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ENGLISH LEARNING BUILDING A1
Contenido
Módulo 1: Diagnostic week.
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Lección 1: The person who I am
 Tema 1: Let me introduce myself
 Tema 2: Let´s check my knowledge about grammar
 Tema 3: What I love doing in my free time is…
Lección 2: This is the way how I learn English
 Tema 1: Music the best way to practice English.
 Tema 2: I like speaking with others in English. It´s great!
 Tema 3: Watching TV is good for learning English.
Módulo 1: Diagnostic week
Objetivo: Identificar el conocimiento previo de cada uno de los estudiantes
correspondiente a las cuatro destrezas básicas, gramática y habilidad para hacer
una presentación de sí mismo con base en lo estipulado en el marco común
europeo de referencia para las lenguas.
Lección 1: The person who I am
Introducción
El aprendizaje del idioma inglés se ha convertido en el eje central de nuestro país,
ya que es la lengua que sirve de puente entre los 5 continentes, pues a lo largo de
su historia ha sido acogido como el idioma del comercio mundial; por consiguiente,
y con base en el MCER, este curso virtual ENGLISH LEARNING BUILDING A1
busca desarrollar las competencias básicas del aprendiz en el idioma extranjero
dándole gran importancia a la competencia comunicativa, lingüística, sintáctica, y
sociocultural.
En este primer módulo se tendrá en cuenta los conocimientos previos de los
estudiantes y se orientará para que el aprendiz se comunique de una forma
adecuada a la hora de presentarse a sí mismo, también se buscará que el
estudiante tenga en cuenta la estructura gramatical y sintáctica de una oración, así
como la rutina diaria y sus preferencias entre varias opciones.
Tema 1: Let me introduce myself
Objetivo de aprendizaje:
Comprender y utilizar expresiones cotidianas de uso muy frecuente así como
frases sencillas destinadas a satisfacer necesidades de tipo inmediato,
presentándose a sí mismo y a otros.
Introduce yourself
Try to answer the following question without using a dictionary.
NAME:
1. When and where were you born?
2. How many brothers/sisters do you have? What are their ages?
3. In what other places have you lived besides here?
4. What are your favorite activities/hobbies/sports? Why? (Feel free to name
several.)
5. What is the best place you've ever lived in or visited? Please explain.
6. What is the accomplishment that you are proudest of in your life? Why are you
proud of it? Please explain.
7. What is a weakness or flaw that you would like to eliminate? (Some examples
are sleeping in too often, sloppiness, forgetting homework, eating too much junk
food, etc.)
8. Please choose three words that describe you best:
9. What is something that you would like people to know about you?
10. What is something that people might be surprised to know about you?
11. What is something that you would like to get around to doing some day? Why?
12. Name three things you could do without:
13. What is your favorite movie?
14. What is your favorite book?
15. What is your favorite CD?
16. What is the name of your favorite music group or singer?
17. What TV show do you try not to miss?
18. What are your favorite foods?
19. What is/are your favorite restaurant(s)?
20. What is one of your favorite memories?
21. What is the best learning experience that you ever had? Please explain.
22. Are you a writer? If your answer is YES, what kinds of things do you write?
Have you ever been published?
23. Why do people write?
24. How did you learn to read?
25. What does a person have to do in order to be a good reader?
26. What kinds of books do you like to read?
27. How do you decide which books you'll read?
28. Have you ever reread a book? If so, can you name it/them here?
29. Do you ever read at home for pleasure? What kinds of things do you read at
home for pleasure?
29. Who are your favorite authors?
30. In general, how do you feel about reading?
31. If someone were to write a newspaper or magazine article about you, what
would you like the writer to use as a focus (central idea)?
Tomado de:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson17/RWTa272.PDF
Look at the following video about how to introduce yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS-aSE-d5Ss
Read the following guide to know how to introduce yourself:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/howto/how_to_071226_int
roductions_formal.pdf
Tema 2: Let´s check my knowledge about grammar
Objetivo de aprendizaje:
Identificar el nivel de conocimiento que posee el aprendiz con respecto a la
gramática de la lengua inglesa.
Level test elementary A1
Go to the following link and answer the question given there. If you consider that
you are not able to answer it, do not worry about that, just try to do it!
http://www.englishtag.com/tests/level_test_elementary_A1.asp
Tema 3: What I love doing in my free time is…
Taken from: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8351
Objetivo de aprendizaje:
Expresar de una forma básica las actividades que realiza en sus tiempos libres,
hacienda uso de la forma del presente tiempo presente simple.
Simple present
Read the following information about de simple present tense
FORM
[VERB] + s/es in third person
Examples:
You speak English.
Do you speak English?
You do not speak English.
Complete List of Simple Present Forms
USE 1 Repeated Actions
Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual.
The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something
that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does
not do.
Examples:
I play tennis.
She does not play tennis.
Does he play tennis?
The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
The train does not leave at 9 AM.
When does the train usually leave?
She always forgets her purse.
He never forgets his wallet.
Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.
Does the Sun circle the Earth?
USE 2 Facts or Generalizations
The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true
before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is
correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or
things.
