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ENGLISH LEVEL 4

1. TEMAS Y SUBTEMAS
Past Simple
Regular and irregular verbs
Past Continuous
Prepositions: on, in, at.
Conectors: So, because, although and but

2. CONOCIMIENTOS PREVIOS
Word order in questions.
Present simple
Verbs
Present continuous
Prepositions of place.
Vocabulary.

3. COMPETENCIA(S) A DESARROLLAR
Students can describe their activities in the past tense.
Students identify the verbs in regular and irregular form in simple past tense.
Students can speak and recognize sentences in past continuous.
Students use the correct structure to write sentences in present continuous.
Student recognize and use properly the preposition on, in and at.
In speaking production, the students can use connectors in their presentations

4. METODOLOGÍA

All courses at ETITC are focused on the communicative approach that is based on the idea that learning language
successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning. When learners are involved in real communication,
their natural strategies for language acquisition will be used, and this will allow them to learn to use the language. For
that reason, practising question forms by asking learners to find out personal information about their friends is a good
example of this communicative approach, as it involves meaningful communication. Talking about activities in the
classroom, students are involved and guided by the communicative approach. This one is characterised by trying to
produce meaningful and real communication, at all levels. As a result, there may be more emphasis on skills than
systems, lessons are more learner-centred, and there may be use of authentic materials.

5. ACTIVIDADES DE APRENDIZAJE

Videos, puzzles, hidden pictures, printable board games, flash cards, matching games among others
activities are ideal for building confidence and encouraging students to speak more in class.
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Grammar activities

It’s very important for ESL students to master English grammar because it lays the foundation for writing
and speaking. Learning all about adverbs, verbs, punctuation, plurals, tenses, and adjectives can be
scaring but those type of fun activities can be useful and make lessons more interesting.

Vocabulary Games

To increase the power of language, ESL students should spend some time to improve their vocabulary.
With knowledge of more words, students will be able to understand more of the language. There are
many ways to learn more words but one of the most effective ways is through vocabulary games and
activities.

Reading, Writing, & Spelling Games

Reading, writing, and spelling are essential skills for ESL students. It takes time to learn to read, write, and
spell, and it may a lifetime to perfect these skills. Nevertheless, it’s good to build a good foundation
because it will serve you well in the long run. With reading, writing, and spelling games, you will be
surprised to find out how much you can improve.

Speaking, Pronunciation & Listening Activities

A great task for ESL students in the United States is to lose their accent, and adapt to American English.
This is true for Asian students from some countries like India, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore
who learn English as a second language. Their spoken English will sound quite different from American
English. In this sense, the ESL students have to work on their speaking, pronunciation, and listening. Here
are some activities on these ESL skills.

5.1 TALLERES Y PRÁCTICAS

GRAMMAR DISCUSSION

A. Complete the paragraph with the past continuous and the simple past tense.
I __had___ (have) an accident yesterday. I _____________(1) (drive) slowly and I’m sure
I __________(2) (pay) attention. But I ________(3) (wait) for a phone call. When the phone
_______(4) (ring), I ________(5) (answer) it. Suddenly, the car in front of me _______ (6)
(stop), and I _______ (7) (hit) it. I certainly _______(8) my lesson! Luckily, I ________ (9)
(not spend) when I _______ (10) (have) the accident.

ACTIVITIES:
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B. Select in your answer sheet in/at/on according to the next sentences:

11. Don’t sit ____ the grass. It’s wet

12. What have you got ____ your bag?
13. Look! There’s a man ____ the roof. What’s he doing?
14. There are a lot of fish ___ this river
15. Our house is number 45- the number is ___ the door
16. Is the cinema near here? Yes, turn left ___ the traffic lights.
17. I usually do my shopping _____ the city centre
18. My sister lives____ Brussels.
19. There’s a small park ____ the top of the hill.
20. I think I heard the doorbell. There’s somebody____ the door.

READING COMPREHENSION

PERSONALITY: FROM NATURE OR NURTURE?

What is personality? Many people define personality as a person’s usual manner or style of behavior. These
patterns of behavior tend to be predictable throughout a person’s lifetime. Some people are introverts;
others are extroverts. Some people have easygoing personalities: they are usually cheerful and calm and
able to cope with life’s difficulties without much trouble. Their emotions are usually under control: they
don’t get extremely angry about little things. Others, at the other end of the personality spectrum, are
more emotional, experiencing higher highs and lower lows. Most people’s personalities, however, don’t
fall at the extreme ends but rather fall somewhere in between.

