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READ ABOUT THE CANARY ISLANDS POPULATION AND RELIEF

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READ ABOUT THE CANARY ISLANDS POPULATION AND RELIEF

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https://www.britannica.com/place/Canary-Islands

https://gazettelife.com/news/population-to-rise-by-15-in-15-years/#:~:text=The%20population%20of%20the%20Canary,by%20Spain%27s%20Institute%20of%20Statistics.

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https://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/comunidades-autonomas-de-espaa/9f69dbbf-8dda-4403-b8e1-47d77887b7a6

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https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_Simple/Past_Simple_NARNIA_yq3314683xj

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple_Irregular_Verbs/Past_Simple_la1674076yv

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Start

Presentation

This is an index

4-Past Simple

3-Time sequencers

6-Writing time!

2- Organising your writing

1- Diary entry example

5-SB exercises

DIARY ENTRY EXAMPLE

Wow, what a day!!! This is what happened...

First, school was really boring and I couldn't concentrate in class. I was really excited about my concert in the evening.

School finished. Then, I walked home quickly - I wanted to have dinner early. I was nervous and I couldn't eat much!

After dinner, I cycled to the theatre and practised with the band. Then, people started arriveing at the theatre. It was time for the concert to start. There were a lot of people in the audience. I was worried that I couldn't play well!

Then, Jodie introduced our first song. Evreybody looked happy. After that, I started to relax.

We played fourteen songs. We sounded brilliant. I really enjoyed performing in front of 200 people!

Finally, our concert ended at 10 p.m. The organisers loved our performance. They offered jus two more concert dates!

Lucky me! It was the most incredble day of my life!!!

ORGANISING YOUR WRITING

Before you start writing a diary entry or story, think about the events, and the order in which they happened. Then orgnise your ideas into different parts, e.g. the beginning, the main story and the ending.

TIME SEQUENCERS

USETIME SEQUENCERS (E.G. FIRST, THEN, NEXT) TO SHOW THE ORDER IN WHICH THINGS HAPPEN.

You can add additional content that will excite your audience's brains: videos, images, links, interactivity ... Whatever you like!

PAST SIMPLE

SB EXERCISES

WRITING TIME!

Is clear and structured.

Tells stories hierarchically.

Connects with your audience.

Matches the fonts and colors to the topic.

Includes images and entertains.

Shows data in graphs.

Uses timelines.

Is animated and interactive.

Excites the brain, using multimedia elements.

Does not use bullet points to excess 🙃​.

Convince 67% of the audience. This is because visual language facilitates the rapid acquisition of knowledge in an intuitive way. Could it be said that images are the key to success?

You can add additional content that will excite your audience's brains: videos, images, links, interactivity ... Whatever you like!

Your content is good, but it'll engage much more if it's interactive

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Start Presentation This is an index 4-Past Simple 3-Time sequencers 6-Writing time! 2- Organising your writing 1- Diary entry example 5-SB exercises DIARY ENTRY EXAMPLE Wow, what a day!!! This is what happened... First, school was really boring and I couldn't concentrate in class. I was really excited about my concert in the evening.

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-WE HAVE STARTED OUR BOAT TRIP!
-OUR FIRST STOP IS… LISBON!!!
You’re going to write an article describing Lisbon.
-You have an example in SB, page 57 (unit 4).
-Follow this structure:

interesting title

1st paragraph: questions

2nd paragraph: description with adjectives

3rd paragraph: opinion

-Write the article following the same sentences of the article in page 57. Substitute Dubai’s information with Lisbon’s.
-Write it in your notebook. Then, give it to a classmate to correct it. After, give it to the teacher for the final correction. The last step is to write it in MY TRAVEL DIARY. Add a photo of Lisbon.
-IMPORTANT: bring the printed photo on Tuesday.

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Sustainable Mallorca | Green Mallorca | Eco Mallorca | Plastic Free

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Sustainable Mallorca | Green Mallorca | Eco Mallorca | Plastic Free

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Sustainable Mallorca. Mallorca aims to be a global leader in sustainable tourism with measures to secure its future for generations to come.

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-Finish your island! We'll start our trip very soon...
-Listen to the teacher and see the slides. Learn about the TECTONIC PLATES and the SHAPING OF LANDFORMS. I’ll leave you the slides in this post!
https://view.genial.ly/63e688680cdcdc0011d9ddff/presentation-presentacion-pinceles-y-acuarelas
-HOMEWORK: answer the following questions

What is the green tax?

What is mass tourism?

What is sustainable tourism?

