ENGLISH FOR ENGINEERS LEVEL III

Professor: Migdonia M. Diez

migdonia.diez2@gmail.com

WEEKLY AGENDA 1
days 1 and 2
JUNE 6 – 8, 2019 (1)

INSTRUCTIONS:
1) You must complete Activity 1 during the first part of this
class.

2) We will do activities 2, 3 and 4 when you complete activity

1.

3) Activity 5: Individual work to complete after class alone.

ACTIVITY 1: WRITTEN AND ORAL ACTIVITY

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Prepare a short presentation about yourself and be ready to
use it in class ON THURSDAY.
1. Answer the following questions to introduce yourself
2. Be ready to tell the class: WHO YOU ARE.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

A. What is your name?

B. Where do you live?
C. What field of engineering do you study?
D. Why did you choose to study engineering?
E. What semester are you doing now?
F. What is your favorite sport or hobby?
G. Is this your first time doing level 3? Or are you
repeating?
H. What do you think about the sentence (statement):
¨All engineers, not only environmental engineers,
should be responsible for helping the environment
and protecting planet Earth¨.

ACTIVITY 2: READING EXERCISE

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English for Engineers, Level III
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HEALTHY FOOD?
This is a fun activity that is going to introduce you to the
topic of healthy eating and drinking.
1. Please take the following quiz in the link provided
http://www.medicinenet.com/superfoods_quiz/quiz.htm

2. Answer the following questions:

a) What new facts (datos) did you learn doing this quiz?
b) Do you think we should eat or drink any superfood?
Why?
c) Do you eat any superfood? Which superfood do you
eat?

ACTIVITY 3: VOCABULARY BUILT INCREASE YOUR

VOCABULARY

YOU SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS VOCABULARY DURING THIS THEMATIC UNIT.

1. Look for this words in the Word reference dictionary

https://www.wordreference.com/definition/a
2. Play the pronunciation bottom to learn to pronounce the words.

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3. Complete EXERCISE 1 BELOW now
4. Use the following words in chartn A to complete the sentences.
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CHART A: WORDS TO BE FAMILIARIZED WITH:

1. Coughing 19. Sweating

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 2. Shoulder 20. Fainting
3. A rash 21. Very tired
4. Weak 22. Stomach pain
5. A stomachache 23. Back
6. Make an appointment 24. Backache
7. Sneezing 25. Indigestion
8. Food poisoning 26. Lightheaded
9. Wrist 27. Hiccupping
10. Sick 28. Tooth
11. The flu 29. Bleeding
12. Scratching 30. Head
13. Exhausted 31. Scratch my back
14. Diarreah 32. Eyes
15. Shivering 33. Go to the doctor
16. Nauseous 34. Crying
17. Dizzy 35. Indigestion
18. Take my medicine 36. Surgery

EXERCISE 1:
EXPRESSIONS TO LEARN RELATED TO HEALTH ISSUES
Write a sentence with a corresponding word from the vocabulary list.
1. I, he, she feel (s)
_____________________________________________________________
2. I, she, he can´t stop
_____________________________________________________________
3. My _________hurts
______________________________________________________________
4. She, he, I have/has a
____________________________________________________________
5. He, she, I got a
______________________________________________________________
6. I, she, you need (s) ____________
______________________________________________________________
7. My, his, her __________ aches
______________________________________________________________
EXERCISE 2: WRITE 10 SENTENCES USING 8 WORDS FROM THE VOCABULARY LIST.
For example,
1. I have a headache
2. She can´t stop crying

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 3. His tooth aches
WRITE the sentences here.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

EXERCISE 3: Place each word from CHART A, in the corresponding box according to
the EXPRESSION suggested in the box.

You have _________ She can´t stop ______________

My ________ hurts He needs to ________

His ___________ aches I feel ______________

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English for Engineers, Level III
 They got _______ I am sick, I __________

ACTIVITY 4: LISTENING AND READING EXERCISE

FINDING THE MAIN IDEA IN A TEXT.

1. Visit the attached link and write the main points about
the MAIN IDEA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ0gUjFugOE

Listen only until minute: 1.57

2. Answer the following questions or complete the

following sentences

1) What is the main idea?

2) Is the paragraph about the police officers easy to
understand? Why?
3) What do supporting details do?

Complete

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English for Engineers, Level III
 1) Every _____________ or paragraph ______ a
_________ idea.

2) The main _________ tells you what the

_______________ or story is ____________.

3) Supporting ________________ are the

___________ that describe the _________
_________.

ACTIVITY 5: PRONUNTIATION
PRACTICE PRACTICE

 Do you want to improve your pronunciation? Go to

this link and try to practice what they teach you. It is a
fun link, simple, but fun. Take some minutes to practice
and you will see your improvement. (DO the audio
words section, grammar practices, vocabulary and
pronuntiation) They are very helpful.

http://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary/c_pro
nunciation/pronunciation01?cc=ar&selLanguage=en

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School of Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia
English for Engineers, Level III
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School of Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia
English for Engineers, Level III