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Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 15: English, Part of My Life with Audio
Author: American English – Description: This story gives some advice about learning English, including having a positive attitude and being responsible. 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/
Teaching Guide: Eating habits
Author: Lyda Nuñez Fuentes – Description: This lesson plan allows students to give information about the nutritional value and health benefits of food. It also gives the opportunity to integrate the four communicative skills and use different assessment strategies (self-assessment/peer-assessment and classroom assessment techniques CATs).
Learning Guide: Eating habits
Author: Aleida Isabel Calderón, Ayda Maria Barreto, Miriam Rosa Herazo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to talk about food preferences and describe a healthy menu presented in English, Please! Book 9 Module 3 Unit 1 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary activities, then you have to match the words with the pictures, listen to an audio, read a text, and to finish describe a healthy menu.
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.
Teaching Guide: Touristic places around Pereira
Author: Franklin Gualteros Duque – Description: This project plan gives the students a chance to know about different touristic places from their city by providing information about those places, and it also gives you a chance to promote awareness on the importance of tourism and the protection of the environment. Additionally, it gives you the opportunity to assess students and provide them with feedback on different sessions of the lesson plan.
Learning Guide: What we spend money on
Author: Diana Nataly Parrado Castañeda – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice your communicative skills in English language while learning some vocabulary to describe a product and the best way of advertising it. All the activities are related to the topics presented in the English Please Fast Track 2 Module 2 Unit 1 Lesson 3. It starts with a vocabulary activity to help you to identify new words and expressions that you can find in an advert, then it continues with a reading exercise about the different ways of advertising a product. After that, you will develop a listening activity and demonstrate your understanding of the audios by answering some questions. Then, you are going to identify some useful language for designing an advert which is the final writing and speaking task. Finally, you will complete some exercises and answer a self-assessment item to revise your progress.
Teaching Guide: Free Time/Personal Care
Author: Adriana Cocuy Sánchez – Description: This plan provides a great opportunity for students to get to know themselves, their classmates and others. Moreover, they have the chance to share ideas regarding their daily activities and talk about how they can look after their personal hygiene.
ECO English for Colombia – Poster – Professions
Author: MEN – Description: The ENGLISH FOR COLOMBIA or ECO program aims to progressively and cumulatively develop the four basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and basic writing to achieve an A1 level based on the Common European Framework (CEF). This is the complementary poster.
Learning Guide: This is my Neighborhood
Author: Elizabeth Moreno García. Paola Azucena Rojas Muriel, Sandra Patricia Agudelo Acero – Description: This English self-study guide helps you listen and talk about places in your neighbourhood. The activities are related to the topic “This Is My Neighbourhood” presented in Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 3 Unit 2 Lesson 1. It includes vocabulary on places and location words. You are going to listen to a conversation describing a neighbourhood. Finally, you are going to present your neighbourhood in a one minute video.
Learning Guide: Eco Friendly world
Author: Gloria Catalina Ortiz Ortiz, Natali Ortiz,Gloria Eugenia González – Description: This self-study guide helps you review vocabulary about flora and fauna and learn to use comparative and superlative adjectives. All the activities are related to English, Please! 9 Student Book, module 4 unit 1 (pages 124-126). Activities 1 and 2 are about vocabulary. The next activity is a reading and then developing a true/false exercise. In the language awareness you will notice the grammar rules for comparatives and superlatives and the useful language box to reinforce the information. Finally is your production time, create a collage about two ecoparks, write a description using adjectives and share your job through WhatsApp with your classmates and teacher.
Teaching Guide: My health care routines
Author: Enith Del Carmen Lambraño Castillo – Description: This plan gives the students the opportunity to learn about healthy habits and personal care routines, it also gives them the chance to interact and exchange information related to habits and routines.
Teaching Guide: Saving planet earth – Environment
Author: Geimy Marcela Montenegro Tunjo – Description: This lesson plan encourages students to be aware of the environment problems and reflect on how they can take action to reduce the carbon footprint by making some lifestyle changes.
Learning Guide: Knowing my family
Author: Jorge Leonardo Vargas Renza, Elkin Mauricio Quintero García – Description: Hello dear student. I am glad to know you are doing a great job and you will keep doing your best. In this learning guide you will practice your reading, writing, and speaking skills, and the vocabulary and grammar we already worked on in the last sessions which is related to family members. I am going to guide you through this learning guide in order to make your work easier.
Learning Guide: Talk about likes and hobbies
Author: William González – Description: This English self-study guide helps you know vocabulary about sports, free time activities, hobbies and sentences in simple present tense. All the proposed activities are related with “ Way to Go 7th” Student Book, Module 1,unit 1 “ Enjoy your Free Time”. Then, there are five different activities to do, learn and enjoy, Student must read carefully taking into account the instructions and examples. At the end of the guide you will find the answer key to contrast your answers with the correct ones.
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Lesson Plan: Sharing your Vacation – Send a Postcard!
Author: Meryl Siegal Description:
Learning Guide: Biographies About Amazing People
Author: Natalia Isabel Quinto Cervantes,
Olga Lucia Gómez Plata – Description: This English self-study guide helps you strengthen listening skills. All activities are related to the biography about Amazing people, past tense, regular and irregular verbs and reading comprehension about Amazing People presented in Way to go Student Book 7 Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 2. It starts with a listening activity. Then, you have to develop some activities to practice listening, pronunciation and verbs regular and irregular verbs and end up reading comprehension about other biography.
Teaching Guide: Will there be peace in the future?
Author: Jorge Eliecer Cabarcas Morales – Description: This plan is useful to motivate students to participate in the construction of a better future with positive ideas showing their dreams about how to make a world in peace.
Learning Guide: Free time activities
Author: Gloria Catalina Ortiz Ortiz, Natali Ortiz,Gloria Eugenia González – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice giving opinions about free time activities in written and speaking form. All the activities are related to the topic of hobbies, time expressions, interests and likes presented in Way to Go Student Book 7 Module 1 Unit 1 Lessons 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to write and express activities you like doing in your spare time.
She’ll be Coming ‘Round the Mountain – Song with Audio, Lyrics, and Poster
Author: American English – Description: An audio of song in English. 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/
Teaching Guide: Describing people physical appearance
Author: Rodrigo Armando Argote Peinado – Description: This plan provides both teacher and students with the opportunity to get involved in a lesson that implies vocabulary to talk about them. Students will discover and use new vocabulary through video and practical activities that allow them to foster their communicative skills.
