EdW3 Learning Outcome 1 Making Predictions

Activity 1 “Future Issues”. Read an interview transcription and comment your agreeing or disagreeing opinion in a simulated blog
entry according to what Doctor Claus predicts. Use be + going to and use future expressions to make your predictions.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION / MODEL YOUR BLOG ENTRY OPINIONS (20%)

FUTURE ISSUES
Many people are worried about the future and what is coming up for our
world; here we have an interview with Dr Claus, a futurist.
Interviewer: Hello Doctor Claus, thanks for coming to our Radio program.
Dr Claus: Thank you for having me.
Interviewer: Doctor Claus, as we all know you are an expert on
technology, what do you think is going to happen with transportation in
10 years? ►
Dr Claus: Well, I think in 10 years there are going to be flying cars ►YOUR TITLE HERE
everywhere. Current cars are not going to be enough for the population. ► for my concept, most people are concerned
Interviewer: What about air travel, though?
about new technologies, the latest model cars,
Dr Claus: Well, probably helicopters are going to be quite cheap; it is
going to be like buying a new car.
smart homes, among others, but the reality is
Interviewer: That sounds great, what other advances shall we expect? different, since we will not know if by then, for 10
Dr Claus: Well, I think that in a few in a few years there are going to be years, we will have a world to enjoy, if we are still
intelligent robots that are going to do all the house chores. Also, new alive, instead of worrying about such superficial
technologies will be invented soon to reduce global warming.
Interviewer: Thank you Doctor Claus, it has been quite interesting for all
things, we must become aware, and start to
the audience. We hope to have you here again in 10 years. create a new technology that will help us to
Dr Claus: Thank you, of course, it would be a pleasure. improve our world, our environment, our nature,
that's what really it matters, because if there is
no healthy world free of contamination, it is only
a world of death and desolation
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Additional Instructions: Write from 100 to 150 words in your blog entry. Do not exceed the original 3-page length for this file. Images source: SENA
Future Expressions Bank: “Next week/month/year/holiday” “tomorrow (morning…night)”, “soon”, “tonight”, “in a/this… (month…year)”
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Activity 2 “World Holidays”. Read about vacations around the world and respond related questions using “to + infinitive” for
purpose. Then write a short text about holiday vacations in Colombia discussing their duration, common activities and most visited
places.

VACATIONS AROUND THE WORLD MODEL YOUR ANSWERS (10%)

What do you think is most important in deciding what to do on vacations?
People from different cultures spend their vacation time in different
ways. Days off vary from place to place. People plan their holiday ►_ When it comes to planning a vacation, it's knowing where
activities depending how much free time they are assigned at work. to go and where to go, knowing the locations, directions,
and the most important thing is to have a base in terms of
the languages spoken there
Lauren Koch: I have a month for vacations to
visit some friends to travel together. I will go to
Lyon to see Pierre. After a week, we are going to What do people most commonly use their vacations for?
Rome to meet my cousin and then we all are ►Well it may sound funny but what he likes most is to rest
going to Venice for a week. Finally, we will go to from the routine and h the stress of work and home
England to spend three days with Pierre’s
parents.
What is the most visited place near you and what do people do there?
Pablo Molina: I am planning to spend a week to ►the most visited place near me is girardot, it is a tourist
enjoy the Rio Carnival next February. My place, it is very busy, and there people come from
girlfriend is already there and she said it is great everywhere, people like to dance, to be in pools, and to
to swim around the beaches and to dance enjoy the sun
samba! Finally, we are staying home to rest for
the remaining week to be ready to work again
here in São Pablo. VACATIONS IN COLOMBIA (10%)
►_ In colobia you have 15 days of ►
Wang Sheng Li: I don’t have much time to travel vacation, we have many beautiful
and to rest in general. I want to have a few days
places to pass them there, such
to sleep late, to eat out with my family and to buy
as: Barranquilla, Cartagena,
some things for my home. However, my job does
Santa Marta, Huila, Medellin,
not pay for my vacation time. I am going to save
there are places that have games,
a lot to quit my job!
cinemas, fields, recreational
parks, sea breeze, beach, l, or
that we Colombians generally do
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what we do is go to the bathroom

in the pool, the sea, eat all kinds
of food, and visit the best places
to take photos and keep them in
memory

Additional Instructions: Write from 100 to 150 words in your “Vacations in Colombia” Text. Do not exceed the original 3-page length for this file. Images source: SENA
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Activity 3 “Dream Vacations”. Complete the sample exercises on the left. After that, plan your vacations using “want to/would like
to” to express wishes and “Present Continuous” for plans. Tell where you are going, what you are doing and what you are
buying.

MODEL LANGUAGE SAMPLES YOUR DREAM VACATIONS (20%)

YOUR IDEAL VACATION PLAN

Sally ►Choose going to travel to London ►Choose week. She ►my best vacation plan will be in london, i want to know the eiffel tower,
is ►Choose at the Saint Paul hotel. She booked ►Choose
book in the best hotel in paris, in the hotel paris lafayette, i will go to visit
days. She would ►Choose visit the Buckingham palace. She
►Choose visit the London Tower. She is ►Choose to take a the park montsouris one of the four largest parks in the world, closed by
tour across the Thames River. napoleon , I like to take pictures, and walk under the moon, I'll do a tour
of the Sena River, I'll do it at night, where you can see the lights of the
DESTINATION ACTIVITIES PURCHASES
city, I'll be there for three days
Where is she going? What is she What is she
doing? buying? DESTINATION ACTIVITIES PURCHASES

-She is going to travel -She would like to -She is buying buy a Where are you going? What are you doing? What are you buying?
to London next week visit Buckingham new camera.
and she is staying at Palace. ►I'm going to visit Paris, I ►taking pictures, ►I'm buying a coffee and a
the Saint Paul Hotel for -She would like to want to know its rivers, parks walking, and enjoying croissant
4 days. -She wants to go get a new pair of and street of the beautiful city the breeze
…
see the London gloves.
Tower.

-She would like to

take a tour across ►
the Thames River.

-She wants to walk

around St. James’s
Park.

SENTENCE
“I am going to travel to London next
month.”
“I want to buy a new t-shirt.”
“I would like to visit the museum”
“I am eating with my mom tomorrow.”
…
FUNCTION
►2. Future Plan
OPTIONAL COLLABORATION: ASK A LEARNING PARTNER
►4. Expectation
Ask a ►Choose two questions about their ideal vacations.
►3. Wishing
Where do you want to go? ►"I'm going to travel to London next month."
►1. Future arrangement
What would you like to do? ►"I would like to visit the museum"
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Learning Partner’s Name: ►Click or tap here to enter text.

Additional Instructions: Write from 100 to 150 words in your ideal vacation plan including destination, activities and purchases. Images source: SENA
Audio: ►Choose and listen to it with an online text-to-speech service. Record it with your own voice with vocaroo.com (tutorial). Paste the result URL below▼
Note: You can use any other tool/program to produce your audio file to send attached. YOUR AUDIO LINK (20%): ►Click or tap here to enter text.