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Unit 1 IDENTITY

• Sesión 1: The story of a page not found

 UNIT OPENER
01 Basic vocabulary about
culture identity

UNIT 1.1
404, the story of a page
not found
02

UNIT 1.2
03 Building identity
Unit opener – Unit
1.1: The story of a
page not found
1. Utility (Utilidad)

By the end of the lesson, you will be able to

use, appropriately and in context,
presentation skills of giving examples in
the form of visuals or stories.
1. Utility (Utilidad)

By acquiring presentation skills you will be

able to help your audience understand your
message
1. Utility (Utilidad)

Look at the picture. Then answer the question below.

• What elements does your identity consist of?

1. Utility (Utilidad)

POSSIBLE ANSWERS

IDENTITY
1. Utility (Utilidad)

DISCUSSION

• What can people do online?

1. Utility (Utilidad)

POSSIBLE ANSWERS
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

You are going to watch an edited version of a TED Talk by Renny Gleeson
called 404 the story of a page not found.

Read the text about the speaker and the talk.

New media: channels for mass

communication using digital
technologies, such as the internet.
Build relationships: create and
strengthen relationships with
other people
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

PAIR WORK

Discuss these questions:

1. The 404 page is one of the most

recognizable pages that users can
find online. When would you see this
page on a website?
2. Have you seen any funny 404 pages?
What did they show?
3. Renny Gleeson works in new media.
Can you give any examples of “new
media”?
3. Innovation (Innovación)

Do you have to give presentations at the university / work?

IMPORTANT
Every unit, there is a focus
on PRESENTATION SKILLS
3. Innovation (Innovación)
DISCUSSION

From the video, you can feel that Renny Gleeson used both stories
and visuals in his talk.

1. What role do slides play in a presentation?

How important are they?
2. Can you think of any good examples of
slides in presentations that you have given
or watched?
3. Innovation (Innovación)

PRESENTATION SKILLS: Giving examples

Look at the Presentation tips box.

Then watch the clip from the TED Talk

and answer these questions.

1. What examples do you see of

these things?
2. Do you think these examples
follow the techniques in the box?
4. Accomplishment (Logros)

SELF-EVALUATION
• What did you learn today?
How are you going to use it in
your daily life?

• What do you (think you) need

to review a bit more?
Unit 1.2
Building
identity
1. Utility (Utilidad)

PAIR WORK

Ask and answer this question.

• Have you ever been

sent a link to a video of
any of these things/
people? Tell your
partner about some
viral videos you have
seen.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Present Tenses
(Active &
Passive)

Present
Present Simple
Continuous

permanent or activities in
routines and facts and temporary trends and
long-term progress at the
habits general truths situations changing habits
situations time of speaking
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Present Simple (active)

We use the present simple to talk about:

PERMANENT OR
ROUTINES AND HABITS FACTS AND GENERAL TRUTHS LONG-TERM
SITUATIONS
• My friend checks her emails • Most UK adults connect to the • My brother lives
every hour. Internet via broadband. at the coast.
• My sister doesn’t phone me • Most people under 25 don’t • My parents
– she only sends texts. remember life before social media. don’t have a T V.
• Do you update your online • Does water damage a mobile • Do you wear
profile regularly? phone? glasses?
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

We often use adverbs and expressions of frequency (always,

usually, often, every morning, at the weekend, etc.) with the
present simple to talk about how often we do something.

Adverbs of When the verb is negative or in the When the verb is be,
frequency usually question form, the adverb comes the adverb comes
come before the between the auxiliary verb and the after the verb.
main verb. main verb.

• My wife is Italian, • My wife is Italian, but we don’t usually • My wife is a singer

and we often speak speak Italian at home. (not we usually and she’s often away

Italian at home. don’t) from home on tour.

(not we speak often) • Do you usually speak Italian at home? (not she often is)
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

We can use some adverbs of frequency (usually, often, sometimes) at the beginning of a
sentence for emphasis.
Example:
• Sometimes, we speak Italian at home.

Other expressions of frequency usually come at the beginning or at the end of a sentence.
We use a comma after the expression at the start of the sentence.
Examples:
• We start work at eight every morning.
• Every morning, we start work at eight.
 2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Present Continuous (active)

We use the present continuous to talk about:

TRENDS AND
ACTIVITIES IN CHANGING
TEMPORARY PROGRESS AT THE HABITS
SITUATIONS TIME OF SPEAKING • Lots of people are watching
• I’m living with my parents • My boss is doing a Skype interview television shows online instead
until I find a new flat. with the BBC. of on TV now.
• I’m not spending any money • They’re not printing anything right • People aren’t eating as much
on clothes this month. now, so you can use the printer. meat as they did before.
• Is your brother working at the • Are you using your computer at the • Are part-time jobs becoming
pool this summer? moment? more popular?
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

We often use time expressions with the present

continuous: at the moment, this week, etc.

Examples:

• Are you working from home

today?

• A lot of people are studying

Chinese nowadays.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Present Simple (passive)

We form the present simple passive with the present simple

of be (am / is / are) + past participle of the main verb.

QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

AFFIRMATIVE AND
NEGATIVE
• This model of tablet is (not)
sold online.
• Camera phones are (not) used
to take a lot of photos.
• Is this model of tablet sold online?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.
• Are camera phones used to take a lot of photos?
Yes, they are.
No, they aren’t.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

Present Continuous (passive)

We form the present continuous passive with the present continuous
of be (am / is / are being) + past participle of the main verb.

QUESTIONS AND SHORT

AFFIRMATIVE AND ANSWERS
NEGATIVE • Is the email being sent to all users?
• The email is (not) being sent to Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.
all users.
• Are the videos being filmed in HD?
• The videos are (not) being Yes, they are.
filmed in HD. No, they aren’t.
2. Skills and Knowledge (Saberes)

By + agent
We use the passive to focus on the action or object of the action,
rather than the person who does the action. The person may be
obvious, unknown or not relevant. We can use by to specify who
or what does the action:

EXAMPLES

 active: People are downloading films

illegally.

 passive: Films are being downloaded

illegally.
3. Innovation (Innovación)
3. Innovation (Innovación)

PAIR-WORK

Look at the profiles of internet users.

Then use the ideas to complete
the questions for a quiz called
“The internet and me”. Add two
questions of your own.

Ask and answer the quiz questions. Then

decide which profile fits your partner.
4. Accomplishment (Logros)

SELF-EVALUATION
• What did you learn today?
How are you going to use it in
your daily life?

• What do you (think you) need

to review a bit more?
4. References

References
[1]Helen Stephenson, Lewis Lansford &Paul Dummett
(2016). Keynote (Split A) – Upper Intermediate (1era
edición). 2017:National Geographic Learning - Cengage
Learning.

https://www.grammarbank.com/present-continuous-passive
.html

https://www.englishcentral.com/blog/en/present-simple-pas
sive-voice-explanation-with-examples/
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