English contribution to this project: Market Research

Each group is going to do the following activities related to the business they pretend to set up:

1. Looking up for vocabulary. They'll provide that vocabulary on this blog. Learners have got examples onto Epavirtual: a youtube video and links to virtual books.
2. Writing a dialogue. There's an example onto Epavirtual: dialogue in a clothes shop (learners can read it and listen to it); there's also a youtube video to watch. 
3. Rehearsing the dialogue. Learners can check the pronunciation using "Talk it" software or any other application they choose.
4. Recording the dialogue and uploading it onto this blog.

Family tree

1- Previously we'd learnt the vocabulary related to "members of the family" ("Learning chocolate"), practising pronunciation and focusing on the family outline.
2- Groups of three students: student1 draws student3's family tree, and student2 asks student3 questions about his/her family.
3- Two students and I roleplayed the dialogue and draw my family tree in front of the rest of the class, so the other students could understand the aim of the group work.
4- Brainstorming (possible questions to be asked):
What's your .............. 's name? / Have you got any ......................? / Are you married?
5- Teams played their roles. Once they'd drawn the first family tree, they exchanged roles and drew the other students' family trees.
6- Each team introduced each of its members' family to the rest of the class.
7- I recorded them while working.

 

Descriptors: 20 (team work), 16 (motivated to learn)

Letter to a penfriend (First Contact)

1- Nigel's penfriend's letter (MALTED): fill in activity+correction handouts.
2-Write a letter to a penfriend (Nigel) using Nigel's letter an an example.
3-  HW: Introduce yourself in EpaVirtual forum ("First Contact") using the letter to Nigel you wrote in class, as a model.
4- HW: Watch "YouTube The Pen Friends" at home (EpaVirtual)
5- Saxon genitive: we practise using Nigel's letter to revise that function.
6- Groups: They rehearsed how to introduce themselves and we recorded videoclips of each group's introduction, so we can take those recordings to Bourges and share them with our partners.

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Descriptors no. 1(interpreta correctamente textos reales y académicos), 16(muestra motivación por el aprendizaje).

Introduce yourself

1- Correct Homework (Personal Info_HW.doc + listening audio files in EpaVirtual)

2- eBeam "Teacher&student's interview" (slides 3,4,5)+ listen to interview.mp3+ handouts.
3-Vocabulary games: family tree, colours, school subjects + handouts

Personal information

1- Slide: myself+pieces of personal info around me (name, surname, tel, address, favourite colour, favourite drink)

2-Pairwork: what questions will you ask to get that info? Write them down.
3- Groups of 4: comment on the diff questions you may ask
4-Ask me
5- Watch "What's your name?"  clip: listen and repeat.
6- Hand-out ("What's your name?" clip)
7-Game: line-up according to sts' first name (sts ask each other's name and shake hands)
8- Now they ask the previous partner some personal info.
9- Each student introduce his/her partner.
10-Watch+Listen "Nice to meet you" clip
11-Paiwork: handout (transcription)+Role-playing the dialogue.
12-Homework: handout (grammar, exercises, vocabulary, reading)+ audio files (Virtual class)
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Descriptors no.: 1-2-16-18-20