Task 2 – English is easy and fun

Edna Xilena Ruiz Rey

Monika Alejandra Arango Forero

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Inglés A2

Grupo: 900002_2684

Yuneiry Katerin Navarro Navarro

10 de marzo de 2025
Step 1 - Participation in the Student’s Talking Time (STT).

Student’s name 1: Monika Alejandra Arango Forero

STT 1 Date: 28-02-2025

Topic: Let’s speak about the past

Tutor: Juan Carlos Alzate Castaño

Evidence asked in the STT:

SST 2 Date: 06-03-2025

Topic: Talking about films

Tutor: Yanira Rosales

Evidence asked in the STT:

 Step 2 (Writing skill) – Organize the sentences.

Considering the previous explanation of the Past Progressive and

Simple

1. Student’ Past Progressive Simple past Sentences

s name: Sentences

1.(33) The baby was 1. (35) Ana studied

crying English last year
Monika Alejandra
Arango Forero
2. (29) They were dancing 2. (10) I visited Cali last
at the party last Saturday summer

2. Student’s Past Progressive Simple past Sentences

name: Sentences

Edna Xilena 1. (18) They were 1.(39) I traveled to

Ruiz Rey swimming in the pool at 5 Barranquilla two months
o´clock. ago.

2.(14) Yan was talking to 2. (40) He ran in the

her friend on the phone. park last Sunday.
 Step 3 - (Reading & Writing skills) – The Biography

Student’s name 1: Monika Alejandra Arango Forero

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born in France in 1883 and died in 1971.

She was a Pioneering fashion designer who revolutionized women’s fashion.

She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based on

menswear. She was so important that she was the only designer named in

‘Time’ magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th

century.

Chanel had a very poor upbringing. Her mother worked in the

poorhouse where Gabrielle was born. She died when Gabrielle was six and

then her father abandoned her. She adopted the name Coco while she was

a café singer in 1905. Two lovers funded her first store in Paris in 1910.

They also helped her hats become popular with rich women.

In the 1920s, Chanel rose to become Paris’ top fashion designer. Her

comfortable, yet elegant clothes was popular across Europe. Women found

her mannish clothes to be liberating. In 1922 Chanel introduced her

perfume, Chanel No. 5, which is still highly profitable. Her famous Chanel

suit has also standed the test of time and is part of the modern woman’s

wardrobe.

At the beginning of World War II, she moved into the Ritz Hotel in

Paris, which becomed her home for 30 years. During the Nazi occupation of

Paris, she had a lover, a German spy. This relationship made her unpopular
for a decade after the war. Her 1954 collection did badly in France. Today,

however, her name is the biggest in fashion.

Questions

• How did Coco Chanel get the nickname "Coco"?

Rta: She adopted the name Coco while she was a café singer in

1905

• What was revolutionary about Coco Chanel's fashion designs?

Rta: She designed modern and simple clothes that were often based

on menswear.

• When and where did Coco Chanel open her first store?

Rta: her first store was funded in Paris in 1910.

• What was Coco Chanel's most famous perfume?

Rta: Chanel No. 5 was Coco Chanel's most famous perfume

• How did World War II affect Coco Chanel's career?

Rta: During the Nazi occupation of Paris, she had a lover, a German

spy. This relationship made her unpopular for a decade after the war
 Student’s name 2: Edna Xilena Ruiz Rey

Bob Marly

Bob Marley was born in 1945 in a small village in Jamaica to a white

father and a black mother. The racist bullying he received as a child had

an impact on his songwriting. He left school at the age of 14 to make

music. He met members of his future band, The Wailers, at a jam session.

It took several years before they became famous.

The Wailers' first album, Catch a Fire, was released in 1973 and

sold well. Another album followed a year later, which included the song I

Shot the Sheriff. Eric Clapton’s cover of the song in 1974 brought Marley a

lot of global attention. In 1975, Marley released his breakthrough song No

Woman, No Cry, which is still regarded as a classic today.

In 1976, Marley left Jamaica for England to record his Exodus and

Kaya albums. He toured the world and performed to campaign against

apartheid in South Africa and to celebrate Zimbabwe’s independence.

He died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36. He was given a state

funeral in Jamaica according to the Rastafari tradition. Today, he

continues to be an important influence on music. His live performances

were legendary for their passion and energy. Marley’s album Exodus was

voted by Time magazine as the best of the 20th century. The BBC

declared his song One Love as the song of the millennium.

Questions:
 • Which album was voted by the time magazine as

the best of the 20th Century?

Rta: Exodus was voted.

• The BBC declared his song “one Love” as…

Rta: the song of the millennium

• When and why did he travel from Jamaica to

England?

Rta: Bob Marley traveled from Jamaica to England to

record his albums Exodus and Kaya.

• What age did Bob Marley leave school?

Rta: 14 years old

• When was release the song No woman no Cry?

