ACTIVIDADES DEL LIBRO: SEMANAS 5, 7 Y 8

Buenas a tod@s:

Como les prometí, aquí tienen las actividades para desatrasarse del contenido de esas dos semanas.

Realicen todas las actividades que no sean de grupo, las cuales haremos mañana en clase. Podrán encontrar los audios necesarios al principio del blog, arriba de esta entrada.

Su DICCIONARIO, como siempre.

Ya saben, no voy a pedírselas mañana, sino que las van haciendo a u ritmo. Eso sí, procuren hacer estas actividades antes del examen de mayo, con el fin de llegar bien preparados.

All material from "Style 3" - MacMillan. For educational purposes only.

Group 62-37: PREPARING INTERVIEW #1

Members of Group 1:

- Agudelo, Faber Alberto
- Ávila, Jonathan
- Benítez, Álvaro
- Betancur, Juan Guillermo
- Cadavid, Santiago

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Car Accidents.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some of the major factors that lead to car accidents and what can be done to deal with these causes?

Members of Group 2:

- Calle, Nataly
- Cardona, Yésica Leandra
- Díaz, Nicolás Estivenson
- García, Lily Vanessa
- Gómez, Juan David

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Home Repairs.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are three common repairs or home improvements people do in and around their apartments or houses? Look up on internet for more information.

Members of Group 3:

- Graciano, Leydi Laura
- Higuita, Yeisi Johana
- Hincapié, Johnatan
- Londoño, Carlos Mario
- Manco, Luz Estrella

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Home Security.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click  HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: Home owners should always take precautions to protect their places from burglars and theft. What are three things that people can do to protect their homes from crime? Look up on internet for more information and vocabulary.

Members of Group 4:

- Metaute, Marisol
- Morales, Germán Alonso
- Morales, Juan Camilo
- Moreno, Dennys Leidi
- Pérez, Sebastián

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Jobs.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: Which factor is most crucial when looking for a new job? Rank the following points in terms of importance and then discuss your reasons: opportunities for promotion or advancement, working hours, vacation days, pension plan, interest level, salary, benefits such as health and life insurance, sick or maternity leave.

Members of Group 5:

- Piedrahita, Marlon Antonio
- Ríos, Yurany Andrea
- Rodríguez, Robinson Alexis
- Velásquez, Luis Bernardo
- Villa, Julián Alberto

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Health.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Matching Exercise: click  HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common personal or health problems we encounter in our lives? What words of advice would you give a person with these problems?

Members of Group 6:

- Villa, Abelardo Antonio
- Zapata, Juan David
- Zapata, Edmer Arley
- Zuleta, Alex Alejandro

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Crime.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common methods that businesses use to protect their property? How about homeowners or even yourself if you are living in an apartment o house? Look up the internet for more information to support your ideas.

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Group 62-25: PREPARING INTERVIEW #1

Members of Group 1:

- Acevedo, Diana Carolina
- Aguinaga, Luisa Fernanda
- Álvarez, Jonny
- Álvarez, Ana Cristina
- Alzate, Jhan Alexis

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Car Accidents.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some of the major factors that lead to car accidents and what can be done to deal with these causes?

Members of Group 2:

- Arango, María Lucelly
- Ballesteros, Álvaro Andrés
- Bedoya, Jhefferson Ferney
- Cañola, Diana Maritza
- Castaño, Juan Felipe

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Home Repairs.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are three common repairs or home improvements people do in and around their apartments or houses? Look up on internet for more information.

Members of Group 3:

- Córdoba, Juan Fernando
- Duque, Yeison Andrés
- Echeverry, Leonardo
- Escudero, Carlos Mario
- Estrada, Hernán Darío

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Home Security.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click  HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: Home owners should always take precautions to protect their places from burglars and theft. What are three things that people can do to protect their homes from crime? Look up on internet for more information and vocabulary.

Members of Group 4:

- Franco, Emerson Alexander
- García, Edwin Fernando
- Gómez, Carolina María
- Guarín, Manuel Alejandro
- Madrid, Nancy Janeth

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Jobs.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: Which factor is most crucial when looking for a new job? Rank the following points in terms of importance and then discuss your reasons: opportunities for promotion or advancement, working hours, vacation days, pension plan, interest level, salary, benefits such as health and life insurance, sick or maternity leave.

Members of Group 5:

- Manco, Magnolia
- Marín, Edwar Octavio
- Montaño, Jhoan Sebastián
- Montoya, Juan Guillermo
- Montoya, Sandra Milena

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Health.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Matching Exercise: click  HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common personal or health problems we encounter in our lives? What words of advice would you give a person with these problems?

Members of Group 6:

- Muñoz, Johan Sebastián
- Osorno, Yesenia
- Ospina, Juan Derley
- Ospina, José Aldemar
- Otero, July Tatiana

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Crime.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common methods that businesses use to protect their property? How about homeowners or even yourself if you are living in an apartment o house? Look up the internet for more information to support your ideas.

