ACTIVIDADES DEL LIBRO: SEMANAS 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.

SEMANAS 7 Y 8: FUNCIONES Y ESTRUCTURAS

Dear students,
Here are the linguistic funtions, grammar structures, and vocabulary for weeks 7 and 8.
This week we are supposed to be on week 9.
I will post the activities from the book in the next entry of this blog.

UNIT 5 - Lesson 1 “CHANGING PEOPLE”
FUNCTIONS: Reporting permission and persuasion
STRUCTURES: Review of VERB+ OBJECT+ INFINITIVE
VOCABULARY: Clean, custodian, dip, lend, lip, lipstick, mirror, principal, prints, sing, squeeze, toilet,
reporting verbs: advise, allow, ask, force, get, let, make, persuade, remind, tell.
DICCIONARIO

Video: How to ask for permission in English?


UNIT 5 – Lesson 2 “CAREER VALUES”

FUNCTIONS: talking about values
STRUCTURES: Review of gerunds and infinitives.
VOCABULARY: career values, verbs and phrases + gerund or infinitive: be comfortable with, enjoy, have, have a problem, with, it is important to me, like, need, prefer, take satisfaction in, want.
DICCIONARIO

Group 72-5: PREPARING INTERVIEW #1

Members of Group 1:

- Arango, Jeisson Steven
- Arboleda, José Luis
- Barragán, Faver Andrés
- Bedoya, Elkin Andrés
- Bedoya, Lizet Yomara
- Zabala, Leidy Viviana

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:

- Benítez, Sandra Milena
- Botero, Clara Eugenia
- Cadavid, Leidy Viviana
- Calle, Wilson Antonio
- Cardona, Jony Alexander
- Zapata, Diana María

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:

- Cardona, Diana Isabel
- Carreño, Juan Carlos
- Cataño, José Sneider
- Colorado, Daniel
- Espinal, Karen Carolina
- Zapata, Mónica

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:

- Gil, William de Jesús
- Gil, Diana María
- Giraldo, Chirly Juliana
- Giraldo, Jonny Alexander
- Gómez, Mariluz

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:

- González, Roberto Carlos
- González, Miguel Orlando
- Herrera, Juan Esteban
- Londoño, Arley David
- Molina, Luz Viviana

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:

- Montoya, Sebastián
- Murillo, Silvia María
- Palacio, Leidy Johanna
- Paniagua, Hernán Alonso
- Patiño, Santiago

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:

- Pérez, Cesar Augusto
- Posada, Judith
- Ramírez, Daniel
- Restrepo, Yuly Paola
- Rojas, Mónica Andrea

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:

- Sanmartín, Juan Fernando
- Tabares, John Fredy
- Torres, Alex de Jesús
- Torres, Juan Pablo
- Vélez, Andrés Felipe
- Vélez, Oscar Mauricio

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.

PREPARING INTERVIEW #1 / 72-12 Group

Members of Group 1:

 - Bolivar, Jeferson
- Cardona, Juliana
- Carvajal, Walter
- Córdoba, Ariel
- Estrada, Yésica Vanesa

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:

- Franco, Yuliana
- Galvis, Jhon Fredy
- García, Raúl
- Londoño, Jaime
- Medina, Jhonnatthan

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:

- Redondo, Ramiro Rafael
- Rendón, Catherine
- Retrepo, Daniel Felipe
- Rodríguez, Diego Alejandro
- Rúa, Manuel Alejandro

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:

- Ruiz, Christian
- Tabares, John Fredy
- Tascón, Carlos Alberto
- Toro, Álvaro Fernando

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.

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

WEEK 5 (2): ACTIVIDADES PARA REPASAR FUNCIONES Y ESTRUCTURAS

Como lo prometí, aquí les envío actividades de repaso de las funciones y estructuras que hemos visto hasta ahora en el curso. Haciendo estas actividades tras haber repasado las explicaciones (blog y clase) les prepararán correctamente para el examen del lunes 8.

1. Ejercicios para practicar el Imperativo:
a) Primer test.
b) Segundo test.
c) Tercer test.

2. Ejercicios de oraciones con adverbios:
a) Adverbios de tiempo: Pasado Simple vs. Pasado Perfecto (Explicación + test al final de la página).
b) Adverbios de tiempo en oraciones de futuro (Explicación y test).

IMPORTANTE: Para evaluarles su trabajo, traigan a clase los tests imprimidos. Muchas gracias.

Week 5: Reading Activities

Dear students!

Como lo más seguro es que tengan una actividad de comprensión de lectura en su examen del lunes, 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.

Las actividades que quedaron por hacer de la WEEK 3

Dear students!

In this entry you will find 3 activities from the book Style 3. It is important that you write them down in your notebook. Next Monday I will start the class asking you about activity 7.

Please, note that this work is DIFFERENT from the one that you have to prepare for WEEK 4.

Have a nice week and keep up the good work!

