Final Oral test

Hi,

Remember that next Saturday it will take place your final oral exam and that you need to prepare a presentation about a city or town in Colombia, but we aren't going to talk about a famous city such as Medellín, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Barraquilla, Cali or San Andrés.

For this presentations you need to take these aspects into account:

1. Slide 1: Place's name and a brief description of it. Include a photo here, please. (Location, weather, population, etc.)

2, Slide 2: How to get there

3. Slide 3: Accomodation possibilities

4. Slide 4: Thing to do there

5. Silde 5: What to eat

6. Slide 5: General recommendations

The slides must only have a title, photos and key words. You are asked to describe them, not to read them. Please keep in mind that you need to hand out a brochure about the aspects mention before.

These are the places you are going to talk about:

- Alejandra B - Iván: Espinal

- Deicy - Mercedes: Ventaquemada

- Alejandra M - Andrea : San Gil

- Karen - Juan: Güican (Cocuy)

- Tatiana: It's a surprise

- Johanna - Miguel: Cañón del Chicamnocha T

Cheers,

Claudia

May 22, 2019

Third task: Cooking at Master Chef

Hello my dear students,

Our class is almost ending and it's time for you to prepare your third oral task. The aim of this activity is practice on how to use quantifiers and give instructions while cooking.

These are some of the recipes we are going to learn to prepare:

1) Tatiana: Burritos

2) Miguel Y: Wild apple dessert

3) Miguel T:

4) Karen: Lemon Dessert

5) Deicy:

6) Mercedes:

7) Alejandra M:

9) Juan:

10) Johanna:

11) Alejandra B.: Brownies

12) Andrea:

Please keep in mind the following instructions before making your video.

NAME	Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia Master Chef!
COMPETENCE	Students are able to: · Use quantifiers in an accurate way. · Give clear instructions for preparing a recipe.
EVIDENCE	A 3-4 minute video in which you prepare a recipe while explaining the needed ingredients, instructions and the steps to follow. You are asked to post the link for the video in the class' blog.
PREPARATION	- You are asked to work alone. - Don't read, this is a speaking activity. - Keep in mind that you need to star your own video. - Don't forget to explain the ingredients you need before starting cooking. Use - quantifiers if possible. - Give brief but clear instructions while cooking. - Edit your video so it accomplishes the allotted time. - Enjoy this activity and have fun! DUE DATE: May 11 at 23;59.

Cheers,

May 4, 2019

Second Task: An original party

Hello,

In our last class I explained to you what the second oral task consist of. The idea is to organize a party, but not a regular one. This event is going to take place in one of the different and amazing places Bogotá has. Unfortunately, only two groups confirmed the location and I was told that you were gong to tell me the others via Whatsapp, but I haven't received any information yet.

Group 1: Miguel T and Johanna: Botanics Garden

Group 2: Tatiana: Compesar Suba

Group 3: Deicy and Mercedes: Salitre Mágico

Now, these are the instruccions for the coming activity:

NAME	Let's get together!
COMPETENCE	Students are able to: · Express possibilities · Review prepositions of placem and movement. · Review Directions.
EVIDENCE	A short oral presentation in which you give the class the directions about how to get to the place you selected. You also are going to explain the actvities your guests can do one they get there.
PREPARATION	You are asked to make a group of two in advance. Each group needs to bring a visual presentation following the next order: Slide 1: An invitation card to the event Slide 2: The map guests need to read to get to the place from the eeting point. (Use Google Maps or Waze) Slide 3-4: Pictures with the activities people can do there. Organize and present your conversation. Remember that you aren¿t allowed to read.

Best regards,

Claudia

April 10, 2019

First task: I do love my family!

Next class it will take place your first oral task and the idea for you is to interchange some information about people in your families. You are asked to talk about their personal information, abilities and the family ties among them.

NAME	I really like my family!
COMPETENCE	· Describe a person using adjectives. · Ask and give information about personal information, abilities and physical appearance. · Use English language structures accurately both in written and oral form
EVIDENCE	A short oral presentation about your family. Please talk about their personal information and physical appereane.
PREPARATION	You are asked to make a group of two in advance. Each group needs to bring his/her family's picture in order to describe it to the class. You are not allowed to read the descriptions since the task' purpose is to present your own personas ideas in a clear way.

Cheers,

Claudia

March 3, 2019