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La Universidad Católica de Loja

Inglés IV
4 créditos

Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación

Sección Lenguas Contemporáneas
Titulaciones Ciclo

§§ Todas las titulaciones VI

Profesor autor:
Jonathan Proctor

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Tarea: Biología General
Assignment
First bimester

PART A – LISTENING

1. Learning activity:

Apply your listening skills by recognizing specific information from a recorded

conversation.

2. Topic

A listening exercise for specific information about multiple intelligences.

3. Competencies that the activity utilizes:

Ability to apply listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

4. Procedure:

–– Study the contents and carry out the exercises in Unit 1 of Ventures 4.
–– Go to page 7 and observe the chart (Exercise B) to be completed.
–– Review the vocabulary related to multiple intelligences from Unit 1.
–– Read the items from Part A – Listening (1 – 10).
–– Listen to the Student’s Book Audio CD Track 7 as many times as
necessary in order to elicit the required information from the conversation.
–– Listen to it as many times as necessary in order to elicit the required
information from the conversation.
–– Start answering the questions of Exercise A (page 7).
–– Listen again and take notes so that you can complete the chart (Exercise
B) from the textbook.
–– Once you have completed the chart, use this information to complete the
questionnaire given below.
–– Be sure to double check your answers.
–– Check the deadline for sending this task and send it together with the
other activities.

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5. Upload the task into the EVA

Choose the correct option based on the information you obtained to fulfill the
chart on Exercise B -page 7, .

1. Who are the speakers?

a. Emily and Nina b. Nina and Brenda
2. What are they talking about?
a. The children´s leisure activities b. The children´s intelligences
3. Brenda is good at _________
a. Math b. Chemistry
4. Example about Brenda:
a. Got first place in a math contest.
b. Achieved the best scores in her school.
5. Gerry is good at _______ .
a. dancing b. music
6. Example about Gerry
a. Plays four instruments; sings really well
b. Likes to deal with cars
7. Danny is good at
a. driving cars b. mechanics
8. Example about Danny:
a. Fixed up an old car. b. likes to take care of gardens and flowers.
9. Nina is good at ________
a. cooking b. dancing
10. Example about Nina
a. She serves dinner for 14 people.
b. She is an excellent musician.

6. Evaluation criteria: The correct answers will be scored 0.20 point.

Total: 2 points.

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PART B – GRAMMAR

1. Learning activity: Complete the grammar-based questionnaire by applying

the vocabulary, verb forms and grammar rules studied in Units 1 to 5.

2. Topics:

Use of the verb forms and grammar rules for noun clauses with that, present
passive, indirect questions, modals for necessity, suggestions and regrets, and
time clauses with until and as soon as.

Use of vocabulary related to multiple intelligences, education and careers, rules

and expectations, stress and ways to cope and volunteerism.

3. Competencies that the activity utilizes:

Ability to connect phrases in order to form coherent paragraphs to describe

present and past events of real life situations.

4. Procedure:

–– Review the contents of Sections B and C (Grammar) from Units 1 through

5 and any files related to grammar revision from EVA.
–– Watch the information sent by the REAs for each one of the grammar
contents.
–– Review the items (1 - 15) below.
–– Select the correct option.
–– Double check your answers before uploading them into the system.
5. Upload the task into the EVA

UNIT 1
Select the noun clause that correctly completes the sentence:
1. The supervisor said that.
a) is not the new practitioner as gifted in math.
b) the new practitioner is not as gifted in Math.
c) I think the new practitioner is as gifted in Math.
2. Select the sentence showing the correct use of noun clauses.
He said that his hometown, Wheaton, is famous for several amazing
a) natural features.

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b) José will be famous someday.

c) He couldn’t believe how easy the study of noun clauses is.
What is the primary type of intelligence that corresponds to William
Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf, according to Gardner’s Theory of
3. Multiple Intelligences?
a) Musical / Rhythmical
b) Verbal / Linguistic
c) Naturalistic
4. Which sentence is true about Intrapersonal Intelligence?
Gardner affirms that some people are good with words and they prefer
a) to learn by reading, listening, and speaking.
It is said that certain people are “group smart” if they easily understand
other people. It is supposed that they are good at communicating and
b) interacting with others.
It is said that certain people are “self-smart” if they can understand
c) their feelings and emotions and enjoy spending time alone.

UNIT 2
5 Which of the following sentences is written in active voice?
a) They are going to perform Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony next weekend.
b) Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony will be performed next weekend.
6 Which of the following sentences is written in passive voice?
a) Is a placement test required for admission to Ecuadorian Universities?
b) Do Ecuadorian Universities require a placement test for admission?
Select the option showing the use of an infinitive verb after a passive
7 verb phrase.
a) Students at UTPL are required to study English as a foreign language.
b) UTPL requires students to study English as a foreign language.

