UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION-SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES-FOREIGN LANGUAGES PROGRAM

WORKING GUIDE #1-ENGLISH III

THEME: 1 IMPLICATIONS OF THE QUARANTINE IN SOCIAL ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE

1. Watch the video: TOPIC EXPLANATION where I am explaining the linguistic aspect, the communicative one and the examples based on the
social situation we are living globally, nationally and locally.
2. Complete: ACTIVITY 1. There you are invited to visit the webpage https://quarantinestories.today/ and read three relevant short stories (there
are some which are not either because of length or language). Then, complete the following matrix and submit it to the platform:

To What Social What new habits Which annoying Which What fixed plans How similar or different is the situation experienced
Aspect(s)-Health, can you list from habits can you trends/temporar can you list from by the person, to the social reality of people in
Economic Stability, the story? list from the y situations can the story? Colombia?
Social Life, Education, story? you list from the
Security, etc. - does the story?
story refer to?
Story #1: social Keeping 2 Saying hello Everybody is Doing a cyber- The rules are not followed as they do there
meters with your suffering a party with my but is similar
distance in a elbow kind of loss friends
place
Story #2:health Washing hands Using Wearing full Trying not to go In health in Colombia is difficult because
constantly antibacterial protection suits to the hospital here is a poor country and there are not
literally all the to go just to the for a headache enough resources
time and supermarket or minor pain
everywhere
Story #3:Security Being with The police are Seeing police Being the The fines for going out are excessive but not
crowds of only checking your with guns in chosen by my as much as going to jail like years in these
five people ID every time the street family and do countries
you go out makes the shopping
everybody every
anxious Wednesday

3. Complete: ACTIVITY 2. In this activity you visit the link https://vocaroo.com/, (you don't need to sign up) and you create and share an online
recording answering these questions:
a. From your personal experience which aspect(s) (health, economic stability, social life, politics, education, security, etc.) is/are being more
affected by the quarantine?
b. What are the trends/temporary situations that you can mention based on the aspects selected?
c. What are the new habits you and your close companions are adopting?
d. What are those annoying habits you and your close companions are adopting?
 UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA
FACULTY OF EDUCATION-SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES-FOREIGN LANGUAGES PROGRAM
WORKING GUIDE #1-ENGLISH III

e. What are the fixed plans that you have in the middle of this pandemic?

Once you record, generate an Embed Code. Click on Share and choose that, the Embed Code option. Paste your Vocaroo code in the platform section
set for that. Finally, you listen and react to one partner’s audio writing a short commentary.