Which model of tourism is there in the Canary Islands? What are its consequences?

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Read the PDF document. Make sure you learn from your mistakes. Only the students who have failed the exam, MUST do the following worksheets.
-https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Quantifiers/Quantifiers_(a,_an,_some,_any,_much,_many)_uq241720qq

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/There_is_-_there_are/There_is_-__There_are_ry1277960ig

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Countable_and_uncountable_nouns/A,an,some,any,a_lot_of,much,many,how_much,_how_many_ef1891522gx

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TAREA PARA ALUMNOS AUSENTES
-subir a nueva tarea de Alexia Classroom el documento de Pages o Notas con la transcripción del vídeo de MY OOTD. Tarea abierta hasta esta noche a las 00.00

TAREA PARA TODO EL ALUMNADO
-SB: p.138, 139

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To do in class:
-SB: pp. 138-139
To do at home:
-Secretary completes DIARY OF CLASS and uploads it to PADLET TODAY.
-Upload the 4 new tasks in Alexia Classroom.
-Complete the PASSPORT for tomorrow.

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-WB
-p.24 ACT 3, 4
-p.33 ACT 5, 6

-COPY PHOTO /id/ /t/ /d/

-SB
-p.140 ACT 2-5

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DO:
WB P.12 ACT. 3, 4 FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES
WB P.20 ACT. 3, 4 FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES

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Now it’s time to celebrate Christmas on board!
-In your group, compare the traditions of the countries you’ve chosen.
-Using YOUR OWN WORDS, write a Pages document (at least 1 page, letter 12, Times New Roman) including the traditions of the different countries you’ve chosen.
-Prepare a short KeyNote presentation. Use pictures and words. DON’T WRITE SENTENCES.
-The presentation must have between 5 and 10 slides and it must last between 5 and 10 minutes.
-Study the presentation and get ready to speak in public. GOOD LUCK AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Good morning guys we are going to present the poster. Our group is made of: Nerea, Joel and Coromoto.

So this is our poster

and as you guys can see it shows different transport methods that help the environment.

The first one is using bikes, scooters and hover boards.

They are a safe way of transport, and you don’t have to pay for fuel so don’t worry about it. They’re so easy to handle and you wouldn’t have to worry about traffic. Seriously, they’re so helpful for environment.

Another kind of transportation is the electric or hybrid car.

They cost $23.000 or more, but it actually depends on where you buy them. Their charge is fairly easy and they’re so practical.

Then, there is the carpooling. It consist of sharing your car with many people. That reduces traffic and also the pollution.

These two ways’re the most well-known and are going by public transport or walking.

We walk every day but we don’t mean to say that kind of walking.

For example, instead of going to school by car, go walking and it’s other way that helps the environment and also helps you to exercise,

But if you don’t want to be walking you can use public transport like the bus or subway. It is actually the same as carpooling but it helps more because there’s a lot  many people in a same “car”.

Well, we have finished the presentation. We hope you understood everything.

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-Think of activities you can do in your free time inside the boat. To get ideas, go to Student’s Book page 13. Get even more ideas online. Create a timetable with offered activities  from Monday to Sunday on the boat. Follow the example on page 16 on the Student’s Book. Draw it on your English notebook.

-Once you’ve done everything, it’s time to design the boat’s interior! Where do all the activities take place? Do 1 drawing wih the inside of the boat. Then, do a drawing of every room inside the boat. Indicate what activities take place in each one. Use the app SketchesSchool

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-Visit the following website: https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/yacht-design/eco-focused-superyachts
Once you’ve read it, decide what characteristics your boat will have and write a short paragraph (10 lines at least) about it.

-Start thinking about the name of your island and its location.

-Now, who travels on the boat? Go to Student’s Book, page 17 and read the 2 profiles there. Do exercise number 2. After, you’ll be ready to create your own personal profile! Look at the examples and write your own on Canva. Include your photo!

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Finish your passport. Now, it's time to work on the DIARY OF CLASS (group). Listen to your teacher for instructions. After, click on the following link. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/map Read individually. Once you've read everything, share your thoughts and the info youve just read about in your group. Once you've done that, create a Microsoft Forms in your group with 10 questions about what you've read about. This questionnaire will then be sent to the other groups in the class. You'll collect their marks and send them to your teacher. Enjoy!

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A map is a symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface. Maps present information about the world in a simple, visual way. They teach about the world by showing sizes and shapes of countries, locations of features, and distances between places. Maps can show distributions of things over Earth, such as settlement patterns. They can show exact locations of houses and streets in a city neighborhood.

