JAZYKOVÁ SOUTĚŽ PRO HOTELOVÉ ŠKOLY – 2008

Soutěž bude zahrnovat následující části: 
1)	Každý účastník se stručně představí 
2)	Konverzace na vybrané téma s použítím vizuálních materiálů
3)	Situační otázka
Prosíme účastníky, aby ve své přípravě na soutěž akcentovali konverzační dovednosti a pohotovost vyjadřování, jakož i odborné aspekty zahrnuté v níže uvedných orientačních tematických okruzích.

Tematické okruhy – jazyk anglický, kategorie II (třetí a čtvrtý ročník)

1.	My Ideal Restaurant 
Parts of the restaurant. Furniture, arrangement and decoration of the dining room. Your ideal kitchen, furniture, equipment, tableware. Festive events that can take place in your restaurant.

2.	Service at the Restaurant
Restaurant staff. Duties and role of the waiter, his appearance, skills and knowledge. Dealing with the guest.  
Your personal experience and opinions based on your practical training.

3.	Offers at the Restaurant
Types of the menu, its use and functions, kinds of courses and their order on the menu. Beverages, their 
brief characteristics, list of beverages. Compiling the menu for special purposes (wedding receptions, 
typical Czech menu for foreign visitors, vegetarian menu etc.)

4.	Czech Cuisine
Typical features, eating habits and current trends in our diet. Popular dishes and drinks, food for festivals. 

5.	English and American Cuisine
Meals of the day, typical dishes and general eating habits. Special dishes served on festive occasions. Your experience with foreign cuisines.

6.	Healthy lifestyle, healthy diet
Factors influencing our health. Illnesses. Healthy nutrition as a means of  disease prevention. Basic rules of a healthy diet. 

7.	Accommodation and Hotel Services
Types of accommodation, classification and typical features. Tasks of the hotel staff, working places and 
positions. Tasks and purpose of the reception. Room reservation, check-in and check-out. Handling 
complains. Hotel services and facilities, types of rooms and their furnishing.

8.	Life in theTown/ Village
Advantages and disadvantages of living in my town/village/ in the capital. Points of interest and activities 
suitable for tourists. Catering establishments in your town, village. 

9.    The Czech Republic
Tourist destinations and attractions of this country sights, places, events, and type of accommodation 
you would personally recommend to a foreign visitor.

10.	Prague
Sightseeing tour of the capital. Culture and social life, events you would recommend to a visitor.  Your favourite place in Prague.

11.	The United Kingdom 
Places you would like to see there and your reasons. Remarkable events and interesting facts concerning Britain. Life in Britain. Working as an au-pair, your opinion.

12.	The USA
Travelling to the USA, points of interest you would like to visit there. Political, cultural and social life of the country. Aspects of American life that influence other countries, particularly the Czech Republic.

13.	Famous people of the Czech Republic and the English Speaking Countries
Writers, actors, singers or other artists, sportsmen, politicians, and so on. Include your personal point of view, who you admire and why. VIP guest at the hotel, special services.

14.	Travelling
Typical means of transport, their advantages and disadvantages. Your experience and preferences. Formalities connected with going abroad. 

15.	My School, Study, and Future Job
School subjects (theoretical and practical), types of schools to choose from (universities, colleges). Working 
in gastronomy and hotel business, economic professions – necessary skills, advantages and disadvantages, 
ways of getting a job – applying for a job, CV, interview. Personal expectations and plans.

JAZYKOVÁ SOUTĚŽ  PRO HOTELOVÉ ŠKOLY  - BŘEZEN 2008
Tematické okruhy – jazyk anglický, kategorie I. (první a druhý ročník)

Soutěž bude zahrnovat následující části: 
1)	Každý účastník se stručně představí 
2)	Konverzace na vybrané téma s použítím vizuálních materiálů
3)	Situační otázka
Prosíme účastníky, aby ve své přípravě na soutěž akcentovali konverzační dovednosti a pohotovost vyjadřování, jakož i odborné aspekty zahrnuté v níže uvedných orientačních tematických okruzích.

1.	My House /Flat, My Kitchen
Furniture and kitchen equipment, kitchen and dining room of my dreams. Other rooms in my house. Household duties and chores, work in the kitchen.

2.	Life in the Town/ in the Country
Tourist attractions of the town and the country, social and cultural life, free time activities, comparison.
Restaurants and catering establishments in my town / village.

3.	Travelling
Reasons why people travel, travel agency, travel guide. Means of transport, your preferences. Interesting places you have been to, specialities you have tried abroad.

4.	Holiday Activities
Role of the hotel, restaurant and travel agency in organising holiday activities for their clients, types of holidays and holiday activities for various groups of people (young people, families with small children, elderly people). Holidays of your dreams. Packing a suitcase for your holidays.

5.	My Practical Training
Hotels and restaurants you have worked at, types of work you have done, meals and dishes you have prepared or served, languages you have used, things you have learnt. Your  ideal practical training. 

6.	Shopping and Quick Refreshment
Various places to buy foodstuffs, advantages and disadvantages of supermarkets, small grocer´s shops and markets. Self-service and counter service. Shopping in your town or village. Fast food, refreshment in the street, your opinion.

7.	Hotel and Hotel Staff
Services provided by the hotel, hotel facilities, hotel staff and their duties. Typical outfits of the staff. Other types of accommodation. 

8.	At the Restaurant
Eating out. Meals of the day, types of the menu, typical dishes served in this country. Parts of the restaurant, 
typical arrangement of the restaurant, furniture, decoration. Your ideal restaurant. Restaurant staff, their 
duties, outfits.

9.	Special Days in the Calendar
Parties, celebrations and various festive events in my family, food we serve, clothes we wear etc. Festivals in this country, dishes and habits connected with them.

10.	Education
Your school, branches of study and subjects which prepare you for your future job. Learning languages. 
Necessary skills of a good chef, waiter, receptionist or travel guide. Your plans, your future career.