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Name: Ramirez Acosta Cintia Student´S Number:

2779001
Course Title: ADVANCED ENGLISH Teacher´s Name: Angela Patricia
II Rodriguez Leal
Module: Module 2. Activity: Topic 6.
Date: 18 February 2019
Bibliography: Powell, M. (2014). In company 3.0. Student’s Book. Thailand:
Macmillan Press.

Objective:Practice more the speaking, listening and writing and put in practice
the Present Simple and Present Perfect.
Procedure:
Competence 1. Listening
1. In your online workbook (you get your code to if from inside your
textbook), complete the two listening activities for Unit 09—Small Talk
(the conversation between Matt and Sergei).
2. Watch Present perfect tense, Part 2—Use and meaning to further review
how to differentiate Present Perfect from Past Simple
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVo83K-GwHc.
Competence 2. Speaking
1. Complete item 2 (talking about experiences) on page 56 of your textbook.
2. Complete the At a conference dinner activity on page 57 of your
textbook.
3. Make a 2-3 minute audio recording in which you use Past Simple and
Present Perfect to give a brief biography on a person. You may choose a
famous person or someone you know in real life to describe the actions
and achievements that you admire. Send the recording.

Competence 3. Reading
a. In your online workbook (you get your code to if from inside your
textbook), complete the three grammar activities (Past Simple or Present
Perfect) for unit 09—Small Talk.

b. Read the article 5 Hacks To Turn Small Talk Into Meaningful

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Conversation and respond to the items below. Note that although the
“hacks” in the article have been written for introverts, specifically, they
can be useful for anyone. Additionally, if you are extroverted, this could
help you relate better to friends and colleagues with introverted
personalities.

Granneman, J. (2015, May 6). 5 Hacks To Turn Small Talk Into Meaningful
Conversation. Retrieved from:
http://introvertdear.com/2015/05/06/introverts-5-hacks-to-turn-small-talk-into-
meaningful-conversation/

1. What myth about introverts and small talk does the introduction of the
article address?
2. Imagine that you are at a cocktail hour with several international business
contacts. Write three questions you could ask to get the other person to
tell a story.
3. Write a potential answer to each of the three questions you wrote for item
2.
4. According to the article, what is the value in daring to be honest?

c. Independently read the article 5 Lines That Will Keep a Conversation

Going at https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-lines-that-will-keep-a-conversation-
going

Competence 4. Writing
1. Review Present Perfect and take the writing quiz at
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/present_perfect.html
Use the answer key to check your responses.

Competence 1.
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Competence 2.

Obama’s biography

Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African
American to serve in the office. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won
a second term in 2012.
Born in Honolulu in 1961, Barack Obama went on to become President of the
Harvard Law Review and a U.S. senator representing Illinois. In 2008, he was
elected President of the United States, becoming the first African-American
commander-in-chief. He served two terms as the 44 president of the United
States.
Barack Hussein Obama II was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His
mother, Ann Dunham, was born on an Army base in Wichita, Kansas, during
World War II. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dunham's father,
Stanley, enlisted in the military and marched across Europe in General George
Patton's army. Dunham's mother, Madelyn, went to work on a bomber assembly
line. After the war, the couple studied on the G.I. Bill, bought a house through
the Federal Housing Program and, after several moves, ended up in Hawaii.
Obama's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza
Province, Kenya. Obama Sr. grew up herding goats in Africa and, eventually
earned a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and pursue his dreams of
going to college in Hawaii.

Obama published an autobiography, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race

and Inheritance, in 1995. The work received high praise from literary figures
such as Toni Morrison and has since been printed in more than 25 languages,
including Chinese, Swedish and Hebrew. The book had a second printing in
2004 and was adapted for a children's version. The audiobook version of
Dreams, narrated by Obama, received a Grammy Award for best spoken word
album in 2006.
In 2000, Obama made an unsuccessful Democratic primary run for the U.S.
House of Representatives seat held by four-term incumbent candidate Bobby
Rush. Undeterred, he created a campaign committee in 2002 and began raising
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funds to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2004. With the help of political
consultant David Axelrod, Obama began assessing his prospects for a Senate
win.

His second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American
Dream, was published in October 2006.
In February 2007, Obama made headlines when he announced his candidacy
for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. He was locked in a tight battle
with former first lady and then-U.S. senator from New York Hillary Rodham
Clinton.
Between Inauguration Day and April 29, 2009, the Obama administration took
action on many fronts. Obama coaxed Congress to expand health care
insurance for children and provide legal protection for women seeking equal pay

On January 27, 2010, President Obama delivered his first State of the Union
speech. During his oration, Obama addressed the challenges of the economy,
proposed a fee for larger banks, announced a possible freeze on government
spending in the following fiscal year and spoke against the Supreme Court's
reversal of a law capping campaign finance spending.

Obama found himself grappling with an international crisis in late August and
September 2013 when it was discovered that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
had used chemical weapons against civilians. While saying that thousands of
people, including over 400 children, had been killed in the chemical attacks,
Obama called Syria's actions "a serious national security threat to the United
States and to the region, and as a consequence, Assad and Syria needs to be
held accountable."
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Competence 3.
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a. What myth about introverts and small talk does the introduction of
the article address?
Introverts especially tend to loathe small talk but it’s not because we shun
connecting with others.

b. Imagine that you are at a cocktail hour with several international

business contacts. Write three questions you could ask to get the
other person to tell a story.
1. What do you think is a good option to invest?
2. Why should I associate with you?
3. What would be the benefits of this business?

c. Write a potential answer to each of the three questions you wrote

for item 2.
1. Because besides that we have the best prices our products are of
excellent quality with which your customers would be satisfied with the
products.
2. We have a wide variety of products and also the best prices in the
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market with which you would have no problem investing with us and
above all we will give you time to pay for that merchandise.
3. Benefits:
a. Gain greater than 50%
b. Ease of payment
c. wide range of products
d. excellent treatment
e. 100% quality material
f. Guarantee on our products
g. Ease of changing colors, models, etc.
d. According to the article, what is the value in daring to be honest?
Because honesty draws people in and makes them let down their guard.

Competence 4.
1. The Brown Family goes to Switzerland every Winter. They started to
do this 4 years ago.
The Brown Family has gone to Switzerland every witner for 4 years.
2. My brother ate frogs' legs. He ate frogs' legs three times.
My brother has eaten frogs legs three times.
3. Carol is in Morocco. She went there last month.
Carol has been in Morocco since last month.
Carol has been in Morocco for a month.
4. Timothy rides a bus to school. He started to do it when his car
broke down.
Timothy has ridden the bus to school since his car broke down.
5. Jorge and Carmen are married. They got married in 1980.
Jorge and Carmen have been married since 1980.
Jorge and Carmen have been maried for 21 years.
6. Scientists are concerned with the world's rain forests. This concern
started many years ago.
Scientists have been concerned with the world’s rain forests for many years.

7. James knows how to repair a computer. He learned how to do it a

long time ago
James has known how to repair computers for a long time.
8. I wanted to go to Japan several years ago. I still want to go.
I wanted to go to Japan for several years.
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9. Maria was excited about space exploration when she was young.
She is still excited about it.
Maria has been excited about space exploration since she was young.
10. I saw the answers to the test. When I saw the answers is a secret.
I have seen the answers to the test.