Mapmakers, called cartographers, create maps for many different purposes. Vacationers use road maps to plot routes for their trips. Meteorologists-scientists who study weather-use weather maps to prepare forecasts. City planners decide where to put hospitals and parks with the help of maps that show land features and how the land is currently being used.

Some common features of maps include scale, symbols, and grids.

Scale

All maps are scale models of reality. A map's scale indicates the relationship between the distances on the map and the actual distances on Earth. This relationship can be expressed by a graphic scale, a verbal scale, or a representative fraction.

The most common type of graphic scale looks like a ruler. Also called a bar scale, it is simply a horizontal line marked off in miles, kilometers, or some other unit measuring distance.

The verbal scale is a sentence that relates distance on the map to distance on Earth. For example, a verbal scale might say, "one centimeter represents one kilometer" or "one inch represents eight miles."

The representative fraction does not have specific units. It is shown as a fraction or ratio-for example, 1/1,000,000 or 1:1,000,000. This means that any given unit of measure on the map is equal to one million of that unit on Earth. So, 1 centimeter on the map represents 1,000,000 centimeters on Earth, or 10 kilometers. One inch on the map represents 1,000,000 inches on Earth, or a little less than 16 miles.

The size of the area covered helps determine the scale of a map. A map that shows an area in great detail, such as a street map of a neighborhood, is called a large-scale map because objects on the map are relatively large. A map of a larger area, such as a continent or the world, is called a small-scale map because objects on the map are relatively small.

Today, maps are often computerized. Many computerized maps allow the viewer to zoom in and out, changing the scale of the map. A person may begin by looking at the map of an entire city that only shows major roads and then zoom in so that every street in a neighborhood is visible.

Symbols

Cartographers use symbols to represent geographic features. For example, black dots represent cities, circled stars represent capital cities, and different sorts of lines represent boundaries, roads, highways, and rivers. Colors are often used as symbols. Green is often used for forests, tan for deserts, and blue for water. A map usually has a legend, or key, that gives the scale of the map and explains what the various symbols represent.

Some maps show relief, or changes in elevation. A common way to show relief is contour lines, also called topographic lines. These are lines that connect points that have equal elevation. If a map shows a large enough area, contour lines form circles.

A group of contour line circles inside one another indicates a change in elevation. As elevation increases, these contour line circles indicate a hill. As elevation decreases, contour line circles indicate a depression in the earth, such as a basin.

Grids

Many maps include a grid pattern, or a series of crossing lines that create squares or rectangles. The grid helps people locate places on the map. On small-scale maps, the grid is often made up of latitude and longitude lines. Latitude lines run east-west around the globe, parallel to the Equator, an imaginary line that circles the middle of Earth. Longitude lines run north-south, from pole to pole. Latitude and longitude lines are numbered. The intersection of latitude and longitude lines, called coordinates, identify the exact location of a place.

On maps showing greater detail, the grid is often given numbers and letters. The boxes made by the grid may be called A, B, C, and so on across the top of the map, and 1, 2, 3, and so on across the left side. In the map's index, a park's location might be given as B4. The user finds the park by looking in the box where column B and row 4 cross.

Other Map Features: DOGSTAILS

Along with scale, symbols, and grids, other features appear regularly on maps. A good way to remember these features is DOGSTAILS: date, orientation, grid, scale, title, author, index, legend, and sources.

Title, date, author, and sources usually appear on the map though not always together. The map's title tells what the map is about, revealing the map's purpose and content. For example, a map might be titled "Political Map of the World" or "Battle of Gettysburg, 1863."

"Date" refers to either the time the map was made or the date relevant to the information on the map. A map of areas threatened by a wildfire, for instance, would have a date, and perhaps even a time, to track the progress of the wildfire. A historical map of the ancient Sumerian Empire would have a date range of between 5,000 B.C. and 1,000 B.C.

Noting a map's author is important because the cartographer's perspective will be reflected in the content. Assessing accuracy and objectivity also requires checking sources. A map's sources are where the author of the map got his or her information. A map of a school district may list the U.S. Census Bureau, global positioning system (GPS) technology, and the school district's own records as its sources.

Orientation refers to the presence of a compass rose or simply an arrow indicating directions on the map. If only an arrow is used, the arrow usually points north.

A map's index helps viewers find a specific spot on the map using the grid. A map's legend explains what the symbols on a map mean.

