
- How many different types of accommodation does it offer?
Answer: 14 hotels.
- Which type of popular, budget accommodation is not mentioned on the website?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel and Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
- Which are the most unusual types of accommodation mentioned?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel and Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
- Which are the types of accommodation on the web pahe attracks you most? Why?
Answer: Mammut Snow Hotel because I am not a fan of hot weather so I want to try how does it feel to stay in a cold hotel like that.
Vocabulary
Describing and accommodation: adjectives and nouns
1. You can have a metropolitan hotel but you cannot have a metropolitan cottage. Why not?
Answer: Because metropolitan is a term used mostly to describe a big city rather than a small city in the country side and cottage is usually not located in a big city like hotel.
2. Match adjectives from A with nouns from B
Answer:
-Five-star hotel
- Country farmhouse
- Converted motel
- Budget villa
- Friendly guest house
- Metropolitan apartement
- Medieval cottage
- Modern cabin
- Self-catering bed and breakfast
- Stylish hostel
3. Which adjectives can describe most nouns? Which adjectives combine with only one nouns? Budget, modern, stylish, and five-star.
4. How many meaningful combination can you make with two adjectives and a noun
Example
There is a huge range of modern, budget hotel in London.
5. Choose different adjective-noun combinations and use them to write sentences to describe accommodation you have stayed in as a tourist.
Answer: I have stayed in a modern hotel many years ago in Yogyakarta.
Writing
Local accommodation
Write an introduction to tourist accommodation in your area. You will need to include information about
- The different types of accommodation
- Typical accommodation in (a) urban areas and (b) rural areas
- Types of accommodation that are typical of your country
- Accommodation for people (a) on holiday and (b) on business
- One example of 'unusual' accommodation if you can find one (if the is no unusual accommodation in your area, include your idea from the speaking activity)
- Where can you get more information (websites, etc).