Universidad del Valle Inglés con fines generales y académicos I

Escuela de Ciencias del Lenguaje Lic. Johnny Escobar Salazar

Dpto. de Lenguas y Culturas Extranjeras – Sección de EAP Periodo académico: 2017A

Classroom Expressions

The student
How do you say ___________ in English? = ¿Cómo se dice ________ en inglés?
How can I say ____________ in English? = ¿Cómo puedo decir ________ en inglés?
How do you spell __________ ? = ¿Cómo se deletrea ________?
How do you pronounce _________? = ¿Cómo se pronuncia _________?
How do you write ____________ in English? = ¿Cómo se escribe ________ en inglés?
What’s the meaning of ___________ in English? = ¿Cuál es el significado de ________?
What does ______________ mean in English? = ¿Qué significa _________?

The student
I don’t know = Yo no sé
I don’t understand = Yo no entiendo
I have a question = Yo tengo una pregunta
Can you repeat, please? = ¿Puede repetir, por favor?
Can you explain that again, please? = ¿Puede explicar eso de nuevo, por favor?
I’m lost = Estoy perdido
I got it = Lo entiendo (informal)
I understand = Entiendo
Is it possible to say _____________? = ¿Es posible decir _________?
Can I go to the bathroom? ¿Puedo ir al baño?
Can you lend me your __________, please? = ¿Puedes prestarme tu ________, por favor?

The teacher
Are you ready? = ¿Estás listo/a? ¿Están listos/as?
Did you finish? = ¿Acabaron?
Did you understand? = ¿Entendieron?
Let’s continue! = ¡Continuemos!
Listen up! = ¡Escuchen!
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 Greetings and Farewells

1. Put the following words/sentences in the correct column. Some of them can be in two columns.
 Hi  See you tomorrow!  Good night.
 Bye  Good morning.  Good evening.
 How’s it going?  Good-bye.  Pretty good, thanks.
 See you later.  How are you?  How are you doing?
 Bye-bye  I’m just fine. Thank you.  Hello.
 Great, thanks!  Good-bye. Have a great  Good afternoon.
 I’m ok, thank you. weekend!  What’s up?

Greetings Answers to greetings Farewells

How are you? I’m just fine. Thank you. Bye

2. Vocabulary. Other ways to greet people; which one(s) do you use?

Bow Handshake Eye contact Hug

Kiss on the cheek Place palms together Grasp wrists Fist-bump

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 3. Geography quiz! Find the following countries in the map below.
a) United States c) Japan e) Brazil g) Australia i) South Korea
b) China d) France f) Thailand h) Kenya

4. Watch the video Greeting Etiquette from around the World1 and match the two columns below.
Column A Column B
a) Greet with a firm handshake and strong eye contact. China

b) Greet with eye contact and a limp handshake. Women don’t Brazil
usually shake other women’s hands.
c) Don’t shake hands and place your palms together. United States

d) Kiss on each cheek. Australia

e) Grasp the right wrist with the right hand. France

f) Greet with a fist-bump or a handshake. Thailand

g) Avoid eye contact. Kenya

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_hBK8Ni4yQ
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 PATIENT INFORMATION FORM
The data on this confidential questionnaire is
essential to render the best professional care.

Date: _______________________

First name: Last name: ID number:

Place of birth (hometown): Nationality: City:

Cell phone number: E-mail address:

Occupation: Marital status: Age:

Contact information (in case of emergency)

First name: Last name: Relationship:

Telephone number: Cell phone number:

MEDICAL HISTORY

How is your general health: EXCELLENT ? GOOD ? FAIR ? POOR ?

Are you taking any medication now? _________________________________________________________
Do you smoke? If yes, how many cigarettes per day? ____________________________________________

Have you suffered from…?

