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Learning objectives



UNIT 7

Books and magazines



General Objectives of this unit

At the end of this unit, the learners will be able to describe and talk about different types of books and magazines, using embedded questions, noun clauses as a direct objects and common phrases as reference.



Unit goals

Recommend a book

Explain where you learn something

Discuss the quality of reading materials

Describe your reading habits



Contents of the unit



Grammar

Noun clauses: embedded question

Noun clauses as direct objects



Vocabulary

Objective: Ways to describe reading material

Page-turner

Cliffhanger

Hard to follow

Bestseller

Fast read

Trash

Novel

Biography

Self-help book

Borrow

Science fiction



Pronunciation

Sentence stress in think, hope, guess or believe

Students will be able to stress this words in short answers.



Reading

Objective: students are going to read an article, after that they are going to compare in which country comics are most popular.



Listening

Objective: students will hear a tape which talks about different types of texts and they are going to say if the person in the conversation likes or dislike the type of texts.



Writing

Objective: students will write a resume about a book they had read, they will mention the characters, describe the actions that took place in the story and tell if you recommended it or not.



Speaking

Objectives: recommended a book, by telling if the story is good, if they liked it or if they don’t, the type of texts it is, etc.



Garcia Rubio Jesús Aldair

Miranda Ruiz Levid Armando