UNIT 3
8. Match the first part of the sentence (a - e) with the second part (1 - 5) to form
indirect questions.
the test tomorrow will be very difficult?
a. ….. Could you tell me when 1
Do you know if many the next train is supposed to arrive?
b. ….. people 2

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I´m new in this

neighborhood. Can you
tell me if
c ….. 3 are coming to the party?
I wish I knew where
d ….. 4 the best place to buy shoes is.
Does anyone in this
class know if
e ….. 5 is there a bus stop nearby?

UNIT 4
What is the speaker expressing in the following statement?
When I think about my next dissertation I can’t sleep. I shouldn´t
9 have chosen such a complicated project.
a) Necessity
b) Advice
Regret
c)
What is the purpose showed in the following sentence?
10 I may see you at the weekend.
a) Not sure about something
b) Advice in the present
Pretty sure about something
c)
11 Which of the options is true about Meditation? (Lesson D: Reading.)
Meditation is thinking seriously about something over a period of
a) time.
b) Meditation may have negative effects on your body and your mind.
c) Both a and b.

UNIT 5
My neighbors will keep playing the trumpet ______ you tell
12 them to be quiet.
a) so that
b) as soon as
c) until

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________ you decide to start volunteering, you can call this

13 department.
a) So that
b) As soon as
Until
c)
14 Helen delivers meals and talk to seniors on the phone ________.
a) several times last year.
b) several times in her life.
several times each month.
c)
15 My sister drinks coffee twice ________ .
a) every day
b) this year
c) last week

6. Evaluation criteria: Each correct answer is worth 0.20 pt.

Total: 2 pts.

PART C - Reading

1. Learning activity:

Apply your reading comprehension skills by reading the article Habitat for
Humanity and answering the questions.

2. Topic:

Exercise in reading comprehension by the reading the article Habitat for

Humanity and scanning for specific information.

3. Competencies that the activity utilizes:

Ability to apply reading comprehension skills.

4. Procedure:

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1. Read the True / False statements beneath the Habitat for Humanity
article. Underline the key words in each statement.
2. Refer to an English language dictionary or a bilingual dictionary to define
any new words from the True / False statements
3. Read the article and scan for the relevant information related to each
statement.
4. Select True or False for each statement.
5. Re-read the article to double check your answers.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that brings volunteers
together to help change the lives and living conditions of people around the world.
The goal of the organization is to help homeless families worldwide. Because of
donations of money and supplies and the help of volunteers, Habitat for Humanity
houses are often built and repaired at very low cost.
To get started, poor and needy families apply to local programs to become
“partner families” with Habitat for Humanity. Partner families may have to pay a
down payment and monthly payments for their homes, but they also pay in “sweat
equity.” “Sweat Equity” means that partner families have the responsibility of
building and repairing their homes with the help of volunteers. So, partner families
often spend many hours on the construction of their house and on houses for other
families, too. In this way, partner families and volunteers from small businesses,
large corporations, church groups, and individuals work together to build and repair
many new homes.
Many of the building materials are donated by construction companies, and
no one gets paid for their work. Professional construction workers offer their skills
to build the foundation and the outside of the houses. Non-professional volunteers
with no experience in housing construction learn skills from the professionals and
work on the inside of the houses. In addition, all houses that are repaired and built
are made to be more energy-efficient.
Even though the central office of Habitat for Humanity is in Atlanta, Georgia,
the organization has been building homes in more than 90 countries around the
world. In each country, people work together to strengthen communities, to unite
cultures, and to give opportunities for affordable homes to more than one million
people worldwide.
Adapted from: http://www.habitat.org

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TRUE FALSE
1 Habitat for Humanity is a worldwide housing program.
Professional construction workers get paid for their work
2 with Habitat for Humanity.
The organization succeeds because of donations and
3 volunteers.
Families need to apply in order to get help from Habitat
4 for Humanity.
Partner families have no financial responsibilities for their
5 houses.
People who work on the exterior of the houses have
6 hard skills.
Volunteers without construction skills can work on the
7 inside of houses.
If you are unskilled, you may receive training from a
8 professional.
It´s too expensive for Habitat for Humanity to build
9 energy-efficient houses.
There are Habitat for Humanity houses in more than 90
10 countries.

6. Evaluation criteria:

Each one of the correct answers will be scored with 0.20 pt.

Total: 2 pts.

Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

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Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
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Assignment
Second bimester

PART A - LISTENING

1. Learning activity:

Practice listening for details to identify specific information from a trailer for a
documentary about an environmental problem.

2. Topic

An exercise to listen for details from the trailer for the documentary “A Plastic
Ocean”.

3. Competency which the activity utilizes.

Ability to apply listening and reading comprehension skills.

