TASK 2 - THEMATIC CONTENT 1

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 THEMATIC UNIT: EXPANDING MY HORIZONS
THEMATIC CONTENT ONE: NETWORKS

TASK: You will apply for a job in a very well-known institution/

corporation in which a person will interview you. Prepare to answer
questions related to your area of expertise, your personal and
interpersonal skills, experience and other job-related aspects.

GOALS:
• To analyze documentaries based on the life of famous scientists.
• To participate in a discussion based on documentaries similar to a cinema club session.

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Sentence connectors (conclusion, result, exemplifying) Buying organic fruit and veg-
etables is a better choice.  In the first place, they are less contaminated by chemical
pesticides.  For another reason, they are not genetically modified. In addition, they
are allowed to mature or ripen fully.  Finally, they have a shorter “shelf life” so they
2 are sold when fresh or best.   Taken from: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/connectsum.html for ed-
ucational purposes.

Past modals (should have, could have, would have) Pyramids could have been built, even before
the Egyptians themselves / The study would have been reported before the deadline.

Review of simple and continuous tenses (present and past): She is writing her thesis while hav-
ing a part time job in the same academic and professional field / They were conducting a survey
when their boss arrived and asked them to leave the office.

Relative clauses with who-that-which: Her curriculum, which she writes to apply for a new job
in the US bank, has to be finished by June / Jane, whose mother is a physician, is very good at
biology / Do you know the reason why so many people in the world learn English?

Reporting verbs (invite, remind, agree, advise, deny, suggest, apologise) The teacher reminded us
that the lesson started at six in the evening / The journalist agreed that Einstein had received
the award the previous night

Collocations. Many students at the university have recently been calling for the abolition of
bullfightings as they are seen as cruel to animals /

The boss and the workers struck a bargain which led to the strike ending peacefully

Review of perfect tenses: simple and continuous. She has been preparing her Statement of Pur-
pose for more than a year / The fair has been a total success / They had interviewed many peo-
ple for the position.

Reported speech: questions and commands. “Please, get in touch with them today.” - The thesis
advisor asked me / “Have you set your alarm clock?” - The professor asked me previously the
test.

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 Verb Pairs She got married before she graduated from her Master´s degree / I got engaged in a new
project at the University / I have been in love with my career from the very first semester.

Most common idioms and expressions related to your academic field. leap of faith / turning point / in
common.

Mixed Tenses: Well, I have been following them for more than a month now, but so far I  have not
been able to catch them in the act. Sometimes I  worry that by the time they’re caught, I’ll have  my
law degree and I’ll be defending them! Taken from: http://www.grammarbank.com/verb-tenses-exercises.html for edu-
cational purposes.

Review of Passive Voice. I don’t understand why you don’t have the report. It was sent to you over
a week ago / The Amazon rainforest is extremely important to the ecology of the earth. 40% of the
world’s oxygen is produced there.

Pronunciation:

Musical aspects of pronunciation: stress, intonation and rhythm (reading aloud)

Answer the following questions based on your experience.

1. Have you ever had a job interview?

2. How do you imagine your next job interview?

3. What kind of questions can you expect for in a job interview?

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4. As an interviewer, what kind of questions will you ask to hire someone for a family business you
have?

INPUT:
Video: Job Application Interview

Taken from: https://goo.gl/uYCkt8 For educational Purposes.

Taken from: https://goo.gl/cPYgzc For educational Purposes.

5. After watching the previous video, extract the questions the candidate had to answer in his/her
interview in the following box.

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 ACTION ONE: Watch a film / documentary about your area of knowledge.

PRE:
Do the crossword about the inventors and inventions provided by the teacher, which
mentions famous inventors and inventions.

Participate in a conversation about the knowledge you have, regarding Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and
his inventions and the evolution they have had up to our times. You can mention general and specific
information about his life, inventions, paintings, works and discoveries.

WHILE:
Watch a documentary entitled Leonardo Da Vinci´s Invention Documentary – Father of
Modern Inventions – History documentary films, and take notes about his inventions,
discoveries, sketches and drawings.

Taken from: https://goo.gl/mQDqbn For educational Purposes.

A. Answer the following questions based on the documentary.

When was da Vinci Born?

____________________________________________________________________________

What were some of the Leonardo’s Professions and Jobs?

