Inglés Book 4

Course IV. Welcome to the Jungle
Chapter XIII. Like water for chocolate

Objective: In this chapter you’ll learn the main things about something everyone loves: food. Hanna sent you a message about going to grab some food after shopping. Choose the best restaurant among the many restaurants in the food court

Listening: May I take your order (part 1): listen to what people orders in a coffee shop. He reacts to
the statements and recommends a restaurant.

                   Little Chef: listen to Johnny Vancity asking people about their eating preferences.

Reading: You’re what you eat: read about different breakfasts and eating habits around the world.
Writing: Like Water for Chocolate: tell about his/her eating habits.
Speaking: What’s in your fridge?: describe what food and drinks are in your fridge.

                   Like Water for Chocolate: write about food preferences.

Use of English: Use of countable and uncountable nouns

Use of quantifiers: ‘a few’ / ‘a little’ / ‘much’ / ‘many’ / ‘some’ / ‘any’.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary of food: food, drinks, fruits, vegetables, meat and fish, containers
Pronunciation: Stress and Intonation in Questions

Chapter XIV. Employee of the Month

Objective: You just noticed you need to find a part-time job. Hanna will help you get ready for your job hunting experience

Listening: Job hunting: Listen to a podcast about a specific.

She’s not just a pretty face: Listen to a song about different jobs.

Reading: Office space: Read an article of people talking about their jobs.

Job search: Read advertisements to look for a job.

Writing: Modern Times: Write the obligations that a job requires.

A CV: Fill out a job application form.

What can you do?: Answer Hanna’s questions to express abilities using ‘can’/‘can’t’

Speaking: Employee of the month: Answer questions of specific personal information in a job interview.
Use of English: Modal verbs: ‘can’ / ‘have to’
Vocabulary: Jobs
Pronunciation: Sounds with θ and ð

Chapter XV. The Spectacular Now

Objective: Johnny Vancity is visiting your home country. He wants some recommendations about what indoor and outdoor activities he can do there. Do a presentation about it with the information required.

Listening: The Weather: listen to people discussing about the weather and ask their reaction to it as
a follow-up.

Never say never: listen to people to talk about indoor/outdoor activities they do.

Reading: The Blind Side: read an article about a paralympic athlete.

What to do when you do nothing?: read an article about sports for different lifestyles

Writing: What’s happening?: write riddles of actions that people are doing.
Speaking: My favorite weather to never say never: discuss about indoor/outdoor activities and the
Use of English: Use of Present Continuous

Use of Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Imperatives to give advice

Vocabulary: Seasons & Weather

Sports and exercise (Olympic sports and Sporting events)

Collocations connected with sports

Verbs of movement

Pronunciation: Sounds with /sh/ and /ch/ sounds

Chapter XVI. Into the Wild

Objective: This is the final chapter of the book II. Hanna is in some place in Mexico and Johnny Vancity is in Ajijic, Jalisco, it’s a crazy chapter!. They want to know more about Mexico.

Listening: The Art of Travel: Listen to an interview about the best cities in Mexico to travel: what to
do, where to go, where to stay.
Reading: Looking for Australia: read an infographic about Australia.

Planes, trains and automobiles: read a train ticket.

Writing: My last trip: write a postcard from a recent trip (the course provides pictures and
information from a destination)

Days of the Future Past: write a short biography about famous people.

Speaking: We were soldiers: write a short biography about famous painters.

Into the Wild: give information about his/her hometown.

Use of English: To be: past and present tense
Vocabulary: Geographical features (Nature): prepositions

Vocabulary to express time

Sightseeing activities
Travel and Services

Ways of travelling
Idioms in travel and transport
Adjectives to describe places

Pronunciation: Recognize the use of /ss/ and /rr/ words: lesson / horror