CAPÍTULO 4: IMPLEMENTACIÓN DEL SISTEMA
4.2 M ODELO I MPLEMENTACIÓN
4.2.3 Descripción de cada uno de los Paquetes
Teacher’s Notes
There is one extra listening exercise at the end of each module.
Each exercise follows the same sequence. The teacher’s instructions are as follows:
1 Ask the students to listen carefully to the text.
2 Tell the students they will hear five questions and that you will then play the text again. At this stage, students should not write anything.
3 Ask the students to listen again while you read the text a second time.
4 Play each question, pausing after each one for the students to write their answers. If necessary, repeat the questions.
5 Put the students in pairs to check each other’s work
Module 1
1 Listen carefully.
Reporter: The Gift Exhibition in Kuwait is a traditional biannual event that focuses on gift articles and showcase items. We’re going to interview an author who happened to be at the exhibition. Excuse me sir, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
Author: No, that’s fine.
Reporter: Do you think that the Gift Exhibition is a communal celebration?
Author: It’s an exuberant gathering that everyone can attend, especially tourists.
Reporter: What do you like most about it?
Author: The coffee stall! They have all kinds of coffee from espresso to decaffeinated coffee. I love to socialise with the people while I am signing autographs.
Reporter: Thanks for your time.
Author: No problem.
2 Now listen to five questions. Then I’ll play the text again.
1 How often does the Gift Exhibition take place?
2 Who can come to the Gift Exhibition?
3 What did the author like most about the exhibition?
4 What kinds of coffee can you find at the coffee stall?
5 Have you ever been to a Gift Exhibition?
3 Check all your answers with a partner.
Key
1 twice a year
2 everyone, especially tourists 3 the coffee stall
4 all kinds of coffee from espresso to decaffeinated coffee 5 (Students’ own answers)
Module 2
1 Listen carefully.
Dear Customer,
I am writing this letter in order to introduce you to our newest laptop computer. This new model has multiple purposes. You can use it to watch and record all your favourite TV programmes such as documentaries, dramas, soap operas and thrillers. Moreover, you may use this laptop as a notepad to record your work and ideas. A webcam is also installed in the laptop to make video-conferencing easier and more fun. Finally, this laptop may be very helpful for security professionals in their surveillance operations.
Thank you
Mr. Dawood, Sales Manager
2 Now listen to five questions. Then I’ll play the text again.
1 Who is the letter to? Who is it from?
2 What is the purpose of this letter?
3 Name some ways in which you can use this new laptop computer.
4 Is the language used formal or informal?
5 In your opinion, how can the laptop be helpful in surveillance operations?
3 Check all your answers with a partner.
Key
1 to a customer, from Mr Dawood the sales manager 2 to introduce the company’s newest laptop computer
3 as a video recorder, as a notepad, for video-conferencing and for surveillance operations
4 formal
5 (Students’ own answers)
Module 3
1 Listen carefully.
Last week I visited my father in his bureau. When my dad was called into a meeting I decided to wait for him. I felt bored so I picked up a fountain pen, some draft paper, an envelope and a stamp to write to my penfriend Hassan. I wanted to tell him about an interesting book that I had been reading lately.
The book was about life in the past when people didn’t have phonebooks or ball-point pens. Life was simpler then, people communicated through pictograms which later developed into a system of cuneiform symbols. They also depended on agriculture and trading for their economic survival. Later that afternoon, I sent the letter to Hassan and I am currently looking forward to receiving his answer.
2 Now listen to five questions. Then I’ll play the text again.
1 To whom did the narrator write a letter?
2 What did he write about?
3 Name some ways in which life in the past is different from life in the present.
4 What differences can you think of between communication in the past and today?
5 Do you have a pen friend? How often do you write to them?
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3 Check all your answers with a partner.
Key
1 to his penfriend Hassan 2 a book he was reading lately 3 (Students’ own answers) 4 (Students’ own answers) 5 (Students’ own answers)
Module 4
1 Listen carefully.
Many people are concerned about the various ecological dilemmas which confront our world today. Physicists, biologists and chemists have sounded the alarm warning people about the many ecological problems that are caused by pollution. They have proposed ways of safeguarding our remarkable planet. On the other hand, other scientists have contradicted these suggestions, claiming that they are impractical. However, the government have consented to hosting a symposium on international plights.
Hopefully, this will provoke governments worldwide into action through which we can overcome these issues.
