Communicative practice

Formal language aspects such as grammar and vocabulary are important when learning English. You can practice that in the first sections of this material. Now, it is time to use the language in a more communicative way. From now on, you are going to find different activities to practice all the language skills you need to continue learning English. That means that in this section you can read, listen, write, speak and interact so that you really achieve the learning point of this material.

Writing Exercise

You want to spend more time with your cousin. You are sending him an email telling him about the activities you can do together. Read the email below and find the sentences that are incorrect. Re-write these sentences with the corrections. The mistakes can be about spelling, punctuation or grammar.

Dear Daniel,

How are you? I’m fine! Today is Monday and I’m starting a new semester. I want to share my schedule with you to see if you are interested in joining any of my activities. You know I love sports and languages so this semester I have time to practice them. I go to the gym on wednesday and friday from 2.00 to 3.00. I take italian lessons on Saturdays at 2 o’clock and chinese two times a week. I take guitar lessons in Friday at 3 o’clock and I love my class because my teacher play the guitar perfectly! I take painting in weekends. I also have three times a week to go swimming when I don’t take painting lessons. I not practice basketball because it is at 5.00 pm. and I every day does my homework at that time.

what about you? Do you think we can spend time together? What you do in your free time?

What instrument you play? Would you like to join any sport?

Please, write soon.

Love

Peter

Complete all the gaps to get feedback.
Listening

Listen to a radio program about talented UNAM students. Today, our broadcaster Jamie, has 3 guests: Marla, Sofia and Vincent.

The life of talented UNAM students.

Radio program
Radio program
Radio program
Radio program
Writing Exercise

Read the sentences and write the correct letter in the space provided according to each description.

Write: M for Marla - S for Sofia - V for Vincent

M

1. This person has an important event soon.

S

2. This person is a teacher.

V

3. This person likes kids.

S

4. This person has free time at night.

V

5. This person studies sometimes in the morning or in the evening.

M

6. This person dances well.

S

7. This person only goes to school for four hours everyday

Writing exercise

Complete the chart about Marla, Sofia and Vincent’s activities.

Marla

Sofia

Vincent

What time do they wake up?

She wakes up at 4:30

She wakes up at 7

He wakes up at 8

What do they do in the morning?

She goes to the gym and trains.

She goes to school, and then she rehearses.

On Mondays and Wednesdays he goes to the hospital. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, he goes to medical school.

What do they do in their free time?

She plays with her dogs and takes dancing lessons.

She watches Netflix or reads.

He visits family, plays video games or goes shopping.

Gaceta UNAM

Probably you know Gaceta UNAM. In that publication you can find information about different sports, academic and cultural activities, among others. Gaceta UNAM publishes information about all the UNAM: Prepas, CCH, CU, all the FES and ENES and even academic centers in other parts of the world, such as: UNAM Boston, UNAM United Kingdom, UNAM China, UNAM Canada, etc.

Writing exercise

Read and following Gaceta UNAM article and write the missing information. Use the verbs from the box: You need to conjugate the verbs in the correct form.

finish / prove / not need / mean / have / study / explain / work

Gaceta UNAM
Foto: Juan Antonio López.

Valeria list, winner of the UNAM poetry award

She is from Puebla and studies her master’s degree at the philosophy faculty. She is this year’s winner of the UNAM poetry award because of her new book “open life”. According to Valeria, women don't need a romantic life in order to be successful or to be happy. That’s what she explains in one of her poems. But being a poet is not easy, she says. She has to read and analyze other authors so that she can understand how poetry works. She prefers poetry over other literature genders because she can focus on the language instead of the plot or the character. She is now quite satisfied with herself because of this award. She is a poet with almost 10 years of experience and being the award winner means so much for her because that proves that her book is worthy and then people can be sure that it has a proven quality. Open life, which is the winner book, is about breakups and how women rediscover themselves when they finish a romantic relationship and realize that they don’t need a couple to get a personal development.

Adaptado de http://acervo.gaceta.unam.mx/index.php/gum10/article/download/89832/75280
Speaking

Now, imagine that you are talking to one of your friends about Valeria’s article. That friend is asking you questions about Valeria. Listen to each question and then answer orally. If you wish, you can record your oral answers using your cellphone. Finally, listen to the example audio to compare it with your answer. Use complete sentences when you talk.

Question

Answer

record your answer

record your answer

record your answer

record your answer

record your answer