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1. INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND TALKING ABOUT ORIGIN

A. MODEL CONVERSATION: Listen to the conversation.

Mr. Beck: Hello. I am Hans Beck.

Mr. Lopez: Hi. My name is Pedro Lopez.
Mr. Beck: Pleased to meet you.
Mr. Lopez: It`s a pleasure to meet you, too.
Mr. Beck: Where are you from?
Mr. Lopez: I am Bolivian.

B. WORD FORMATION: Countries and nationalities. Complete the nationalities based

on the countries. Add two more you know. Practice different conversations using the prompts in the boxes.

COUNTRIES NATIONALITIES
Bolivia ______Bolivian____
A: Where are you from?
Brazil ___________________
Thailand ___________________ B: I’m from __________.
(county)
Switzerland ___________________
Hungary ___________________ A: Where in __________
(country)
The USA ___________________
Canada ___________________ B: I`m from __________.
(city)
Indonesia ___________________
Ireland ___________________
Argentina ___________________
Mexico ___________________ A: Where are you from?
Egypt ___________________ B: I’m ______________.
Peru ___________________ (nationality)
___________________ ___________________
___________________ ___________________

C. LISTENING: Listen to the conversations and complete the missing words.

1. A: Hello. I______Diallo Boubacar.
B: Hi. My _______is Pedro Lopez.
A: Pleased to meet _________. Where are you __________, Mr. Boubacar?
B: I`m _______Senegal. And you?
A: I`m _________________.

2. A: Excuse me. ______you Mr. Rossi?

B: Yes, _____am.
A: Pleased to meet you, Mr.Rossi. __________Danielle Martin.
B: _______to meet you, Danielle. Are you _______________?
A: No, I´m not. I am ____________. How about you?
B: I`m from _________________
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D. GRAMMAR FOCUS: The simple present (be)

Affirmative form Negative form
Subject Be Subject Be
I am Carlos. I am Linda.
He / She / It is from Mexico. He / She / It is not from Morocco.
You / We / They are Italian. You / We / They are Japanese.

Questions Short answers

Be Subject
Am I Bolivian I am. I am not. / `m not.
Is he / she / it Chinese ? Yes, he / she / it is. No, he / she / it is not. / `s not. / isn´t
Are you / we / they from Italy you / we / they are. you / we / they are not. / `re not. / aren`t.

1. Study the grammar charts (D). Complete the conversations with the corresponding “be” forms. Then,
listen to the conversation and check your work.

A: Hi. _______ you Lucy Lee? B: Where in Azerbaijan?

B: No, _________. My name ________Brittney. A: I_____from Rustov. Where are you from?
A: Hello, Brittney. I _______Borys Kravchenko. B: I`m form the USA. And Lucy too.
B: Glad to meet you, Borys. A: Oh, you know Lucy. Where _____ she?
A: It _____ a pleasure to meet you, too. B: Ye. She ___over there.
B: Borys. _________you from Russia? A: Thank you. Nice meeting you!
A: No, _________from Russia. I_____from Azerbaijan. B: Nice meeting you too.

2. Read the conversations and correct errors.

A: Are Tamar from Georgia? A: Hi, My name Kamilla.

B: Yes, he`s. B: Hi Kamilla, I is Martin.
A: What his last name? A: Where is you from, Kamilla?
B: It Leanghuo. B: I form Ukrainane.

E. TASK: You and many other engineers are in an international conference. Take different roles to introduce yourself
and find out nationalities and names of 5 different people and fill in the chart.

NAME COUNTRY CITY

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2. PROVIDING PERSONAL INFORMATION

A. MODEL CONVERSATION: Listen to the conversation.

A: Your name, please? B: M – I - L – E – S.

B: My name is Tamar. A: Is it M – I - L – E – S?
A: Ok. And What`s your last name? B: Yes, that`s right.
B: My last name is Miles. A: What do you do Mr. Miles?
A: Excuse me? B: I`m a civil engineer.
B: Miles. A: Ok. Here`s your name tag!
A: How do you spell that? B: Thank you!

B. THE ALPHABET: Listen to the vowels: A, E, I, O U.

Listen to the consonant pronunciation. Classify the letters of the alphabet into the given groups. Then listen to
each group pronunciation.