4. Procedure:

–– Get familiar with the vocabulary to be used in this documentary trailer by

doing the preparation activity (Exercise A) given below.
–– Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw
–– Watch and listen to it as many times as necessary in order to get familiar
with the language. If necessary, turn on the subtitles by clicking on the
“gear” icon on the bottom right side of the video.
–– Read the questionnaire given below (Exercise B). Underline key words.
–– Watch and listen to the video again. If necessary, take notes in order to
refer to the relevant information related to Exercise B.
–– Complete Exercise B and then watch the video one more time in order to
double check your answers.
–– Check the deadline for sending this task together with the other activities.

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a. Preparation exercise

Match the vocabulary (1 - 10) with the definition (A-J).

a. an area where waste is buried under the

1. a crisis ground
2. to degrade b. a small part of something
c. a difficult or dangerous situation that
3. a landfill site needs urgent attention
d. a diver who holds their breath under
4. to dump water
5. to endure e. in perfect condition
f. to get rid of something quickly without
6. a free diver worrying about it
7. a fraction of something g. to suffer
8. pristine h. to break down into smaller substances
9. 90-day-old chick i. return
10. pay back j. a domestic fowl being 90-days old

b. Comprehension exercise:

Select the correct answer.

When did the first narrator start following blue whales?

1
When he was a teenager
a)
b) When he was a child
c) When he was an adult
How many tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans every
2 year?
a) 8 million b) 5 million c) 9 million
3 What does the narrator do for a living?
a) He’s a TV presenter.
b) He’s a diver.
c) He’s a journalist.

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How does the free diver feel about her work helping to clean the
4 oceans?
a) That more people should do it
That it’s her way to pay back the ocean for all the pleasure it has given
b) her
c) That it’s an impossible job
5 Why is the plastic in the ocean never going to degrade?
a) Because it has nowhere to go
b) Because there is too much of it
c) Because more and more is being dumped daily.
6 How many pieces of plastic were found in a ninety-day-old chick?
a) 256 b) 266 c) 276
7 What has been built on the landfill sites?
a) Beaches - including resorts for tourists
b) Factories - including plastic bottle factories
c) Communities - including their food production
8 What does the main narrator believe is possible?
a) He believes change is possible and it starts with us.
b) He believes change is possible if we stop buying plastic bottles.
He believes change is possible if we stop throwing bottles in the
c) ocean.

6. Evaluation criteria:

Exercise A. This will be worth 0.10 point ( 1.00)

Exercise B. Each correct answer will be worth 0.25 point (2.0)

Total: 3 points

PART B - GRAMMAR

1. Learning activity:

Complete the grammar-based questionnaire by applying the vocabulary, verb

forms and grammar rules studied in Units 6 to 10.

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2. Topic:

–– Use of the verb forms and grammar rules in Clauses of contrast with
although and because, Adjective clauses with who and that, contrasting
present perfect and present perfect continuous, adjectives ending in –ed
and –ing, present unreal conditionals, and present real conditional.
–– -Use of vocabulary related to the topics: time and technology, buying and
returning merchandise, success at work, living green, and celebrations.

3. Competencies which the activity utilizes:

Ability to connect phrases in order to form coherent paragraphs to describe

present and past events of real life situations.

4. Procedure:

–– Review the contents of the Sections B and C: Grammar of Units 6 to 10.

–– Review the files related to grammar revision sent by your tutor through
the EVA.
–– Watch the information sent by the REAs for each one of the grammar
contents.
–– Review the questionnaire given below.
–– Carefully select the correct options.
–– Check your answers before going to the system.

5. Upload the task into the system

UNIT 6
1 Select the option that best completes the sentence.
______________ our office has central air-conditioning, our boss prefers to
use a fan when it’s hot.
a) Even though
b) Because
c) Until
2 Select the option that best completes the sentence.
She didn’t go on the trip ________ .
a) although it was cheap
b) because it was cheap

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c) until it was cheap.

3 Select the option that best completes the sentence.
The apple looked _____ delicious that I couldn’t help but to give it a bite.
a)
so b) such
4
Select the option that best completes the sentence.
“It’s _______ a lovely day! We should go outside, don’t you think?”
a) so b) such

UNIT 7
Select the option showing the dependent clause of the following
5 sentence
The candidate who performs best will get the job.
a) who performs best
b) The candidate who performs
c) will get the job
6 Choose the sentence showing an adjective clause.
a) The mechanic seems to have a lot of experience.
b) The mechanic has a lot of experience.
c) The mechanic that I go to has a lot of experience.
7 Choose the relative pronoun to introduce the adjective clause.
I wrote a review of the book ____ impressed me so much.
a) who
b) which
c) whom
8 Choose the relative pronoun to introduce the adjective clause.
The student _____ got the highest grades was asked to make a speech.
a) whose
b) which
c) who

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UNIT 8
Select the option with the question that corresponds to the statement.
9 Ben looks surprised. _____
a) Does he read the news?
b) Has he read the news?
c) Had he read the news?
10 Select the correct answer for the following question,
A: Have you been dating Monica´s brother?
B: Yes, _____________________ .
a) I’ve been seeing him once a week.
b) I saw him once a week.
c) I was seeing him once a week.
The singer’s fans were very ______________ about the tour
11 announcement.
a) exciting b) excited c) excite
Select the option with the best statement to complete the conversation
in a
12 polite way. (Grammar connections.)
(At the reception desk in an office)
A: Would you let Mr. Johansson know that the manager is here please?
B: _______ . Just one moment.
A: Thank you.
a) I’d appreciate it
b) I’d be glad to.