Examples:
Cats like milk.
Birds do not like milk.
Do pigs like milk?
California is in America.
California is not in the United Kingdom.
Windows are made of glass.
Windows are not made of wood.
New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue.
USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future
Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the
near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation,
but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.
Examples:
The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
When do we board the plane?
The party starts at 8 o'clock.
When does class begin tomorrow?
USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)
Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is
happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous
Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.
Examples:
I am here now.
She is not here now.
He needs help right now.
He does not need help now.
He has his passport in his hand.
Do you have your passport with you?
ADVERB PLACEMENT
The examples below show the placement for grammar adverbs such as: always,
only, never, ever, still, just, etc.
Examples:
You only speak English.
Do you only speak English?
ACTIVE / PASSIVE
Examples:
Once a week, Tom cleans the car. Active
Once a week, the car is cleaned by Tom. Passive
Taken from: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html
Look at the following video about the activities you can do in you free time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-0WpzxDwNs
And finally, look at the following web page with many activities you can do in your
free time:
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english83176.php
Evaluación de la lección 1:
Participar en un foro de discusión evidenciando todo lo aprendido hasta el
momento en sus aportes.
Lección: This is the way how I learn English
Introducción
Considerando que todos los estudiantes tienen diferentes estilos de aprendizaje,
es importante tener una sección en donde el aprendiz pueda identificar su forma
de aprender mientras practica el idioma inglés. Por lo tanto, esta segunda lección
se centrará en orientar a los estudiantes en las diversas formas de aprender un
idioma extranjero.
Tema 1: music the best way to practice English
Objetivo de aprendizaje
Aplicar la música en el aprendizaje de la lengua inglesa.
Top10 Benefit of Listening Music
Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to
all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning language,
improving memory and focusing attention, but also for physical coordination and
development.
Of course, music can be distracting if it's too loud or too jarring, or if it competes for
our attention with what we're trying to do. But for the most part, exposure to many
kinds of music has beneficial effects:
1- Effective therapy for pain
Overall, music does have positive effects on pain management. Music can help
reduce both the sensation and distress of both chronic pain and postoperative
pain.
Listening to music can reduce chronic pain from a range of painful conditions,
including osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis, by up to 21% and
depression by up to 25%, according to a paper in the latest UK-based Journal of
Advanced Nursing.
Music therapy is increasingly used in hospitals to reduce the need for medication
during childbirth, to decrease postoperative pain and complement the use of
anesthesia during surgery.
There are several theories about how music positively affects perceived pain:
- Music serves as a distractor
- Music may give the patient a sense of control
- Music causes the body to release endorphins to counteract pain
- Slow music relaxes person by slowing their breathing and heartbeat
2- Reducing blood pressure
By playing recordings of relaxing music every morning and evening, people with
high blood pressure can train themselves to lower their blood pressure - and keep
it low. According to research reported at the American Society of Hypertension
meeting in New Orleans, listening to just 30 minutes of classical, Celtic or raga
music every day may significantly reduce high blood pressure.
3- Medicine for the heart
Music is good for your heart. Research shows that it is musical tempo, rather than
style. Italian and British researchers32 recruited young men and women, half of
whom were trained musicians. The participants slipped on head phones and
listened to six styles of music, including rap and classical pieces, with random twominute pauses. As the participants kicked back and listened, the researchers
monitored their breathing, heart rates and blood pressure. The participants had
faster heart and breathing rates when they listened to lively music. When the
musical slowed, so did their heart and breathing rates. Some results were
surprising. During the musical pauses, heart and breathing rates normalized or
reached more optimal levels. Whether or not a person liked the style of music did
not matter. The tempo, or pace, of the music had the greatest effect on relaxation.
4- Speeds Post-Stroke Recovery
A daily dose of one's favorite pop melodies, classical music or jazz can speed
recovery from debilitating strokes, according to the latest research. When stroke
patients in Finland listened to music for a couple of hours each day, verbal memory
and attention span improved significantly compared to patients who received no
musical stimulation, or who listened only to stories read out loud, the study reports.
5- Chronic headaches & migraine remedy
Music can help migraine and chronic headache sufferers reduce the intensity,
frequency, and duration of the headaches.
6- Music boosts immunity
Music can boost the immune function. Scientists explain that a particular type of
music can create a positive and profound emotional experience, which leads to
secretion of immune-boosting hormones. This helps contribute to a reduction in the
factors responsible for illness. Listening to music or singing can also decrease
levels of stress-related hormone cortisol. Higher levels of cortisol can lead to a
decreased immune response.
7- Music enhances intelligence, learning and IQ
The idea that music makes you smarter received considerable attention from
scientists and the media. Listening to music or playing an instrument can actually
make you learn better. And research confirms this.
8- Music improves memory performance
The power of music to affect memory is quite intriguing. Mozart's music and
baroque music, with a 60 beats per minute beat pattern, activates the left and right
brain. The simultaneous left and right brain action maximizes learning and
retention of information. The information being studied activates the left brain while
the music activates the right brain. Also, activities which engage both sides of the
brain at the same time, such as playing an instrument or singing, cause the brain to
be more capable of processing information.
