Conversation I - Cycle 2 - 2024

Conversation I - Cycle 2 - 2024

by Yajaira Ayala

U​niversity of El Salvador

​English Conversation I

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​Workshop 4

​Units 5 & 6

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​Lcda. Yajaira Chávez

​Agenda

• ​Welcome and agenda

• ​Warm up: Name five

• ​Unit 5 follow your passion

• ​Unit 6 Culture and commerce

• ​Closing activity

• ​Questions and Reminders

Poll

What do you love to do?

• Dancing

• Reading

• Watching TV

• Doing outdoor activities

​Unit 5 FOLLOW YOUR PASSION

​How to pursue your dreams?

​Watch the video and then share your ideas with the classmates.

​Myths and Facts about

College and Careers

​Do you remember them?

​Go to page 106 and share your opinions in a small group discussion. Choose the myth or fact that most of the group shared.

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Multiple Choice

To offer a person something special in order to make the person do something

• major

• shift

• bribe

• management

Multiple Choice

The main subject that a student studies at college or university

• major

• shift

• bribe

• management

Multiple Choice

The act of controlling and organizing someone's work or time

• major

• shift

• bribe

• management

Multiple Choice

To officially join a school, university, or course

• enroll

• shift

• bribe

• management

Multiple Choice

To change

• enroll

• shift

• bribe

• management

Multiple Choice

A planned series of actions for achieving something

• enroll

• shift

• bribe

• stragegy

Multiple Choice

Giving help or encouregement

• enroll

• supportive

• bribe

• stragegy

Multiple Choice

Thinking about one part of a plan or problem instead of considering all the parts

• tunnel vision

• supportive

• bribe

• stragegy

Multiple Choice

Finally, after everything else has been done or considered

• tunnel vision

• supportive

• bribe

• ultimately

Multiple Choice

To leave school before you finish a course

• tunnel vision

• supportive

• drop out

• ultimately

​More vocabulary to work on

• ​environment

• ​volunteer

• ​process

• ​take a chance

• ​figure out

• ​play your cards right

• ​play second fiddle

• ​get the lowdown

• ​get your hands dirty

• ​play it by ear

• ​get out of hand

​Speaking: Keeping a conversation going

​Unit 6 CULTURE AND COMMERCE

​Why do these women stretch their necks?

​1. Watch the video and share your opinions.

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​2. Commerce means business. In your opinion, what is the relationship between culture and commerce in tourism?

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​3. In what ways can tourism be helpful in a community? In what ways can it be harmful?

​Travel Blog: Northern Thailand

​Go to page 130 and read the text.

​Solve the vocabulary exercise from page 131.

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​Go to page 140 and read the words.

​Cross out the word that doesn't belong in each group.

​Group work

• ​What tourist destination did you visit?

• ​What are the mayor attractions?

• ​What impact does tourism have on the locals?

• ​What impact does tourism have on the environment?

​Questions and Reminders

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  Expert Debate: Sunday, November 3rd, 2024. Workshop 5: Saturday, November 9th, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.