CHEEKY MONKEY 1

New Inspiration 1

SYLLABUS

Area: Foreign Languages (English)


Stage: Secondary Education



1st Cycle


Welcome!

OBJECTIVES

Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following
points:

> Practise introducing themselves and others
> Talking about where they are from.
> Learn to ask someone's name and nationality.
> Write addresses and phone numbers.
> Revise the use of the present simple.
> Practise using personal pronouns and questions with What, Where, Who.





CONTENTS

Listening


- Listen to a recording about an international exchange and complete a
dialogue.
- Listen and repeat some words so as to practise the pronunciation of
the sounds /w/ and /h/.
- Listen and repeat numbers practising their pronunciation.
- Listen and play a Bingo game.
- Listen and complete a table with information about a student exchange.

Speaking


- Look at a web page and ask and answer questions about it.
- Role play famous persons introducing themselves.
- Ask and answer questions about exchange students.


Reading

- Read a dialogue of teenagers introducing themselves and complete some
sentences.
- Find the countries for some nationalities in a reading text.
- Read and complete the Language workout section about the present
simple of be and personal pronouns.


Writing


- Write down the address and phone number of three students.



Language knowledge and use

Linguistic knowledge:

. Grammar
- Present simple: be
- Personal pronouns
- Questions: What ...? Where ...? Who ...?.


. Vocabulary
- Countries and nationalities
- Numbers 1-20


. Pronunciation
- The sounds /w/ and /h/
- Numbers 0-20
- Students learn the right pronunciation in English through the
Listening activities, and the use of the Class CDs.
- Students also practice their pronunciation in English through the
Speaking activities.


Learning reflexion:


- Reviewing grammar and vocabulary they already know.
- Appreciating working in groups as a means of personal
enrichment.

BASIC COMPETENCES

|Basic Competence |Page |Activity |Evaluation Criteria|
|C1 |Linguistic |SB page 9|All the activities of the |Show interest in |
| |communicative | |unit use the language as |learning English |
| |competence. | |an instrument of | |
| | | |communication. E.g. | |
| | | |reading and completing the| |
| | | |Language workout section | |
| | | |of the unit. | |
|C2 |Mathematical |SB page 9|Students revise the |Be able to use |
| |competence. | |numbers 0-20 in English. |numbers in English |
|C3 |Knowledge of |SB page 8|References to countries |Feel curiosity to |
| |and | |and nationalities such as |learn about |
| |interaction | |Russia, the USA, Spain, |Geography in |
| |with the | |Switzerland, etc. |English. |
| |physical | | | |
| |world. | | | |
|C4 |Competence in | |Student's web page: |Feel pleasure in |
| |information | |www.macmillanenglish.com/i|using new |
| |and | |nspiration |technologies in |
| |communication | | |order to revise and|
| |technologies | | |extend what they |
| | | | |have learnt. |
|C5 |Social and |SB page 7|Moral and civic education:|Be willing to |
| |civil | |The importance of being |respect everybody. |
| |competence. | |polite when introducing | |
| | | |people | |
| | |SB page 8|Education for Peace: The | |
| | | |importance of respecting | |
| | | |people from other | |
| | | |nationalities. | |
|C6 |Cultural and |SB page 8|References to famous |Show pleasure in |
| |artistic | |people such as Miley |learning cultural |
| |competence. | |Cyrus, Brad Pitt and |facts in English. |
| | | |Robert Pattinson. | |
|C7 |The competence|SB pages |Students complete this |Show interest in |
| |of learning to|6-9 |starter unit as a way to |learning how to |
| |learn. | |review what they already |learn English. |
| | | |know. | |
|C8 |The competence|SB page 8|Initiative to work in |Be willing to |
| |of personal | |pairs. E.g. role-playing |listen to and |
| |autonomy and | |introducing famous |interact with |
| |initiative. | |persons. |others. Have a |
| | | | |positive attitude |
| | | | |towards own ability|
| | | | |to participate |
| | | | |in class |
| | | | |activities. |
|C9 |The emotional |SB page 9|Students learn to work in |Enjoy group |
| |competence. | |groups respecting each |participation. |
| |(Castilla la | |other and admitting both |Show respect for |
| |Mancha) | |their own success and |others in the |
| | | |their classmates'. E.g. |group. |
| | | |playing the game Bingo. | |

Socio cultural aspects and intercultural awareness

> TB. Useful information: References to Brighton.
> Interest in learning English and in the topic of the unit


> Positive attitude towards own ability to participate in class
activities
> Willingness to review and reflect on own learning
> Enjoyment in completing activities


ATTITUDES AND VALUES

> Politeness in the other language.
> Effort with new vocabulary and structures.
> Interest and respect in the classmates' opinions, mother tongue, accent,
origin, etc.
> Overcome mental blocking when meeting new people in the target language
> Attentive-assertive listening
> Use of target language in class

MIXED-ABILITY ACTIVITIES

Consolidation activities:


> Revision and Extension p21
> Language File p114
> Workbook Welcome! pp2-5
> Student's web page: www.macmillanenglish.com/inspiration

Extension activities:
> Teacher's Book: optional activities.
> Teacher's Book: Follow-up activities.
> Teacher's Book WEBLINKS: For a webcam of Brighton see:
www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/webcams/btn_seafront_webcam.shtml

EVALUATION

1. EVALUATION RESOURCES

. Formative evaluation
- Classroom observation to check both individual and global progress
- Workbook exercises.


. Accumulative evaluation


- SB: Revision and Extension p21




Tests CD:
- Diagnostic test.

2. EVALUATION CRITERIA
. Understand the general message of texts about introductions, and
identify relevant details in oral messages related with them. (C1, C5,
C8)
. Express himself/herself with fluency and using the write pronunciation
- intonation when talking about exchange students. (C1, C3, C8)
. Use consciously his/her linguistic knowledge in order to listen to a
dialogue about exchange students. (C1, C3, C6, C8)
. Write short texts in different supports, using the appropriate
structures, functions and vocabulary, such as writing addresses and
phone numbers. (C1, C8)
. Use information and communication technologies in a guided way in
order to look for information by doing the website activities. (C1,
C4, C7, C8)
. Analyze social aspects of the Anglo-Saxon countries, by comparing
student exchange programmes in those countries with the own one. (C1,
C3, C5, C6)
. Identify learning strategies used to progress in the learning process
by completing all the activities of the SB. (C1, C7, C8)



UNIT 1
Nice to meet you

OBJECTIVES

Throughout this unit, the student will be able to achieve the following
points:

> Do the Preview section for Units 1-2 as a way to identify topics,
categorise vocabulary and contextualise listening extracts.
> Practise talking about possessions.
> Study the use of this/that, these/those through different exercises.
> Learn how to tell the time.
> Describe places through different activities.
> Study the use of indefinite articles, plural nouns and questions with
When ...? How old ...?
> Write about buildings in their country.
> Practise talking about their family.
> Write a family tree.
> Read a text about a school website.
> Listen and practise noting down personal details.
> Pract