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DURACION ESTIMADA PARA EL LOGRO DE APRENDIZAJE EN HORAS

2. RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE
Comprender una amplia variedad de frases y vocabulario en ingls sobre
temas de inters personal y temas tcnicos
Identificar formas gramaticales bsicas en textos y documentos elementales
escritos en ingls
Reproducir en ingls frases o enunciados simples que permitan expresar de
forma lenta ideas o conceptos
Comprender las ideas principales de textos complejos en ingls que tratan
de temas tanto concretos como abstractos, incluso si son de carcter
tcnico, siempre que estn desde su campo de especializacin
Buscar de manera sistemtica informacin especfica y detallada en escritos
en ingls ms estructurados y con mayor contenido tcnico
Relacionarse con hablantes nativos en un grado suficiente de fluidez y
naturalidad, de modo que la comunicacin se realice sin esfuerzo por parte
de los interlocutores.
Leer textos complejos y con un vocubulario ms especfico en ingls general
y tcnico
Encontrar y utilizar sin esfuerzo vocabulario y expresiones en ingls tcnico
en artculos de revistas, libros especializados, pginas Web, etc.
Duracin de la gua:

PRODUCIR TEXTOS EN INGLES E

FORMA ESCRITA Y ORAL
180 horas

180 HORAS

3. CONOCIMIENTOS

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3.1. CONOCIMIENTO DE GRAMATICA PARA EL USO COMUNICATIVO

Expresiones de cortesa, saludos y despedidas de acuerdo con el momento del da, tiempos verbales: presente
simple y progresivo, gramtica: sustantivos, adjetivos, artculos, demostrativos, y pronombres.
Verbos en presente y pasado; ser o estar, haber, tener, hacer, regulares e irregulares.
Tiempos verbales: presente simple y pasado progresivo
Vocabulario tcnico o temas indispensables:
- Relaciones interpersonales
- Problemas y preocupaciones
- Descripcin de situaciones de trabajo, elementos y equipos de trabajo
- Medios de comunicacin aplicados a su ocupacin
- La prensa
- Cmo expresarse sobre temas tcnicos de actualidad
- Contenidos:
- Use to en todas las formas
- Perfect present tense: simple y contnuo
- Future: perfecto simple y contnuo
- Simple past tense: modo pasivo y activo
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Simple present tensse: modos pasivo y activo

Modal verbs: Utilizados en suposiciones
Adjectives and prepositions: Locations-Ubicaciones
Ubicacin de verbos y preposiciones
Superative and comparative verbs: adjetivos y adverbios
Adverbs conjuntives
Mixed conditionals
Expressions: para indicar posesin
Clauses: de lugar, tiempo, forma, causa y propsito
Adverbs: definidos e indefinidos en Noun Phrases
Adquisicin de multi-word verbs

- Reconocer en lengua inglesa, verbos regulares e irregulares en tiempo presente y pasado

- Interpretar mapas utilizando preposiciones de lugar en ingls
- Formular al interlocutor preguntas en tiempo pasado y presente de forma amable y corts
- Relatar en ingls historias breves en tiempo pasado
- Comprender discursos y conferencias extensas, e incluso seguir lneas argumentales complejas
- Identificar y extraer informacin relevante de un discurso o argumentacin
3.2. CONOCIMIENTOS DE PROCESO
- Identificar las ideas principales y secundarias de un discurso o una argumentacin
- Reconocer vocabulario tcnico intermedio
- Comprender programas de televisin, documentales y pelculas relacionadas con temas de la
especialidad y que contengan vocabulario especializado o tcnico
- Participar en una conversacin con cierta fluidez y espontaneidad, tomando parte activa en debates
desarrollados sobre temas especializados
- Escribir textos claros y detallados sobre una amplia serie de temas relacionados con su especialidad
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- Comprender y seguir los puntos principales de un escrito

