English I · A1.1. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students greeting each other on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United States, the Statue of Liberty and New York.
English I · Lesson 8 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 7 (My family, my people): your product, your glossary and «I can name family members.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Like + noun / -ing with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can say what I like and don't like.

Puedo decir lo que me gusta y lo que no me gusta.

Open the URA of Lesson 8 · I PAC

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the I PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Like + noun / -ing

I like / love / don't like + noun or verb-ing. He / she likes. Question: Do you like…?

Example
+I like coffee. / I love reading.
−I don't like long meetings.
he / sheShe likes music. He doesn't like rain.
?Do you like soccer? — Yes, I do.
En español

En inglés la persona va primero: «I like music» = me gusta la música. Con he/she se agrega -s: «She likes». Después de like: sustantivo o verbo con -ing.

Passport boosterCEFR A1.1

Joining ideas: and, but, because

Short sentences joined with connectors sound more natural and show more of your opinion.

and adds a similar idea · but adds a different idea · because gives a reason.

En español

«and» = y · «but» = pero · «because» = porque. Úsalos para unir dos ideas cortas.

Quick check (not graded)

1. I like coffee, ___ I don't like tea.

2. I study English ___ it is important for my career.

Linguistic Passport:

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about like / love / don't like + noun or -ing, and he/she likes. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Open SofIA for Lesson 8 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHeritage & festivalWednesday, March 17U.S. (Boston, New York, Chicago…)

Cultural Corner · Saint Patrick's Day

This week: Green clothes, parades, music. What do you like? «I like the parade. I don't like…».

Saint Patrick's Day is on March 17. People wear green. Chicago colors its river green.

Key words

  • green verde
  • shamrock trébol
  • parade desfile

Fact

It is Ireland's national day. Irish immigrants took it to the U.S. New York's parade started in 1762.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Safe celebrations in crowds.
  • Engineering & technology: How to color a river safely.
  • Business & economics: Irish restaurants and music.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Irish music and dance.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Water and green dye.
Mirror Honduras. Which color represents Honduras? When do people wear it?

Official source

Mission: Find 3 things that are green on this day. Write them.

Cultural competency: I can say what St. Patrick's Day is (Wednesday, March 17), use Like + noun / -ing to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my I PAC Cultural Passport

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

«Me gusta la música» → I like music. In English the person is the subject and goes first.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

J'aime la musique (FR) · Eu gosto de música (PT) · Mi piace la musica (IT) · Ich mag Musik (DE). Italian works like Spanish «me gusta».

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

«Fútbol» is soccer in the U.S., where football is American football. In the U.K. football is soccer. One word, two sports!

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Find a classmate with a common interest and report it to the group: «Ana and I both like…».

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · Visual artMuseum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York · 1962

Campbell's Soup Cans

Andy Warhol

32 paintings of soup cans, one for each flavour. It is pop art: art about everyday things.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 28

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in101_lessons.js (lección 8). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.