PORTFOLIO-KERLY-MONSERRATH-SACA-PEREZ

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF AMBATO LANGUAGES CENTER

PORTFOLIO October 2021 *March 2022

PROFESSOR: Lorena Meléndez STUDENT: kerly saca LEVEL: b2 TIME: 15:00-17:00

MISION Complementar la formación de profesionales líderes competentes, con visión humanista y pensamiento crítico a través de la enseñanza de Idiomas enmarcadas en la excelencia académica, la Investigación y la Vinculación con la colectividad, que apliquen, promuevan y difundan el conocimiento respondiendo a las necesidades del país.

VISIÓN El Departamento Especializado de Idiomas, de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato por sus niveles de excelencia se constituirá en una unidad complementaria de apoyo a la formación superior con liderazgo y proyección nacional e internacional.

MY LEARNING PHILOSOPHY AND EXPECTATIONS

This semester I hope to learn more vocabulary and grammar, get good grades and above all improve my pronunciation and be able to speak English fluently.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR c SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CALENDAR ACADEMIC PERIOD OCTOBER 2021 - MARCH 2022 CONSOLIDATED

c

CLASS ACTIVITIES

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH • The course has just started and I haven't bought the books yet.

• I downloaded a movie last night and just realized I've seen it before.

• I keep thinking about Paul ever since I first talked to him, he's the most interesting guy I've ever met in my life.

• Have you ever really loved a woman?

• I've been studying English for years but I haven't had the chance to practice it yet.

Complete the sentences using one of the words on the right

1. Thanks for buying my ticket. I'll pay you back on Friday.

2. One day that bully will pay for being mean to my little brother.

3. I’ve picked _up____ three sweaters for you to try on.

4. I'll point my boyfriend _out_____ when he runs by.

5. You can put the groceries __down_____ on the kitchen table.

6. We are putting __off___ our trip until January because of the weather.

7. The neighbours managed to put the fire _out___ before the firemen arrived.

8. I don't think I can put up with three small children in the car for an hour.

9. Don't forget to put _on____ your new earrings for the party.

10. I ran __into____ an old school-friend in town yesterday.

11. I accidentally ran _over____ your bicycle in the driveway.

12. Let's run ____over_____ these lines one more time before the show.

13. The child ran __away out from home and has been missing for three days.

14. We ran over of shampoo so I had to wash my hair with soap.

15. My letter got sent back to me because I used the wrong stamp.

16. Our boss set a meeting up with the president of the company.

17. I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots.

18. He likes showing off in front of girls especially when he’s driving his new car.

19. You should sleep aver tonight if the weather is too bad to drive home.

20.In the winter I usually sort my cupboards out and throw away what I don’t need.

21. You will lose weight if you stick _____ the diet.

22.The light's too bright. Could you switch it off, please?

23.We heard the news as soon as we switched on the car radio.

24.I takethrough my mother. We are both impatient.

25.He took the car brakes _______ and found what the problem was.

Choose from these words : after apart around away out back down for into off on out over through to up

LISTENING

VOCABULARY

UNIT 1 WORD Stubborn

MEANING Necio/Necia

DEFINITION Having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something especialy in spite of Good arguments or reasons to do so.

Move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else

Keep up

Continuar

Have a go at

intentar

To make an affempt at doing something.

Motivated

Motivado

very enthusiastic or determined because you really want to do something

Desire

Deseo

to want something

Naive

Ingenuo

believe things too easily and do not have enough experience of the world.

Wacth out

Cuidado

Be carefull

Optimistic

Optimista

always thinking that good things will happen

Passionate

Apasionado

having or involving strong emotions

Queue

Fila o linea de espera

a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something

Outstanding

Sobresaliente

clearly very much better than what is usual

Ambitious

Ambicioso

wanting to be successful or powerful

Struggle

Esfuerzo

to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something

Loyal

Leal

always supporting someone or something

Revise

Revisar

to study a subject again before you take a test

Sensitive

Sensible

to understand what people are feeling and behave in a way that does not upset them

Keep it up

¡sigue así!, ¡ánimo!

to carry on doing something at the same speed or as well as one is doing it at present

Keep up

Continuar

Continue a course of action

Manage

Superar

very enthusiastic or determined because you really want to do something

Household

Grupo de personas que viven juntas

a group of people, often a family, who live together

UNIT 2 Mattress

Colchon

the part of a bed, made of a strong

Cryfish

Gets on my nerves Got through

Slope

Get to see

Afterwards

Drag

cloth cover filled with firm material, that makes the bed comfortable to lie on Cangrejo de rio a small animal that lives in rivers and is similar to a lobster, or its flesh eaten as food Ponerme nervioso Feeling really anxious or feeling stressed.