- Analizar y extraer temas importantes de un escrito, as est o no familiarizado con el tema de que se
trata el texto
- Comprender e identificar los contenidos generales y especficos de un texto
- Identificar significados que no estn explcitos en el texto
- Entender y expresar hechos, ideas y puntos de vista, en una secuencia adecuada y en detalle
- Presentar a otros y hacer comparaciones
- Especular sobre eventos, personas y situaciones as como comentar asuntos que otros le han
contado o mencionado
- Expresar con claridad puntos de vista
- Describir procesos
- -Discutir sobre problemas, inconvenientes y dar consejos o instrucciones
- Hacer recomendaciones
- Expresar claramente acuerdo o desacuerdo sobre un tema o hecho en particular

3.3. CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIN

Saluda en ingls utilizando expresiones de cortesa de acurdo con el

momento del da
Dramatiza en ingls una historia breve utilizando verbos regulares e
irregulares
- Ubica el interlocutor en un punto geogrfico especfico empleando
preposiciones en ingls
- Traduce del ingls documentos tcnicos sencillos en tiempo presente y
pasado
- Explica y defiende sus opiniones tcnicas en un debate, utilizando
expresiones en ingls
- Proporciona explicaciones, argumentos y explicaciones lgicas sobre
aspectos tcnicos de su profesin en un debate
- Explica claramente su punto de vista sobre un tema tcnico de
actualidad en su profesin
- Explica claramente las ventajas y desventajas de una posible decisin
en lo tcnico
- Toma parte activa en debates informales dentro de contextos de
trabajo habituales
- Plantea, explica y contexta hiptesis tcnicas
- Sostiene la conversacin con naturalidad, fluidez y eficacia, incluso
sobre temas especializados de su profesin
- Puede
iniciar un discurso, tomar la palabra, y terminar una
conversacin tcnica de su profesin
- Puede interactuar fcil y espontneamente con hablantes nativos
- Puede extraer informacin adecuada y precisa y tomar nota de una
conversacin, programa, clase, etc; referido a su profesin
- Puede completar frases basadas en informacin leda previamente en
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- Puede realizar actividades de verdadero o falso, basados enPg.
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- Puede relacionar textos en ingls con imgenes o con ttulos que le
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4. ACTIVIDADES A DESARROLLAR
TECHNICAL TEXT OF FIELD
READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY
Technology in Analysis and Programming Information Systems is the profession that develops, adapts, implements
and administrates Information Systems in an organization.
Technologists in Analysis and Information Systems Programming solve computer problems by implementing
systems that provide timely and reliable information to Persons and Organizations, thus contributing to the
achievement of the objectives.
The increasing of use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in society (Web Applications, Mobile
Applications, Business software, etc.) has allowed Professions related Information Systems to have high demand
and ONU is growing faster than average. This trend will continue for much longer, to the extent that organizations
are in continuous improvement, looking for creative and effective solutions to integrate systems in their daily work.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE
The Technologist Analysis and Programming Information Systems is an autonomous professional, with s selflearning ability and Teamwork, initiative building company, which can develop and manage solutions Computer.
The graduate program can perform in any Enterprise, both public Private Como, out carrying a Process
Development software, and an internal sea level or for marketing. The technologist can deduce we Skills:
Participate in Development Projects software, As an analyst, programmer and tester
Apply different techniques and methods typical of Software Engineering, to develop Computer Solutions
How to use Development Platforms based technologies to deploy the software
Contribute to the strengthening of Software Industry Initiatives Through Entrepreneurship
Acting in context with autonomy, creativity and social responsibility, regarding himself and the environment
Technologist Profile Analysis and Programming Information Systems
People with interest in logic and problem solving, who want to apply analytical skills for the benefit of people and
organizations, motivated by a career that combine logical thinking with the Application of Information Technology.
That people have con un critical spirit, with creativity, with ability to wonder at the various developments in all fields
of science, concerned by observation, research and self-learning.
People with logical thinking: abstraction capabilities, Analysis and Synthesis, with the provision to Teamwork and
communication skills to interact in different contexts.
Speaking about something else like The terms analysis and synthesis sterm from Greek, meaning "to take apart"
and "to put together," respectively. These terms are used in many scientific disciplines, from mathematics and logic
to economics and psychology, to denote similar investigative procedures:.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_analysis
1.