Transferring information from the spherical, or ball-shaped, surface of Earth onto a flat piece of paper is called projection. A globe, a spherical model of Earth, accurately represents the shapes and locations of the continents. But if a globe were cut in half and each half were flattened out into a map, the result would be wrinkled and torn. The size, shape, and relative location of land masses would change.

Projection is a major challenge for cartographers. Every map has some sort of distortion. The larger the area covered by a map, the greater the distortion. Features such as size, shape, distance, or scale can be measured accurately on Earth, but once projected on a flat surface only some, not all, of these qualities can be accurately represented. For example, a map can retain either the correct sizes of landmasses or the correct shapes of very small areas, but not both.

Depending on the map's purpose, cartographers must decide what elements of accuracy are most important to preserve. This determines which projection to use. For example, conformal maps show true shapes of small areas but distort size. Equal area maps distort shape and direction but show true relative sizes of all areas. There are three basic kinds of projections: planar, conical, and cylindrical. Each is useful in different situations.

In a planar projection, Earth's surface is projected onto a plane, or flat surface. Imagine touching a globe with a piece of cardboard, mapping that point of contact, then projecting the rest of map onto the cardboard around that point. Planar projections are most accurate at their centers, where the plane "touches" the globe. They are often used for maps of one of the poles.

Imagine you wrapped a cone around Earth, putting the point of the cone over one of the poles. That is a conical projection. The cone intersects the globe along one or two lines of latitude. When the cone is unwrapped and made into a flat map, latitude lines appear curved in circles or semicircles. Lines of longitude are straight and come together at one pole. In conical projection, areas in the mid-latitudes-regions that are neither close to the Equator nor close to the poles-are represented fairly accurately. For this reason, conical projections are often used for maps of the United States, most of which lies in the mid-latitudes.

For a cylindrical projection, imagine that Earth's surface is projected onto a tube that is wrapped around the globe. The cylinder touches Earth along one line, most often the Equator. When the cylinder is cut open and flattened into a map, the regions near the Equator are the most accurate. Regions near the poles are the most distorted.

Surveying and Remote Sensing

Cartographers rely on survey data for accurate information about the planet. Surveying is the science of determining the exact size, shape, and location of a piece of land. Surveyors gather information from regions both above sea level and beneath bodies of water.

Surveying can be done on foot. Surveyors use many instruments to measure the features, or topography, of the land. A compass, measuring device, and theodolites are often used by surveyors doing field work. A theodolite is an instrument that measures angles. A surveyor may calculate the angle of hills, valleys, and other features by using a theodolite, which is usually mounted on a tripod, or three-legged platform.

Today, many surveyors use remote sensing to collect data about an area without actually physically touching it. Sensors that detect light or radiation emitted by objects are mounted to airplanes or space satellites, collecting information about places on Earth from above. One method of remote sensing is aerial photography, taking photographs of Earth from the air. Aerial photography has eliminated much of the legwork for surveyors and has allowed precise surveying of some places that are impossible to reach on foot. Satellites, spacecraft that orbit Earth, perform remote sensing. For example, Landsat, a satellite that circles Earth 14 times a day, transmits huge volumes of data to computers on Earth. The data can be used to quickly make or correct maps.

How Maps Are Made

Before making a map, cartographers decide what area they want to display and what type of information they want to present. They consider the needs of their audience and the purpose of the map. These decisions determine what kind of projection and scale they need, and what sorts of details will be included.

The language of the map is one thing a cartographer must consider. A blind reader needs a map that has information in braille, for instance. The audience for a map can determine how widely a map is used. A map might use red and green symbols to show the location of maple and pine trees. This information might be easily displayed in a simple legend. However, such a map could not be used by people who are color-blind.
Map Projections
Lines of latitude and longitude are mathematically plotted on a flat surface. Features are drawn in their appropriate location.

Before the development of advanced computer and printing techniques, maps were drawn by hand. Cartographers would draw, or scribe, the map on a sheet of coated plastic with a special etching tool, scraping away the colored coating to leave clear, sharp lines. Several different sheets of plastic were layered on top of each other to add shading and place names. The plastic sheets were used to make a metal printing plate, or proof, for publishing the map.

Today, most mapping is done with the help of computers. The coordinates of every point are entered into a computer. By feeding new data into the computer or deleting old data, map changes can be made quickly and easily. Colors can be changed, new roads added, and topographic features, such as the flow of a river, altered. The new map can then be printed out easily.

Types of Maps

Cartographers make many different types of maps, which can be divided into two broad categories: general reference maps and thematic maps.

