LEARNING MODULE 1

LEVEL PROFESSOR PERIOD / DATES

8 Daniel Rodríguez Urbina Weeks 1-5
MODULE THEME AND TOPIC
1 What is culture? Stereotypes and culture theory.
Module 1.Analyze cultural theory in order to be able to describe cultures using descriptive, objective language.
Objective(s 2.Become more familiar with form, meaning and use of past tenses, hedging, the passive voice and phrasal verbs.
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SLOs: SLO 1 (Reading and Listening); SLO 3 (Listening); SLO 4,5,6 and 7 (Speaking); SLO 8 (Content).

Dates Hours 1& 2 Hours 3 & 4 Evidence to upload in

(contents and activities) (contents and activities) folder /Assessment

Week 1 Google Drive/Classroom.

● Course overview and guidelines. ● Students’ need analysis/ diagnostic testing.
Aug. 3rd- 7th ● Getting to know the students ● Introduction to Project 1 and setting up blogs.
*Holiday Aug. 7th ● Icebreaker activities.

Week 2 ● What is culture? ● Cultural generalizations and stereotypes: Skills product.

● The cultural iceberg model. Compare and contrast diagnostic paragraphs.
Aug. 10th- 14th ● Definitions of culture ● Stereotyping

Week 3 Skills product..

● Stereotypes based on ethnicity: The danger of a ● The role of advertisements in depicting gender
Aug. 17th–21st single story. roles (Analysing commercials).
● Stereotypes based on gender: Traditional gender ● Project 1 (Slides + blog draft).
*Holiday Aug. 17th roles.

Google Drive/Classroom.
Week 4 ● Grammar: Hedging ● The Hofstede culture model
Aug. 24th- 28th ● The Lewis culture model. ● Cultural dimensions analysis of Colombia.
 Week 5 ● iTEP exam overview and practice. Performance task 1:
● Pronunciation: Diphthongs and triphthongs. Module 1 (google form)
Aug. 31st- Sept. 4th ● Preparation for performance task 1.