Which are the scientific disciplines that use terms like Analysis and Synthesis terms?

2.

What does Systems Analysis research?

3.

What focuses Systems engineering?

4.

What functions could you add to a Technologist in Analysis and Programming information Systems ?

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5.

Underline the main verbs of the reading

6.

Take out or make a list of five sentences from the reading

7.

Underline in red the adjectives, prepositions, definite and indefinite articles and main verbs seen in the
reading

8.

Who was Henry Paynter?

9.

What did he do?/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paynter

10. What is Technology in analysis and programming information systems?

11. Remember Greetings and leave takings

Copy and write the conversation below onto a piece of paper and using the 9 words below fill in the blanks.

Mr Bean:

London

Pleased

Manchester

English teacher

Goodbye

Morning

Thanks

Not too bad

Mr Bean

Good ________, Mrs Jones.

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Mrs Jones:

Good morning, _____. How are you?

Mr Bean:

I'm fine _______, and you?

Mrs Jones:

__________ . Mr Bean, this is my husband Michael, Michael this is Mr Bean my ________.

Mr Jones:

Pleased to meet you Mr Bean.

Mr Bean:

______ to meet you too. Are you from England, Mr Jones?

Mr Jones:

Yes, from Manchester. Do you live in Manchester?

Mr Bean:

No, I'm from ________, but I live in Manchester while am teaching at college.

Mrs Jones:

Well, _______ Mr Bean, it was nice to see you.

Mr Bean:

Yes, it was nice talking to you goodbye.

12.

PAST PROGRESSIVENOUN +VERB IN PAST TENSE+ ING + COMPLEMENT

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive). Example: I was dancing with a classmate in a party
last night
1.

When I phoned my friends, they (play)

2.

Yesterday at six I (prepare)

3.

The kids (play)

4.

I (practice)

5.

We (not / cycle)

6.

While Alan (work)

7.

I tried to tell them the truth but they (not / listen )

8.

What (you / do)

9.

Most of the time we (sit)

10.

I (listen)

We (study)

dinner.
in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
the guitar when he came home.
all day.
in his room, his friends (swim)

in the pool.
.

yesterday?
in the park.
to the radio while my sister (watch)

11. When I arrived, They (play)

verb
12.

monopoly.

TV.

cards. Create a sentence with each action: look for the right

English yesterday at 4:00 pm .

13.According to the draws, make sentences with each action using the prepositions seen in class: In, on, at,
behind, in front of, for, over, under, far, near, down.

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PREPOSITIONS: Write the corresponding

preposition

14. Please identify and underline the Technical Vocabulary found in last reading about Technology in Analysis and
Programming Information Systems.
15.Use to: soler hacer
We use 'used to' for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens.

I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago.

Ben used to travel a lot in his job but now, since his promotion, he doesn't.

I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.

1.

He used to

2.

He isn't used to

3.

How did you get used to

4.

Did you

5.

I need some time to get used to

6.

Sting used to

fat but now he's thin

in these bad conditions.
in the middle of this mess
write poems when you were young?
in this town.
a teacher before he became a famous singer.

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7.

I'm not used to

8.

She'll get used to

9.

My mother didn't

linen by hand.
in the extremely cold winter of Siberia.
drink much coffee. But now she has become

addicted to it
10. There used to

a lot of trees in this court yard. They have all been cut

down.

16. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

GRAMMAR:
has/have + past participle

Examples:

You have seen that movie many times.

Have you seen that movie many times?

You have not seen that movie many times/havent

Please translate:

I have seen that movie twenty times.

I think I have met him once before.
There have been many earthquakes in California.
People have traveled to the Moon.
People have not traveled to Mars.
Have you read the book yet?
Nobody has ever climbed that mountain.

PRESENTE PERFECT: HAVE They have bought a new car

PAST PERFECT: HAD- The had bought a new car
Exercise:

1.

