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Emma Martínez

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 VOCABULARY

THE FOUR GRAMMAR

SPEAKING SKILLS
You can’t build a house
without a strong
foundation. Similarly, PRONUNCIATION
you won’t become a
well-rounded speaker of
a language without
building upon the four FLUENCY
foundations of language
learning.
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 The Importance of Vocabulary
Top 6 reasons why vocabulary is so important:
1. Improving comprehension. SS can read books and novels,
understand news, listen to conferences.
2. Promoting language development. SS become deeper thinkers,
express themselves better and read more.
3. Communicating ideas. Using the right words when talking, makes
you a more effective communicator.
4. Expressing yourself in writing. Having a good vocabulary can help
you write more effectively.
5. Occupational success. Success in the business place depends on
your communication skills.
6. Building confidence. If SS know the words, they feel confident.
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 Watch the video: How
• BUILDING CONFIDENCE to build confidence in
your English Speaking

• Vocabulary is the first

step to help you build
confidence.

• If your vocabulary is
limited, you won’t be
able to speak or write
or understand a text.

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Building confidence: VOCABULARY

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NATURAL DISASTERS

HERBS FOR COOKING

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Task 1: Talking time (intermediate)

• What’s the hottest • Which of the previously

and the coldest place shown risky sports you
you have been to? would like to try and
When? which you wouldn’t like
to try. Why?

• Ask the questions to a friend

• Record your answers in a video and upload it
to padlet (not more than 2 mins.)
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TASK 2: Description (pre-intermediate)

How much
vocabulary do
you know about
dogs?

• Go to: https://www.words-to-use.com/words/dogs/
• Check nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
• Choose the ones that apply to your dog (or one you know).
• Write a short 60-100 words paragraph using the newly
acquired vocabulary. Upload it to padlet.

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 The 4 Cs in 21st Century Education

• Critical thinking is all about solving problems.

• Creativity teaches students to think outside
the box.
• Collaboration shows students how to work
together to achieve a common goal.
• Communication lets students learn how to
best convey their ideas.

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The 4 Cs in 21st Century Education

We will
emphasize
in this “C”

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 GOOD COMMUNICATION:

a. motivates b. informs c. instructs

d. helps to e. promotes
listen interaction,
effectively persuades

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 Let’s have good talks!
A good conversation has the following features:
• It is fun, memorable and leads to more
thought provoking situations (MOTIVATES)
• It gives access to new information (INFORMS)
• It teaches life lessons (INSTRUCTS)
• It teaches someone to be a good listener
(HELPS TO LISTEN EFFECTIVELY)
• It creates networks and encourages
interaction (PROMOTES COOPERATION )
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a. MOTIVATING

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pictures videos songs

models INTERNET poems

games podcasts cartoons

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 Using Videos

- Aim: To teach something; to promote ideas

- Vocabulary: Depends on topic
- Importance: SS are more visual (tech) these days
- Output: Pair or group discussion; note taking;
writing sentences

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 Task 3: Present perfect
(pre-intermediate)
1. Watch the video: Interview
2. Take notes about:
a: places b: verbs
c: what the woman has done
d: what the woman hasn’t done
4. Write down 4 positive and 4 negative sentences with
the information given. Use the present perfect.
5. Upload it to padlet.

Note: In your class, your students can work in groups, each group takes
notes of each part and present a collaborative paper with the
requested information.

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 HOW TO TAKE GOOD NOTES
THE TOPIC PURPOSE
• A text requires you to • As the material you are
take notes efficiently. working with will end up
on a test or presentation,
• Notes on new topics will you need to capture as
be different from notes much information as
on familiar topics. possible.

• Notes on a listening task • Focus on key terms,

will take more difficulty important events or
than notes from a facts, and broad
written text. concepts.
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 HOW TO TAKE GOOD NOTES
BENEFITS ABREVIATIONS
• It will give you a guide • Less number of
for remembering characters helps you
information later but it write faster, keep up
will also help you to with the rythm and more
process the information. time to absorb. Ex.
Write & instead of and,
• In helps to differentiate or w/ instead of with.
what is important and
how it should be better • You can also use
organized. abbreviations, your own
ones or official.
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