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Learning Guide: The Biggest Cities

Author: ALEXANDER ESPINOSA RAMÌREZ, ERIKA RUBIANO TRUJILLO, LUZ ESTHER QUINTO WALDO – Description: This English self-study guide helps you reinforce vocabulary related to adjectives comparing some characteristics of cities. It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you must answer some reading, writing and grammar tasks. After that, you will find some exercises to practise listening skills and at the end record yourself answering three questions about some characteristics of your town.
Click on the blue link to download the audio file (listening part-track 63).

Learning Guide: Food and drinks

Author: Alejandra Angulo, William Erney Villota, Jarlinton Benedo Torres – Description: This English Self-Study Guide will help you to practise some vocabulary about food in English. Also, you will practice, expressing likes and dislikes. You can find the activities in “English Please 9°” book, Module 3, unit 1, lesson 2. There is vocabulary about food’s classification.

Learning Guide: What is a Model Citizen?

Author: Betsaida Hernández Rojas – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to learn vocabulary about the good deeds citizens perform. Also, it helps you to know how to talk about your experiences as a good citizen. These activities are in the Way to go student´s book in module 3, unit 2 lesson 1 on page 102. To start, you have two activities related to the useful vocabulary for this self-study guide. Then you are going to do a listening for specific information exercise. Then there are some examples and activities that will help you to learn about present perfect tense use and form. To finish you must do a presentation talking about your experiences as a good Colombian citizen, elaborate a poster to illustrate your presentation and record it through a video to send it to your teacher.

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.

Learning Guide: Job Interviews

Author: Carmen Helena Moreno, Mario Leonel Díaz, Rubelio Valencia – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise for a job interview in oral form. All the activities are related to the topic of skills and abilities presented in the English, Please! Student Book 3 Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 3. It starts with some vocabulary and grammar revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to express abilities, talents, weaknesses and interests (can for ability; can’t for disability) and end up performing a short dialogue talking about your abilities.

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.

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.

Learning Guide: Daily Routines

Author: María Elena Erazo, Aura María Palacios, Robinson Manrique Claro – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise
daily activities, habits, and routines. All the activities are
related to the topic daily routines in simple present tense. It will help to improve different skills: writing, listening, and

Learning Guide: Introductions and routines

Author: Jose Wilson Calderon Trujillo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise listening skills. You will:
• read a short dialog about Wilson then answer some questions and next listen and repeat track one to become familiar with the intonation and pronunciation.
• match the numbers from one to twenty, then complete a word grid with the numbers and listen to track 2 to repeat the dialog, after that, read the same questions and answer with your information.
• with the alphabet, study the corresponding symbols for pronunciation, after that, listen to complete the table with the people’s names, and finally complete the introduction with your own name.
• record an audio greeting, saying about your name, your last name, age, place where you were born, spelling your full name and a farewell and send it to me by WhatsApp.

Learning Guide: My body is an amazing machine

Author: Jorge Reyes – Description: This self-study guide helps you to practice the vocabulary about “the body” in written and oral form. All
the activities are related to the topic “My body is an Amazing Machine”, 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 based on a reading and the language awareness and it ends up with speaking and
writing activities.

Learning Guide: Daily activities

Author: Stephanie Palomares-Rubén Darío Londoño – Description: This English self-study guide was designed for you to reinforce lexical, writing and speaking skills. All the
activities are related to the frequency adverbs, you can find this information and more exercises in the Way
to Go Student Book 6 Module 1 Unit 2 Lesson 2. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you
have to answer some questions about the text and the use of frequency adverbs. It ends up with a speaking
activity and a self-assessment activity to check your progress.

Learning Guide: From Day to Day

Author: Janeth Lago Romo, Ana Cecilia Moreno, Campo Hugo Barrera – Description: This self-study guide will help you to practice vocabulary about time, actions, frequency adverbs, and other expressions. Also, you will describe and write about activities you do every day and enjoy doing a role play and a report about partner’s routine. Besides, you will check the progress with the App Be (the)1:Challenge. Finally, you will assess all your job.

These activities are related to the Book “English Please” 9, Fast track 1, Module 3. Now! Enjoy it learning English!

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