They and are now on their honeymoon (To get married)

2) I studying 10 years ago (To finish)

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3) I a very interesting book about the Spanish Empire (recientemente) (To finish)

4) I the watch that my wife gave me on our honeymoon (To lose)

5) This morning I to the Spanish Embassy in Paris (To be) (todava es por la maana)

6) They five years ago in Napoles (To get married)

7) Today I a program on television about Africa (To watch)

8) This is the first time I to the Theatre (To be)

6) Today I tennis with my nephew (To play)

10) My mother is not at home, she to the school to speak to my teacher (To go)

11) Where have you been this afternoon? I in a restaurant with my wife (To be)

12) When I to London I visited the National Gallery (To go)

17. SOME ADJECTIVES:

Translate the following adjectives:
Good, New, First, Last, Long, great, Little, own, other ,old, right, big, high, different, small, large next, early, Young,
important, few, public, bad, same, able, all the colors

18. In last reading about your field of study underline the adjectives
19. Describe your classroom and use most of the subjects seen in class
20. Identify the main idea of the following advertisement:

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Requisitos acadmicos:
Profesional en idiomas o lenguas modernas, con conocimiento del idioma ingls
Debe tener y demostrar mediante examen internacional acreditado, un nivel mnimo de C1, de acuerdo
al MCER.

5. PERFIL TECNICO DEL INSTRUCTOR

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6. CRITERIOS DE EVALUACION

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EVIDENCIAS DE APRENDIZAJE

CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIN

Evidencias de Conocimiento:
Evidencias de Desempeo:
Evidencias de Producto:
Mapa de ideas
Mapa conceptual
Interpretacin de textos tcnicos
Produccin texto tcnicos y
argumentativos

Utiliza
las
estrategias
discursivas de acuerdo con el
propsito de la comunicacin
que debe tener un texto tcnico
en su rea de estudio y trabajo

TECNICAS E INSTRUMENTOS
DE EVALUACIN
Lista de chequeo

Caracteriza los personajes de

un
texto
o
situacin
comunicativa de acuerdo con el
uso del lenguaje y la forma
como interactan

7. RECURSOS PARA EL APRENDIZAJE

Ambiente de Aprendizaje
www.senasofiaplus.edu.co
Guas de Aprendizaje
Material de apoyo, hoja de trabajo, talleres, archivos en medio magntico y fsico

8. GLOSARIO DE TRMINOS

anti-virus software - a program that finds and removes viruses from a computer
app - a self-contained program or piece of software; an application, especially when downloadable to a mobile device
application - a self-contained program or piece of software
backup - a copy of files from a computer's hard disk, usually made on some external medium such asCD-ROM or flash drive. A
backup is made in case the hard disk file(s) are erased or damaged.
bit, bytes - a bit is the smallest piece of information that computers use. For simplicity, a PC uses bits in groups of 8 called bytes (8
bits = 1 byte).
Bluetooth - a way of communicating wirelessly over short distances between electronic devices (for example computer and mobile
telephone)
boot, boot up, boot disk - You boot (or boot up) your computer when you switch it on and wait while it prepares itself. Instructions
for startup are given to the computer from the boot disk, which is usually the hard disk.
browser, to browse - A browser is a program like Firefox or Internet Explorer. You use it to view or browse the Internet.

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bug - a (small) defect or fault in a program

cache - a kind of memory used to make a computer work faster
CD-ROM - a disk for storing computer information. It looks like an audio CD.
CPU - Central Processing Unit. This is a PC's heart or "brains".
data - Usually means the information (text, pictures, audio etc) that you create or share on a computer, as opposed to
the programs that manipulate the data.
DOS - Disk Operating System. The original system used for PCs, where you typed in commands instead of pointing and clicking.
driver - a small program that tells a PC how a peripheral works
ebook - an electronic book that can be downloaded and read on a computer or other device

