ACTIVITATS D'AUTOAPRENENTATGE

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 (nivell 1)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objective: How to talk about likes and dislikes.  Learn how to use typical questions and sentences in a first conversation.

Situation: You meet a friend in a park and you two start a conversation.

Task: Work in pairs. Tell your friend about your favorite things: colours, countries, sports, food, cars, movies, etc).  Now try to guess your partner’s favorite things. If you are wrong, ask him/her to know it and say why you thought another thing.

Tip: here you have an example of a conversation with these questions:

I think your favorite music is country.

No. I like pop music. Why did you think I like country?
Because…

And what kind of food do you like?
Pasta.

And what type of pasta do you prefer?
Spaghetti.

Idioma: Anglès
Nivell: A1 (nivell 1)
Destresa:  parla

Communicative objectives:
With this activity you will use the basic prepositions and use them correctly when it comes to speak!

Task:
Describe the following picture using the prepositions above. Please describe it with great detail.

Grammar:
Before you start describing the picture, check out the following prepositions. Do you know any of them?

Behind, Between, In, In front of, In the middle of, Next to, On, On the left, On the right, Opposite, Under.

Idioma: Anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:
With this activity, you will learn how to:

– Talk about an illness
– Talk about a physical or psychological state
– Give advice

Situation:
You met your dance partner a year ago. Your relationship has strengthened and you are good friends. When you have a problem you ring each other to explain it. Yesterday, your dance partner asked you whether you could meet, because s/he has been feeling a bit depressed lately. S/he has got some health problems.

Task:
Work in pairs. Play the roles of the friends when they meet. Ask your friend what is  what is wrong. S/he explains to you how s/he is feeling physically and psychologically. Swap roles.

Grammar:
– Modal verbs (should, have to, must)
– Comparatives (e.g.: better than, worse than)
– Adjectives (e.g.: ill, sick, sleepy, annoyed, angry, etc.)
– Verbs that express states of mind or physical states: feel, have (a cold, the flu), have temperature, cough; my foot hurts, etc.
– Verbs: go out, smoke, drink, rest, relax, be good

Vocabulary:
– Parts of the body

Tips:
If you need help, you can use Test your vocabulary 1 and 2 (ANG 33 N1/2 Wat- respectively). For grammar references, you can use Practice your modal verbs (ANG 50 N2 Wat) and Essential Grammar in Use (ANG 50 N1 Mur).

Idioma: Anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 / B1
Destresa: parla

Communicative Objective:
This conversation will help you to learn:
– How to use some specific vocabulary in a dialogue
– How to face a delicate situation

Situation:
Your mother isn’t at home and she asked if you could go to the supermarket to buy some things. She wrote a list with the things you have to buy.

Task:
Go to the delicatessen section and ask for the products that are in the list. Then ask where you can find the rest of the products you need. After that, you have to pay in the cash but you’ll notice that you mother didn’t give you enough money, so try to convince the cashier that you are going home to get some more money and you’ll come back to pay the bill.

Vocabulary:
• Vocabulary about the supermarket and its sections.

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:
The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:
– Talk about actions in the past
– Give the right sequence of the actions

Situation:
You are in a pub with some friends playing cards and watching TV, when the presenter of the talk show you are watching interviews a man who says: “Today is the best day of my life because I’ve found a job!”

Task:
Work in groups. Think about the best day of your life and share those moments with your friends. Ask questions to the other friends to know more details about it.

Grammar:
– Past Simple: (e.g. I went to…, I won…, I played…, etc.)
– Past Continuous: (e.g. I was going to…, I was eating…, etc.)
– Prepositions: (e.g. at night, after having lunch…, etc.)
– Questions: (e.g. Why did you…, When did you…, etc.)

Vocabulary:
– Positive Adjectives: (e.g. great, fantastic, amazing, etc.)

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 i A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:
The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:
– Describe people
– Use the correct adjectives
– Use comparatives and superlatives

Situation:
You saw someone stealing a car yesterday night. You decide to go to the police station in order to report it. They show you 6 pictures of the suspects of the crime.

Task:
Work in groups.
Take two minutes looking at the Pictures. Describe them and compare their faces in order to decide who stole the car.

Grammar:
– Subject pronouns (e.g. I, she, they, etc.)
– Comparatives (e.g. He is taller than, she is younger than, etc.)
– Superlatives (e.g. He is the oldest, she is the shortest, etc.)

