INGLÉS 2º MEDIO 15 Al 19 de Junio

Liceo Bicentenario “Héroes de la Concepción”
Departamento de Inglés
Segundo Medio
2º MEDIO: Globalization and Communication

NAME: DATE: 15/06 to 19/06 CLASS: 2ª
OBJETIVO DE APRENDIZAJE: LEARNING OUTCOME:

OA 1: Demostrar comprensión de ideas generales e LO 1: To demonstrate comprehension of general ideas and
información explicita en un video que describe el proceso explicit information in a video that describes the process of
globalization and its effects.
de globalización y sus efectos.
BEFORE LISTENING
1. Take a look at the images, can you name the factors that have helped the process of globalization?
2. Think about the factors you mentioned in exercise 1. How would your life change if they didn’t exist?
Can you mention 3 activities / things you could not do if they didn’t exist?
1. ________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Try to talk to a person who is over 50 years old and ask them the following questions. Write down their answers in English.
a) When you were a kid, how did you communicate with your friends or family that lived in another city?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b) When you were little, did you ever hear about the concept of “Global Warming”?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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c) When you were a kid, where did you look for information to do homework?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Now you answer,
d) Was their life different to yours? What do you think changed?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WHILE LISTENING
Now, watch the video you can find in the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8
*If you have no access to YouTube videos, you can ask your teacher to send you the video.
4. Watch and listen the video “Globalization explained” and Highlight the words that you hear
Exchange Countries Goods
School Employer Education
Family Products Messages
Home Friendship Transport
Competition Collaboration City
Food Companies Worldwide
Computers Factory Animals
5. Watch again and complete the paragraphs with the words in the box.
cost technology possible
company international manufacture
environmental conditions developments
the internet networks background
a. Let’s start from the beginning with a ………………………… to globalization. Advances in ……………………… such as
mobile phones, airplanes, telephones and. ……………………… have made the growth of transport and communication
………………………. possible.
b. So far, so good. Due to technical, cultural, and economic ……………………………….. that have come about through
globalization, other companies which ………………………. products under different ……………………………… can now
offer their products in Country A, too.
c. Even national ……………………………. standards are ignored. This is a further ………………….. factor in the worldwide
………………………… site competition which should be kept as low as ……………………….. to be attractive for a
………………………………...
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6. Answer the following questions according to the video. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE.
I. What have the advances in technology made possible?
a) People can have a better income.

b) People can exchange information and goods faster
c) People can move to another country easily.
II. Two companies manufacturing products in the same country, have…
I. The same production costs and costumers

II. Similar prices
III. Different suppliers
a) I, II
b) II
c) I, III
d) III
III. How do companies from other countries affect local companies?
a) Local companies have to close because they cannot compete with foreign companies.
b) Foreign companies introduce the same products at higher prices.
c) Local companies have to react to compete with foreign companies’ lower prices.
IV. Besides exchange of products and economic goods, what other exchanges come along with globalization?
a) Fashion, food, languages and knowledge.

b) Services, knowledge, cultural goods and language.
c) Services, entertainment, cultural goods and musical.
V. What happens when a company moves from an industrialized country to a disadvantaged country?
a) People from industrialized countries lose their jobs, because people in poor countries work for less money.
b) People in disadvantaged countries become rich, because they earn more money.
c) People from industrialized countries move to disadvantaged countries to earn more money.
VI. What is the main ecological problem caused by globalization?
a) Water pollution caused by factories and the wastes they throw into rivers and seas.
b) Climate change caused by transport and the carbon dioxide they release into the atmosphere.
c) Climate change caused by the use of CFC’s and the impact they have in the ozone layer.
VII. According to the closing statement in the video, globalization is…
a) The worst thing that could happen to our world and we need to stop it now.
b) The best thing for our world because it brings nothing but benefits.
c) Neither good nor bad, depending on how we handle it in the future.
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AFTER LISTENING
ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU HEARD AND SAW IN THE VIDEO, CAN YOU THINK OF ANY SITUATION IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU
CAN SEE A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF THE INFLUENCE OF GLOBALIZATION? EXPLAIN IT IN NO MORE THAN 5 LINES. (ANSWER IN
ENGLISH)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
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THE PLATFORM BEFORE WE REALEASE THE ANSWER KEYS.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ASK YOUR TEACHER IF YOU HAVE ANY
DOUBTS AND TO LET HER KNOW THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON THEM.
REMEMBER TO DO YOUR BEST AND BE HONEST, THAT WAY YOU WILL

ALWAYS BE SUCCESSFUL.
YOU CAN DO IT!
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Liceo Bicentenario “Héroes de la Concepción”

2º MEDIO: Globalization and Communication

OBJETIVO DE APRENDIZAJE: LEARNING OUTCOME:

Now you answer,

d) Was their life different to yours? What do you think changed?

a) People can have a better income.

II. Two companies manufacturing products in the same country, have…

I. The same production costs and costumers

III. How do companies from other countries affect local companies?

a) Fashion, food, languages and knowledge.

VI. What is the main ecological problem caused by globalization?

VII. According to the closing statement in the video, globalization is…

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REMEMBER TO DO YOUR BEST AND BE HONEST, THAT WAY YOU WILL

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