UNIT 9
13 Select the verb form(s) that complete(s) the sentence correctly.
We would learn a lot from dolphins if they ________.
a) would talk
b) talked
c) talk
We don’t mind camping, but if we ________ enough money we ________
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a) had / would stay
b) have / would stay

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c) had / stayed
Select the option that shows the connector that correctly combines the
15 following sentences.
Air pollution is trapping the sun’s heat. The atmosphere is warming up.
_________ air pollution is trapping the sun’s heat, the atmosphere is warming
up.
a) Since
b) As a result
c) Consequently
16 Select the option showing a connector of effect.
a) We arrived early today because we have a meeting at 7:00 AM.
b) I lost my car keys, so I took a taxi.
c) The polar caps are melting since the warm is getting warmer.

UNIT 10
17 Select the correct verb forms
If I ____ to my friend’s house for dinner tonight I ______ a bottle of wine or
some flowers.
a) go / will take
b) go / take
c) will go / take
18 We _________ anything if we __________ our daily assignments.
a) can learn / don’t do
b) can’t learn / do
c) can’t learn / don’t do

19 Select the option showing a situation that is not possible.

a) I wish it didn’t rain so often.
b) I wish it doesn’t rain so often.
c) I wish it rains so often.
Select the option where the speaker is talking about a possible
20 situation.
a) The Patels hope they will have a good wedding celebration.
b) The Patels wish they could have a good wedding celebration.
c) The Patels need to have a good wedding celebration.

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6. Evaluation criteria:

Each one of the correct answers will be scored 0.10 pt.

Total: 2 points.

PART C- READING

1. Learning activity:

Answer the following questions by scanning the article about conflict resolution
techniques.

2. Topic:

Exercise in reading comprehension by the reading the article Resolving Conflict

and scanning for specific information.

3. Competency to which the activity supports:

Ability to apply reading comprehension skills.

4. Procedure:

1. Read the True / False statements beneath the Resolving Conflict article.
Underline the key words in each statement.
2. Refer to an English language dictionary or a bilingual dictionary to define
any new words from the True / False statements
3. Read the article and scan for the relevant information related to each
statement.
4. Select True or False for each statement.
5. Re-read the article to double check your answers.

RESOLVING CONFLICT

In workplaces, school settings, and homes, conflict resolution techniques

have been helping people to solve conflicts, or arguments, in better ways. In
the workplace, co-workers may encourage teamwork and discussion, and in
schools, children may be trained to become mediators, or peacekeepers, in
order to help with conflicts among their fellow students. People who help to
resolve conflict learn about other people`s interpersonal skills. They look at

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how people communicate with words, they look at the words people choose
to speak or write to others. For body language, they look at how people
“say” things with their body`s gestures, voice tone, and eye contact. From
doing this, they understand how people communicate best. Not being able
to communicate clearly, or miscommunication, is one of the main reasons
conflicts happen. So mediators often learn how to prevent miscommunication
with good communication techniques. They do this by learning how to speak
clearly and how to give feedback. They also learn how to listen carefully to
understand another person`s message. Once they`ve learned the best ways to
communicate, they share them with their co-workers or classmates.

Conflict resolution techniques are not just used in offices and classrooms. They
are used to solve arguments between parents and children and husbands and
wives. They are also used for conflicts between companies, organizations, and
countries. If conflict resolution techniques are used well, they can help change
the outcome of many arguments and conflicts.

True /
1 Conflicts occur in offices, schools and homes. False
True /
2 Conflict resolution techniques are not usually successful. False
True /
3 Mediators help to resolve conflicts. False
True /
4 Children are too young to use conflict resolution techniques. False
People who resolve conflicts learn about other people`s True /
5 intrapersonal skills. False
Gestures, eye contact and voice tone are examples of body True /
6 language. False
True /
7 Miscommunication is a common reason conflicts occur. False
People who help with conflicts don’t know how to communicate True /
8 well. False
Conflict resolution techniques are not helpful between husbands True /
9 and wives. False
Conflict resolution techniques are also used for conflicts between True /
10 countries. False

5. Evaluation criteria: Each correct answer is worth 0.10 pt.

Total: 1 pt.

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Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEÑOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
de estos materiales.

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