This document outlines language learning tasks and resources for a basic English course at Surcolombiana University. There are 30 students between ages 19-24 from various majors with varying motivation levels. Their main weakness is speaking. The 4-week course aims to improve speaking, reading, and writing through tasks like group discussions on environmental issues, matching vocabulary, reading comprehension, role playing environmental campaigns, and watching a video on the topic.

1. LANGUAGE LEARNING RESOURCES PROFESSOR: Diego Fernando Macias TASK DESIGN PROJECT Angela Viviana Rodriguez Montero 2008

3. STUDENTS’ PROFILE There are 30 students in this group. They are between 19 to 24 years old. They study different careers so their interests are varied. It is a heterogeneous group and their motivation varies from one student to another. Different activities are carried out in and outside the classroom in order to fulfill students´ expectations.

5. Rationale The development of the four communicative skills in the interlingua program at the Surcolombiana University is a strong need that students have. It is important to work on different activities which help learners achieve the course objectives. Even though, there are not many opportunities in class to work on speaking activities due to time constrains. The teacher is required to cover a number of topics during the term and sometimes time is not enough.

7. TASKS Task 1: SPEAKING The teacher asks students to observe some photographs of the environment in order to provoke thinking and reflection about environmental issues. Students are asked to describe what they see and what they know and think about these topics.