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Learning Guide: Colombia: A natural and cultural paradise

Author: Rocio del Pilar Velasco Beltrán, Judith Cardona Gallego – Description: This English self-study guide will help you to reinforce and improve your English skills to talk
about your experiences with nature, culture and tourism. The chosen activities are related to
practicing the present perfect tense in the book English Please No. 2 Module 8. The first
activity is related to the vocabulary about tourism and nature. Then in activities 2,3 and 4 you
can improve your reading and listening skills, and finally through the fifth activity you will
share a real experience you have had with nature. The main objective of this self guide is
review and practice the present perfect tense.

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Learning Guide: Consumer Power

Author: Emilce Barón – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to give practice in talking about what you will normally
do in real-life situations. All the activities are related to the topic of describing how to be an
ethical consumer in English, Please! 2 Module 2 Unit 3 Lesson 8, pages 77,78, 80. It starts with
some vocabulary revision activity. Then, you have to read the article and match the headlines
to the paragraphs. After that you have to study the grammar rule about first conditional form
and complete the sentences, then, write sentences about how to be an ethical consumer. Later,
you listen to an audio about a conversation between friends that helps you to recognize what
they are saying about their shopping habits. It ends up recording a video or audio about the
sentences you wrote in activity # 4. If you don’t have access to internet you will make an
advertising brochure for a product.

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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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Learning Guide: Tolerance

Author: Martha Carolina Carvajal, Omar Orlando Peña, Omayra Rubiela Criollo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you in reading comprehension. The activities are related to a reading about tolerance in English, Please Student Book 10 Module 3 Unit 2 Lesson 5. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the text.

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Learning Guide: Having fun

Author: Katherine Cortes Alarcón – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice describing sports and hobbies in written form. All the activities are related to the topic “having fun” presented in English, please! Student book 2, module 1 unit 1 lesson 1. It starts with a revision of vocabulary about sports and hobbies, then it presents some adjectives to describe a sport/hobby. It ends with writing the description of a sport or hobby.

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Learning Guide: Saving water

Author: Norbelly González Plaza
Janett Guzmán Cortés
Aranza Cathalina Laiseca Campos – Description: This English self-study guide helps you reinforce vocabulary related to saving water and how to use imperatives to give instructions and suggestions through the reading, writing and speaking skills. You will find 5 main activities:
-Activity 1 Vocabulary: Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases given
-Activity 2 Language awareness: Identify and write down statements instructing someone to do and Not to do something in order to protect natural resources.
-Activity 3 Reading: Match the words with the pictures and then read the text and answer some questions. Finally, identify problems, reasons and green solutions by classifying phrases in the corresponding column.
-Activity 4 Writing: Use imperatives to write at least four ideas about saving water and make a poster with them.
-Activity 5: Record a video where you present your poster about tips for saving water.
Once you have finished, do not forget to assess your performance in the self-assessment section.

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Learning Guide: Sports and hobbies

Author: Liliana del Rosario Calpa Burbano, Jhoana Rocío Paz Guerrero, Gloria Adriana Bolaños Escobar – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise vocabulary related to sports, hobbies and leisure activities in the development of different exercises. All the activities are related to the topic of sports and hobbies presented in the English, Please! Student’s Book 2 Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some comprehension questions related to a text and end up writing about your favorite sports, hobbies and leisure activities and those of your best friend.

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Learning Guide: My Hiking Trip

Author: Jimmy Alexander Gaviria Delgado – Description: This self-study guide will give you some orientation about how to talk about facts that are always true using zero conditional and some vocabulary for a hiking trip. The activities presented here are based on the English Please, Fast Track 10th student’s book, Module 2, Unit 3, Lesson 7. It starts with some vocabulary review activities, then you will read and answer some reading comprehension questions about a hiking talk. After, you will discover the uses and structure of the zero conditional, and finally, you will design a poster to talk about a hiking trip with your friends.

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Learning Guide: Sports and hobbies

Author: Gloria Adriana Bolaños Escobar, Jhoana Rocío Paz Guerrero – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise vocabulary related to sports, hobbies and leisure activities as well as the uses of the verb “can” to express abilities and possibilities. All the activities are based on the English, Please! Student’s Book 2 Lesson 1 page 12. It starts with an activity to review vocabulary. Then, you will answer some reading comprehension questions and analyse the uses and structure of the verb “can”, and end up writing about your abilities related to sports, hobbies and leisure activities and those of your best friend.

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Learning Guide: Urban tribes

Author: Fanery Patricia Hidalgo Benavides, Marisol Vallejo Narváez, Silvana Yamile López Muñoz – Description: This self-study guide helps you practise describing Urban Tribes in written and spoken form. All the activities are related to the English, please! Fast Track – Student’s Book 10, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 2, Pages 14, 15 and 17. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you will read the texts and work on some comprehension questions. After that, you will discover how to use the gerund as a verb. Finally, you will write a description about your favorite urban tribe and the same information will be shared through a 1-minute audio in the English group via WhatsApp.

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Teaching Guide: Learning about fair trade products

Author: Aydee Barrera Plazas – Description: This lesson plan strengthens students’ communicative skills because the development of the activities makes students feel active and motivated. The topic encourages students to appreciate farmers´ labor and how fair trade may help them.

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Teaching Guide: Traditional celebrations

Author: Claudia Rocio Castro Jaimes – Description: This lesson plan gives the students the opportunity to express their ideas about their own cultural traditions, presenting a celebration they like at home. Students can improve their listening and speaking skills along with social skills, related to team work and decision making.

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