Oficina de Bilingüismo

Fundación Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco

ENGLISH 1A
SELF-STUDY GUIDE
Week 1-3

Teacher: ALCIDES HOYOS SALAS

Welcoming paragraph:

Hello my dear students. I would like to welcome you all to this new experience,
first of all by letting you know that you can always count on me for whatever you
need through-out this process. I am sure we will have a lot of fun and also learn
many interesting things.

Methodology:

 As you already know we will be developing our classes online. For which
we will be using the platforms Teams and Ferrum.
 I will schedule meetings every week through the platform Teams.
 I will upload all the information regarding the classes on Ferrum.
 We will develop our classes in 10 weeks. Each week we will work on a
different communicative subject.
 Every three weeks I will share with you on Ferrum a self-study guide, such
as this one, with different activities in order for you to work on
autonomously. The guide is divided in 4 stages.

Stage 1: Warm-up.
Stage 2: Topic presentation.
Stage 3: Practice. INTERACT App
Stage 4: Project.

 We will cover each aspect of the guide each week on our meeting on
Teams.

Communicative objectives:

• Describe a friend
• Describe your house
• Tell people about your hobby
 • Say where things are

Stage 1 • Talk about possessions

Warm-up

Warm-up space: The main purpose of this space is to introduce the different
activities that this self-study guide intends to develop.

Example: Read and organize the conversation in the correct order.

Stage 2
Topic Presentation

Presentation of the unit’s function and language space:

The main purpose of this space is to present the communicative objectives using
contextualized examples that allow students to understand the different
functions and language of the unit.

Functions and language

• He/she has got • He/she hasn’t got
• There are/there aren’t • There is/there isn’t

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• Extended speaking and vocabulary
• Where is the + singular?
• Where are the + plurals?
• Prepositions of place
• Have/has Don't have/doesn't have

1. Describe a friend

My friend's name is Leidy Muñoz is 26 years old her skin color is white her
hair is blond her eyes are brown she is tall, thin,

- Answer the following Question:

R/P: He is a kind, loving person. He likes to help other people a lot. I really
like that about her
 s

Dyed hair TALL attractive short

Curly hair Good looking Long hair

slim Round FACE OVER weight

 Grammar Focus

 Open your Student book on page 50 and complete exercise 5

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4,3

2. Describe your house

 Answer the following Questions:

 What’s your house like?

R// My house is located in the city of cartagena, my house is a very nice apartment,
with two rooms a cozy room, a small kitchen and a small bathroom and of course a
nice back part that we use as a laundry.

 What is there in your house?

R// My house is furnished with many objects. the room is furnished with a beautiful
beige furniture, dining set and dining chairs also beige perfectly combine with
orange with pillows and curtains that give elegance to my house, it has a table
computer, TV screen flat, PlayStation 3, a mini bar and many stuffed animals
 Open your Student book on page 52 and complete exercises
 bedroom

diningroom kitchen

bathroom

B: there’s a bath in the bathroom

C: there’s a bed in the bedroom
D: there’s a cooker in the kitchen
E: there’s a table in the dining room

 Grammar Focus
 Open your Student book on page 54 and complete exercise 5

there ´s
There´s a
Is there
There is n´t
There is n´t
There´s there ´s
3. Tell people about your hobby

 Answer the following Questions:

 What is your Hobby?

My hobby is reading because I like to learn more and more every day

 How often do you it?

3 times a week

 Open your Student book on page 56 and complete exercises 1 and 2

d b f

c g e
A: yes ,cooking
B: I have never done gardening
C: I would like to play tennis
D: I would not like to paint I do not have much talent to do it

 Open your Student book on page 57 and complete exercise 3

Listen to music, play video games, watch television

go to the beach with my friends

Play skittle, go on a trip

go to the beach with my friends, play board games

Exercise, walk

Read, cook, sleep

Photography, washing, cleaning

driving, graphic design

 Open your Student book on page 58 and complete exercises 5 and 6

 because it's healthy

she does it in the park because it is very quiet

she does it alone

it's a very cheap hobby

she thinks her hobby is too difficult

 Open your Student book on page 59 and complete exercise 7

I like reading because it is educational, informative and helps you to

be more educated and intelligent

I always read in my room it is very quiet and private to concentrate better

most of the time I do it alone, worse other times with my boyfriend and
argumentative about the book we read

the average price of the books I like is around 20 dollars

if it is very easy, you just need concentration and a

lot of interest

It only takes a little light and the

readiness
4. Say where things are

- Answer the following Question:

 Where is the cat?

1:the cat in the box

2: the cat is on top of the box
3:the cat is under the box
4:the cat is in front of the box
5: the cat is behind of the box
6:the cat is next to the box
7:the cat is above the box
8: the cat is below the box
9:the cat is between the boxes
10:the cat is on the left of the box
11:the cats is opposite to the other cat
12: the cat is on the right of the box
 Open your Student book on page 62 and complete exercises 1 and 2

3 2

 Grammar Focus
 Write and Answer questions about the objects in the picture (at least
5)

R/P: 1 the dog is on the mat

2: color of the wall matches the color of the sofa
3: the plants are behind the cabinet
4: the floor is wooden
5: in the patio there are some plants, and a table
6: in furniture it has some pads
7: the table has a vase
8: the mat is bench color with black
  Open your Student book on page 64 and complete exercises 4 and 5

On

under

on
Ruler

Pencil sharpener

Notebook

scissors

rubber

5. Talk about possessions

- Answer the following Question:

 Do you have any favorite possession? If yes, Which one?

R/P: my favorite possession is to watch television with my feet up

 What makes it so special for you

R/p: feel comfortable

 Open your Student book on page 66 and complete exercise 1

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1 1

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 Open your Student book on page 67 and complete exercises 2 and 3

4 1
1 1
4 2

Desktop computer briefcase laptop

dictionary Pen Mobile pone

Tablet pc
  Grammar focus On student Book page 68

 Open your Student book on page 68 and complete exercises 4

1: Do you have a laptop?

No, I don´t

2: Do you have a mobile phone?

Yes. I do

3: Do you have a tablet pc?

No, I don ‘t tablet
4: Do you have a Desktop computer?
 Yes, I do.

5: Do you have a backpack?

Yes, I do

6: Do you have a briefcase?

No, I don´t

7: Do you have a pen ?

Yes, I do

Stage 3
Practice App

 UNIT 4
 UNIT 5
*All exercises.

Stage 4
Project
The project is the last part of the development of this self-study guide.
In this space the teacher will suggest an activity that allows the students to find
relevance to all of the above studied topics in a creative way.

Project

Record a short video in which you describe a friend, tell people about your
hobbies, describe your house and say where things are, talk about possessions.
After recording the video upload, it to YouTube and share the link on this
space.

https://youtu.be/BZqxTYbFZvM

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