1. UNIVERSITY OF NARIÑO
ADVANCED CONVERSATION III
LESSON PLAN: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
ESTEFANIA AUX MENESES
A. DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS
LEVEL: UPPER-INTERMEDIATE
Students between the ages of 19-25.A mixed group of men and women. The class takes place
from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Mondays.
B. OBJECTIVES
1. To identify different places for travelling and knowing around the world
2. To use gerunds as the objects of prepositions
3. To create hypothetical situation using mixed conditionals
C. CONTENTS
OBJECTIVE 1: To identify different places for travelling and knowing around the world
(20 minutes)
a) Context:Do you know those places?
Students will be contextualized through pictures of different countries around the
world.
b) Activity:Share experiences and information about travelling.
Have you traveled abroad?
How long have you stayed in that place?
How did you feel during that time?
What has been the strangest thing that you have faced there?
c) Aids: Pictures
OBJECTIVE 2: To use gerunds as the objects of prepositions (25 minutes)
a) Context: Moving abroad
Would you like to move abroad? Where?
What is the main reason for you to move abroad?
b) Grammar: explain to the class the use of gerunds as the objects of prepositions.
c) Activity 1:create some sentences about what you can feel if you move abroad using
the following expressions:

2. 1. Be afraid of
2. Be interested in
3. Insist on
4. Be excited about
Activity 2: choose a piece of paper and say if the information you have is the same or
different in the USA and our country. Explain why.
1. Lunch is usually a fairly light meal that doesn’t last long
2. Many people eat dinner early in the evening, around 6:00 pm
3. People are usually punctual for appointments. In fact, most people arrive slightly
early.
4. Both men and women shake hands when introduced
5. It’s common to ask people you meet what kind of work they do
6. It’s not uncommon for couples to display affection in public
7. When invited to someone’s home, you’re not necessarily expected to bring a gift.
Even so, something small, such as flowers or dessert is always appreciated.
8. People generally talk quite a bit while they’re eating dinner.
d) Aids: Pieces of paper, board.
OBJECTIVE 3: To create hypothetical situation using mixed conditionals (25 minutes)
a) Grammar: explain how to create hypothetical situations using mixed conditionals
b) Activity 1: look at the pictures and create some situations about each picture. What
have you done in each situation?
Activity 2: What do you do if…?
1. You lose your baggage in the airport of a new country.
2. You get lost in a place that you don’t know
3. Somebody stoles your wallet with your documents and your money.
4. You don’t like to fly, but you don’t have any other option for arriving to the new
place.
5. You don’t speak the native language of the new country.
6. A strange starts talking and inviting you to go to a place that you don’t know.
Activity 3: Read the article and ask:
1. What do you think are the most common communication problems that we can
have in a foreign country?
2. What are the suggestions that the author gives us?
3. What other suggestions can you give for avoiding this kind of difficulties?
c) Aids: Slides, photocopies.