Listening ans Speaking II

Didactic Guide

Introduction

Dear students,
Welcome to Listening and Speaking II subject in the Pedagogy of the National
and Foreign Languages Degree. Due to the Global sanitary emergency, this subject
will be followed online until the country conditions improve.
In this subject you will develop their communication skills at A2.2 level in
English according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
(CEFR). The activities proposed throughout are aimed to enhance your ability to
understand high-frequency phrases and vocabulary related to areas of immediate
personal relevance (basic personal and family information, shopping, local
geography, employment) as well as identify the main idea of short and clear
messages and announcements. Regarding oral interaction, you will develop your
ability to participate in simple and routine exchanges on familiar or immediate topics
and activities using a series of phrases and sentences to describe the lifestyle,
educational trajectory, current occupation or projection of oneself, your family, and
other people.
The subject deals with practical aspects related to the process of developing the
skills and subskills necessary to listen and speak in English. This subject considers the
development of active listening and oral production and interaction as a fundamental
aspect for the exercise and transformation of the teaching of English as a foreign
language since knowing how to communicate and understand the language will allow
you to carry out your profession properly.
The relationship of the subject with the field of communication and language
training is decisive because it works in a concentrated way on communicative
competence. The subject is related to the problem nucleus: What subjects and
family and community contexts? and to the integrating axis Family-community
contexts and learning of educational subjects (diagnostic approach of tensions
presented by the learning of specific groups of students, related to socialization
contexts in their family and community dimensions) through the selection and
production of material auditory and audiovisual that addresses these educational
aspects.

Best wishes in this new challenge!

Studying Tips

Studying at a distance program demands a lot of discipline and commitment. UNAE as

a community is looking for your integrity and well-being, so as a group, we will
demonstrate our responsibility and an extra hard work from both sides. I advise you
to take into consideration the following tips for a successful course achievement.

 During this course we will use this didactic guide and the assessment guide.
Remember that they will be posted in your virtual classroom together with
the class syllabus. The activities were designed to be done in a weekly basis.
During each week, you will have to participate in videos, posters, audios,
liveworksheets, and synchronized classes. All the activities will be posted in
the virtual environment, make sure you follow this example to submit your
assignment Veronica_Herrera_Listening2.
 It is important that you stablish your own weekly schedule (at least two hours
per week) to complete all the activities provided. Make sure you choose a
comfortable place and organize your time.
 Make full use of online tools and resources. Take time to do all the activities,
even the recommended ones, they will serve to improve your English
proficiency, and we want you to be the best.
 Choose your own study technique.
 Your learning does not stop with this didactic guide. Make sure you research
and look for extra material to improve your skills.
 Plagiarism will be graded 0 (zero) and you will not be able to repeat or amend
your error.
 Make sure you check the deadlines for each activity.
 The evaluation system will be scored out of 10 points and your class
attendance and your participation will also be considered in your final grade.

Your effort will bring you success. We all can do it! Stay home safe.
Good luck!
Dear students,
You will see that you will find this unit divided in four weeks, make sure you read
this guide carefully to develop the assignments.

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

Listening

 Active listening: perception checking

Speaking

 Técnicas comunicativas de repetición y enfatización y comunicación no verbal.

Pronunciation:

 Language focus on articulation of individual sounds (consonants)

 Voicing and aspiration
 Stress and intonation

Week 1 (Oct 12 – 16)

Topic: Intro week
As a first session we will review the syllabus and do ice breakers to get to know each other.

Check the virtual classroom for the link.

Week 2 (Oct 19 – 23)

Topic: UNIT 1 - TRENDS
Let’s start!

Think about your favorite clothes. Try to answer these questions:

• What is your favorite piece of clothing? Why?
• What clothing did you bought recently? Why did you buy it?
• What fashion trend is popular now?
• Look at the photo. Where are the people in the photo? What are they doing?

Great job!
Now look at these statements which ones to do you agree with the most?

We will discuss these statements in class. Let’s keep practicing. Look for a picture of
your favorite celebrity and try to describe what s/he is wearing. Use the following table
to help you organize your ideas.

Now we are going to do our first listening activity. First you need to look for the meaning of the
following words: trend, celebrity, ridiculous, joke, risky, journalist, critical, and admire.

Once you know all the meanings of the words go to your liveworksheet account and do
worksheet 1 which is related to vocabulary.
Listening 1: Extreme fashion
Here are too journalist, John and Vicky. They are journalist. Vicky has to write a story
about a fashion show. As a first activity go to your liveworksheet account and listen to
the track. Circle the main idea of the listening. Listen again and try to answer the rest
of the questions. Good luck!

Pronunciation
Listen to the song Atrevete – Calle 13 and try to recognize the words that are
pronounced incorrectly.

As Spanish speakers one of our

biggest challenges is to pronounce
words that start with the /s/
sound. We must try to avoid
pronouncing an ‘e’ before the ‘s’.

Practice the following words:

students, street, stop, scape, start,
and school.

Once you have practiced enough please create

the sentences with each word and send an audio to the WhatsApp group.
Week 3 (Oct 26 – 30)
Topic: UNIT 1 – TRENDS
This week we are going to talk about the main idea. Before you continue reading, think
what is a main idea?
Now that we know what a main idea is, let’s put it in practice. Go you your liveworksheet and
do worksheet 3 about main ideas.

Now let’s reflect.

 Which of these words from the listening did you NOT understand?

 Did you understand the main idea without knowing these words? How?
 What examples did the speaker use? How did the examples help you
understand the main idea?
Listening 2: Fashionomics
Let’s start by reviewing the meaning of the following words:

After you are sure of the meaning of each word go to liveworksheets and do
worksheet 4 which is about vocabulary.
Now you are going to listen to part of a college bussines clas. The professor is
discussing something called “Fashionomics.”

 What do you thik “Fashionomics” is?

Circle the best choice

Let’s practice listening to the main idea. Go to the liveworksheets and do worksheet 5.
Listen again and do the questions related to details.
Now it is time to speak. Look at the following questions and think about your possible
answers. You will have the opportunity to share your thoughts in class.

Week 4 (Nov 2 – 6)
Topic: UNIT 1 - TRENDS
In this lesson we will start reviewing collocations: nouns and verbs. Look at the
following chart to understand collocations better.
Practice

 Read the sentences. Underline the verbs used with the noun trend(s).

 Complete the word web. Use the words you underlined in the previous activity.
Under each word, write the number of the sentence that collocation appears
in.
Pronunciation: interjections and intonation
First, look at the definition of interjections.

Now let’s see that is the connection between interjections and intonations.

To practice more recognizing the interjections with different intonations. Do

worksheet 6.
Speaking: Drawing attention to the mean ideas.
When you speak there are techniques that you can use to draw attention to the main
idea. Look at the following chart to discover the words that draw attention to the main
idea.
Let’s read the lecture “is fashion an art? Underline an example of each main idea
strategy.

 Choose one of the following topics and talk about it for one minute. Add your
own ideas. Give examples and draw attention to your main ideas.

You have finished unit 1. Now it is time to put in practice everything that you have
learnt in one project. Look in the assessment guide for more instructions.
Good luck!