Oficina de Bilingüismo

Fundación Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco

ENGLISH 1A
SELF-STUDY GUIDE
UNIT1

Teacher: RODRIGO GUTIERREZ CARRASCAL

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 a self-study guide with you on Ferrum, such
as this one, with different activities in order for you to work
autonomously. The guide is divided into 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 in our meeting on
Teams.
 Communicative objectives:

• Describe a friend
• Describe your house
• Tell people about your hobby

Stage 1
Warm-up
Warm-up space:

The main purpose of this space is to introduce the different activities that this
self-study guide intends to develop.

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 Stage 2
Topic Presentation

Functions and language

• Describe a friend
• Describe your house
• Tell people about your hobby

1. DESCRIBE A FRIEND

MY FRIEND
My friend is Emily,She is tall, She’s got Blonde, curly and long hair. And she is very
attractive.

MY HOUSE
I live in a big house, It has four bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a big laundry
room. The walls are white with blue.

HOBBIE

My favorite hobby is riding a bike. I belong to a cycling group. I go out on weekends

with my wife and we do long rides.

EXERCISES

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Barrio España.
España. Cra.44D
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No.30A -- 91
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|Email: Cartagena
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My friend is Rosa, She is short, She’s got black long hair and she is
attractive.

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 2. DESCRIBE YOUR HOUSE

EXERCISES

There’s

There is a book on the Are there

There isn’t any There are

There are some There’s

3. TELL PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR HOBBY

Ride a bike, skate, listen to music and paint.

Soccer

Tennis

Indoor football

Run and jump

Boxeo

Write and read

Ski and skydiving

 Stage 3
Practice App / classwork

Please download the Interact App and complete the following exercises:

1- She’s got short, brown hair.

2- There is a key on the table
3- Hobbies

As soon as you finish them, please attach the screenshots to the guide

Stage 4
Project / Evaluation Activity

Project

Videoclip:

Please Record a video describing your house (one-minute video) and upload it
to Ferrum.

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