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Hello everyone!! I want to share this video with you  in which you can find the different steps to carry out a task and some examples. I hope you like it.
Noelia

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Hi! I've found this great video to work on Gerunds and Infinitives. I'm planning to use it with my secondary students. Then I will let you know how things worked out.

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Individual Task, page 35, Daiana Corvalan

Step 1

Look at newspaper advertisements applying for a job. Identify key words  (vocabulary related to jobs)

Step 2

Read an applying e-mail in response to one of the previous advertisement. Write an e-mail using the same model but use your personal information.

Step 3

Read the different applying e-mails in response to the job advertisements then match the e-mails with the newspapers ads.

Step 4

Re-read the e-mails and identify the style (formal or informal) and use cue words to write sentences (responsible,tidy, punctual, outgoing, hardworking)

Step 5

Information gap role play. Student A plays the part of a potential employer who is looking for a new assistant and student B and C apply to the same interview.

Step 6

In groups, some students will create 'companies'. They will describe basic information about the company they work for and what kind of employee they are looking for. The rest of the class will have to write their CV, and then move around the classroom to have interviews with the different companies.

Individual task. pag 35. Noelia Santos

Step 1

Look at pictures in a fashion magazine. Identify key words (dress, shoes, jackets, suit, trousers, tie, etc) and discuss when they would use the different outfits.

Step 2

Listen to a model conversation between two teenagers buying clothes for their prom party. Practise using the same conversation model with information from the fashion magazine in step 1.

Step 3

Listen to several native speakers buying clothes . Identify vocabulary related to clothes and where they would wear it. For example :a party, a job, sports, etc.)

Step 4

Listen again to conversations. Use cue words (size, price, changing room) and write complete questions and answers involving buying clothes ( What size is That?- How much…?Can I help you?)

Step5

Pair work: information gap role play. Student A is the shop assistant and student B is the customer. Make a list of clothes needed for prom party.

Step 6

In pairs discuss and  make decision about the following task. Look at different outfits for a prom party in the store and decide the most suitable one to buy.

Homework

DONE 👌 Noe and Dai

Reflect: Select one or two pedagogical tasks and elaborate them in terms of macrofunctions, microfunctions and grammatical exponents.

Task	Macrofunction	Microfunction	Grammar
Role play. You are with your friend in a restaurant. Your partner is the waiter/waitress. Look at the menu and decide what to eat.	Exchanging goods and services.	Asking about and stating prices.	Would you like…? Can I …? I will… Yes/ No questions. How much?
Read a travelling webpage, and decide with three friends where to go, how much money you will spend and book your tickets.	Exchanging goods and services.	Asking about and stating prices.	Would you like…? Can I …? I will… Yes/ No questions. How much?

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