Members of Group 7:

- Patiño, Edison Enrique
- Peña, Luz Yadira
- Rico, Walther de Jesús
- Rojas, Jersson Darío
- Suaza, Eder Arnoldo

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Anniversaries.
Matching Exercise: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common ways to celebrate wedding anniversaries? What do people do, where do they go, and what gifts to they buy for their spouses? Look up the internet for information that support your ideas.

Members of Group 8:

- Tobón, Oscar Manuel
- Toro, Juan Carlos
- Torres, Jhon Mario
- Vásquez, John Edison
- Zambrano, Carlos Julián
- Zapata, Paola

This is your audio and transcript: click HERE
Topic: Transportation.
Vocabulary Quiz: click HERE
Multiple-choice quiz: click HERE
Listening Activity: click HERE
Interview Opening Question: What are some common car problems that require special maintenance or repair? Look up internet for information that supports your ideas.

All recordings from esl-lab.com. For educational purposes only.

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WEEK 5 (3): EJERCICIOS DE REPASO DE FUNCIONES Y ESTRUCTURAS

Dear Students!

Les propongo los siguientes ejercicios para que, junto con las actividades de lectura del anterior post, puedan preparar sin problemas el examen de la semana que viene:

1. Going to:
a) Primer ejercicio.
b) Segundo ejercicio.
c) Tercer ejercicio.

2. Will:
a) Going to vs. Will.
b) Buena página explicativa sobre el uso de MAYBE and PROBABLY en oraciones de futuro.

IMPORTANTE: Para evaluarles el trabajo, imprimar las respuestas a los ejercicios y las traen a clase.

Week 5 (2): Reading Activities

Dear Students!

Como lo más seguro es que tengan una actividad de comprensión de lectura en su examen, aquí les dejo unos ejercicios para que lo practiquen. Se trata de unos textos cortos en inglés, de nivel intermedio, acompañados de unas preguntas de opción múltiple con comprobación de si han acertado o no (para ello, pinchen donde pone "Grade me!", al final de la última pregunta).  Impriman los reportes de cada lectura, y tráiganlos para evaluarles yo su trabajo.

Como siempre, para buscar el vocabulario desconocido o difícil, recurran al diccionario online. IMPORTANTE: El día del examen no podrán usar diccionarios, por lo tanto estúdiense todo el vocabulario obligatorio, incluidos adverbios y verbos frasales. 

a) Biofuels and the Environment.
b) Airbus Crisis Over.
c) Ada Lovelace.

WEEK 5: March 9 and March 11

Dear students,

Week 5 is our first exam!

Para preparar bien el examen, les recuerdo las lecciones que hemos preparado hasta ahora:

1. Week 2: Unit 1, Lesson 1 "Life Goals" and Leson 2 "Going to Places".
2. Week 3: Unit 1, Lesson 3 "Favorites" and Unit 2, Lesson 2 "Disasters".
3. Week 4 (esta semana): Unit 2, Lesson 3 "If Wishes were Horses".

Sé que no hemos preparado la lección llamada "Disasters". Este material se los preparo y se los hago llegar cuanto antes.

En cuanto al resto, trabajen el blog y actividades de refuerzo que les enviaré lo más tardar el sábado.

Gracias, y buena suerte.

Week 4: March 2 (ENX6225) & March 4 (ENX6237)

Dear students!

Aquí les dejo el contenido y las actividades preparatorias para la siguiente clase. Ya saben, cuanto más hagan en casa, mejor, más chulitos se ganan.

UNIT 2- Lesson 3 "If Wishes were Horses"
Functions: Expressing Regrets.
Structures: a. Third conditional, b. WISH + Past Perfect. 
Vocabulary: find, miss (the bus), spend, spill, starve. Phrasal verbs: break up with, go out with, pay attention to, run into.

1. Para la búsqueda del vocabulario, usen el diccionario online. Recuerda escribir las palabras y sus traducciones en tu cuaderno.

2. Función: Expresar arrepentimiento. Para ello tenemos dos estructuras en inglés: a. El llamado "tercer condicional" o como lo llama Jennifer en el video de abajo, "unreal conditionals" (condicionales no-reales); b. Wish (desear) + pasado perfecto.

a. Ejemplo de condicional no-real:
If I had studied, I would have passed my exam: Si yo hubiera estudiado, entonces hubiese aprobado mi examen.
Es una oración compleja, dividida en dos oraciones, una llamada "If clause" (oración de condicional) y la segunda es la "result clause" (oración de resultado), un resultado que NO es real.
Para reforzar esta forma de expresar arrepentimiento, vean el video de Jennifer:


Ejercicio: Escriban 5 oraciones en inglés con esta estructura. 

b. La segunda estructura para expresar arrepentimiento en inglés es más simple. Un ejemplo: I wish I had gone to the party: Ojalá hubiera ido a la fiesta.
Ejercicio: Escriban 5 oraciones en inglés con esta estructura. 