____________________________________________________________________________

Is da Vinci referred as the papa of?

____________________________________________________________________________

How has been da Vinci typically described?

____________________________________________________________________________

How were Leonardo´s methods uncommon for his time?

____________________________________________________________________________

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What forms did da Vinci´s claim to be able to produce?

____________________________________________________________________________

What project did Nicola Machiavelli and da Vinci work on?

____________________________________________________________________________

What was Leonardo´s Journal?

____________________________________________________________________________

What was the civil design project for Ottoman Sultan?

____________________________________________________________________________

Why did not Beyazid go after Leonardo´s job?

____________________________________________________________________________

What attracted Leonardo´s sensation?

____________________________________________________________________________

In what year was the docudrama by Leonardo’s Dream Machines broadcasted?

____________________________________________________________________________

What has happened with da Vinci’s machines that have been interpreted, constructed
and also examined?
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____________________________________________________________________________

Watch also a summary of Leonardo Da Vinci´s life at:

• https://goo.gl/gmu64
• https://goo.gl/Scv3uT

POST:
Write a summary, with the help of your teacher, of the most discussed topics and inventions based
on the documentary you just saw in the following box. You can also follow the tips provided in the
following videos and websites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zgKOguRrRs
http://public.wsu.edu/~mejia/Summary.htm
http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-write-summary
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Summary
SUMMARY

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 Write some characteristics and features you share with Da Vinci, presenting them to an interviewer
who wants to hire you in his company or at a multinational company.

Da Vinci and Me…

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 LANGUAGE FOCUS:
Using some grammar and structures covered and studied in the previous video, do
the following exercise that will help you with ideas and expressions for the different
activities:
I. Using the words in parentheses complete the text below with the appropriate tenses: Present Perfect
/ Past Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous.

1. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I ___________ (wait) for over an
hour. I almost left without him.

2. I___________ (see) many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments
are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small.

3. Da Vinci did not ___________ (climb) the Matterhorn, ___________ (sail) around the world, neither
___________ (go) on safari in Kenya, but he was such an adventurous person.

4. Some Da Vinci´s friends ___________ (climb) the Matterhorn, ___________ (sail) around the world and
___________ (go) on safari in Kenya by the time he turned twenty-five.
he___________ (experience) more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.
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ACTION TWO: Participate in a cinema club session.

PRE: Visit the following websites to learn about a cinema club.

http://cineclub.org.uk
https://goo.gl/rJlKOz
https://goo.gl/ZTvwK6

WHILE:
Create questions for the audience about the documentary

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 Based on the information, strategies and techniques learnt in the previous websites about cine clubs,
create and be a participant of one of these events about the documentary you just saw in the previous
action. You can use information from the listening activity, the summary and your own composition
about the features you share with Da Vinci to conduct it.

CINEMA CLUB

8 1. In pairs, create an interview where you ask and answer specific questions about
the documentary you saw about Leonardo Da Vinci. Then, replicate the questions to rest
of the class as in a cine club.

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 LANGUAGE FOCUS:
Using some grammar and structures covered and studied in the previous
activities, do the following exercise that will help you with ideas and expressions
for the different activities:

I. Choose the appropriate options to complete the sentences

1. I have been waiting for the prices of the Last Da Vinci´s invention to come down before buying one,
but I think I _________ too long and the prices _________ to go up again.

A) am waiting / are beginning

B) wait / began
C) am waiting / began
D) have waited / are beginning
E) waited / were beginning

2. This bicycle _________ In our family for fourteen years. My father used it for the first time five years
ago, my brother rode it for the next five and I _________it for the last four. Did you know Da Vinci
sketched some bicycles in his works?

A) is / have had 9

B) had been / had

C) has been / have had
D) was / had had
E) has been / had

4. It’s a great pity you didn’t come to London with us last summer. As you _________ it before, it
_________a wonderful holiday for you. I know it was not as beautiful as your Italy, but it was still great.

A) hadn’t seen / would have been

B) have never seen / will surely be
C) didn’t see / has been
D) didn’t see / had been
E) haven’t see n / was

Taken from: https://goo.gl/oVZLKD For educational Purposes.

Adapted and modified by: Julian Esteban Zapata Gomez

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