1. Communicative:
1.Order a meal – Role play ordering a meal
2. Talk about a healthy diet
Language: How much and how many.
Strategy: deduction
Task: Who’s the healthiest?
2. DEFINITION (WHAT)
Produce new examples imitating the structure
and changing some little things.
STEPS (HOW)
1. Identify regularities
2. Circle or underline them.
3. Create new examples changing the
necessary things (subject /complement)
JUSTIFICATION (WHY)
This will help you personalize
grammar and understand it with your own
examples.
3. Greeting
A: When is your birthday?
B: It’s on__________
A: What are you going to do that
day?
B: Well… I am going to…
A: Hey that’s nice... Are you going to
have…?
B: Yes I am/ No, I am not , I am
going to have…
4. Look for the interaction model that is
written either on the book or the board.
Choose the role you want to follow (A or B).
Follow the model in order to interact with
your classmate.
Try to follow the model without looking at it
if possible. Don´t look at the model once you
get familiar with it.
Try to expand or personalize the model by
adding new or personal information.
5. Tofacilitate communication and
improve your
pronunciation, vocabulary and
expressions that later, you can use in
a spontaneous conversation.
6. How:
When you learn a new word, try to learn a
synonym as well.
Try to think in English all the time and force
yourself not to use Spanish with your
partners and teacher
Use synonyms, body language, or give
examples, but don’t use Spanish
Use expressions like:
7. A____ is like a_____
It is kind of like____
It is a kind of______
It’s similar to a____
It’s when _____/It’s a place
where____
When you want to say something in
class, but you do not know it or you
forgot it, you can express your idea
in other words.
8. Foreigner: Excuse me, where
can I get a coffee?
Police guide advisers: in Juan
Valdez coffee shop it’s on your
right. Is it your first visit to
Colombia?
F: yes, it is.
P:G:A: In this case, let me give
you some advice: You
Mustn’t/You must…….
F: I really appreciate it!
10. Show that your partner’s information is
interesting and use expressions to
demonstrate you are following the
conversation
Use your body and your gestures (e.g. look
directly at your partner’s eyes) to make the
other person feel more comfortable and
confident when talking. The conversation will
be nicer.
You can use sounds to show interest or
surprise: Oh! Well…Wow! Uh-huh! Um! Etc.
11. -You can use short expressions as: Really?
Do you? That’s interesting! Etc.
- You can repeat what the other person
just said to make it look relevant and
important for you:
I’m a pilot.
A pilot? Wow!
Why?
To express your interest or attention in a
conversation to make it more natural and
polite.
12. Look through a text quickly to find specific
information.
STEPS
1. Do not read every word.
2. Read carefully only when you find important
information.
3. Stop reading when you find what you want.
WHY
It helps to be an effective reader
13. DEDUCTION
What?
Obtain rules by analyzing the examples in the book.
How?
Analyze the sentence; is it affirmative, negative or
interrogative?
See the differences and similarities.
Identify the order of the words.
Get the rule by identifying the
subject, auxiliary, verb and complement.
Why?
You can use this strategy to understand the rules and
create your own examples.
14. Greeting
A: Hello
B: Hi
A: What’s the matter,_____? You
don’t look well.
B: I don’t fell well. My____ hurts.
A: Oh, dear!
B: Maybe you have the flu/got a
cold.