UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTACIA
TASK 3 - NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
ESTUDIANTE:
DARLEY RAUL ALVARRACIN RICO
CODIGO 1030653462
TUTOR EDUARDO SAAVEDRA GARCIA
ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS
GRUPO: 90170_37
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL, ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA – UNAD
ECACEN
PROGRAMA (ADMINISTRACION DE EMPRESAS)
JOSE ACEVEGO Y GOMEZ - CUNDINAMARCA
BOGOTÁ
2024
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The activity consists of:
• Write an e-mail to a friend telling him/her your new year’s resolutions and asking about the other’s plans.
• Practice informal greetings in written messages.
• Express your plans and ask about other’s plans.
• Classify the resolutions from the most to the less important.
• Interact in a written way highlighting the personal significance of resolutions. This is an individual task.
You should interact with the members of the group, give and receive feedback. You must share your process
in the forum! Let’s start!
Let’s start! Step 1: Before reading. What is a new year’s resolution? Answer the following questions in the
forum:
• How important is New Year in your city?
• What food/drink is traditional?
• What customs are there?
During reading. Read about the history of New year’s resolutions. Try to guess the meaning of the unknown
vocabulary and use an online dictionary if you need it.
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• How important is the New Year in your city?
In the city where I am, the importance of the new year is a party that unites many families where different
traditions are carried out and different qualities are shared such as dances, foods and omens that should never
be missing, they decorate most houses. in my community and it is a very nice night
• What food/drink is traditional?
There are several meals where I am.
There is the sancocho, the tamales, the night roast, the rice with chicken, the suckling pig. We also find
different traditional drinks such as canelazo, margaritas, cocktails and soft drinks.
• What customs are there?
In the Customs that are most frequent are
the burning of the Old Year, the 12 grapes, the egg in the glass, the yellow underwear, the walk around the
block with the suitcases, the pockets with lentils, the bath with the 7 bitter herbs, 7 sweet herbs, the bath with
champagne.
Step 2: After Reading. My personal resolutions.
Look at the chart below about personal resolutions:
Complete the following chart with your 3 ‘best’ resolutions and add three more to the category you want.
Post the chart in the forum.
Post ONLY this chart in the forum (no screenshots!)
My 6 best resolutions
1 Spend time as a couple.
2 Start an exercise routine
3 make my company the most sought after
4 Have higher sales
5 Buy my Car
6 Go out of town
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Step 3: Write an email to a friend.
Task: You are going to write an email to a friend telling him/her your new year’s resolutions and asking
about his/her plans. Language focus: Since you are expressing plans in the future, you need to turn the
resolutions into sentences using either “Will” or “Won’t”. Example: Be kind on social media → I will be
kind on social media. Don’t buy things I don’t need. → I won’t buy things I don’t need.
Complete the checklist and post it in the forum.
Please answer them consciously.
Questions YES NO
Did I answer the questions in the forum?
Stage
Did I read the text? X
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Did I use an online dictionary to check unknown vocabulary?
Did I post the chart in the forum?
Stage
Did I complete the chart with my 3 best resolutions? X
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Did I add two more resolutions to the task?
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Did I post the email in the forum?
Did I use Will or Won’t for writing my resolutions?
Did I use informal greetings?
Stage 3
Did I participate in the Student’s Talking Time - STT to learn and X
practice about writing informal emails?
Did I give feedback to one of my partners?
Did I correct my letter according to the feedback?
X
Did I post the final version of the letter in the forum?
Stage 5: Final Submission
Consolidate your final document with the following steps:
1. Cover
2. Step 3: The final version of your email.
Avoid uploading screenshots or exercises different from Step 3.
Upload the document in the Evaluation environment.
Avoid using chat GPT to write your email. This is your own opportunity to think and create!
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REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS
Módulo 1 - Futuro Continuo
Este contenido online tiene como objetivo mostrar cómo hablar sobre eventos que suceden en un momento
determinado en el futuro; describir experiencias futuras; hablar del pasado en el futuro; y comprender y
hablar sobre las actividades en curso en el futuro.
UNAD, INVIL Inglés (2020). Futuro continuo .
https://ebooks.unad.edu.co/b_english/content/B2/#/unit/1/modules/1/objectives
Módulo 2 - Futuro Perfecto
Este contenido online tiene como objetivo mostrar cómo hablar del futuro; eco para escucha activa; explorar
maneras de hablar sobre planes y expectativas futuros.
UNAD, INVIL Inglés (2020). Futuro perfecto .
https://ebooks.unad.edu.co/b_english/content/B2/#/unit/1/modules/2/objectives
Módulo 3 - Participio Pasado
Este contenido en línea tiene como objetivo enseñar a los estudiantes cómo especular y formular hipótesis
sobre el pasado; hacer deducciones y especulaciones negativas; describir preferencias de planes; hacer
deducciones y especular sobre el presente. NAD, INVIL Inglés (2020). Pasado participio .
https://ebooks.unad.edu.co/b_english/content/B2/#/unit/1/modules/3/objectives
Módulo 4 - Voz Pasiva
Este contenido en línea tiene como objetivo enseñar a los estudiantes a hablar sobre las cosas que se hacen;
expresar énfasis en lo hecho, en el pasado; leer y comprender reseñas de películas; y cambiar la dirección de
una conversación.
UNAD, INVIL Inglés (2020). Voz pasiva .
https://ebooks.unad.edu.co/b_english/content/B2/#/unit/1/modules/4/objectives
Objeto de información virtual
Este OVI tiene como objetivo comprender cómo escribir un buen párrafo en inglés, que es una de las
habilidades comunicativas más importantes.
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Rodríguez, VC (2023). Consejos para obtener excelentes ideas de escritura . Repositorio Institucional
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