2 Now listen to five questions. Then I’ll play the text again.
1 What is the purpose of this text?
2 What are scientists warning people about?
3 What action has the government taken?
4 Imagine that you were a member in the symposium. What actions would you take?
5 In pairs or groups hold a classroom debate about the suggestions offered in question 4.
3 Check all your answers with a partner.
Key
1 to raise awareness of ecological dilemmas
2 scientists are warning people about the many ecological problems that are caused by pollution.
3 The government has consented to hosting a symposium on international plights.
4 (Students’ own answers) 5 (Students’ own answers)
Extra Material
Radio Coverage of an Arts Festival.
1 The radio is broadcasting coverage of an arts festival, featuring interviews with some of the exhibitors. Listen to the interview with the festival organiser.
Presenter: Hello, welcome to Culture Spot, and good morning from the newly opened Arts Festival in Berlin. I’m here talking to Mr Hamad, the event organiser. Good morning, Mr Hamad.
Hamad: Good morning.
Presenter: I know there’s been a lot of coverage of the festival in the papers and on the Internet, but can you briefly explain the event to us, for those listeners who are unaware of what’s happening?
Hamad: Certainly. The Arts Festival is an exciting new event that incorporates major artwork with grassroots groups, artists and performers. It gives an incredible mix of, what we might call, established work and new projects, and gives everyone the chance to get involved and create their own art right here.
Presenter: That sounds interesting. What exactly do you mean when you say people can create their own art?
Hamad: Well, exactly that. Once inside the festival there are countless classes and meetings to teach you how to draw, paint and make pottery. It’s a really great
opportunity to come and try something new.Who knows, we might even discover the next Rembrandt or Picasso today.
Presenter: So who leads these classes?
Hamad: Well it’s a mix. The really hands-on stuff is organised by local arts groups, made up of volunteers. There probably won’t be any big names amongst them but they’re all very friendly, talented and, most importantly, enthusiastic. There are also going to be some talks by more established artists, but there will be more demonstrations than interactive lessons.
Presenter: That’s really exciting, but presumably there’s some charge.
Hamad: Not at all. The event’s free, thanks to some great sponsorship from companies and the council, as are all the classes. The only thing you need to pay for inside is refreshments.
Presenter: That’s brilliant. What about those people who just want to look at some art, rather than make some.
Hamad: Well, for those people there’s an incredible gallery.
We’ve amassed quite a collection. We’re really thankful for all the galleries who’ve loaned us things.
We have work by Van Gogh, Matisse, Klimt and some artists who are probably not well-known to many of our visitors but are, nonetheless, very impressive.
Presenter: So, just from looking around it’s clear that this is a very ambitious event. Can you tell us what first inspired you to organise it.
Hamad: We really wanted to create a place where art wasn’t simply about looking. Art should be interactive, people should engage with art. Hopefully that is what we’ve achieved here.
Presenter: I really think you have. It’s a fantastic event.
Unfortunately, I’m afraid we’re running out of time.
Thanks for your time Mr Hamad.
Hamad: Not at all.
Presenter: Right, that’s it for this edition of Culture Spot. Join us next week for a review of a new and exciting piece of theatre. Right now though, I think I’m going to go and try my hand at pottery.
Extra Listening Material
2 Are the following statements True or False? Justify your answers.
1 No one has heard of the Arts Festival before.
2 You can create art at the Arts Festival.
3 You have to take a class.
4 There are pictures by many famous artists.
5 Interactive classes are held by famous artists.
3 Check your answers with a partner.
Key
1 False. Some people have heard of the Arts Festival through newspapers and the Internet.
2 True. There are classes where you can make your own piece of art.
3 False. The classes are optional.
4 True. There are paintings by famous artists and by artists who are less well known.
5 False. The interactive classes are held by volunteers. The famous artists are giving talks.
4 Answer the following questions.
1 What does Mr Hamad mean when he says ‘... we might even discover the next Rembrandt or Picasso today’? Does he mean it?
2 What is meant by ‘grassroots groups’ and ‘hands-on stuff’?
3 Do you agree with Mr Hamad’s comment that ‘Art should be interactive, people should engage with art’?
5 Check your answers with a partner.
Key
(Suggested Answers)
1 Mr Hamad doesn’t mean the comment to be taken seriously, although obviously he’d be very pleased if they did discover a new artistic genius. Mr Hamad is humorously showing how people who try the art classes may discover they are very talented at something they had never tried before.
