Oficina de Bilingüismo

Fundación Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco

ENGLISH 3B
SELF-STUDY GUIDE
Week 1-3

Teacher: Carmen Sofia Barrios Serrano

Welcoming paragraph:

Hello my dear students. I would like to welcome you all to this new experience,
first of all by letting you know that you can always count on me for whatever you
need through-out this process. I am sure we will have a lot of fun and also learn
many interesting things.

Methodology:

 As you already know we will be developing our classes online. For which
we will be using the platforms Teams and Ferrum.
 I will schedule meetings every week through the platform Teams.
 I will upload all the information regarding the classes on Ferrum.
 We will develop our classes in 10 weeks. Each week we will work on a
different communicative subject.
 Every three weeks I will share with you on Ferrum a self-study guide, such
as this one, with different activities in order for you to work on
autonomously. The guide is divided in 4 stages.

Stage 1: Warm-up.
Stage 2: Topic presentation.
Stage 3: Practice. INTERACT App
Stage 4: Project.

 We will cover each aspect of the guide each week on our meeting on
Teams.

Communicative objectives:

• Tell a story about your neighborhood

• Talk about when you were a child
• Give advice about social "rules"
 Stage 1
Warm-up• Guess about people's lives

Warm-up space:

These are the followings activities you have to develop:

Reflection activity: Answer these questions

1. Do you know a person who is concerned mainly with one's own personal profit or
pleasure?

YES, BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIKE TO HELP OTHERS, YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT
YOUR OWN WELL-BEING AND ARE TOTALLY INDIFFERENT TO THE
SITUATIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

2. Did you know someone opposite to the first person when you were a child?

YES, THIS PERSON IS TOTALLY OPPOSED, IS A PERSON WHO ALWAYS TRIES

TO HELP OTHERS, CARES ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS AND TRIES TO
HAVE GOOD PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN THEIR
ENVIRONMENT.

Read the sentences below and underline the sentences (Relative clauses) that
describe what people are talking about.
Example: The cushions that are on the couch are purple and green

1. A castle is a place where a king or queen lives.

2. An actress is a woman who plays in films or theatre plays.
3. This is the girl whose mother is from Canada.
4. This is the time of the year when many people suffer from hay fever.
5. The flowers which grow in the garden are beautiful.

Complete the chart using the sentences in the above activity

We can use …….. When we describe ……

__Which___ or that things
places
___Who__ or that people
Possession
___When__ or that time

Sede A. Barrio España. Cra.44D No.30A - 91

PBX: (5) 672 3700 |Email: Cartagena - Colombia |
 Look at the picture and select the correct option to complete the rule:
We don’t need to use a relative pronoun when we are describing the subject / object of
the sentence

Decide whether the relative pronoun is necessary or not.

1. This is the picture that Jane painted.
 relative pronoun is necessary
 relative pronoun is not necessary
2. Do you know the man who is speaking on the phone?
 relative pronoun is necessary
 relative pronoun is not necessary
3. We ate the sweets which my mother had bought.
 relative pronoun is necessary
 relative pronoun is not necessary
4. Is this the boy who plays the piano?
 relative pronoun is necessary
 relative pronoun is not necessary
5. This is the house that was broken into.
 relative pronoun is necessary
 relative pronoun is not necessary

Complete the sentences using a relative clause.

1. Catherine and Sue are two girls (like dancing) who like to dance.
2. My mobile phone is something (be very important to me) which very
important to me.
3. Antony is a friend of mine (live in Boston) who live in Boston.
4. West Side Story is a musical (be very famous) that are very important.
5. An airport is a place (planes land) where planes land.

Sede A. Barrio España. Cra.44D No.30A - 91

PBX: (5) 672 3700 |Email: Cartagena - Colombia |
 Stage 2
Topic Presentation

Presentation of the unit’s function and language space:

Functions and language

• Tell a story about your neighborhood
• Talk about when you were a child
• Give advice about social "rules"
• Guess about people's lives

1. Tell a story about your neighborhood when you were a child

We use

Source: SlidesShare

Watch the video and then prepare some sentences about your nationhood and
your childhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvjdYDhyfv4

Examples:
I didn’t use to eat vegetables but I really like them now.
In my neighborhood there used to be a small store on the corner of my street.

Sede A. Barrio España. Cra.44D No.30A - 91

PBX: (5) 672 3700 |Email: Cartagena - Colombia |
When I was very little I didn't use to go to the beach but now I love to go.
I used to go out to play with my friends on the street, I used to do bike races
with my friends, in my neighborhood there used to be a park where we can all
play and have fun.

2. Giving advice. We can use some Modals to do it

Watch this video and see the different ways to give advice_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0mnx0_LWko
Example: You should give a present to the bride and groom.

Read the following situations and give advice to those people.

 Source: Busy Teacher
Stage 3
Practice App

Practice lesson form unit 9 from the textbook INTERACT using its APP in order for
you to practice all of the above worked on subjects.

Stage 4
Project

Project

Create a Power Point Presentation with audio describing customs around the
world and what people should do when they visit those places. Select
interesting places for you and prepare your activity.

Sede A.
Sede A. Barrio
Barrio España.
España. Cra.44D
Cra.44D No.30A
No.30A -- 91
91
PBX: (5)
PBX: (5) 672
672 3700
3700 |Email:
|Email: Cartagena
Cartagena -- Colombia
Colombia ||
e A. Barrio España. Cra.44D No.30A - 91
: (5) 672 3700 |Email: Cartagena - Colombia |