VOWELS CONSONANTS
A
E
I
O
U
Exceptions

C. PAIR WORK: In pairs, take turns and point different letters in B, have your partner repeat the letters you point.

D. Listen to the last names and circle the correct ones.

1 Hopkins Hawking Hokin

2 Coleman Collman Kolman
3 Rammanugan Ramanuga Ramanujan

E. Listen to the names and write them down. Then complete the last names with an option in D.

1. __________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________

F. GRAMMAR FOCUS: Spelling proper and common nouns

Proper nouns Common nouns

Names of people, titles and places are proper nouns. Other nouns are common nouns.
Use a lowercase letter to begin a
Use a capital letter to begin a proper noun. common noun.
For example: Anthony Edward For example: chemical engineer
(Capital A – N-T-H-O-N-Y Capital E –D-W-A-R-D) (C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R )
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G. VOCABULARY: PROFESSIONS. Listen and repeat.

a civil engineer a food engineer a gelogiST an electronic engineer

an industrial engineer a mathematician a chemist / a chemical engieeer a physicist

H. PAIR WORK. Look at the pictures and practice conversations find out names and last names, ask for
the correct spelling, and confirm information.

your
his name?
What`s
her last name?

that?
his name?
How do you spell
her last name?
your name?
do you do? I´m
a________.
What He´s
he do? an_______.
does She´s
she do?
Yes, that`s right. HIS NAME HER NAME YOUR NAME
Is it ________________?
No. It`s_________

I. TASK. Work in pairs. Read about some people involved on a project. Partner A goes to page C1 and partner B
goes to page C2. Ask questions to your partner and fill in the chart below with their information. Remember to
confirm the shared information. Then report findings to your class.

NAME LAST NAME PROFESSION NATIONALITY

1
2
3
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3. TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR FIELS OF WORK

A. VOCABULARY: FIELDS. Listen and repeat

chemical engineering materials engineering metallurgical engineering environmental engineering

mechanic engineering electrical engineering petroleum engineering food engineering

electronic engineering Mathematics physics geology

B. WORD FORMATION
Complete the occupation or the related fields of work
PROFESSION FIELD OF WORK
musician music
chemist
science
mathematics
geologist
metallurgist
petroleum engineering
environmental engineer
physics
mechanic

C. VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Read the sentences and complete the spaces with an appropriate word.

1. Tomas is a geologist. He studied _________________.

2. Walter is a ________________. Mechanics is his passion.
3. Mary and Hilda go to the engineering faculty. They study food_______________.
4. Our professor is a _____________. She studies physics.
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Use a subject pronoun to Use possessive adjectives

D. GRAMMAR FOCUS words which modify a noun
refer to the subject of a
sentence: by showing a form of
Singular Plural possession or a sense of
Possessive Possessive Mary is a food engineer.
subject subject belonging to a particular
adjectives adjectives
pronoun pronoun person or thing:
She is a food engineer.
I My We Our
You Your You your Sam and Sue are students. My field of work is
He His engineering.
She Her They their They are students. Their hobby is music.
It its

Complete the sentences with either a subject pronoun or a possessive adjective

1. That's ____ tablet on the table. (I)

2. Peter asked ____ sister to the dance. (Jane)
3. Teresa is her name. ______is an engineering student. (Teresa
4. We study in ____ house for the chemistry test. (Alex Smith)
5. ______ color is reddish brown. (Copper)
6. Would you like to buy ____ reactive? (My friends and I)
7. That is my professor. _____name is Walter (Walter)
8. Peter picked up ____ books and left for college. (Peter)
9. I think ____ idea is crazy! (You)
10. ______are both students at the faculty. _____ field of study is industrial engineering.
11. I'd like to hear ____ opinion. (Susan)
12. She works for ____ company. (John)

E. PAIR WORK. Look at the pictures and ask about their names, occupations, and fields of work.
your
his name?
What`s her last name?
their field of work?

My
mechanics.
His
field of work is physics.
Her
civil engineering.
Their
you do? They´re
do ________.
they do? We´re
What I´m
he do? a_______.
does He´s They are both
she do? an_______. They are students.
She´s engineers.

Their names are Their field of

Yes, that`s right.
Is it ________________? Pedro Susan and work is
No. It`s_________
Martha engineering
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4. GETTING SOMEONE`S CONTACT INFORMATION

A. VOCABULARY. NUMBERS
Listen to the numbers and repeat. B. PAIR WORK.
Take turns and point the numbers for your partner to read them.

zero five

one six

two seven

three eight

four nine

C. VOCABULARY. MORE NUMBERS

Listen to the numbers and repeat.

ten Sixteen twenty-six seventy

eleven Seventeen twenty-seven eighty

twelve eighteen Thirty ninety

thirteen nineteen Forty one hundred

fourteen twenty Fifty one hundred five

fifteen twenty-one Sixty one thousand

D. PAIR WORK.
Fill in numbers in YOUR NUMBERS, then listen to your partner and complete the chart.
YOUR NUMBERS Your partner numbers YOUR NUMBERS Your partner numbers
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E. VOCABULARY: e-mail punctuation

Listen and repeat. Then, answer the question.

hyphen underscore What`s your e-mail address?

dash @ at ________________________
slash, forward slash . dot
backslash

F. LISTENING: Home addresses

Listen to the home addresses A-C. Then complete the missing ones (D- F).

