Unalmed English 2

Welcome to English 2

Dear students,
Welcome to this course. In this blog I will be posting all sort of resources that will support your learning process. I really hope you can enjoy it!

Generalities

Programa oficial: (click)

Main units:

  • Review: Personal information, asking questions, common expression in class, parts of speech
  • Describing places and people
  • Biographies and simple recounts
  • Applying to a university

Evaluation system: En este link encontrarán la propuesta de evaluación, deben leerla y hacer sugerencias para la primera semana de marzo.
Dates
Evaluation Activity
Date
Exam 1
April 11th
Exam 2
June 4th
Self-assessment 1
April 2nd
Self-assesssment 2
May 14th
Log book March
March 31st
Log book  April
April 30th
Log Book May
May 31st
Project final presentation
May 28th and 30th

Reading lab
Reporting  Reading references
April 4th
Reading report
May 2nd




Self-assessment form
 a. 4pm-6pm group: Click here
 b. 6pm-8pm group: Click here 

 Mock exam 2

RESOURCES

REVIEW 

1. Parts of speech: English sentences are made up of words. Each word, in turn, is a part of speech. Here’s a quick review of the main parts of speech 
CATEGORY
DEFINITION
EXAMPLES
Noun
A person, place, thing, quality or act
student, park, chair, kindness
Verb
An action or existence word
go, run, be, drink, study, feel
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
A happy person
A sunny day
Adverb
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
He drives carefully.
She speaks English well.
Pronoun
A word that replaces a noun or noun phrase
I admire Lili. She is an intelligent woman.
Where is John? He is at the clini
Conjuction
A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses
John and Mary
Tea or coffee
I like you but I cannot go out with you.
Preposition
A word that describes a relationship between a noun and a noun, verb, or adverb
in, on, at, into, beside, above, below, with

2.Word order in English
Verb + Subject+Complement
Adjective & Nouns
The most common order of words in sentences is as follows: Subject + Verb + Complement
Examples:
·       Sally speaks English.
·       John reads the newspaper.
·       Anita lives in Taiwan
·       Jorge likes spicy food
·       Most of Colombians like football
·       Sara and Tony work in University
·       Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa
·       Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America
·       Shakira has eight half-siblings
·       Fernando Botero does not live in Colombia
An adjective is a word that describes something (a noun) or someone (a person).
Adjectives sometimes appear after the verb To Be
  • He is short.
  • She is tall.
Adjectives sometimes appear before a noun.
  • Red car
  • Old hat





3. Personal information questions
a. Examples of questions here

Do exercises with these questions words here and here

 4. Introducing yourself
Listen and prepare your own introduction here..
speakerHello, my name is Anita and I'm from Taiwan and Taiwan is a very small country and I'm not sure where Taiwan can be considered a country or not. I like Taiwan very well because we have nice food, nice weather, the winter is warm and people are friendly. I like to stay in Taiwan very much....continue

Activity february 28 (here)


 Placement test 
1. Vocabulary and grammar: Ingresa y escoge el nivel básico y responde las preguntas (tiempo estimado 20-30 minutos)

2. Listening  Ingresa y responde las preguntas de acuerdo a lo que escuches (tiempo estimado (30 minutos)

Report your score on this blog on  your corresponding space: STUDENTS POSTS 4pm or 6pm
Follow this example:

 CLAUDIA MESA
Vocabulary and Grammar: 80%
Listening: 15/32

5. Presente simple (Simple present).
El Presente Simple es un tiempo verbal que se utiliza para:
a.  Describir acciones habituales que suceden con cierta frecuencia (Un habito, una actividad programada)
  • The English class is on wednesdays at 5pm.
  • At Universidad Nacional, many students practice sports
  • In Medellin, the Metro operates from 4:30am to 11pm
  • In Colombia, many soccer fans watch matches on sunday
  • Colombians do not drink much whiskey, most of them prefer beer and aguardiente.
b. Para describir hechos o generalizaciones
  • Planets spin around a star
  • Colombia exports coffee
  • Mexican food is spicy
  • Colombia has significant natural resources
  • Bolivia does not have beaches
c. Para describir apariencia fisica o personalidad
  • Elephants have long trunks
  • Chinese people have slanted eyes
  • In Colombia, primary and high school students wear uniforms. In public schools of USA, students have a dress code instead of  uniforms.
  • Cats and dogs are usually friendly animals
  • The weather in Colombia is nice. 



UNIT 1: Describing places, people and devices


TED Talks

Countries

 Colombia profile

 Country profiles: Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.

Explore countries: This is a website that belongs to the National Geographic. There you can find information, pictures and videos of different countries around the world.
Video activity: Zipaquira

List of countries: This site has information about all the countries in the world.

 Famous places: Here you will find places such as Machupichu, Mount Everest, Disneyland, The Bermuda triangle, among others

 Uncover Colombia: Welcome to Uncover Colombia. We are a tour operator offering a world of unique tours and holidays where you can discover and experience the traditions, landscapes and diversity of this amazing South American country. 


Conceptual maps: Los mapas conceptuales son herramientas gráficas para organizar y representar el conocimiento. Incluyen conceptos, usualmente encerrados en círculos o cajitas de algún tipo, y relaciones entre conceptos indicados por una línea conectiva que enlaza los dos conceptos. Las palabras sobre la línea, denominadas palabras de enlace o frases de enlace, especifican la relación entre los dos conceptos. 

 Computer practice (May 2nd)
Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives: En este video encontrarás una buena explicación  (click)
Superlatives: En este video encontrarás una buena explicación Click

 Comparing Ecuador and Colombia:

Felipe has lived most of his life in Colombia and Ecuador. He compares both.

Felipe talks about how life seems different in Colombia and Ecuador.


Felipe talks about various foods from his native country of Colombia. (Script)


Nitya talks about her hometown of Varanasi.


People

Famous people lessons: Texts and audios about celebrities from all over the world.

Stories about people (biographies): There are 265 fifteen-minute MP3 files and 11 shorter MP3 files. That is about 66 hours of listening.

Authors birthdays: These audio biographies are meant more as listening comprehension exercises, than full-fledged biographies






UNIT 2: Biographies and simple recounts

 Mini-biographies: Mini-Biographies are a beginner-level version of our Famous People lesson plans. Each short lesson comes with a half-page reading about a famous person, place, or thing, followed by reading comprehension questions, vocabulary development exercises, and a word search for fun. (Beginner to Intermediate) 

 Inventors and their inventions

1. Electric guitar:
Electric guitars 
UNIT 3: Apply to a university 

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