2 Grassroots groups are ones that emerge from a community, rather than being created by professional organisations or governments.
Grassroots is used to illustrate the apparently organic and spontaneous growth of such a group.Hands-on stuff refers to things which are physically orientated. Creating art is hands-on in comparison to viewing art, as it requireseffort and activity, whereas viewing a piece of art could be entirely passive.
3 Students’ own answers.
6 Now, imagine you are tasked with advertising the Arts Festival, or a similar festival within Kuwait. Decide how you would advertise such an event and do it. You could make a poster, write a radio or TV advert, or an article detailing information about the event.
A Talk about Telephones
1 Professor Snow is giving a talk about communication. Listen to his biography of Alexander Graham Bell.
Snow: Hello. Today I am going to talk to you about a man we all owe a huge debt to. Without the work of this man there would be no Internet, no mobile phones, no landlines. People would still be writing letters, and long distance messages would either never arrive, or take weeks or months. Many of you will by now have realised that the man I am referring to is Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the first working telephone and the father of modern communication. However, did you know that Bell’s invention was the result of his desire to help the deaf? The telephone was actually the result of years of work on designs to help the deaf. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland on the 3rd of March, 1847. His parents were Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Bell. From an early age Bell showed significant ability in creating objects to meet difficult needs. At the age of 12 he successfully constructed a machine with which to de-husk wheat at his friend’s father’s mill. He was also an incredibly intelligent child. He was an accomplished piano player, despite never receiving formal training, and learnt an early version of sign-language to help his mother when she began turning deaf during his teenage years. His mother’s deafness was actually one of the most important contributions to his invention of the telephone.
He was extremely close to his mother and was deeply pained by her partial withdrawal from the world as her hearing wavered.
Many commentators have suggested that this, more than anything, inspired him to pursue the career he chose. Throughout much of his youth and young manhood Bell was deeply interested in elocution, that is to say the way words are formed. His father was a distinguished elocutionist who had published many papers and this interest was inherited by the son. Bell experimented with sound by building a replica human head that, through the use of a pump, was able to say a few basic words. He then published his own papers. Eventually, after experiments with tuning forks, Bell came to believe that it would be possible to transmit sound via electric currents. After stints teaching and helping speech impaired people, Bell moved to Canada with his parents in 1870.
Here, he demonstrated his incredible ability with language by mastering the Mohawk language and recording it in writing. It was whilst in Canada that his work on the telephone really took off. Still adamant that sound could be transmitted through electrical wires, Bell was able to build a piano which, by means of electricity, could transmit sound at a distance. However, much of his time in Canada was spent teaching deaf people, mainly children, how to read lips and communicate with others. It is fitting that the man who gave us the telephone dedicated his life to making sure all of us could communicate on even-footing.
Eventually, and after much hard work, Bell, along with one of his assistants, produced the first working telephone. Patented on the 7th of March, 1876, this amazing piece of technology has transformed the world and helped create the society we live in today.
2 Are the following statements True or False? Justify your answers.
1 Bell’s first invention was the telephone.
2 Bell spent much of his life helping deaf people learn to communicate.
3 Bell’s mother was born deaf.
4 Bell built a replica head that could say complex words and phrases.
5 Bell mastered the Mohawk language and recorded it in writing.
3 Now check your answers with a partner.
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1 False. Bell’s first invention was the de-husking machine built for his friend’s father.
2 True. He spent much of his time in Canada teaching the deaf.
3 False. Bell’s mother became deaf whilst he was a teenager.
4 False. Bell built a replica head that could say simple words.
5 True. He did this whilst living in Canada.
4 Answer the following questions in pairs.
1 Was the telephone Alexander Graham Bell’s only invention?
2 How important do you think the invention of the telephone was?
3 Which do you think was more important, Bell’s invention of the telephone or his work with the deaf?
5 Check your answers with a partner.
Key
(Suggested Answers)
1 No, it wasn’t. Bell invented many other items, such as devices to help his patients, and the de-husking machine mentioned in the text. However, he is most famous for his invention of the telephone.
2 Students’ own answers.
3 Students’ own answers.
6 Now, prepare to present a brief biography about an important figure of your choosing. They could be a scientist, sports star or historical figure. You should prepare notes, not an essay, as if you were going to present to a group.