Evidence the Time is Now

Learning activity 1 Evidence: The time is now This evidence is divided into two parts: A composition and an audio file. Read the instructions below and make sure you complete both tasks.

Fuente: SENA

A. Answer the questions below. Use the examples as models of the grammar and vocabulary you have to use. 1. Why didn’t you study English before? (List at least 5 reasons in a composition.) Example: One of the reasons why I didn’t study English before it is because I thought it was too difficult. I didn’t understand my English teacher at school and that was frustrating.

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The main reason why I had not studied English before, was because I saw it unnecessary.

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Another reason was because I studied my elementary school in a rural school and we saw that subject by student requirement and not because we liked it very much.

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Did not understand and also did not pay much attention to that class, he saw it as something impossible to learn.

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I was frustrated not being able to learn easily the things that left us as jobs.

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We did not have the sufficient tools to see this matter, besides the primers that gave us with those subjects was very confusing.

2. How different would things be if you had learned English before? (Name and explain at least 5 things.) Example: If I had learned English some years ago I would have accepted a job a multinational company offered me five years ago. One of the requirements was to speak English and my level back then was very low.

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First of all, if I had learned English before, I would not feel so bad when I find myself in need of speaking or understanding English and I succeed in doing so.

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I would not have let pass the opportunities to leave the country in commission of work with the company with which I work.

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I would have helped foreign tourists in several occasions when they ask me something in English and I do not know what they are saying to me.

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If I had taken English before, I would not be so difficult to do these virtual courses.

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Would have served me too much in my studies of tegnologia in international negotiation.

B. Record an audio file of yourself answering the following questions. Use the examples as models of the grammar and vocabulary you have to use. 1. Why are you studying English? (List and explain at least 4 reasons.)

Example: I’m studying English because I finally decided that if I want to improve my professional profile becoming bilingual is essential. 2. In what ways are you going to benefit from this learning? Example: Being competent in English is going to increase the opportunities of landing a more satisfying and better-paid job. We live in an international open market and English is the most important language. When you finish your work, send the files to your instructor through the platform as follows: 1. Click the title of this evidence.

2. Click Examinar mi equipo and look for the files in your computer. Make sure the files are attached. 3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional). 4. Click Enviar. Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to develop them and deliver them correctly.

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Criterios de evaluación Formula consecuencias hipotéticas a cursos de acción distintos en el pasado en el contexto requerido. Comunica ideas sobre iniciativa y aprendizaje autodirigido usando el vocabulario requerido.