Actividad de proyecto 4

Learning Activity 12: Manage the inventory of materials, products and/or

equipment according to the organization policies.

Reading technical texts to pronounce vocabulary and language idioms

The language learning process for a tourist guide must involve a wide variety of
linguistic elements required for an effective communication with the customers. In
the first levels of language learning, the most challenging area is building a
vocabulary that includes all the technical concepts and words that are used on the
everyday activities.
Understanding how to properly use an inventory is essential to develop the tour
guiding labor, and to manage the descriptions of the equipment in English will
provide you security when you are addressing to a foreign people. Another
important element that makes a tour guide a good professional is the proper us of
phonetics, because this does not include a perfect pronunciation, but a good
understanding of the dialectal differences of foreign people and be able to talk in a
certain way that your clients understand your speech.
This evidence is intended to promote arise awareness toward the need of
managing an inventory of equipment in English. Also, it is necessary to practice
pronunciation and read technical documents to understand how to give directions,
instructions and recommendations about equipment usage.
In order to complete the evidence, the apprentice must:
1. Read the learning material "Tour guiding resources” in order to have the
necessary tools for the elaboration of the evidence.

2. After analyzing the materials content, please read the next complementary
materials infographic charts designed to give the apprentice a clear view of
some equipment for tour guiding. Please, choose one of these materials and
search the meaning of the unknown or new words on the Internet. The materials
are:

o Sleeping bag basics.

Sleeping bag is a protective bag designed for one person to sleep inside. The
base of the sleeping bag also provides some cushioning, but generally, a
sleeping mat is also used for that purpose.
 A bivouac bag is a waterproof cover for a sleeping bag that can be used in place
of a tent for travelers with light luggage or as protection in bag weather.

A good sleeping bag should be compact, light and offer good thermal protection.

o Outdoor footwear basics.

o Ten essentials.

o Backpack basics.

o Outdoor clothing basics.

3. Read the material you selected on the previous step and record yourself.

Please, take into account the next topics for your reading:

o Punctuation marks.

o The intonation.

o The fluency.
 4. Look the next picture. There you will find some camping equipment. Please,
choose 10 items from the picture and arrange them in the next table:

Fuente: Pinterest (s.f.)

Equipment inventory chart

Conditio
n Receive
Item Location Owner Instructions
(good / d (date)
bad)
With the correct lacing of the
boots improves the
Boots Good Bogota Wolker S.A.S perspiration to the march in
the ascent and descent, it
has greater control on the
ground. The tension is
adapted to the weight being
transported.
Flashlight Good Import from Pressing the “ON” the
china. Dairu contact plates are joined at
Online store that moment, the electrons
 Linio Colombia contained in the batteries
begin to move from the
negative to the positive pole.
The batteries provide the
flashlight with the energy
needed to turn on.
Cooking pot Good Medellin Round metal pot a wide
Camping pot belly, neck and mouth
with a metal plastic
handle, which is used to
cook food, head water
and soups etc.
Walky talky Good Medellin Keep the radio upright
Boquitoquis when transmitting or
receiving. Place the radio
microphone in front of
your mouth at a distance
of 4 to 5 cm each time
you want to transmit a
message. It is not
necessary to speak very
loudly to transmit.
Mobile phone Good Bogota SAMSUNG The Samsung cell phone
is used to take photos,
make calls, send
messages, locate people,
etc.
Compass Good Bogota, Keep the compass in front
Medellin, Lensatic of us, horizontally, always
Cali, on a balanced and flat
Barranquilla surface. Turn until red
point of the arrow points
to the N of the compass
book.
Pan Good Bogota Wash the pan with soap
Tramontina Paris and water, dry; apply a
de Aluminio thin layer of oil before
cooking. This will ensure
that the non-stick coating
is not damaged in the first
use and the food does not
stick.
Bag Good Imported Outdoor Kiran Carrying a backpack
from Chile slung over one shoulder
can strain your muscles.
Wearing a backpack only
 on one shoulder can
increase the curvature of
the spine. Tighten straps
so that the backpack is
close to the body.
Binoculars Good Bogota Potentes Hd Standing the harvester,
remove the tapas that
cover the lenses and the
binoculars. First, the
eyepieces that fit the eyes
adjust so that you stick
the clear and non-blurred
image by moving the
sitting of otria.
Multipurpose Good Bogota Ozark tail The knife is made of a
knife constant stainless steel
blade, they are used for
all kinds of activities,
preparing food, and
opening cans, among
others.

Fuente: SENA

5. After reading the text and filling the previous chart, write a paragraph giving
instructions to a tourist of how to use the 10 selected equipment items. Please
use the following grammar structures:

o Present simple.

o Present progressive.

o Gerund.

o All the previous learning materials studied on this course.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE TEN ELEMENTS OR EQUIPMENT FOR A
TOURIST, IN THE TOUR GUIDE.

With the correct lacing of the boots improves the perspiration to the march in the
ascent and descent, it has greater control on the ground.
Pressing the “ON” the contact plates are joined at that moment, the electrons
contained in the batteries begin to move from the negative to the positive pole.
Round metal pot a wide belly, neck and mouth with a metal plastic handle,
which is used to cook food, head water and soups etc.
Place the radio microphone in front of your mouth at a distance of 4 to 5 cm
each time you want to transmit a message.
The Samsung cell phone is used to take photos, make calls, send
messages, locate people, etc.
Keep the compass in front of us, horizontally, always on a balanced and flat
surface.
This will ensure that the non-stick coating is not damaged in the first use
and the food does not stick.
Carrying a backpack slung over one shoulder can strain your muscles.
Wearing a backpack only on one shoulder can increase the curvature of the
spine.
First, the eyepieces that fit the eyes adjust so that you stick the clear and
non-blurred image by moving the sitting of otria.
The knife is made of a constant stainless steel blade, they are used for all
kinds of activities, preparing food, and opening cans, among others.

6. Once you have written the text, please send the instructor the audio file with the
reading of the complementary material selected in the point 2 and the text file
with the instructions paragraph for a tourist about how to use 10 elements or
equipment for the tour guiduing, through the virtual learning platform.

Environment required: Virtual Learning Environment.

Materials: computer, internet, training material “Tour guiding resources”,
complementary material “Sleeping bag basics”, “Outdoor footwear basics”, “Ten
essentials”, “Backpack basics”, “Outdoor clothing basics”, glossary and SENA
library.
Evidence 3: Audio “Reading technical texts to pronounce vocabulary and
language idioms”.
When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform as
follows:

1. Click the title of this evidence.

2. Click Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make sure the
file is attached.

3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).

4. Click Enviar.

Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the project guide
in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to develop
them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación

Pronuncia adecuadamente el vocabulario y modismos básicos del idioma.

References

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