 

Explicación de la actividad 5: Para hacer la actividad necesitas haber hecho primero la actividad 4. Completa las oraciones en 5 usando la historia en 4 (ordenada por ti). Una vez que hayas acabado las oraciones, escucha el AUDIO titulado A BAD ACCIDENT, que podrán encontrar arriba, al principio del blog. 

  

  

Activities and audio from Style 3. For educational purposes only.

 

Week 3

Querid@s tod@s:
Espero que les haya servido la clase de hoy para comprender cómo vamos a trabajar en esta asignatura.
Lo prometido es deuda. Aquí tienen lo que necesitan para venir preparados el lunes 22 de febrero. Practiquen todo lo que puedan, y si algo no lo entienden, escríbanme un correo electrónico con la pregunta concreta.

Agenda para el lunes 22 de febrero de 2010:

UNIT 4 - Lesson 2 "FIRST AID"
FUNCTIONS:
- Giving instructions, narrating an experience.
- Speaking and writing based on the engineering field with greater fluency and complexity.
STRUCTURES: Adverb clauses: when, while, before, after, until, as soon as.
VOCABULARY: animal bite, bandage, blanket, bleeding, burn, cut, drowning, fall, grease, injury, pressure, shock, soap, traffic accident, wound, wrap. Recuerden usar este diccionario. En su cuaderno escriban el vocabulario en inglés y español

1. EJEMPLO Y ACTIVIDAD: De cómo dar instrucciones (give instructions) en inglés. ¿Recuerdan las conjunciones de secuencia? Aprende de este ejemplo. Tienes que diseñar y escribir en tu cuaderno tu propio "manual de instrucciones", relacionado con algo de tu trabajo o de tus estudios. Busca en el diccionario lo que no entiendas:

How to Make a Cup of Coffe

1. First you need to buy some coffee and a coffee maker.

2. Then you have to put the water into the bottom of the coffee maker.

3. You do not need to boil the water.

4. Next, you have to put the coffee in the coffee compartment and screw the top of the coffee maker on. 

5. After that you need to put the coffee pot onto the stove.

6. Then, turn the stove on high and wait. Yo do not have to move the coffee pot.

7. When the water boils and goes into the upper part of the pot you then have to remove the pot from the heat.

8. Finally, pour some coffee into a cup, add sugar and milk, and enjoy.

2. GRAMÁTICA: Adverb clauses with time (oraciones con adverbios de tiempo). En tu cuaderno, traduce las siguientes oraciones con adverbios de tiempo:

He was talking on the phone when I arrived.
She began cooking while I was finishing my homework.
We will finish before he arrives.
She ate after I left.
We waited until he finished his homework.
As soon as I hear from Tom, I will give you a telephone call.

Para los que deseen más información sobre el uso y el significado de estos adverbios, pueden visitar la siguiente página. Pinchen aquí.

NOTA IMPORTANTE:
El contenido de esta entrada podrá ampliarse. De ser así, les avisaré por correo a más tardar el sábado. Muchas gracias. Un saludo.

WEEK 2

Hello dear students!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend as I write this first post in your blog. Yes! From now on you have this site at your disposition. Here you will find all the materials you will need to review for the next class, plus more stuff to practice with. 

Tomorrow's class content is as follows:

UNIT 4 - Lesson 1 "YOUR OWN BUSINESS"

FUNCTIONS: Giving instructions and suggestions.

STRUCTURES: Imperatives.

VOCABULARY: advertising, cost, flyers, franchise, market, product, profit, rationale, service, success, unethical, cool, bagel, equipment, parlor, juggler, chunky, nut, chubby, buzz.

Phrasal verbs: find out, hand out, look into, think about. 

Sequencing conjunctions: first, next, after that, then, finally. 

We will use "Style" (3) as our textbook. You do not have to buy it, but if you have it already, bring it to class. 
Use my favorite online dictionary to find the meanings of the vocabulary for this week. 

GRAMMAR - GRAMÁTICA (Explicación)
Cuando indicamos direcciones a seguir y cuando damos órdenes, en inglés usamos el imperativo. Ejemplos:
Come early (Venga temprano).
Don't spend all your money (No se gaste todo su dinero).
Para los que quieran ampliar sus conocimientos sobre el imperativo en inglés, pueden visitar un excelente vídeo aquí.
Cuando lo que queremos es sugerir, en inglés se usan diferentes fórmulas que puedes estudiar aquí.

LISTENING ACTIVITY (Actividad de audio)
Practica antes de llegar a clase esta corta grabación sobre un negocio de pasear a perros. La grabación la encontrarás en el player titulado Dog Walking Business, encima de este post. Mientras escuchas, lee la transcripción del audio a continuación. Pincha sobre la foto y si es necesario copia la dirección y pégala en otra ventana para leer y escuchar a la vez.

 


Audio Track from Style - 3, MacMillan. For educational purposes only.