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Password

Author: David Malatesta – Description: A guide for the game, Password. It is an interactive game for learning vocabulary. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Teaching Guide: Music genres in Colombia

Author: Lady Tahnee Ortiz Rondon – Description: This plan guides students to recognize different music genres from different regions of Colombia. Also, this lesson provides teachers a fun and engaging way to have students practice the four skills and tenses.

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Learning Guide: Feelings and emotions

Author: Emerita Useche- Carlos Alvarez – Description: This self-study guide helps you to learn vocabulary about feelings and emotions and ask and answer
question with (Why) and (because). All activities are related to the book Way to Go 7 Unit 2 module 1,
Pages 49 – 52. It starts with the vocabulary activity, then a text and its reading comprehension exercises;
the language awareness section will help you discover the grammar and it ends up with a writing exercise.
Finally, the assessment task will help you check your progress.

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Learning Guide: Introducing people

Author: Belkis Amaya, Yurany Rubiano, Jorge Reyes – Description: This self-study guide helps you to practise giving information in written and oral form. All the
activities are related to the topic of personal information presented in Way to Go 6 Module 1
Unit 1 lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer
some questions about language use to introduce yourself (ABC and numbers), then complete a
conversation, and end up writing a dialogue to introduce yourself.

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Learning Guide: Daily Routines

Author: Nadia Milena Hoyos Cortina – Description: This self-study guide helps you to learn new vocabulary related to free time activities and daily routine activities. Also you will learn the positive and interrogative structures in Present Simple tense to create sentences expressing a daily routine. All the activities are from the book English Please, pages: 48, 49, 50. It starts with a reading activity, then with a vocabulary activity where you must match pictures with some words and finally you have to create your own sentences according to your daily activities.

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Teaching Guide: What were you doing two days ago?

Author: Ivon Hernandez Hernandez – Description: This plan is very useful for teachers and students who want to work on students’ capacities to tell and write stories. also reinforce their vocabulary and speaking abilities. Teachers can use this plan to reinforce verbs and use some activities about how to assess students in a formative manner that allow students to be engaged in their own learning process to take an active role.

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Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 18: A Great Experience, A Great Trip with Audio and Lesson Plans

Author: American English – Description: When on vacation, the main character encounters someone who has lost his father. Can he help? Read and find out! These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Teaching Guide: Describing people

Author: Sandra Lucía Narváez Coral – Description: This plan is a fun and engaging activity to get SS to use new vocabulary in a meaningful way. It would fit perfectly in the middle of the unit to help build vocabulary for a larger task after it.

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Learning Guide: Eating disorders

Author: Humberto Uchima Tasama, Diego Alejandro Ospina Cardona, Maria Isabel Utima Gaviria – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn and practice frequency adverbs and how they are used to express symptoms of eating disorders and the illness such disorders could lead to. The activities in this guide are related to the topic of eating disorders proposed in Way to go students’ book 8th grade, Module 2, Unite 1: lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you are asked to analyze the way frequency adverbs are used. Finally, you have some exercises to listen and use the vocabulary learned to talk about eating disorders throughout a survey.

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Learning Guide: Our natural environment: Natural National Parks in Colombia Eco-tourism

Author: Tatiana Paula Lozano, Daisy Viviana Montilla Gonzalez – Description: In this self study guide, you will learn about National parks in Colombia, new vocabulary about
environment, practice reading comprehension, fauna and flora, eco-tourism and use English in
context to communicate. In fact, you’ll put into practice reading, writing and listening skills
based on the English Please! Student’s book 2, Module 4, Unit 1,lesson 3 and module 4, lesson
8,pages 132 and 154.

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Classroom Activities: Fishing

Description: Three activities for classroom use. The first is a card game, the second is a stories activity, and the last is a environment presentation. The first card game isn’t suitable and the others need adaptation. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

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Teaching Guide: THIS IS ME AND MY FAMILY

Author: France Katherine Páez Suárez – Description: This lesson plan gives the students a chance to share personal information with their classmates. It also gives them the opportunity to listen about others improving their social interaction.

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Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 19: Learning English Whenever I Can with Audio

Author: American English – Description: In this story, learn how the narrator, with the help of his cousin, practices all four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) to learn English. His hard work is rewarded in the end. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Using Mobile Phone Technology in EFL Classes

Author: Suleyman Nihat Sad – Description: A guide on how to use cell phones in your classes. These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/

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Teaching Guide: Experiences

Author: Jonathan Jovanni Moreno Ramirez – Description: This plan gives students a chance to express something they have been doing for a while using the present perfect progressive, which is a complex structure that students need to practise a lot before mastering. It has different activities that will help students use the structure properly in a fun way.

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Learning Guide: Healthy

Author: Aleida Isabel Calderón, Ayda Maria Barreto, Miriam Rosa Herazo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise asking and giving information about eating habits, nutritional value and health benefits of food. Some activities are related to the topic of health presented in Way to Go 8 Student Book Module 2 Unit 2 lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary activities, then you have to complete sentences, read a text,and to finish writing a short paragraph about a healthy lunch dish about your region.

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