General reference maps show general geographic information about an area, including the locations of cities, boundaries, roads, mountains, rivers, and coastlines. Government agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) make some general reference maps. Many are topographic maps, meaning that they show changes in elevation. They show all the hills and valleys in an area. This is useful to everyone from hikers trying to choose a route to engineers trying to determine where to build highways and dams.

Thematic maps display distributions, or patterns, over Earth's surface. They emphasize one theme, or topic. These themes can include information about people, other organisms, or the land. Examples include crop production, people's average income, where different languages are spoken, or average annual rainfall.

Many thematic maps are now made with the help of geographic information system (GIS) technology. GIS are computer systems that capture, store, and display data related to positions on Earth's surface. This technology combines information from maps with other data about people, the land, climate, farms, houses, businesses, and much more, allowing multiple sets of data to be displayed on a single map. Many industries and governments use GIS technology for analysis and decision making. For example, GIS data helps officials determine which streams are most in danger of being polluted. It can also help a business decide where to locate a new store.

History of Mapmaking

Through the ages, maps have taken many different forms. The earliest maps were probably sketches made on the ground that showed the surrounding area. People native to the Marshall Islands used palm fibers to show wave patterns between islands in the Pacific Ocean. They used seashells to represent islands. Inuit fishermen in the Arctic carved pieces of driftwood to show coastal features. One of the world's oldest existing maps was found on a stone tablet in Spain. It dates back nearly 14,000 years.

The ancient Greeks are usually considered the founders of scientific cartography. Greek scholars knew the general size and shape of Earth, and they developed the grid system of latitude and longitude. Eratosthenes, who lived from about 276 to 194 B.C., calculated the size of Earth using mathematics and observations of the sun. Claudius Ptolemaeus, or Ptolemy, was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer in the second century A.D. He brought mapmaking to a level of precision that would not be seen again until the fifteenth century. He combined all his knowledge about the world into a book called Geography.

In Europe during the Middle Ages, cartographers drew maps reflecting their religious beliefs. These maps were generally simple and sometimes fanciful. The city of Jerusalem, holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, was sometimes placed in the center.

Many medieval European maps with Jerusalem at the center are called T&O maps. The mass of land was represented as a round wheel encircled with a single round ocean, the "O" of the T&O. The land encircled by the ocean was divided by a "T" into the three continents known by medieval European cartographers: Asia was the large land mass above the T, Africa and Europe were the two smaller sections on either side of the T, and Jerusalem was at the center. The T-shape splitting the continents was composed of the Mediterranean Sea (between Europe and Africa), the Nile River (between Africa and Asia) and the Don River (between Europe and Asia). The Nile and the Don meet in a single line to form the top of the T.

During these Dark Ages in Europe, Arab scholars kept scientific cartography alive. They preserved the works of Ptolemy and translated them to Arabic. Arab cartographers produced the first reliable globe of the Western world.

During the Islamic Golden Age, Arab cartographers used complicated mathematical and astronomical formulas to help them determine different map projections. In 1154, the scientist and cartographer al-Idrisi made a map of the world that was better than the world maps Europeans were producing. Al-Idrisi's map included a representation of the entire continent of Eurasia, including Scandinavia, the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Sri Lanka, and the Black and Caspian Seas.

In the fifteenth century, cartography in Europe improved. The development of printing and engraving meant maps that had previously been painted by hand could be copied more quickly. Around the same time, sailors began traveling farther on the oceans. They added newly discovered lands and more detailed coastlines to their maps. Explorers brought back descriptions of the interiors, as well as the coastlines, of continents.

Europeans explored much of the Americas during the sixteenth century, Australia in the seventeenth century, and Antarctica was finally sighted in the early nineteenth century. At this point, fairly accurate maps of the entire world were beginning to be assembled.

In the nineteenth century, cartography became more advanced with the development of a printing process called lithography. Lithography allowed cartographers to make many accurate copies of maps with less labor and expense.

Photography, color printing, and computers all improved mapmaking even more. In just a few decades, the relationship between people and maps changed drastically. For example, instead of using paper street maps, many people navigate using GPS units that communicate with satellites to determine their exact location on Earth. Digital versions of maps can represent Earth in three dimensions, defying the limitations of the flat maps of the past. Almost the entire surface of Earth has been mapped with remarkable accuracy, and this information is available instantly to anyone with an internet connection.

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September 11, 2023

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In the first session we are introduced the project we'll work on for the rest of the course. Once the work groups are created, it'll be time to use the role cards! After this, start working on our PASSPORTS (individual). Listen to the teacher.

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Welcome to Ámbito Sociolingüístico’s padlet. I hope you enjoy the journey!