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ENGLISH 2-ALEX-2024-2 (MON-THU 7-8:30AM-PRESENCIAL)


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ONLINE DICTIONARY

Useful online dictionary.

SYLLABUS

Content of the English 2 course.

CERTIFICATION GUIDELINES

Specific information on how to certify English.

STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM AND HONOR CODE

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.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA: Reading and Listening

The Encyclopedia Britannica contains carefully edited articles on all major topics. It fits the ideal purpose of a reference work as a place to get started, or to refer back to as you read and write. The articles in Britannica are written by expert authors who are both identifiable and credible. Many articles provide references to books and other sources about the topic covered.

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.

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.

PRONOUNS + POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Pronouns and possessive adjectives.

WEEK 1

Aug 12

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

WEEK 2

Aug 19

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

WEEK 3

Aug 26

*Video: introduction to irregular past tense verbs *Question form *Quiz: Detroit (Reading Comprehension) *Forum: How was your life last year?

WEEK 4

Sep 2

*VIDEO: Past Continuous *JAMBOARD: Past Continuous *PADLET: Online practice *QUIZZES

WEEK 5

Sep 9

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

WEEK 6

Sep 16

*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 23

*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 30

WEEK 9

Oct 7

*BBC NEWS VIDEO + QUIZ: *Padlet: online practice-writing *JAMBOARD: CONNECTORS *VIDEO: HOW TO BECOME PRESIDENT IN USA

WEEK 10

Oct 14

*VIDEO: Verb + -ing or verb + infinitive *PADLET: exercise on video *JAMBOARD: Verb + -ing or verb + infinitive *QUIZZES

WEEK 11

Oct 21

*JAMBOARD: personal pronouns, Reciprocal pronouns, Indefinite pronouns *PADLET: online practice *QUIZZES *VIDEO

WEEK 12

Oct 28

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

WEEK 13

Nov 4

*PADLET: generations *DISCUSSION (homework) *FORUM *EXERCISES

WEEK 14

Nov 11

*VIDEO: History of music *Connectors

WEEK 15

Nov 18

*ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE *INFORMAL EMAIL

WEEK 16

Dec 5

*VIDEO: main idea of a text *JAMBOARD: practice

WEEK 17: END OF SEMESTER

Nov 28

*JAMBOARD *CONNECTORS

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