Class OCT 31

PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT 

A definite time in the past vs a vague time in the past

     

What's wrong with it?

TASK: What's the problem? Role Play (pg. 38)

Class OCT 26

Present Simple Conjugation

Conjugate the verbs in parentheses correctly.

She _________ (live) in London.
Lisa _________ (work) in a factory.
My best friend and Louise _________ (like) to go out on Friday night.
Air pollution _________ (be) a huge problem in most of the big cities.
Receiving too much sun radiation _________ (produce) skin damages and _________ (be) not advisable.
Working in bad conditions _________ (can lead to) health problems.
Walking and using the bicycle _________ (help) to avoid health risks.
Having the city clean _________ (demand/require) a huge budget.
A government plan _________ (consist of) presenting a series of city problems and proposals to overcome them.
Traffic in the city _________ (become) a bigger problem day by day.
Taking public transport and traveling with other people in your vehicle _________ (prevent) traffic jams.

Global Issues
(Audio Workshop)

Writing about a university problem

PROBLEM

• There is too much... 
• There are too many... 
• There isn't enough... 
• There aren't enough...
• There is a lack of...
• There is little...
• There are few...
• (Something) is too...
• (Somethings) are too...
• (Something) is not...

"At the university, there are not enough classrooms. Groups are very large. You can see 40, 50, 60 students in a class. "

CAUSES

• This problem is due to/attributable to/caused by/assignable to...
• It is due to...
• That is caused by...
• (Something) led to...

CONSEQUENCES

• The consequences are that...
• For that reason, ...
• Because of that, ...
• It leads to...

REMEDIATION PROPOSALS

• I would suggest to...
• I think it would be a good idea to...
• It would be advisable to...

CONCLUSIONS

• If there are more classrooms at the university, classes can...
• If the university had more classrooms, we would...

Class 7: My city 10 years ago

How was your city 10 years ago?

• Thinking back game

• What did you do at school when you were a child?
• How did you go to school when you were a child? What kind of transportation means were there in your town?

• What kind of transportation-related problems were there in your city?
• What were the causes of those problems?

CLASS SEP 28

CAUGHT IN THE RUSH

Objective: Talk about transportation and transportation problems; evaluating city services.

From previous class...

Singapore solves it

Be the judge!

A post

Common Questions Asked by Visitors to a City

Class SEP 19

PAST TENSE REVIEW

TASK 1:
Using the piece of paper handed out by your teacher, please complete this task by drawing activities you used to do some time ago on the left side of the page, and the activities you do now instead of the previous ones on the right side.

COMPUND NOUNS

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY

TASK 2:

Class Sep 12

Travel Plans

During this class, you need to complete the brochure of your travel agency. Then you need to share it with your potential clients: your classmates. 

After checking all the different travel brochures, you need to select one of them and create your travel plan accordingly. Share it with your classmates and your teacher so you can fix any mistake it contains.

After creating your travel plan and fixing any mistakes, you need to check Homework or Production 1 (shared by your teacher through your institutional email). You need to publish on your personal blog the two posts asked on the task.

Your teacher will check your posts and, based on the corresponding evaluation criteria, he will provide you with your first Homework or Production grade. Please, be attentive to the comments on your posts.

After completing the first task, you can continue by watching the following video and filling the following worksheet.

Class 6: We had a great time!

Hello, all.

For today's class, we have several activities to work on. Let's begin by checking the goals for this class.

Objective: At the end of this class, students will be able to use past tense to retell stories about their life experiences with a correct pronunciation of the -ed ending.

Let's begin by reviewing how to form the simple past of regular verbs. Check out the following video.

Now, complete the following worksheet about Past Simple of regular verbs.

... and a worksheet about Past Simple or irregular verbs.

Read and listen to the following conversation. Then practice with a partner.

Practice with a classmate. Answer the questions with your own information. (Switch roles.)

• Did you stay home on Saturday?
• How did you spend your last birthday?
• What did you do last night?
• Did you do anything special over the weekend?
• Did you go out on Friday night?

Check the following images to get some ideas.

   

Class Three: "The Not So Perfect City"

"The Not So Perfect City"

During this class, we are going to finish the worksheet we were working last class. Pay attention to the teacher's directions. But first, we are going to watch some flashcards with vocabulary related to places in the city.





Now, we are able to continue working with the worksheet.

Although cities have many advantages, they also have many disadvantages and problems. Let's watch some problems of one (if not the one) of the major cities in the world: New York City

Class Two: The Perfect City

Class Two: The Perfect City

Objective:
To describe the perfect city using vocabulary related to places and attractions in the city, and the expressions there is/are; some, any, several, a lot of, many.

Firstly, we need to complete the previous worksheet "A Night Out".

Now we can start working on the next worksheet called "The Perfect City". 

Class One: Course Introduction, Free time Activities and Routines

Welcome, everybody!

Today we start our English Class. In this first post, you can find some general documents related to the course development, and the first topic: Free time Activities and Routines. Please, download all the documents, read them carefully, and keep them in mind.

General Documents

Make sure to read all the documents carefully.

• Circular de inicio de curso: Marco legal del programa, Principios pedagógicos, Principios metodológicos, Evaluación, Servicios del Centro de Idiomas.
• Plan de Estudio Nivel 3: Topics, indicators, linguistic content, text genre, miniproject, support resources.
• Descriptores Nivel A2: Estándares de desempeño.

Class One

Let's begin by reviewing some vocabulary related to everyday activities.

Exercise 1: Which ones of these do you do everyday? Could you share with the class your daily routine?


Now, let's check some vocabulary related to free time activities.





Exercise 2: Which one of these do you do during the week? Could you share your weekly routine with the class?

TASK

Now, it's time to start the task corresponding to this class. In this case, it is about developing a worksheet based on a video. Below I have published the worksheet and the video. Check them out!

Homework: Your homework this week will be creating a podcast, using Vocaroo, in which you present your daily routine and your weekly routine. Please, share the link to your podcast in the comments of this post. Be attentive in case you receive any comment in relation to your work.