Rta: In 1975
 Step 4 (Listening Skill) – The Biography

Student’s name 1: Monika Alejandra Arango Forero

The audio “Jackie Chan” is in the learning guide space

Asked / dozens / mafia / means / Hong Kong / became / 1998 / stuntman /

movie / Drunken / teens / returned

Jackie Chan is a true action movie great. He has appeared in dozens

of movies and is a screen legend. He had a simple beginning as a Chinese

refugee in Hong Kong. His early years were, perhaps, a sign of things to

come. His parents nicknamed him ‘Pao-Pao’, which means cannonball,

because he had so much energy.

Chan enrolled in the China Drama Academy to study opera while still

in his teens. He spent ten years there and worked part-time as a stuntman

in the kung fu movie industry. He soon earned the reputation as Hong

Kong’s most fearless Drunken. He moved into acting, but his first two

films were both flops. He quit the movie business and moved to Australia.

Several years later, director Ng Than Chan asked Jackie to appear in

the movies Snake in Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. Both were

smash hits at the box office and Jackie Chan was now a star in Hong Kong.

Unfortunately, a former director tried to tie Chan to an old contract. He

sent the Hong Kong mafia to Chan’s movie sets to frighten him. Chan

moved to Hollywood.
 He was not successful in Hollywood, so he returned to Hong Kong.

He learnt a lot about moviemaking while in America and used this

knowledge to make many successful movies for the Chinese market. He

also became a pop star. He returned to Hollywood and made the movie

Rush Hour in 1998. It made him a worldwide star.

Student’s name 2: Edna Xilena Ruiz Rey

The audio “J.K. Rowling” is in the learning guide space

English teacher / name / people / worked / history / 2008 / angry / richest /

train / writing / become / history / demanded

J.K. Rowling is the pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for

Joanne, her real first name, but she prefers to be called Jo.

Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they’re angry with

her. The K is made up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name

with two initials, but she didn’t have a middle name.

Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the idea of

writing children’s books. She worked as a researcher and bilingual

secretary for Amnesty International and as an English teacher in

Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels came from nowhere

while she was on a train to London. She said, “The characters and

situations came flooding into my head”.

Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the

richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist

ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags to riches

story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government

handouts while history her first novel. Her last four books broke

records for the fastest sellers in literary history.

Today she devotes much of her time to many charitable causes.

She famously demanded that Coca-Cola donate $18 million to the

Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter

movies. The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue

writing for children because that's what I enjoy".

Sources: [Link] and assorted biographies

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Step 5 (Speaking Skill) – Now, Let’s Speak!

Student’s name 1( Monika Alejandra Arango Forero)- Recording

Voice Link: [Link]

Student’s name 2 (Edna Xilena Ruiz Rey) - Recording Voice

Link: [Link]

Step 6 - Reflection and personal growth

Student’s name 1: Monika Alejandra Arango Forero

¿Cómo se sintió con la actividad?

Rta: Las actividades son muy interactivas, interesantes, la información

que se presenta es clara y concisa. Los tutores son muy buenos.

¿Qué siente que debe mejorar en su proceso académico?

Rta: Considero que debo mejorar mi inglés ya que es demasiado poco

lo que manejo de el se me dificulta mucho la parte de la pronunciación.

¿Cómo cree que esta actividad le aportó a su proceso académico?

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Rta: El inglés es algo fundamental en la vida diaria y mas aun en la

vida laboral, muchos libros y material académico se encuentra en inglés,

programación de los equipos.

¿Cómo percibe usted la importancia de aprender un segundo idioma?

Rta: Es de suma importancia aprender otro idioma para avanzar en tus

relaciones personales, y mejorar tus oportunidades laborales.

Student’s name: 2 Edna Xilena Ruiz Rey

¿Cómo se sintió con la actividad?

Rta: Muy bien, a pesar de no cumplir con algunos puntos me gusto la

actividad ya que no ayuda a mejorar nuestra audición y pronunciación,

además de diferenciar el pasado simple del progresivo.

¿Qué siente que debe mejorar en su proceso académico?

Rta: Organizar mejor mi tiempo para poder asistir a los encuentros

SST y ser un poco más participativa

¿Cómo cree que esta actividad le aportó a su proceso académico?

Rta: demostrándome que debo estudiar cada día más para poder

aprender este idioma, que es importante conocerlo e implementarlo en

nuestro diario vivir ya que en el futuro me será muy útil para mi vida

laboral.
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¿Cómo percibe usted la importancia de aprender un segundo idioma?

Rta: Es muy importante aprender un segundo idioma en especial el

inglés ya que en la actualidad es implementado en casi todos los trabajos

incluido el de radiología ya que en la mayoría de elementos (maquinas,

medicamentos, insumos, etc.) que se utilizan, el inglés es su principal

idioma de instrucción, por lo tanto, el conocer otro idioma nos abre muchas

puertas y grandes posibilidades de crecer no solo en lo laboral sino también

a nivel personal.