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 1 · Step 2 of 5

Forum: Sharing languages I already know

Activity 1 · 2%
What you bring
From the URA: the rule Cognates + I am…, the model sentences and 3 words of your career prepared with SofIA.
What this prepares you for
The H5P checks the same forms with automatic feedback.

Your mission

Which languages do you know? Write 3 cognates from your career.

Option A · My career. Which languages do you know? Write 3 cognates from your career.
Option B · Cultural Corner III PAC. Spanish and English live together in the U.S. Find 3 cognates on the official page. Add 1 fact from the official site and 1 sentence comparing with Honduras.

Model

Hello! I'm Carlos. I'm a medicine student. I speak Spanish. Cognates in my career: hospital, patient, doctor.

Your career in this forum

Write about your career (its exact name in the UNAH Oferta Académica). Choose the example of your area and change it:

  • Health sciences: I'm a nursing student. Hospital, doctor and patient are cognates.
  • Engineering & technology: I'm an engineering student. Computer, system and energy are cognates.
  • Business & economics: I'm a business student. Bank, economy and product are cognates.
  • Education, humanities & communication: I'm a journalism student. Television, radio and culture are cognates.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: I'm an agronomy student. Plant, animal and natural are cognates.

Use 3 words of your career glossary.

Cultural connection · III PAC

Event of this week: Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 – Oct 15). See it in your III PAC Cultural Passport.

Your cultural mission: Spanish and English live together in the U.S. Find 3 cognates on the official page.

Mirror Honduras: Many Hondurans live in the U.S. How does your town celebrate September 15?

Include one comparison between the U.S. and Honduras: one similarity and one difference.

Be respectful: say «In my experience…» or «In my city…», not «All Americans…» or «All Hondurans…». Need ideas? Ask SofIA Cultural.

Your result, two ways

Your teacher decides which one the course uses. Pass mark: 65 %.

1 · Percentage (summative)

your rubric level (4 = 100, 3 = 75, 2 = 50, 1 = 25) × the weight of the activity.
Example: 70 % in this activity (2 %) = 1.4 % of your final grade.

2 · Competency level

  • 0–39 N1 · not reached
  • 40–54 N2 · partly reached
  • 55–64 N3 · almost reached
  • 65–79 N4 · competency reached
  • 80–89 N5 · reached with distinction
  • 90–94 N6 · excellence
  • 95–100 N7 · outstanding

Doble calificación: porcentaje sumativo (nota × peso) o nivel de competencia (aprobación con 65). El docente decide cuál usar. Escala completa

Arts Corner · MusicNew Orleans, U.S. · 1920s–1960s

Jazz and Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong (trumpet and voice)

Jazz is music from the U.S. It started in New Orleans. Louis Armstrong is a famous jazz musician: he plays the trumpet and sings.

Your mission: Listen to one Louis Armstrong song. In your forum post, write 3 cognates you find on the page or in the song titles (for example: music, famous, trumpet). Then write «I am…» + the music you like.

Key words

  • trumpet trompeta
  • singer cantante
  • jazz jazz

Explore and learn

Optional for your grade, but it counts in «Career and culture» when you use it. All the Arts Corners of the course →

SofIA Creator Studio

Create your own learning resource for Lesson 1

A comic strip, a labelled picture, flashcards, a grammar chart… You choose what to learn and how, SofIA helps you prepare it, and you print it (Letter size) or save it as PDF.

Elige qué aprender y cómo; SofIA te ayuda a prepararlo y tú lo imprimes en tamaño carta o lo guardas en PDF.

Bingo cards Minimal pairs cards Culture fact sheet
Open SofIA Creator Studio

Where do I post and reply?

Only on the UNAH Virtual Campus. Log in, enter your English I class (your section) and open:

Activity 1 · Forum: Sharing languages I already know (2%)

Log in to the UNAH Virtual Campus

Check the date in the official Calendar. Work sent by WhatsApp or email is not accepted.

Ingresa al UNAH Virtual Campus, entra a tu clase de Inglés I y abre la Actividad 1 · Foro: Sharing languages I already know. Ahí publica y responde.

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in101_lessons.js (lección 1). 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.