Superar care myself after doing something difficult cuesta, pendiente a surface or piece of land that is high at one end and low at the other Llegar a ver to have the opportunity to witness, see something después at a later time, after something else has happened Arrastrar to move something by pulling it along a

Bush

Arbusto

Watch out Get away Cryfish

Cuidado Escaper o ir a cualquier lugar Cangrejo de rio

Waterfall

Cascada

Got him down

Bajalo/a

Got through

Superar

Fog

niebla

surface, usually the ground a plant with many small branches growing either directly from the ground or from a hard stem, giving the plant a rounded shape Be carefull to leave or escape a small animal that lives in rivers and is similar to a lobster, or its flesh eaten as food water, especially from a river or stream that falls thus down Estar o ponerce dentre de algo care myself after doing something difficult in which very small drops of water come together

Got over it

Dejarce llevar

Shelter

Abrigo

Got swept away

Ser empujado o barrido Meterce en problemas

Got into trouble

to form a thick cloud close to the land or sea Recover from something negative that happened (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack Go in a different direction.

Fin myself in difficult

UNIT 3 Peak

Potential

Skilled

cima

the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill potencial, someone's or posible, potencial something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed Habilitado good at doing something because of practice

Successful

Exito

Attitude

Actitud

night owl

noctámbulo

Brilliant

Brillante o fantastico

Talented

telentoso

Technique

Tecnica

Actually early bird

En realidad/de hecho Madrugador

Kicking

Pateando

achieving the results wanted or hoped for: a successful operation a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving a person who prefers to be awake and active at night extremely intelligent or skilled having a natural ability or skill a way of doing an activity that requires skill in fact or really a person who gets up or arrives early to hit someone or something with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently

Outstanding

Bring up

Look up to Athletes

skiers Succeed

Technique

Exceptional

Sobresaiente o excepcional

clearly very much better than what is usual subir to start to talk about a particular subject Mirar hacia arriba to admire and respect someone atletas a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in organized events esquiadores a person who skis triunfar If you succeed, you achieve something that you have been aiming for, and if a plan or piece of work succeeds, it has the results that you wanted Técnica a way of doing an activity that needs skill excepcional much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality

UNIT 4 Into

En

Causes

Causa

Caused

Causado

Effect

Efecto

Affect

Afecta a

Lead

dirigir

result

Resultado

to the inside or middle of a place, container, area, etc the reason why something, especially something bad, happens the reason why something, especially something bad, happens in the past the result of a particular influence to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something to control a group of people, a country, or a situation something that happens or exists

Lifestyle

Estilo de vida

Attitude

Actitud

leisure

Ocio

Punishing

Castigar a

Strict

Estricto

Tough

Duro

Arduous

Arduo

because of something else someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people usually do a feeling or opinion about something or someone. the time when you are not working or doing other duties very difficult and making you feel tired strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey strong; not easily broken or made weaker difficult, needing a lot of effort and energy

Gruelling

Agotador

Rigorous

Riguroso

tricky

Difícil

eager

Ansioso

buddies faithfully

Amigos fielmente

extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination careful to look at or consider every part of something to make certain it is correct or safe If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable A friend in a loyal way or a way that can be trusted

UNIT 5 Rough

En bruto

Environmentally

Medio ambiente

Solar

Solar

Fragile

Fragil

Ecological

Ecologico

Global

Global

Carbon Climate The Earth’s Environment

Carbono Clima La tierra Medio ambiente

Energy

Energia

not even or smooth, often because of being in bad condition. in a way that relates to the environment of or from the sun, or using the energy from the sun to produce electric power A fragile object is easily damaged or broken relating to ecology or the environment relating to the whole world

the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live: a chemical element that

Atmosphere

Atmosfera

Footprint

Huella

Weather

Clima

Change

Cambio

Warming

Calentamiento

exists in its pure form as diamond or graphite, and is an important part of other substances such as coal and oil, as well as being contained in all plants and animals the mixture of gases around the earth the mark made by a person's or animal's foot the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a particular area to exchange one thing for another thing, especially of a similar type A warming type of food or drink

Impact

Impacto

Friendly

Amigable

Business

Negocio

Disadvantage

Desventaja

makes you feel warm the force or action of one object hitting another. behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards someone the activity of buying and selling goods and services. a condition or situation that causes problems, especially one that causes something or someone to be less successful than other things or people.

GRAMMAR

WRITING

COMPLETE A NARRATIVE STORY Once there was a woman named Angelina who played every afternoon with her friends.

She lived in Ambato and she liked to live there because there was a park with games near her house.

Her family was very united, there were three of them, her mother, her father and her older brother, the four of them were very kind and humble.

He had a dog named prince who was very playful and always bit everyone's shoes.

One day she was eating lunch when she remembered that her friend Martha, whom she hadn't seen for 7 months, was playing every Saturday at the other park.

Suddenly he went to tell his mom to give him permission to go see her.

Fortunately, her mother gave her permission Unfortunately, she told her not to go this week because they had to go on a trip.

And finally, Angelina saw her friend Martha a week later and had a lot of fun playing with her.

READING

GRADES

REFLEXIONS

MODULO FORMATIVO