 Hay fever  Jaundice  Gout

 Rheumatic fever  Skin trouble  Hemorrhoids
 Allergies  Gallstones  Prostate problems
 Angina  Liver trouble  Sexual problems
 Cancer  Hepatitis  Gonorrhea
 Tumor  Parasites  Syphilis
 Blood disease  Epilepsy  Bladder trouble
 Leukemia  Paralysis  Kidney stones
 Heart trouble  Polio  Kidney infections
 Varicose veins  Mental illness  Diabetes
 Phlebitis  Alcoholism  Dysentery
 Hypertension  Depression
 Stroke  Nervous breakdown
 Ulcers  Migraine
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 Countries, Nationalities and People

1. Next, you find a set of nationalities. Match them with the correct country.

Chinese Peruvian Brazilian Norwegian Canadian Jamaican Uruguayan

Spanish Serbian Japanese Argentinean Iranian New Zealander
Australian Panamanian English American Scottish Colombian French
South African South Korean Cuban Indian Danish Romanian Icelandic
Kenyan Polish German Italian Russian Greek Egyptian

Japan: Argentina: Australia:

Greece: South Korea: Russia:
Iran: U.S.A.: Norway:
New Zealand: Colombia: Egypt:
South Africa: Serbia: Brazil:
England: Romania: Germany:
Panama: Scotland: Iceland:
India: Denmark: France:
Spain: Uruguay: Italy:
Jamaica: Peru: Poland:
Canada: China:
Kenya: Cuba:

2. Look at the picture and guess what the two men are doing. Listen and complete the missing
information in the chart below2.
First name: Notis
Last name:
Age:
Nationality:
Occupation: Soccer Player
Married: Yes: No:

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Taken from: Mitchell H.Q. and Scott J. (2004). American Channel, Elementary (Student’s book); Unit 1, p. 12. M.M. Publications,
Great Britain.
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 3. Complete the following crossword with countries, nationalities and names of famous people.

10 8
1 7 6
4

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Across
1. Bob Marley’ nationality is __________.
2. Salvador Dalí was a famous painter from __________.
3. He is the former president of Uruguay (2010-2015).
4. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911). She
was from Poland, but she lived in France.
5. María Sharápova is a famous tennis player and model from __________.

Down
6. William Shakespeare was an important __________ writer.
7. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, is from __________.
8. This South African lawyer and politician was an anti-apartheid revolutionary. He received
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
9. Manuel Elkin Patarroyo is a famous pathologist from __________.
10. Gianluigi Buffon is an __________ professional football player.

4. Sally is talking to her husband about Maria and Bob. Listen and answer the questions: write
María, Bob or both.3
a) Who’s Canadian? _______________ b) Who’s 25 years old? _______________
c) Who’s Spanish? _______________ d) Who’s married? _______________
e) Who’s Sally’s colleague? _______________

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Taken from: Mitchell H.Q. and Scott J. (2004). American Channel, Elementary (Student’s book); Unit 1, p. 13. M.M. Publications,
Great Britain.
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 Daily Routine

1. Look at the vocabulary below.

Wake up Wash my face Take a shower Shave

Dry my hair Brush my hair Do my hair Put on make-up

Make coffee Make breakfast Have breakfast Read the newspaper

Floss Brush my teeth Get dressed Go to the bathroom

Make the bed Go to school Study Drive to work / leave for

work

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 Have lunch Leave school Go home Take a nap

Do homework Go grocery shopping Make dinner Have dinner

Do the dishes Do the laundry Clean the house Take a bath

Go for a walk Do exercise / Go to the Go to bed Dream

gym

2. How is your daily routine? Talk about your daily routine.

3. Watch the video “A Day in the Life of a College

Student4” and write a short paragraph about the
student’s routine.

Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmpK4-XDgYI
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 Timetable
1. What does Alex do during the week? Read the next information (don’t write).

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

M 6:00
6:00 Wake up Wake up Wake up
6:30
O 6:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
7:00
R 7:00 Wake up Wake up
7:30
7:30 Breakfast Breakfast
N 8:00
8:00 Wake up
I 8:30 Modern Modern Modern
8:30 English Breakfast English English
N 9:00
9:00 literature literature American literature
9:30
G 9:30 class class Romantic class
10:00 Share time
10:00 with movement Wake up Snack
10:30 class
10:30 girlfriend Breakfast
11:00
11:00 E-mail E-mail E-mail
11:30
11:30 Lunch with
A 12:00 girlfriend
12:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
12:30
F 12:30 Make
1:00 lunch
T 1:00 Lunch
1:30
1:30 Lunch
E 2:00
2:00 E-mail Make
R 2:30
2:30 Snack Read Poetry lunch Internet
N
3:00
3:00 Lunch
3:30
O 3:30 Snack
4:00
O 4:00 Nap
4:30 Study / hw.
4:30 French class French class
N 5:00
5:00 Study / hw.
5:30
5:30 Snack
6:00
6:00 Snack
6:30
6:30 Internet Read Poetry Study / hw.
Creative
7:00
7:00 writing class Snack Snack
7:30
7:30
8:00 Share time
8:00 Dinner Dinner Dinner with
8:30
N
8:30 Dinner girlfriend
9:00
9:00 Dinner
I 9:30
9:30 E-mail
G 10:00
10:00
10:30
H 10:30 Study / hw.
11:00
T 11:00 Dinner
11:30
11:30
12:00
12:00
Alex Lynch, 22 years old, undergraduate student
English Literature, 2nd year, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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2. Plan a study routine in the table below. How often are you going to study English?

