Oficina de Bilingüismo

Fundación Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco

ENGLISH 2 A
SELF-STUDY GUIDE
SECOND TERM

Teacher: Donaldo Barrios Balmaceda

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:
 Compare two places you know
 Choose a hotel to stay in
 Ask for permission
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 Stage 1
Warm-upWarm-up space:
The main purpose of this space is to introduce the different activities that this
self-study guide intends to develop.

Compare these things. Use the adjectives from the box

HEAVY BEAUTIFUL COLD

the house a is more beautiful than house b

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-9 degrees 10 degrees

TORONTO
TORINO

Toronto is colder than Torino

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 TRUCK MOTOR BIKE
Stage 2
the truck is heavier than the
Topic Presentation
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motorcycle
Presentation of the unit’s function and language space:
The main purpose of this space is for the teacher to present the communicative
objectives using contextualized examples that allow students to understand the
different functions and language of the unit.

Functions and language

 Compare two places you know
 Choose a hotel to stay in
 Ask for permission

 Comparatives
 Superlatives
 Asking for permission

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1. Compare two places you know : Use comparatives
Activity. 1.1 Rewrite the sentences with the adjectives in
parentheses

B The mount Everest is taller tan mount puji

C A sport car is more expensive than a family car

D The worst results was bill

E Yoga is easier tan aerobics

F Today is better tan yesterday

G People ten to be friendlier in small towns than in big cities

H Dubay is drier tan London

 2. Superlatives

Actiity 2.1 Comparative or Superlative form.

GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK AND DO THE EXERCISE,THEN TAKE A
SCREENSHOT OF THE RESULT AND PASTE IT HERE.

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Sec
ond_Language_(ESL)/Comparatives_and_superlatives/Cartoons_-
_Comparatives_and_superlatives_gl218702un

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3 . Ask for permission.
Activity 3.1 Look at the following pictures and make
 questions asking for permissions.Use the different expresions
from above: May I,Can I, Could I, IS IT OK IF I. Then answer
the questions with the expressions we give permission

EXAMPLE: IS IT OK IF I USE YOUR COMPUTER?

SURE, NO PROBLEM

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1 Is it okay if I have a little more ice cream?- of course you can have a little more

ice cream

2 can I take your calculator ready?- sure, no problem

3 Could I bring my friends to the party?- yes of course you can come

4 could I drink some water?- yes, okay, you can do it

5 could I open the window?- yes of course, you can do it

6 it's ok if i turn on the fan?- sure , no problem

7 can I send my housekeeper tomorrow?- yes, okay you can do it

8 could I ask a question?- yes sure, do it

9 Is it okay if I make him call you back?- Is it okay if I make him call you back?

10 could I use your phone?- sorry i got you busy

 Stage 3
Practice App

In this space the teacher has the opportunity to assign exercises from the
textbook INTERACT using its APP in order for the students to practice all of the
above worked on subjects.

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Stage 4
Project

The project is the last part of the development of this self-study guide.
In this space the teacher will suggest an activity that allows the students to find
relevance to all of the above studied topics in a creative way.

Project

Use the comparative structure to make a short narration about two

places you visited; talk about the transport and traffic,
characteristics of the city, restaurant, places to go shopping,
daytime life, nightlife, weather, etc…

EXAMPLE

LAST YEAR I VISITED SANTA MARTA. SANTA MARTA IS SMALLER THAN

CARTAGENA. THE TRANSPORT IN CARTAGENA IS FASTER THAN IN
SANTA MARTA,BUT THE TRAFFIC IN CARTAGENA IS HEAVIER THAN IN
SANTA MARTA; ABOUT THE WEATHER, SANTA MARTA IS COOLER THAN
CARTAGENA, CARTAGENA IS HOTTER. NIGHT LIFE IN CARTAGENA IS
MORE HECTIC THAN IN SANTA MARTA BUT THE DAYTIME LIFE IS MORE
PEACEFUL IN SANTA MARTA THAN IN CARTAGENA.

CARTAGENA VS BARRANQUILLA

I had the opportunity to go to Barranquilla to take the admission exam of the

Atlantic University, I have also been in Caratgena and I can say that Barranquilla is
bigger than Cartagena, the transport in both cities is heavier, but Cartagena is a
little more fluid. About the climate I can say that Barranquilla is hotter than
Cartagena but a lot of breeze blows, Cartagena has places to visit that
Barranquilla, but life in Barranqulla is easier than in Cartagena, it has much more
employment than Cartagena But Cartagena is more beautiful than Barranquilla, but
Barranquilla is better organized and how many more parks than Cartagena