A. seven, six hundred Country Road

B. three, forty-nine Ocean Boulevard
C. twenty-five, sixty-eight Olive Street

D._____________________________________Kings Highway

E.______________________________________Harvest Lane

F._____________________________________Sunshine Drive

G. PAIR WORK
Ask the following questions to a partner.

What`s your e-mail address? What`s your contact number? What`s your address?
__________________________ __________________________ __________________________

H. LISTENING
Listen and correct the wrong information.

I. TASK: In pairs complete the personal cards (partner A goes to page C1 and partner B goes to page C2)
J. NOW YOU CAN provide and find information about personal profiles. (3c1 ans C2) Work in pairs.
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5. DOING CALCULATIONS
A. MODEL CONVERSATION: Listen to the conversation. Then listen and
repeat.
Teacher: Let`s practice for the test.
What`s 12% of 120? Raise your hands to answer, please.
Student 1: Me, me. It´s 10
Teacher: Not really.
Student 2: Me professor. Is it 12?
Teacher: Not really.
Student 3: I know it. 120 times 0.12 equals 14.4. It´s 14.4
Teacher: That`s right!

B. VOCABULARY: Mathematical operations

Meaning
+ plus, or and, or added to
minus, or less, or subtracted
–
from
X times, or multiplied by
÷ divided by, or goes into
. decimal point
2 + 3 = 5 reads: 2 plus 3 is 5, or 2 and 3 is 5, or 2 plus 3 equals 5, or 3 added to 2 is 5.
6 – 4 = 2 reads: 6 minus 4 is 2, or 6 less 4 is 2, or 4 subtracted from 6 is 2, or 6 minus 4
equals 2
2 x 3 = 6 reads: 2 times 3 is 6, or 2 multiplied by 3 is 6, or 2 times 3 equals 6.
8 ÷ 2 = 4 reads: 8 divided by 2 is 4, or 2 goes into 8 4 times, or 8 divided by 2 equals 4.
3.7 reads: 3 point 7.

C. PAIR WORK
In pairs do the calculations. Then, write the numbers and simbols in full.
1. 21 + 46 = 67 4. 37.8 X 9.3 = ________
twenty-one plus forty-six equals sixty-seven ________________________________________

2. 35 - 21 = ________ 5. 18 ÷ 9 = ________
________________________________________ ________________________________________

3. 7 X 12 = ________ 6. 13 + 8 = ________
________________________________________ ________________________________________

D. TASK
Pracice for a test. Report and explain answers in full.
1. 2.75 + 0.003 + 0.158 = 4. A soccer team played 160 games and won 65 % 7. Three of four numbers have a sum of 22. If
a. 0.436 of them. How many games did the team win? the average of the four numbers is 8, what is
b. 2.911 a. 94 the fourth number?
c. 2.938 b. 114 a. 4
2. 7.86 X 4.6 = c. 104 b. 6
a. 36.156 5. 32 is 40% of what number? c. 8
b. 36.216 a. 12.8 d. 10
c. 351.56 b. 80 8. -3 ( 5 - 6) - 4 (2 - 3) =
3. 7 ÷ 20 = c. 128 a. -7
a. 0.035 6. What is 1.345 ÷ 99 rounded to the nearest b. -1
b. 0.35 integer? c. 1
c. 0.858 a. 12 d. 7
b. 13
c. 14
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CONSOLIDATION
1. TASK: Where are these brands from? Match the brands and the origins. Then in groups or in class ask: where is
______ originally from? ______is form__________.

BRAND ORIGIN
Amazon.com Germany
AUDI Japan
Lego Denmark
Sony Germany
Volkswagen The USA
Nike The USA

2. WORD FORMATION. Specialties and professions

Look at the word variations. Complete the gaps with the corresponding word. Then listen and repeat the words and
mark the stress.
FIELDS OF WORK PROFESSION
Engineering engineer ⃝ ⃝

physicist
Mathematics ⃝ ⃝ ⃝

chemist

1. A mathematician is an expert in the field of _______________________.

2. The Curies became research workers at the School of ______________ .
3. Mechanical __________________ is a very broad field that involves the application of physical principles.
4. Environmental _______________ use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to develop
solutions to environmental problems
5. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German _________________ and astronomer.