WEEK 3

The following is the CONTENT you need to become familiarized for the class of next week (Tuesday 23 for group 62-25, and Thursday 25 for group 62-37):

UNIT 1 - Lesson 3 "FAVORITES" (Style 3, page 72) / Unit 2 - Lesson 2 "DISASTER" (Style 3, page 80)
FUNCTIONS: Identifying people and things, Narrating events.
STRUCTURES: Past simple, past progressive and past perfect / Relative clauses with WHO, WHICH, THAT.
VOCABULARY: Approval, drive into town, drive someone, favorite, kinder garden, least favorite, love to hate, Lucky you!, make somebody feel special, positive start, pride, save every penny, self-confidence, terrible. Blame, bravery, cave, close, cloud, collapse, crash, damage, destroy, disaster, drought, earthquake, fanatic, flood, funnel, hijack, hit, hurricane, kindness, nation, order, report, respond, rush, shock, storm, tornado, tragedy, violence, weather.
Your online DICTIONARY.

1. FUNCTIONS: 
a. Identifying people and things:
For example: My favorite teacher from primary school is Mrs. Smith. (Mi profesora favorita de la primaria es la Sra. Smith)
Now, answer to the questions following the example:
Who are some teachers that you remember from primary school? Why do you remember them?

b. Narrating events:
Cuando de narrar eventos se trata, en inglés debemos responder a preguntas como las siguientes:
What happened? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Who was responsible?

2. GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS:
a. Past Simple: Para comprender la terminación del pasado en los verbos regulares, miren este VIDEO. En el caso de los verbos irregulares, vean este VIDEO y este OTRO. Con el verbo DO en el pasado tenemos este otro VIDEO. No se preocupen por las páginas que aparecen en los videos.

b. Past Progressive: Para comprender muy bien la estructura y los usos de este tiempo en inglés, vean este VIDEO. Para la forma negativa, sirva este ejemplo: I was not (or wasn´t) washing the dishes yesterday. Para la forma interrogativa: Was I washing the dishes yesterday?

c. Past Perfect: Estupendo VIDEO.

d. Relative clauses with WHO, WHICH, THAT: Mirar este VIDEO. No hace falta entenderlo todo, sólo quedarse con una buena idea de las oraciones de relativo en inglés.

WEEK 2

Dear students,
Here is the content for the next class:

UNIT 1: Lesson 1 "LIFE GOALS" / Lesson 2 "GOING TO PLACES"
FUNCTIONS: 
- Talking about intentions and speculating about future.
- Talking about plans and scheduled events.
STRUCTURES: Going to / will with maybe, probably, hope, guess, think.
VOCABULARY: beyond, community, health organization, diplomat, get married, go to, graduate scholl, interim program, resume, investment, kid, life style, marriage, not anytime soon, organized, save the world, see what comes along, stay, single, time out.
MORE VOCABULARY: agree (on), airline, arrange, definite, event, expectation, explore, fly, get wet, go dancing, have fun, intention, movie, pass, plan, relax, scare, scheduled, slide, stay at a hotel, theme park, thrill ride, water park.

Para buscar palabras, el mejor diccionario gratuito online que conozco es éste (pinche en "éste"). Escriba en su cuaderno la lista del vocabulario con sus traducciones en español al lado.

And here are some activities so you can warm up for the next class:

1. VERBAL ACTIVITY (Page 68, Style 3).
Practica antes de llegar a clase. Responde hablando a las siguientes preguntas:
- Do you intend to go to graduate school? (Ej.) Yes, I would like to go to graduate school.
- Do you intend to get married?
- Do you intend to have children?
- Do you intend to open your own business some day?
- Are you thinking about finding a job?
- Are you thinking about changing your lifestyle?
- Are you thinking about staying single?
- Are you thinking about going to live in another place?

2. LISTENING ACTIVITY (Page 68).
Practica el audio que está arriba, titulado Kyla and Evan. Mientras escuchas, lee el transcript de la conversación que encontrarás en la imagen de aquí debajo. Para poderlo leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo, deberás abrir la foto en otra ventana.

 

Track #29 - Style 3 - MacMillan. For educational purposes only.

3. GRAMMAR EXPLANATION - Explicación gramatical.

Going to or Will with Maybe, Probably, Hope, Guess, Think.

Cuando en inglés hablamos de intenciones usamos la forma Going to (ir a). Ejemplos:

- I am going to get a job after college. 

- She says she is going to open her store soon.

Cuando especulamos sobre el futuro, entonces la estructura que se usa es la del verbo auxiliar en futuro Will, acompañado de palabras como Maybe, Probably, Hope, Guess, Think. Ejemplos:

- I will probably live right here.

- Maybe I will become a politician.

- I hope I will find an interesting job.

- I think I will get the grant for college.