Where do we get our personality? For hundreds of years, psychologists and ordinary people have never
stopped debating this fascinating question. Some people think personality develops as a result of the
environment – the combination of influences that we learn from, such as our families, our culture, our
friends, and our education. The people who believe this theory believe that all babies are born without a
personality and that it’s the environment that determines, or forms, each child’s personality. This school
of thought is called the “nurture school”.

At the other end of the continuum we find people who believe that personality is determined by “nature”
or the characteristics we receive, or “inherit”, from our parents biologically, through their genes. These
people believe that our personality is not determined by the environment, but rather by genetics, and that
each baby is born with a personality.

The “nature-nurture controversy” The nature-nurture controversy is very old. Experimental psychologist
have tried to discover which of these two factors, genetics or the environment, is more important in
forming our personality. However, it’s very difficult, if not impossible, to conduct research on real people
with real lives. There’s just no way to put people in a laboratory and watch them develop. For this reason,
there’s no scientific way to settle the nature-nurture controversy. Recently, however, most researchers
have come to believe that both the environment AND the genes – nurture and nature – work together and
are both important.

Even though the experts have largely discarded the idea that personality development is so black and
white, the nature-nurture controversy remains a popular discussion among friends. It seems that everyone
has an opinion.
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A. Select the best option according to the article:

a. Genes. b. environment. c. emotions. d. the “nature school”

e. the “nurture school” f. personality.

21. a person’s usual pattern of behaviour.

22. What we feel, such as anger, love, and happiness
23. The source of traits we inherit from our parents
24. The world around us
25. The belief that learning determines personality
26. The belief that genetics determines personality

B. Select in your answer sheet True, False or Not Mentioned according to the
article:

27. The personality is predictable throughout a person’s lifetime____

28. Some people have easygoing personalities ____
29. There are two theories about the personality ____
30. Freud is the most important psychologist that explain the human personality____

WRITING

 Write a paragraph in your answer sheet about your last vacations, include
food, place, people, time, etc. Use the grammar and vocabulary learnt in class.
Be careful with punctuation, grammar and spelling. (100-150 words)

5.2 LABORATORIOS

LISTENING

A. Select True or False according to the listening exercise:

31. Charlie’s mother is doing something with his computer ____
32. Charlie isn’t logged in at the moment. ____
33. If you don’t change your privacy settings, everyone can see your information. ____
34. It is easy to delete everything you put online. ____
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35. Charlie’s mother knows his password ____

B. Select the best option:

a. Is on his desk. b. is Charlie’s password. c. is in his notebook

d. see Charlie’s photos. e. is totally public. f. wants him to be safe

online.

36. Charlie’s account__________

37. Charlie’s mum __________
38. Anyone can __________
39. CrazyCharlie121 __________
40. Charlie’s password __________

6. REFERENTES BIBLIOGRÁFICOS Y FUENTES DE INFORMACIÓN

Grammar: Taken by: Top Notch 2, page 41.

Reading: Top Notch 2, page 80
Listening: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/online-
safety-conversation.

7. RÚBRICA

VOCABULARY USAGE

Exceeds Target Meets Target Approaches Target Below Target Below Target
Far-
Student is able to Student is able to Student is able to Student has trouble Student is unable to
translate most, if translate basic translate the basic translating some translate basic
not all of class vocabulary and vocabulary with a basic vocabulary vocabulary and/or is
vocabulary, and is most of all class great deal of and/ or is lacking in inaccurate.
able to use context vocabulary. accuracy. accuracy.
clues and word
parts to make
educated guesses to
previously unseen
vocabulary.
KEY
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ANSWER KEY

LANGUAGE USE (20 marks) (1 mark each) READING (10 marks) LISTENING (10 marks)
1 was driving 11 in 21 31

2 paid 12 on 22 32

3 was waiting 13 on 23 33

4 rang 14 on 24 34

5 answered 15 at 25 35

6 stopped 16 on 26 36

7 hit 17 on 27 37

8 learned 18 in 28 38

9 wasn´t 19 on 29 39
spending
10 left 20 on 30 40

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PROFESOR: A. SIOMARA SILVA V.

FECHA DE ELABORACIÓN: _15_/_04_/_2019___