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

5:00

6:00

7:00

8:00
AM

9:00

10:00

11:00

12:00

1:00

2:00

3:00

4:00

5:00
PM

6:00

7:00

8:00

9:00

10:00

11:00
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 The Daily Routine of a Thai Monk

1. Answer the following questions:

 Who is a Thai Monk?

 How do you imagine the daily life of a Thai Monk?

2. Read the next text and answer the questions at the end.

Extra information
The Daily Life of a Thai Monk5 Thailand is a country on Southeast
Asia’s Indochina peninsula known
The Sangha World in Thailand consists of about 200,000 monks and for tropical beaches, royal palaces,
85,000 novices at most times of the year. Young boys may become ancient ruins and beautiful temples.
novices at any age, but a man cannot become a monk until he reaches
the age of twenty.

There are over 29,000 temples in Thailand and the daily routine of the
monks in all of them is pretty much the same.

4.00 am - The monks wake up and meditate for one hour, followed by
one hour of chanting. .

6.00 am - The monks walk barefoot around the neighborhood while

the local people make merit by offering them food.  Capital: Bangkok
 Official Language: Thai
8.00 am - Returning to the temple, the monks sit together to eat  Religion: Buddhism
breakfast, then make a blessing for world peace.  Demonym: Thai

Before 12.00 noon - Some monks choose to eat a light lunch at this
time. This is the last solid food they can consume until the following morning.

1.00 pm - Classes in Buddhist teaching begin. Some monks may attend school outside the temple.

6.00 pm - A two-hour session of meditation and prayer begins.

8.00 pm - The monks retire to do homework.

Besides these duties, all monks are given specific roles to play in the day-to-day running and maintenance
of the temple and its surroundings.

Finally, after being in the monkhood for several years
and demonstrating extreme dedication to social work and
spiritual study, a monk can be promoted gradually until
he reaches the Sangha Supreme Council, the governing
body presided over by the Supreme Patriarch.
Answer the following questions:
 Is the life of a Thai Monk difficult? Why?
 How different is the daily routine of a Thai
Monk from your daily routine?

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Adapted from: http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/wat_m5.htm
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 Survey; exploring preferences
Complete the following survey in three steps:
1. Make a question to each item (pay attention when to use the aux. verb “do” or the verb “be”). Each question has to be made with the pron. “you” or the
poss. adj. “your”.
2. Ask the questions to your classmates; when a person answers “yes, I do” or “yes, I am” you have to write down his/her name in column A (do not write
the name of your classmate if his/her answer to the question is negative; in this case, continue asking until you find out a positive answer) and write a
complete sentence in column B.
3. Make a Wh. Questions (What? When? Where? Who? Etc.), in column C, to ask your classmate for some extra information. Then, complete the sentence
in column B.

Step 1 Steps 2 and 3

A B C
Item Yes/no Question Name Sentence in 3rd person (with extra information) Wh. Question
Eg. (be) a soccer fan. Are you a soccer fan? Anna Anna is a soccer fan; she likes Real Madrid. What soccer team do you like?

Eg. (read) Latin-American Do you read Latin-American Oscar Oscar reads Latin-American literature; his favorite Who is your favorite writer?
literature. literature? writer is Julio Cortázar.

1 (like) listen to Rap

music.

2 (play) a musical
instrument.

3 (be) a salsa lover.

4 (be) a sporty person.

5 (go) to discotheques or
bars on the weekends.

6 (watch) reality shows

on TV.

7 (see) action movies.

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