Day 13: Listening about Places

OBJECTIVES

* To listen to the description of a place

* To review the Present Perfect Tense


Reminder: 

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2: Writing a Summary of an Article

Task: Read this article several times. Extract the main ideas and write a summary of its content.

*Present this assignment in a Word Document, double space.

*Dateline: Monday, October 25th, 12 midnight

*Evaluation criteria:

Content: 25/20

Following elements of a summary: 20/20

Vocabulary: 20/20

Grammar: 20/20

Punctuation: 15/20


SPEAKING: 

1. Oral Presentations: Lesdy, Grace, Maria

2. Movie review


LISTENING-COMPREHENSION: Listening to a description of a city                                            

a. What is the name of the city in the video?

b. In what country is it located?

c. What attractions would you like to visit if you ever visit this city?


GRAMMAR: Using the Present Perfect Tense

Presentation and Exercises

Evaluate yourself

Oral production exercises

Remember you can use SINCE when you refer to a specific time.

Use FOR when you refer to an amount of time.

I have worked here since 2016.

I have worked here for nearly four years

a. What have you done today?

b. What are your great accomplishments so far?

c. Write your bucket list. What  havent  you done that you still want to do?

Idiom: To kick the bucket

d. Have you ever?



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