Module 3: Summary

Module 3: Summary 01/06

Vocabulary: Family members

In Module 3, we learned the following vocabulary to identify family members:

Francisca Pérez Diego Castillo María Rojas Sebastián Contreras

Martín’s grandmother Martín’s grandfather Sebastián’s wife María’s husband

 Sofía and Felipe are

Brenda Díaz Patricio Castillo Sofía Castillo Felipe Contreras Javiera Contreras Martín’s parents.
Martín’s uncle Martín’s mother Martín’s father Martín’s aunt
Sofía’s brother Felipe’s sister  Martín is an only
child. He doesn’t
Vanesa Castillo Martín Contreras have brothers or
Martín’s cousin Sofía and Felipe’s son
Brenda and
sisters.
Patricio’s daughter
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Vocabulary
In Module 3, we also learned adjectives to describe people:

old young

brown (hair)
tall short

blond (hair)

gray (hair)
slim chubby
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Grammar
In Module 3, we learned the following grammar structures:

 More possessive adjectives: our, your, their.

our + noun This is our son Martín.

we our
their + noun Their English classes are at English UC.

you your Your name is Martín.

your + singular noun
Your ID number is 17.987.654-3.
they their
Your son is Martín.
their + plural noun

Your house is in Ñuñoa.

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Grammar
In Module 3, we learned the following grammar structures:

 More possessive adjectives: his, her, its.

his + noun His name is Felipe.

he his

she her her + noun Her name is Miss Olivia.

it its

its + noun Its address is 3300 Jaime Guzmán E.

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Grammar He / She / It is He is a student. He’s a student.

He / She / It is not She is not at home. She’s not at home.

In Module 3, we also learned:
Is he / she / it ? Is it in English or Spanish?
 More forms of the verb to be

We are We are great friends. We’re great friends.

We’re not at home.

We are not We are not professionals.
We aren’t at home.

are we ? Are we at home?

They are They are in classes. They’re in classes.

They’re not at home.

They are not They are not at home.
They aren’t at home.

Are they ? Are they in English classes?

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Tips to develop skills

We also practiced listening and reading for general ideas and identification of specific information, including focus on word
stress to aide comprehension.
Listening/Reading Strategy Tips

 Listen/Read multiple times. As you develop your skills during the course, you
will need to listen/read fewer times to answer the questions successfully.

 Focus on familiar words and phrases.

Reading / Listening for
general ideas
 Study the images that are associated with the audio clip/written text. This will
help you predict the content.

 Ask for clarification if someone is speaking too fast.

 Have a clear idea of the information you need to identify; read the questions
first!

Reading / Listening for  Focus on words associated with the information you need to identify.
specific information
 Notice text structure to help understand the type of text you are
reading/listening to. This can access previous knowledge from your own
language culture.
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