STUDY GUIDE WEEK 14

LEVEL 4

UNIT 10
Mind and Machine

Theme:
Imagination & Discovery

Topic:
“Power of the mind”

Professor: Juan Camilo Londoño A_

Student: Maria Escorcia Cuentas

 STUDY GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS

- This document is the study guide for you to work on the contents of the course

during the week between the 27th of April and the 1st of May.

- We will use google classroom for you to send your evidence of having done the

tasks per week.

- The professor can be contacted through the following mail

jclondono@uninorte.edu.co.

The following is the breakdown of the activities:

ACTIVITY DATE
All activities are due May 1st, 2020

Pages 109-113

LISTENING

SLO 2: Distinguish key details that support author’s/speaker’s purpose and audience

Watch part of Tan Le’s TED Talk. Answer the questions (Minute 0:00 to 6:06)
Tedtalk unit 10

What does the headset allow Evan to do?

With this headset Evan can convert the brainwaves into data that the interface can
recognize and use it to manipulate virtual objects at will, such as the cube in the example.
What do you think this technology could be used for?
This could be used for almost everything that can be controlled with a software an
interface. Since the headset is basically a bridge between the brain and a machine, the
possibilities are limitless. From using it to control things in your house, to create facilities
for disabled people.

VOCABULARY

Listen to the audio and work on exercise A and B on page 110. (After you’re done with
those exercises. Take pictures and post them here)
Brain Functions (Track 23)
Which parts of the brain do you think are involved in these activities?

Solving a math problem: Frontal lobe. Playing tennis: Cerebellum lobe.

Looking at a pretty sunset: Occipital lobe. Writing an essay: Temporal and Parietal lobe.
Cooking dinner: Cerebellum and Parietal Remembering your fifth birthday: Temporal
lobe. lobe.

Listen to psychology professor Brian Scholl describe a simple experiment. What is the aim
of the experiment?
Brian Scholl's speech (Track 24)

The focus of the experiment is to know if the previous visualization of actions can improve
the efficiency of those actions.

Listen again and number the steps in the experiment. 1 – 4 (Do this exercise on the book
and take a picture and post it here)
Read the information on page 112. Which fact do you find the most incredible?

The fact that the brain can’t feel pain, and the structure changes when we learn something
new.

Listen to the audio and work on exercise B on page 112. (When you’re done with the
exercises take a picture and post them here)
More information about the brain (Track 27)

GRAMMAR

Grammar SLO 7: Accurately use Level 4 Grammar

Watch the videos on adverbial phrases and work on exercises D – F on you page 113. After
you’re done. Take pictures and post them here.

Adverbs of place and time Adverbs of manner

Rewrite the sentences above with the correct option.

1. Your brain continues making new connections until around age 40.
2. Children learn new things quickly.
3. Sadly, some people are born with brain problems.
4. Amazingly, our brains can tell the difference between different languages when we
are very young.

COLLOCATIONS

Find the meaning of the following collocations and make one sentence with each of them.

Shake hands - speak to/with (someone) about (topic) - stop (someone) from ([doing]
something) - subscribe to (something) - succeed in ([doing] something) - suffer from
(something)

1. I used to shake hands with everyone before the pandemic.

2. My family and I love to speak with each other about the news.
3. Quarantine stops us from going outside to keep us save.
4. Hey! Subscribe to this YouTube channel.
5. I succeed in finishing this work in time.
6. They suffer from heartbreak.

What collocations are these images representing? Make one sentence based on the picture

The president is taking a call from someone.

Resilient people can take advantage from failure to rise and

success.

People often shake hands to symbolize they agree

when making deals.
When I’m stressed I put my hands on my temples to lower the
headache that often comes with it.
Your professor will meet you synchronously (GOOGLE MEET)
to check on your progress and work on the second part of the
project (Giving feedback on PPT’s). This will be on the fourth
hour of class.