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English (ESL)

ENGLISH 2-CARLOS-2022-2


Class
Carlos González
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Lessons

Here is the class outline:

ONLINE DICTIONARY

Useful online dictionary.

SYLLABUS

Content of the English 2 course.

STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism occurs in foreign language when a text is googled or translated in machine translation software available online.

GLOSSARY FOR NEO

Useful terms to use this platform.

OPEN LEARN: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

Welcome to The Open University The Open University is the UK’s largest academic institution and a world pioneer in distance learning. To date, we’ve taught more than two million students worldwide.

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

BBC Learning English Welcome to our site. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful. Currently we have seven courses and a selection of feature items available. All our courses are designed to work on mobiles, tablets and desktop computers - so wherever you are, you will be able to enjoy studying English with the BBC Learning English team. If you are using a desktop, you can download audio mp3 files and pdf transcripts.

THE POLYGLOT FILES

Videos on different languages in the world.

MONIKA'S BLOG

A brief history of the English language.

DUOLINGO: practice languages with games and activities

English games and activities.

QUIZLET

Lots of games to practice vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

QUIZLET-Verbs (English-Spanish)

Games to practice English verbs.

REAL ENGLISH VIDEOS & EXERCISES

Videos and exercises.

COMMON VERBS IN ENGLISH

Some common verbs in English.

LIST OF REGULAR VERBS

Regular past verbs.

BBC learning English: pronunciation of regular past (-ED ending)

Pronunciation exercises of regular past verbs (_ED ending)

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST TENSE (-ED)

Additional practice of regular past (-ED ending)

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Some useful irregular past verbs.

Differences between Simple Past and Past Progressive

Different kinds of past tenses

LIST OF CONNECTORS

Words to link ideas.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS

Possessive adjectives and pronouns.

WEEK 1

Aug 4

*Course introduction *Getting to know NEO *MEET videoconference *Diagnostic exam *Write personal information on the platform profile *Upload a picture of yourself on the platform profile

WEEK 2

Aug 11

*MEET *JAMBOARD-Past Simple (affirmative, negative and question forms) *QUIZZES-Past Simple *QUIZ: The first female doctor *FORUM: Scientific discoveries

WEEK 3

Aug 18

*MEET *Video: introduction to irregular past tense verbs *Whiteboard: explanation of irregular past tense (affirmative, negative and questions) *Quiz: affirmative form *Quiz: negative form *Question form *Reading and audio for pronunciation: Detroit, then and now *Quiz: Detroit (Reading Comprehension) *Explanation of TALK & COMMENT *Forum: How was your life last year?

WEEK 4

Aug 25

*MEET *VIDEO: Past Continuous *JAMBOARD: Past Continuous *PADLET: Online practice *QUIZ: THE STORY *QUIZ: PAST CONTINUOUS *QUIZ: PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS?

WEEK 5

Sep 1

*MEET *JAMBOARD-comparative and superlative adjectives *PADLET-online practice *QUIZ: Video on Margaret Thatcher *QUIZ: description of Margaret Thatcher (adjectives) *QUIZ-comparative adjectives *QUIZ-superlative adjectives

WEEK 6

Sep 8

*MEET *VIDEO *JAMBOARDS: adjectives ending in -ED or -ING + online practice *QUIZ: biography of Steve Jobs and the first Mac. *QUIZ: adjectives ending in -ED and -ING

WEEK 7

Sep 18

*MEET *Video: How to Google as a pro *Online practice: tips for online searches (whiteboard and padlet) *Guidelines for your presentation *Forum: Write a brief description of your research topic

WEEK 8: STUDENTS' PRESENTATIONS

Sep 22

MEET: MARCH 15 MEET: MARCH 18

WEEK 9

Sep 29

*MEET *BBC NEWS VIDEO + QUIZ: electronic voting in presidential election in USA *Padlet: online practice-writing *JAMBOARD: CONNECTORS *QUIZ: CONNECTORS *FORUM: your opinions on e-voting *VIDEO: HOW TO BECOME PRESIDENT IN USA

WEEK 10

Oct 6

*MEET *VIDEO: Verb + -ing or verb + infinitive *PADLET: exercise on video *JAMBOARD: Verb + -ing or verb + infinitive *QUIZ 1 *QUIZ 2 *QUIZ 3 *FORUM

WEEK 11

Oct 13

*MEET *JAMBOARD: personal pronouns, Reciprocal pronouns, Indefinite pronouns *PADLET: online practice *QUIZ: Personal pronouns *QUIZ: Reciprocal and Indefinite pronouns *VIDEO + QUIZ *FORUM

WEEK 12

Oct 27

*MEET *PADLET: VIDEOS ON BILINGUALISM, MULTILINGUALISM AND POLYGLOTS *QUIZ: VIDEO *QUIZ: READING

WEEK 13

Nov 3

*MEET *PADLET: generations *DISCUSSION (homework)

WEEK 14

Nov 10

*Meet *Jamboard- Pros an Cons of Google Translate *Padlet-Online practice

WEEK 15

Nov 20

*MEET *VIDEO: History of music *Connectors

WEEK 16

Nov 24

*MEET *READING *CONNECTORS *JAMBOARD: WRITING WITH CONNECTORS

WEEK 17-END OF SEMESTER

Dec 1

*MEET *JAMBOARD *CONNECTORS

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