Level 5 USB

GENERAL OBJECTIVE FOR LEVEL 5

ESCALA GLOBAL                                                                                                          

• Es capaz de comprender los puntos principales de textos claros y en lengua estándar si tratan sobre cuestiones que le son conocidas, ya sea en situaciones de trabajo, de estudio o de ocio.
• Sabe desenvolverse en la mayor parte de las situaciones que pueden surgir durante un viaje por zonas donde se utiliza la lengua.
• Es capaz de producir textos sencillos y coherentes sobre temas que le son familiares o en los que tiene un interés personal.
• Puede describir experiencias, acontecimientos, deseos y aspiraciones, así como justificar brevemente sus opiniones o explicar sus planes.
• Dispone de suficientes elementos lingüísticos como para describir situaciones imprescindibles, para explicar los puntos principales de una idea o un problema con razonable precisión y para expresar pensamientos sobre temas abstractos o culturales, tales como la música y las películas.
• Dispone de suficientes elementos lingüísticos como para desenvolverse y suficiente vocabulario como para expresarse con algunas dudas y circunloquios sobre temas como la familia, aficiones e intereses, trabajo, viajes y hechos de actualidad, pero las limitaciones léxicas provocan repeticiones e incluso, a veces, dificultades en la formulación.

Diagnosis: 

Let's talk about

Practice speaking with a partner. It wil help you with your communication skills.

Here are some sample phrases to help you get started: Narrating

Try some of these topics:

Narration

Tell about a recent interview.

Tell about a time when you lost something.

Tell about one of your fondest childhood memories.

Tell about a time when you lied to your parents, boss, or teacher.

Tell about a time when you were treated unfairly.

Briefly tell about a movie you saw recently.

Tell about something you made "from scratch."

Tell about a "close call" you had recently.

Tell about something you wish had never happened.

Contents:

First Part

Second Part

Experiences in the Past
Childhood

Grammar
Simple Past vs Present Perfect
Grammar exercise on text: complete the text with the appropriate verbs in present perfect or simple past.
Grand Canyon

Present Perfect Form
Grammar Exercise on the text: complete the text with the appropriate verbs in present perfect.
Loch Ness

Present Perfect Progressive Form

Used to

Some Activities to practice

Activities to practice present perfect

When you were a kid... 

Students ask each other questions about their childhood.

Do you remember

Students talk abou past events.

Love Story
Students have to sort out the jumble words and make sensible sentences adding any necessary punctuation

Present Perfect: Still, Already, Yet

Use of Still, Yet and Already

List of irregular verbs

Activity:

Have just & Haven't yet

Present Perfect Speculation

Listening to songs

Practice Present Perfect

I still haven't found what I'm looking for - U2

Practice Present Perfect Progressive

Biographies

Listen and read about Bob Marley's Life. Take notes of the most important information as you listen to the segment. Then, ask as many questions as you can about his life.

Evaluation:
Mid-Term Exam: 20% (March 27)
Final Exam: 20% (June 5)
Project: 30%
Follow-up: 30%

Writing a profile

My name is Josephine, I studied fine arts at France and then moved to South America to finish a post-graduate program on Linguistics.

Nowadays I work as a drawing teacher and occasionally as a model for the faculty students. I have acted on the past too, I have always been very passionate about filmmaking, I even ended up making a film about five years ago. But that passion I left it behind to replace it with music. 

I am very much into exotic instruments. Koto, tabla, sitar, harmonium, buzuq, etc etc. These interest of the exotic came to me through my Romanian origins. I have a strong Gypsy bloodline on my family. I have played in several Manele bands during the late two years (since I re-established in England). 

Hmm... what else could I tell you? Vegetarianism is very important to me. I work hardly everyday to become a vegan and I'm expecting to totally achieve it by this year. That is why I have had to learn to cook vegan, which I succesfully achieved. I have the best Romani vegan dishes you'll ever taste (if we ever meet).

I like psychedelic sixties bands. I love The Doors, I think the ultimate party would be dancing around a pyre drinking sake to the rythmn of Five To One. I also love, of course, popular 'gypsy' music like Goran Bregovic, he did a great song with Iggy Pop called In The Death Car, for the film Arizona Dream, you should check that out.

Ok, I guess I already did this too long. Excuse me.

Used to

Used to do

We use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.

• I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago.
• Ben used to travel a lot in his job but now, since his promotion, he doesn't.
• I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.

We also use it for something that was true but  no longer is.

• There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn't.
• She used to have really long hair but she's had it all cut off.
• I didn't use to like him but now I do.

'Used to do' is different from 'to be used to doing' and 'to get used to doing'

to be used to doing

We use 'to be used to doing' to say that something is normal, not unusual.

• I'm used to living on my own. I've done it for quite a long time.
• Hans has lived in England for over a year so he is used to driving on the left now.
• They've always lived in hot countries so they aren't used to the cold weather here.

to get used to doing

We use 'to get used to doing' to talk about the process of something becoming normal for us.

• I didn't understand the accent when I first moved here but I quickly got used to it.
• She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day.
• I have always lived in the country but now I'm beginning to get used to living in the city.

Practice Used to

Childhood memories

What activities did you use to do when you were a child?

1. Recognize vocabulary about childhood. Vocabulary activity

2. Watch the video and answer the questions: Video: childhood memories

3. Listen and answer

4. Organize the sentence according to its meaning

5. Short Film: Apricot

6. Prepare a presentation about one of your unforgettable childhood memories.

March 6, 2014

Homework:
- Read the story of Anne Frank and do the activities.
- Prepare a presentation about one of your unforgettable childhood memories.

Game: Practice verb tenses