electronic mail (email, e-mail) - messages sent from one computer to another. You can see email on the screen or print it out.
file - a specific computer record. It could contain data such as text (eg essay.doc), or a program such as paint.exe.
floppy disk - a cheap, removable disk used for storing or transferring information. It is floppy (soft) because it is plastic. (Now
virtually obsolete.) See hard disk.
floppy drive - The device used to run a floppy disk (usually drive "A".) (Now virtually obsolete.)
folder (directory) - a sub-division of a computer's hard disk into which you put files
font - a particular sort of lettering (on the screen or on paper). Arial is a font. Times New Roman is another.
format - All hard disks and floppy disks have to be electronically prepared for use by a process called formatting. Hard disks are preformatted by the computer manufacturer. If you buy a floppy disk that is not pre-formatted, you format it yourself, using
a program that comes with your PC.
graphics card - the equipment inside a computer that creates the image on the screen
hard disk - the main disk inside a computer used for storing programs and information. It is hard because it is metal. See floppy disk.
hotspot - an area that has an available wireless signal for Internet access (usually public)
icon - a small image or picture on a computer screen that is a symbol for folders, disks, peripherals,programs etc
Internet - International network of computers that you connect to by telephone line. Two popular services of the Internet are
the World Wide Web and electronic mail.
iPad - a tablet computer created by Apple.
Kb, Mb, Gb - kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes. Used to measure computer memory and storage.
Kindle - a device for downloading and reading ebooks, developed by Amazon.com.
memory - Memory is for the temporary storing of information while a computer is being used. SeeRAM, ROM and cache.

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MHz - Megahertz. This describes the speed of computer equipment. The higher the MHz the better the performance.
modem - equipment connected to a computer for sending/receiving digital information by telephone line. You may need a modem to
connect to the Internet, to send electronic mail and to fax.
notebook - a notebook computer; a laptop computer; a folding, portable computer.
operating system (OS) - the basic software that manages a computer (for example, Windows 10, OS X, Unix, iOS).
OCR - Optical Character Recognition. OCR lets a PC read a fax or scanned image and convert it to actual lettering.
palmtop - a computer that is small enough to sit on the palm of the hand
parallel port - a socket at the back of a computer for connecting external equipment or peripherals, especially printers
PC card - a device that is the same size as a thick credit card, for plugging into a slot on notebook computers. You can
buy memory, modems and hard disks as PC cards.
PDA - abbreviation of "personal digital assistant"
peripheral - any equipment that is connected externally to a computer. For example, printers,scanners and modems are peripherals.
pixel - the image that you see on the screen is made of thousands of tiny dots, points or pixels
program software that operates a PC and does various things, such as writing text (word-processing program), keeping accounts
(accounts program) and drawing pictures (graphics program)
QWERTY - The first 6 letters on English-language keyboards are Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The first 6 letters on French-language keyboards are
A-Z-E-R-T-Y.
RAM, ROM - two types of memory. RAM (Random Access Memory) is the main memory used while the PC is working. RAM is
temporary. ROM (Read Only Memory) is for information needed by the PC and cannot be changed.

resolution - the number of dots or pixels per inch (sometimes per centimetre) used to create the screen image
scanner - equipment for converting paper documents to electronic documents that can be used by a computer
serial port - socket at the back of a PC for connecting peripherals (obsolescent)
smartphone - a mobile phone that includes a palmtop computer or PDA and also gives access to Internet and email
tablet - a tablet computer; a mobile computer consisting of a screen only, and controlled by touching the screen
TFT - Thin Film Transistor, a type of high quality screen for notebook computers
USB - abbreviation of "universal serial bus"; a standardized connection for attaching devices to computers etc
USB flash drive - a small, external device for storing data; it connects through the USB socket.
virus - a small, unauthorized program that can damage a computer
Wi-Fi - a system for communicating without wires over a computer network

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Windows - an operating system used by the majority of PCs

World Wide Web, WWW, the Web - WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web. The Web is one of the services available on
the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages through a system of links. Because it is "world-wide", it was originally called the
World Wide Web or WWW.
WYSIWIG - "What You See Is What You Get." With a WYSIWIG program, if you print a document it looks the same on paper as it
looks on the screen.

BIBLIOGRAFA
Cambridge Skills for Fluency: Writing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Comfort, J., Effective Presentations, Oxford, 1995.
Craven, M., Cambridge English Skills Real Listening and Speaking Level 3 with Answers and Audio CD.Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Eastwood, John, Oxford Practice Grammar, Oxford, 1999.

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