Tutoría 31/01 módulo 4

MÓDULO 4
Unit 5: traditions

SPEAKING ACTIVITY:

Student A's questions


Conversation questions about festivals and celebrations

1. What are some of the most popular festivals or celebrations in your country?
2. When are they celebrated?
3. Are they celebrated as a family or a group?
4. Are they religious holidays?
5. Is attending a temple or a church on that day part of the celebration?
6. Are there special foods connected with the celebrations?
7. Is gift giving a part of these festivals?
8. Are there specific types of gifts to be given?
9. What are some of the things that are done at this festival or celebration?
10. Do you enjoy the festival?
11. What activities normally take place at festivals?

STUDENT B'S QUESTIONS

1.  Are there special songs associated with the celebration?
2. Are there different festivals held in different regions within your country?
3. Can you tell me about the wedding traditions in your country?
4. Are all wedding ceremonies religious, or can there be non-religious ceremonies as well?
5. Describe the wedding you’ve been to or heard about.
6. What gifts do guests usually give to the bride and groom?
7. Are there any traditional wedding dances or songs in your country?
8. Do you celebrate New Year’s Eve in your country?
9. How do you celebrate it?
10. Do you enjoy going to festivals? Why / Why not?
11. Do you decorate your house for the celebration?  

EXTRA LISTENING:

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Tutoría 31/01 Módulo 7

MÓDULO 7
UNIT 5

SPEAKING:

SOCIAL ISSUES DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS:
1. What springs to mind when you hear the term ‘social issues’? 
2. Do you like discussing social issues in your English class?
3. What are the biggest social issues affecting your country today?
4. What are the very newest social issues to arise in your country? 
5. Are you directly affected by any social issues?
6. Do you think Hollywood and the music industry are good at focusing attention on social issues?
7. What social issues has the war on terror brought to your country?
8. Is your government good at dealing with and tackling social issues?
9. Which social issues affect the whole world?
10. Do social issues ever affect rich people, or are they simply poor people’s problems? 

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS 
1. What would you like the power to be able to do?
2. What social issues were around in the past but have now gone?
3. What social issues has the Internet created? How is your society dealing with       
    these?
4. Would you like a job that involves addressing social issues?
5. How are social issues different in America, China, the Arab world, India, etc.?
6. What new social issues do you think will arise in the future? 
7. Do you believe that one day, all social issues will be gone?
8. What answers do you have to a social issue?
9. What is the best way to study and follow social issues?

10. Are social issues the same as economic issues and environmental issues?

Extra listening:

This video may help you to reflect on the unit:

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TUTORÍA 24/02

MODULO 4:
UNIT 2: ADVERTISING


SPEAKING ACTIVITY:

STUDENT A'S QUESTIONS:

-HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE WORD ADVERTISING?
-WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK IN ADVERTISING?
-DO YOU PREFER ADVERTISEMENTS ON TV, IN NEWSPAPERS, ON THE RADIO OR ON THE INTERNET?
-DO YOU THINK ADVERTISING IS AN ART?
-HAVE YOU EVER PLACED AN AD IN THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF A NEWSPAPER?
-DO YOU THINK ADVERTISING IS A CLEVER WAY OF LYING ABOUT PRODUCTS?
-WHAT PRODUCTS DEPEND MOST ON ADVERTISING?

STUDENT B'S QUESTIONS:

-WHAT FACTORS ARE ESSENTIAL IN MAKING A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT?
-DO POP-UP ADS ON THE INTERNET BOTHER YOU?
-WHAT ADVERTS HAVE YOU SEEN OR HEARD THAT YOU PARTICULARLY LIKED?
-DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EASILY PERSUADED TO BUY THINGS AFTER SEEING OR HEARING AN AD?
-HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ANGRY ABOUT AN ADVERT?
-WHICH COMPANIES PRODUCE THE BEST ADS?
-WHAT WOULD THE WORLD BE WITHOUT ADVERTISING?

EXTRA LISTENING:

Melissa talks about the influence of ads:

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EXTRA SPEAKING:

Talk with your partner about the following ads:

MODULO 7

UNIT 3: THE OLDER GENERATION

SPEAKING ACTIVITY

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS

1)	Do you like being the age at which you now are?
2)	What is the best age to be and why?
3)	What is the worst age to be and why?
4)	Do you worry about getting older?
5)	Do you look your age?
6)	Do you think scientists can slow the ageing process?
7)	Why do some people seem to age faster than others?
8)	Until what age would you like to live?
9)	Are there and age groups you currently don’t like?
10)	What is the best age at which to get married?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS

1)	Do people respect the aged in your country?
2)	How have you aged in the past ten years?
3)	Do you mind being asked your age?
4)	What do you think your old age will be like (or what is it like)?
5)	Do you agree that you can never be too old to start something new?
6)	What problems are there of an aging population?
7)	What do you least like (like most) about getting older?
8)	Is your society ageist?
9)	Would you like to turn back the clock?
10)	Do you look forward to your birthdays?

EXTRA LISTENING:

Daniel asks Vella what she would like to accomplish in her lifetime. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

UNIDADES ADAPTADAS

La selección de unidades a no impartir por módulo en NIVEL BÁSICO 2 (segundo curso de THAT'S ENGLISH) y en NIVEL INTERMEDIO (tercer curso de THAT'S ENGLISH)  es el siguiente :

NIVEL     MÓDULO           UNIDADES QUE NO SE IMPARTEN
NB2                 3                                      1 - 3 - 9
NB2                 4                                      3 - 8 - 9
NB2                 5                                      1 - 2 - 9
NI                    6                                      2 - 3 - 7
NI                    7                                      1 - 4 - 10
NI                    8                                      4 - 5 - 9

YA PODÉIS RECOGER EL MATERIAL DEL MODULO 7

El material del módulo 7 ha llegado hoy Martes 14/01. Ya se puede recoger en la escuela oficial de idiomas de sevilla.

LIBRO DEL ALUMNO MODULO 7

Desde la escuela oficial de idiomas me informan de que el libro del modulo 7 aún no ha llegado. La tutoría del proximo 17/01 se dedicará a la práctica de listenings y a la expresión oral. En cuanto tenga alguna noticia, colgaré la información en el blog.