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Activity A “Future Issues”. Read an interview transcript and write your agreeing or disagreeing opinion in a blog entry according to
what Dr Claus predicts. Use be + going to and use future expressions to make your predictions. Write between 150 and 200 words.
FUTURE ISSUES INTERVIEW
Interviewer: Many people are worried
about the future; this is an interview with
Dr Claus, a futurist.
Doctor Claus, you are an expert on
technology, what do you think is going
to happen with transportation in the next
10 years?
Dr Claus: Well, I think that in this decade there are going to
be flying cars everywhere. Current cars are not going to be
enough.
Interviewer: What about air travel, though?
Dr Claus: Well, helicopters are going to be quite cheap; it is
going to be like the new car of tomorrow.
Interviewer: That sounds great, what other advances shall we
expect?
Dr Claus: Well, I think that in a few years there are going to
be intelligent robots that are going to do all the house chores.
Also, innovative technologies will appear soon to reduce global
warming.
Interviewer: Thank you Doctor Claus, it has been quite
YOUR BLOG OPINIONS
►write
My opinion about the future in the
world!!!
Paula is an expert on technology
and she is doing differente things
around the world.
¡¡Know about her!!
►image
►write
I think that in the future in 10 years, there are not going to be
any flying cars. Maybe there are going to be faster cars and
there is going to be less trafic, because transportation in the
world is going to change. We are going to use new things like
“super fast bikes, with unique engines and long-lasting
batteries”.
Regarding helicopters, I agree, in the future they will be
cheaper and each family will have one.
¿What are you going to do in the next 20 years? Well, there
are four dimensions in preach our transportation is going to
chance (we talked about it) for it’s the infrastructure sector for
example (there are is going to be a digization of
comunication, there is going to be fast internet, there are
going to be intermodality of movility and energy
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interesting for all the audience. We hope to have you here transformation).
again next week.
Thank you very much for your time, it is very valuable thing
Dr Claus: Thank you, of course, it would be a pleasure. that you said.

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Activity B “World Holidays”. Read about vacations in the world and respond 3 questions using “to + infinitive” for purpose. Then
write a short text about holiday vacations in Colombia discussing their duration, common activities, and most visited places.

VACATIONS AROUND THE WORLD YOUR BLOG OPINIONS

People from diverse cultures spend their vacation time differently. What is most important in deciding what to do on vacations?
People plan their holidays depending how much free time they get. ►write The most important thing is this deciding the place where you
are going to go to be prepare.

What do people most commonly use their vacations for?

►write They use the commonly to rest from daily routines.

What is the most visited place near you and what do people do there?
►write The most visited place is a shopping center and people go
there to shop.

Lauren Koch: I have Pablo Molina: I am Wang Sheng: I do VACATIONS IN COLOMBIA

a month for vacations planning to spend a not have much time ►write
to visit some friends week to enjoy the to travel and to rest. I have a month for vacations to visit “the Capurgana Island” to
to travel together. I Rio Carnival in I want to have a few visit my uncle and to travel together.
will go to Lyon to see February. My days to sleep late, to We are going to “the pool gods”, it is a very popular place. Then,
Pierre. After two days, girlfriend is already eat out with my family we are going to Sapzurro to enjoy a different kind of nature,
we are going to there, and she said and to buy some parks and outdoor activities. Finally, we’re going to the border
Rome to meet my that it is great to things for my home. with Panama to get to know the city, to eat out, to rest, to dance,
to swim, to sleep late and to buy things to share.
cousin and then we swim around the However, my job
all are going to beaches and to does not pay for my
Venice for a week. dance samba! vacation time. I want
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Finally, we will go to Finally, we are to go on vacation. I

England to share staying at a hotel to am going to save a
three days with rest for a week to be lot to quit my job!
Pierre’s parents. ready to work again
here in São Pablo.
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Activity C “Dream Vacations”. Complete the exercises on the left. After that, plan your vacations using “want to / would like to” to
express wishes and Present Continuous for plans. Tell where you are going, what you are doing and what you are buying.

BASE INFORMATION YOUR DREAM VACATION

Sally ►is going to travel to London ►next ►write
week. She is ►staying at the Saint Paul My ideal vacaction is next year. I am
hotel. She booked ►four days. She would staying at the San Jose hotel and I am
going to reserve five days. I would like
►like to visit the Buckingham palace. She to visit the church of lajas. I want to
►going to visit the London Tower. She is take a tour near the city.
►image
►wants to take a tour across the Thames
River.
DESTINATION ACTIVITIES PURCHASES Where are you going? What are you doing? What are you
buying?

Where is she What is she doing? What is she ►write ►write ►write
going? She would like to visit buying? I am going to travel to I would like to I am buying a new
Buckingham Palace Ipiales next year and visit Lajas pair of gloves, a
She is going to She is getting a
coat and some
travel to London next and the Thames. She new camera. She is I’m staying at the San church. I want
blankets for the
wants to see St. jose hotel. to take a tour cold weather.
week and she is buying a new pair of
James’s Park. near the city
staying at the Saint gloves and a coat. I am going to bring
and get to know souvenirs of the
Paul Hotel. Ecuador. city for my family.
ASK A LEARNING PARTNER 🤝 ►My mother, Stella Aldana

-Where are you going your on next vacation? ►write ► She is going to trave to Mexico.
-What do you want to buy? ►write ► She is wants to buy crafts
-What would you like to do? ►write ► She would like to meet the historical museums.
-What are you doing on your next vacations? ►write ►She would like to travel.

Activity D “Pronunciation”. Record an audio with your pronunciation for all your answers on activity A, B or C. Use vocaroo.com.
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Vocaroo tutorial YOUR PRONUNCIATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcOXUuaKgM ►link https://voca.ro/fPDiG6tdA6L
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Activity E. “Self-Evaluation”. Make a self-evaluation of your learning from the grammar, communication, topic, presentation, and
audio aspects. Assign a score between 0 and 3 if you disagree or a score between 4 and 5 if you agree with the statement.

RUBRICA DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN Disagree Agree

Grammar: I effectively use going to for expressing plans. ►write 5
Grammar: I effectively use going to for expressing future arrangements. ►write 5
Grammar: I use want to for expressing expectations. ►write 5
Grammar: I use would like to for expressing wishes. ►write 5
Grammar: I use infinitive tense (to + verb) to express purpose. ►write 4
Communication: I share predictions about the future using be + going to. ►write 4
Communication: I share predictions about the future expressions. ►write 4
Communication: I express purpose using the infinitive tense. ►write 4
Communication: I describe future arrangements using the progressive tense. ►write 4
Communication: I describe wishes and expectations with would like to and want to. ►write 44
Topic: I make predictions about the future in relation to technology. ►write 4
Topic: I talk about typical vacations and the most visited places in my culture. ►write 4
Topic: I talk about vacations and related destination, activities, and purchases. ►write 4
Presentation: I complete all the shown “►write”, “►image” y “►link” prompts. ►write 4
Presentation: I respond with my own original information and answers. ►write 4
Presentation: I do not use automatic translation tools inadequately. ►write 4
Presentation: I effectively use capital letters and punctuation. ►write 4
Presentation: I use the available examples to model my answers length and do not copy them. ►write 4
Audio: I practice my pronunciation in English before recording my audios. ►write 4

Audio: I make the required audio with my own voice. ►write 4

Add the D and A scores to write your total final score. ►A