¿Qué contenidos o resultados de aprendizaje trabajaremos?

En esta tarea aprenderás a crear un plan de viaje para una persona.  

Para poder realizar esta tarea, deberás consultar los contenidos de la Unidad 3 "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" ya que en ella encontrarás todo el material necesario para realizar los distintos ejercicios.

Con esta tarea se contribuye a alcanzar los resultados del aprendizaje descritos en la imagen abajo. 

Caso práctico

¿Qué te pedimos que hagas?

Reading comprehension

1. Read the text and answer the questions below. 

UBER TAKES TO THE SKIES

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies is taking to the air in New York City, where users with a little cash to spare will soon be able to book helicopter flights to John F. Kennedy International airport through their apps. The company announced its Uber Copter offer on Thursday, saying flights to and from Lower Manhattan will become available to all Uber users on Oct. 3. Uber made the feature available to its premium members in June.

The roughly eight-minute flight will cost between $200 and $225 per person and include ground transportation on either side of the trip. Passengers can bring along a small suitcase and have to watch a safety video before takeoff, similar to that on an airplane. The flights are operated by HeliFlite Shares, a licensed company, and Uber’s prices roughly compare to those of competitors offering helicopter rides to JFK. For now, Uber rides shuttling passengers to the heliport in Manhattan are only available from the southern tip of the island.

Uber says the service is intended to reduce travel times, but when Reuters tried Copter on Wednesday, a trip from its Midtown office to the airport took 70 minutes, including a subway ride downtown and two Uber rides to and from the heliport. That’s about the same time it would have taken by regular taxi in moderate traffic. An Uber spokeswoman on Thursday said that trip was not realistic as part of the commercial rollout, however, as the Copter option is only shown to customers located in the geofenced Lower Manhattan area. “Uber Copter won’t appear as an option in the app if you are outside of the geofence because it wouldn’t provide time savings,” the spokeswoman said.

But Uber might gradually expand the Manhattan pick-up zone, said Eric Allison, head of Elevate, Uber’s aerial ride-hailing program. “Helicopters are certainly expensive and it will be a premium product, but we think we’re actually able to offer a fairly accessible entry point with Uber Copter,” Allison said during an interview on Wednesday. JFK is one of the country’s largest airports and car trips from congested Manhattan can take anywhere from one to two hours, while public transit takes between 50 and 75 minutes.

With concerns mounting over congestion and vehicle emissions, Uber hopes its NYC Copter project will pave the way for Uber Air, a taxi service of electric “vertical take-off and landing” aircraft.

Reporting by Tina Bellon; Editing by Stephen Coates and Nick Zieminski

1.1.         Answer the following questions about the text. (1.2)

a)      What is the difference between UberCopter and UberAir?

b)      What is Heliflite and what does it do?

c)       Can you book Ubercopter from anywhere in Manhattan? Justify your answer.

d)      Describe the Reuters experience with UberCopter.

1.2.         Find the following words in the text. (0.8)

To have extra:

At your disposal:

Step by step:

Traffic:

Listening comprehension

2. Listen to the audio about how low cost carriers (airlines) price their tickets nowadays, then answer the questions below. 

2.1    Why does the speaker mention the following dates, figures and places? (0.8)

2.2   Answer the following questions. Make sure you use your own words. (1.2)

a)      Why do we think that the airfare pricing system is random?

b)      What are the consequences of deregulation?

c)       What is airline revenue management?

d)      When does an airline want to discourage you from buying a ticket and why?

Use of English

3. Modal verbs and vocabulary

3.1 Choose the most suitable modal verb. (1 point)

a) It is quite late. She should/may/must leave now or she would/will/shall miss the train.

b) I’m almost sure that she is at home now. She must / might / can’t be at home.

c) Excuse me, should/ could / must you drive me to this address, please?

d) I promise I shall / am going to / will study harder next term. I can’t fail again.

e) I think he is very angry because he didn’t know anything about the party. I think you will have / must have / should have invited him.

f) I haven’t seen Alice for days. She must have / need have / should have gone to Ceuta to stay with her family.

g) Shall / Can / Should I help you with the bags, sir?

h) The final task includes three activities, but one of them is optional. You needn’t / mustn’t / couldn’t do the three of them, just pick two of them.

i) There was a traffic jam and a police officer who didn’t allow us to go straight, so we had to / must / couldn’t turn left.

4. Complete the sentences with the most suitable word. There are more words than needed: (1 point)

a)   The outward _____________ from Seville to Manchester was delayed and we stayed at the airport more than ten hours waiting for the plane.

b)   The first ___________ of Captain James Cook took place from 1768 and 1771, which included 73 sailors and 12 Royal Marines.

c)   If you don’t hurry, you will _________ the train! It’s time to go now, Michael!

d)   New York will be our first _________ in our trip around the world.

e)   As we missed the bus, my friends and I decided to ____________. I was afraid but at the end, a priest picked us up and gave us a ride to the city.

f)    I have to send the customer the final budget, which makes 1932.35 euros, including ___________.

g)   The train to Jerez leaves on December 12^th at 08:46. When will you be __________ home?

h)   There’s a ____________ rate for students, so remember to take your card and you will pay less money.

i)     Although it’s freezing right now, remember to take summer clothes as well, because the temperatures are going to ______.

j)        Prepare your tickets, I can see the ____________ from here and he is asking for them.

Writing and oral producion

4. Writing: You work for a Travel Agency. Organise an all-inclusive 5-day trip for the Book Club in your town, taking into consideration the following aspects: flights (departure and arrival dates and times), car rental, hotels, day trips to interesting sites and how to get to them (car rental, train, buses). Write an email to the leader of the Book Club with all the information in around 200 words. (2 points)

5. Oral Production. Nowadays travelling to countries on the other side of the globe is an affordable practice . However, sitting on a plane for so long can be boring and tiring. Imagine you are a travel agent and your customers ask for advice about what to do on long haul flights and during long layovers. Record yourself with this advice on vocaroo and post the link below. (2 minutes approximately). (2 points)

Recursos necesarios y recomendaciones

• Aquí tienes distintos recursos que te pueden servir de ayuda para completar la tarea:

  • Para consultar dudas de vocabulario: Wordreference.
  • Para crear la presentación oral puedes usar cualquier programa de grabación de voz aunque te recomendamos Vocaroo

Indicaciones de entrega

Criterios de evaluación del módulo implicados

• Con esta tarea alcazarás los siguientes objetivos:

  • Entender textos con vocabulario específico relacionado con el transporte aéreo.
  • Desarrollar la destreza auditiva con audios provenientes de medios de comunicación reales.
  • Distinguir entre distintas estructuras: modales, presente y pasado.
  • Utilizar el vocabulario de manera adecuada y adaptada al contexto.
  • Desarrollar discursos orales con un fin concreto: hacer un audio dando consejo a otros viajeros sobre cómo soportar un vuelo de larga distancia.

¿Cómo valoramos y puntuamos tu tarea?

La tarea se valorará sobre un máximo de 10 repartidos de la siguiente forma:

• Criterio 1:Reading Comprehension 2 puntos.
• Criterio 2: Listening Comprehension  2 puntos.  
• Criterio 3: Use of English 2 puntos.
• Criterio 4: Writing 2 puntos.
• Criterio 5: Oral Production: 2 puntos.