3. PAIR WORK: Read the model conversaion.

A: What’s your contact number?

B: It’s 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.
A: Is it 3 7 0 2 5 6 5 8 3?
B: No, it isn’t. It’s 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.
A: Is it 3 7 0 2 5 6 7 8 3.?
B: Yes. That’s right.

4. TASK: Fill in the telephone book with information from 10 partners in your class.
Ask: What’s your ________? / What do you do?. Confirm Spelling and correct information. Work on a separate piece of
paper.
NAME LAST NAME e-mail address CELL PHONE NUMBER OCCUPATION
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CONVERSATION APPENDIX STUDENT A

1. Look at the new collaborative team members working in environment staff at Lake Titicaca. All of
them want to introduce themselves.

Hi. I am Rodrigo Laguna. I am from
Cochabamba, Bolivia. I´m a chemist
and I am ready to work on the project.
I think Lake Titicaca is worth the
effort!
Hello everyone. My full name is Emmy
Calvinho. I am originally from
Corcovado , Brazil but I studied
environmental engineering at San
Andres University here in La Paz. I love
working on projects.
Hi all. My mane is Annaliese and my
surname is Thompson. The truth is
that everybody calls me Ana. I`m
American, from Iowa. I `m a junior
Biologist. It´s my first time in Bolivia
and I´m really excited.

2. Fill in your own personal card. Then share the information with your partner

3. Fill in the employee personal data. Then, complete the rest of the information by asking your partner.
EMPLOYEE PERSONAL DATA
NAME:………………………………………….
LAST NAME:………………………………… NAME: Hanna
OCCUAPTION:…………………………….. LAST NAME: Vincent
NATIONALITY:……………………………... OCCUPATION: Materials engineer
ADDRESS: 78A Elm Road
BIRTHPLACE:………………………………..
CELL PHONE: 77118345
e-mail:…………………………………………… e-mail: han_vin23@live.com
CELL PHONE:…………………………………. PLACE OF BIRTH: Cochabamba –Bolivia

NAME:…………………………………………. NAME:………………………………………….
LAST NAME:………………………………… LAST NAME:…………………………………
OCCUAPTION:…………………………….. OCCUAPTION:……………………………..
NATIONALITY:……………………………... NATIONALITY:……………………………...
BIRTHPLACE:……………………………….. BIRTHPLACE:………………………………..
e-mail:…………………………………………… e-mail:……………………………………………
CELL PHONE:…………………………………. CELL PHONE:………………………………….
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CONCERSATION APPENDIX STUDENT B

1. Look at the new collaborative team members working in environment staff at Lake Titicaca. All of
them want to introduce themselves.

Hi everyone. My mane is Nathaniel
and my last name is Jacobs. I´m from
Canada. I was born in Winnipeg and
studied chemical engineering in
Vancouver. I´m ready to work.
Well. My family name is Wang and
my name is Bo, it means “precious”. I
am a senior water engineer. I was born
in Shangái. Lake Titicaca is going
under a serious problem. We are ready
to help.
Hi all! I am Lorena Canizales. I am a
civil engineer. I am from here, from
La Paz. I think we are a great
multidisciplinary team.

STUDENT CARD
NAME:…………………………………………. FULL NAME: Tiago Burden
LAST NAME:………………………………… PLACE OF STUDY: San Andrés University
OCCUAPTION:…………………………….. CAREER: Mathematics
NATIONALITY:……………………………... ADRESS: 566 Camacho St.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
BIRTHPLACE:………………………………..
723-45623 burdentia-go@gmail.bo
e-mail:…………………………………………… NATIONALITY: Brasilia – Brasil
CELL PHONE:…………………………………. This card entitles you to use the facilities of
the Student`s Union, including the library and the computer center.

NAME:…………………………………………. NAME:………………………………………….
LAST NAME:………………………………… LAST NAME:…………………………………
OCCUAPTION:…………………………….. OCCUAPTION:……………………………..
NATIONALITY:……………………………... NATIONALITY:……………………………...
BIRTHPLACE:……………………………….. BIRTHPLACE:………………………………..
e-mail:…………………….…………………… e-mail:……………………………………………
CELL PHONE:…………………………………. CELL PHONE:………………………………….