Learning activity 1 / Actividad de aprendizaje 1

Evidence: Blog “Making predictions” / Evidencia: Blog “Haciendo

predicciones”

1. Read the following interview with doctor Claus: / Lea la siguiente entrevista con
el doctor Claus:

Many people are worried about the future and what is coming up for the society;
here we have an interview with Doctor Claus a specialist in social changes. /
Muchas personas están preocupadas por el futuro y lo que depara para la
sociedad; aquí tenemos una entrevista con el doctor Claus, especialista en
cambios sociales.

Interviewer: Hello Doctor Claus, thanks for coming to our Radio program “Who
knows it all”?
Doctor Claus: Thank you for having me here.
Interviewer: Doctor Claus as we all know, you are an expert on technology, what
do you think is going to happen with transportation in 10 years?
Doctor Claus: Well I think in 10 years there are going to be flying cars
everywhere, as the current cars are not going to be enough for the growing
population.
Interviewer: What about the airplanes though?

Doctor Claus: Well probably helicopters are going to be quite cheap; it’s going
to be like buying a new car.
Interviewer: That sounds great, what other advances in technology shall we
expect.
Doctor Claus: Well I think that in a few years there are going to be intelligent
robots that are going to do all the house chores, so we’ll just sit around and relax
while they clean the house. Also new technologies will be invented to reduce
global warming, such as eco-friendly alternatives for transportation and for the
industry.

Interviewer: Thank you Doctor, it’s been quite interesting for all the audience, we
hope to have you here again in 10 years.
Doctor Claus: Thank you, of course it would be a pleasure.

Go to the blog “Making predictions” and publish your opinion about the predictions
Doctor Claus made in the interview. Remember to support your ideas. / Vaya al
blog “Making predictions” y publique su opinión acerca de las predicciones que
el doctor Claus realizó. Recuerde argumentar sus ideas.

Example / Ejemplo:

In my opinion, in 10 years there are not going to be flying cars I think this is going
to be sooner because the technology is going so fast, besides, I consider people
are not going to have helicopters that easy because they are so expensive.
However, I really think rich people are going to be able to travel to Mars on
vacations. Finally, I think that the rich countries such us United States are not
going to have water because they don’t take care about the natural resources.

ANSWER:

In my opinion, in 10 years, the technology is advanced that people will do dficil to

perform work and other things in what we do every day, I think people will be
unemployed as many industries move us by robots. The high power person will
have the domain of conquering other planets and which has a poderio enough
about things, I think there will be poor people, ranging haer certain things that do
make money. Appliances and electronic equipment and will make available to
them by hand.

2. For the second part of this activity you have to read your partners’ posts, select
one and through the button “Comentario” write your opinion about your partner
post. / Para la segunda parte de esta actividad, usted debe leer las
participaciones de sus compañeros, seleccionar una y a través del botón
“Comentario”, escribir su opinión sobre el mensaje de su compañero.

Example / Ejemplo:

I agree with you about flying cars, we are going to solve the traffic problem soon.
However I disagree with you about intelligent robots, I don´t think robots can be
intelligent.
Follow the steps below to participate:
1. Click on the blog title and then on Crear entrada de blog.

2. Write the title and your entry messages with your feedback. Then, click on
Publicar entrada.

3. Explore your learning mate comments and, then, give constructive feedback
by clicking on Comentario.

4. Once you have written the comment, click on Añadir.

Pasos para participar:

1. Dar clic en el título del blog y luego en Crear entrada de blog.

2. Escribir el título y el mensaje de entrada con sus aportes, después dar clic en
Publicar entrada.

3. Explorar lo expuesto por su compañero y posteriormente hacer sus

comentarios constructivos dando clic en Comentario.

4. Una vez escrito el comentario, dar clic en Añadir.

Criterios de evaluación
Realiza predicciones futuras, teniendo en cuenta la estructura gramatical,
vocabulario y contexto requerido.