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French teacher and blogger Samantha Decker describes an authentic task in her French classroom:

“I just finished an activity with my students that I call "Un voyage virtuel à Paris." This is the third year I have done activity. I used to do it over the course of two days, but I decided that condensing it into one day would be more practical. The purpose of the activity is to have students practice telling time, the days of the week, and dates, while navigating authentic websites with both familiar and unfamiliar vocabulary. To accomplish this, students must imagine they are planning an imaginary trip to Paris for a week. They must find flights, a hotel, and sites to see. When they find this information, they record it on their itinerary, using both numbers and then spelling out the numbers as words (this to reinforce the numbers in French). I provide detailed instructions to help them navigate the sites, and students are allowed to work together and ask me for help as well if they get stuck.”

See her full lesson description and links to authentic resources at http://www.thefrenchcorner.net/2014/01/un-voyage-virtuel-paris-authentic-task.html