9- Music improves concentration and attention
Easy listening music or relaxing classics improves the duration and intensity of
concentration in all age groups and ability levels. It's not clear what type of music is
better, or what kind of musical structure is necessary to help, but many studies
have shown significant effects.
10- Music improves body movement and coordination
Music reduces muscle tension and improves body movement and coordination.
Music may play an important role in developing, maintaining and restoring physical
functioning in the rehabilitation of persons with movement disorders.
This source was taken from: http://english.eastday.com/e/top10/u1a5573540.html
Let’s listen!
Listen the following song and try to understand what the singer is saying in such
song.
http://www.jamendo.com/es/track/1067739/the-better-way
Tema 2: I like speaking with others in English. It´s great!
Objetivo de aprendizaje
Comprender que la interacción con las demás personas es una interesante fuente
de conocimiento y de práctica.
What are you?
Look at the following video an identify what are they talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHFupQm5wk
Reading: Read the information given bellow
Importance of Social Interactions
The opportunity for social interactions with others is very important for the
development of all children. Through social interactions, children begin to establish
a sense of “self” and to learn what others expect of them. Although social
interactions for very young children primarily occur within the family, as children
grow and develop, they become more and more interested in playing and
interacting with other children. When playing with others, children learn appropriate
social behaviors, such as sharing, cooperating, and respecting the property of
others. In addition, while interacting with their peers, young children learn
communication, cognitive, and motor skills.
Most opportunities for social interactions among young children occur during play.
This opportunity to play with others is critical if a child is to develop appropriate
social skills. Therefore, encouraging children with disabilities and nondisabled
children to play together is an extremely important part of instruction in integrated
preschools.
The children must have the opportunity to play together if they are to become
friends. These friendships will help the nondisabled child form positive, accepting
attitudes toward persons who are disabled. In addition, the child who is disabled
will have the opportunity to learn age-appropriate social skills.
Children who learn appropriate social skills often have a higher self-esteem and
show a greater willingness to interact with their environment as they grow.
Opportunities for social interaction not only enhance development in the early
years, but also may be important for the future of the young child who is disabled.
The ability to interact competently with is a skill that is required throughout life and
may affect future educational and vocational opportunities. Assisting young
children who are disabled to learn through positive social interaction with
nondisabled children may help them acquire skills from which they will benefit
throughout their life.
Taken from:
http://www.stancoe.org/cfs/handouts/SpecialNds/pdf/ImportanceofSocialInteraction
s.pdf
Tema 3: Watching TV is good for learning English.
Objetivo de aprendizaje
Aclarar que la televisión puede ser un gran recurso tecnológico para practicar el
idioma inglés.
How people learn by television
One of the best ways to teach and to learn how to speak the English language is to
actually watch American and British television shows and some learning channels.
For those who are learning in schools which use English as the medium of
instruction, they may feel that there is something lacking in their learning. One of
the most apparent failures is the use of the slang and the common words which
have different meaning as well as the accent.
Learning through television can expand the grammar and pronunciation horizons of
the learning dramatically. There is a difference in saying a word if the word is said
with a heavy accent.
Another advantage to watching television is the learning of playing with words.
English taught in schools can be very rigid and sometimes the words are straight
out of the book and may sound funny to American ears. Americans have a
tendency to cut short their sentences and they also love to use acronyms and
make it sound like they are real words. These can be confusing to a learner and
sometimes the confusion can lead them to say the wrong things at the wrong time.
There are also some words that are not found in the dictionary that the learners
use, slang words are fairly common and these can be heard used in their proper
context on television – this includes movies, talk shows, etc.
For a learner, it is best that they understand that the English they are most likely
learning is American English and not British English. For one thing the accents are
worlds apart, the terms used are not the same and the play of words is different.
British English have a tendency to use deep English words that even Americans
literally fail in application.
Learning through television though is very good for pronunciation because the
learner can actually hear the words spoken as they should be, as long as they
know that they are watching American as opposed to British.
Another option is using smartphones to learn English, as many Verizon, AT&T, and
T-Mobile new smartphones have videos as well as apps that can help you practice.
Whichever your method, television or cell phones, there are many available
methods of learning English to choose from.
Look the following links for more information and practices:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTCl92hHwvU
http://www.englishtown.com/blog/top-tip-for-learning-english-turn-on-your-tv/
http://kidstvmovies.about.com/od/healthytvhabits/a/tvgoodforkids.htm
Evaluación de la lección 2
El aprendiz demostrará lo aprendido durante el módulo 2 escribiendo una breve
descripción de la forma que más le gusta aprender, ya sea por medio de la
música, la interacción con las demás personas o viendo televisión.
Cibergrafía:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson17/RWTa272.PDF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS-aSE-d5Ss
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/howto/how_to_071226_int
roductions_formal.pdf
http://english.eastday.com/e/top10/u1a5573540.html
http://www.jamendo.com/es/track/1067739/the-better-way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHFupQm5wk
http://www.stancoe.org/cfs/handouts/SpecialNds/pdf/ImportanceofSocialInteraction
s.pdf