Posts

Showing posts from February, 2019

Week 3 - Parts of the body, Physical appearance

Image
Topics:  Personal information Physical appearance Parts of the body Learning outcome: Use adjectives to describe physical appearance and identify the parts of the body.  Functional language: What is your girlfriend like? She is short. Her hair is long. She has black eyes. What does he look like?  He is a little fat and short. Signing of the Compromiso Académico Activity 1 - Introductions in video Check videos from the previous class. Content 1: Wh- question words What does each wh- word refer to? Check the following mind map. Wh- question words Can you give more examples of questions using wh- words? Give 2 examples. You can find more information in the following video: Content 2 - Nouns and corresponding pronouns Can you match each noun with its corresponding pronoun? Activity 2 - Possessive adjectives and Verb 'have' Look at the following explanation: Now, you can match nouns and pronouns with their corresponding

Week 2: Numbers, The alphabet

Image
Topics: Numbers
 The alphabet Learning outcome: Ask for, give, and identify names, telephone numbers, email, and other personal information. Possible tasks: Reading: read a text about people`s descriptions and answer questions about their personal information (reading skills) 
 Survey: ask personal information questions to your classmates (oral skills) Functional language: What is your name? 
 How do you spell your name? 
 How do you spell your last name? 
 What do you do? 
 Where do you work? 
 I work for Allus. 
 Pre-task activities: Activity1: Questions about "Let me introduce myself" workshop. Content 1: Watch a video with introduction samples. Activity 2: Create a mind map about personal information, similar to the one created last class. In the middle, it's the title "Personal information". The branches are the different types of information you can provide: name, surname, age, etc. For each branch, you need to indi

Week 1: Introduction of the course, Greetings and farewells

Topics: Teacher’s introduction. Micro-curriculum (topics and objectives, language competences to be reached) presentation Methodological approach presentation. Introducing the institutional rules: student regulations, chain of command and academic commitment. Greetings/Farewells Personal information Learning outcome: Say hello and goodbye in formal and informal ways Give basic information about yourself (name, last name, nickname, age, studies, job, living place) Possible tasks: Dialogue: Introduce yourself to a classmate and request information about him or her (oral skills) Functional language: Hello, my name is. What is your name? Where do you live? Who do you live with?  How old are you? What do you do? Nice to meet you. Goodbye General documents: Calendario académico Pacing guide Compromiso académico Writing conventions