Vocabulary:
– – Physical appearance: (e.g. short, tall, thin, fat, etc.)
– – Parts of the body: (e.g. head, nose, arms, feet, etc.)

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla, escriptura
Communicative objectives:
The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:

– Describe a person’s physical aspect and personality
– Describe clothes (type, size and colour)

Situation
Sergi has just met a foreign girl at university. She is a bit extravagant, and she always wears striking dresses. Since he thinks she’s really interesting, he explains it to his girlfriend, Lluïsa.

Task
Make a description of the foreign girl using adjectives and nouns.

Grammar

– Look + Adjective (e.g.: she looks young)
– Look like + Noun phrase (e.g.: she looks like her father)

Vocabulary
– The body (e.g.: moustache, lips, leg, etc.)
– Clothes and accessories (e.g.: handbag, blouse, stockings, etc.)
– Colours (red, blue, beige, etc.)
– Aspect (e.g.: tall, fat, built, etc.)
– Character (positive and negative aspects)

Idioma: anglès
Nnivell: A1 / B2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:

The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:

– Describe your own or your friends’ personality

Task:

Work in pairs or in groups. Have a look at the adjectives attached and try to guess their meaning. Once you have done this, answer the questions below:

– Describe yourself using the adjectives in the chart.
– Describe the people around you (family members, friends, etc.)
– Describe your ideal partner.

Suggestions:
You can start with
“I think I am…”
“I consider myself…”
“People say I am…”
“My mother thinks I am…”
“My father is…”
“My ideal partner would be…”

Grammar:
– Subject pronouns (e.g. I, you, etc.)
– Possessive adjectives (e.g.: my, your, his, her, etc.)
– Object pronouns (e.g.: me, you, him, her, etc.)
– Verbs (e.g. have, be, live, study, like, work, etc.)
– Question words (e.g.: what, how, etc.)
– Conditional with ‘would like to’

Vocabulary:
– The family (e.g. mother, father, brother, uncle, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, etc.)
– Adjectives (e.g. big, small, old, young, etc.)

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:

The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:

– Use pictures to tell a story

Task:
Look at the pictures of the document attached in order to invent a story with the different characters.

You can start the story with:
“Once upon a time…”

Grammar:
– Subject pronouns (e.g. I, you, etc.)
– Possessive adjectives (e.g.: my, your, his, her, etc.)
– Object pronouns (e.g.: me, you, him, her, etc.)
– Past tense verbs (e.g. caught, was/were, made, cooked, opened, worked, etc.)
– Prepositions (e.g. at, in, on, etc.)
– Connectors and linkers (and, but, or)

Vocabulary:
– Descriptive adjectives (e.g. small, big, beautiful, lazy, etc)
– Nouns (e.g. village, smurfs, woods, bushes, houses, mushrooms, fruits, etc.)
– Connectors of time (e.g. first, then, after, later, suddenly etc.)

Idioma: anglès
Nivell: A1 / A2 (nivell 1 i 2)
Destresa: parla

Communicative objectives:
The objective of this activity is that you learn how to:

– Introduce yourselves
– Ask and answer questions about personal information.
– Deal with the specific vocabulary

Situation:
You meet another person when travelling, in a class, etc.

Task:
Work in pairs. First, take a couple of minutes to read the information required. Then, fill the information about yourselves very briefly and start to think about what kind of questions you can make to your partner.

Information required:
– Birth (city, country, birthday, nationality…)
– Family (brother, sister, father, mother, names…)
– Friends (oldest, best, name, boyfriend, girlfriend…)
– Interests (hobby, films, books, sports, favourite things…)
– Work or Study (job, school, college, subject, boss, enjoy…)
– Home (house, rooms, big, small, address, city, town…).

Grammar:
– Subject pronouns (e.g. I, you, etc.)
– Possessive adjectives (e.g.: my, your, his, her, etc.)
– Object pronouns (e.g.: me, you, him, her, etc.)
– Verbs (e.g. have, be, live, study, like, work, etc.)
– Question words (e.g.: what, when, where, why, who, how, etc.)
– Verb patterns (e.g. like reading, swimming, going to.., etc.)

Vocabulary:
– The family (e.g. mother, father, brother, uncle, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, etc.)
– Adjectives (e.g. big, small, old, young, etc.)
– Personality (e.g. funny, moody, bossy, sensitive, etc.)