English II · A1.2. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students talking on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United Kingdom, Big Ben and a red London bus.
English II · Lesson 1 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From English I you bring the present simple, your daily routine and your career glossary. Now you locate the places of your day: Lesson 1 asks «Where is it?».
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use There is / there are + prepositions with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can say where places are on campus and in the city.

Puedo decir dónde están los lugares en el campus y en la ciudad.

Open the URA of Lesson 1 · 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.

There is / there are + prepositions

There is + one thing, there are + many things. Place: next to · between · opposite · in front of · behind · near.

PrepositionExample
next toThe café is next to the library.
betweenThe bank is between the shop and the park.
oppositeThe stadium is opposite the station.
in front of / behindThere is a car park behind the hospital.
En español

«There is / there are» = hay. Pregunta: «Is there a library?» «Are there any cafés?». «Opposite» = enfrente de; «between» = entre dos cosas.

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Gramatical, about there is / there are and prepositions of place. 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 1 · I PAC

Your career, your examples

I PAC · January – MayHeritage & festivalMonday, January 25Scotland

Cultural Corner · Burns Night

This week: Burns Night is in Scotland. Where is Scotland? Find it on a map: «Scotland is north of England…».

Burns Night is on January 25. There is a special dinner. People can read poems and listen to bagpipes.

Key words

  • poem poema
  • bagpipes gaita
  • haggis haggis

Fact

Robert Burns wrote the words of Auld Lang Syne, the song people sing at New Year around the world.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Traditional food and nutrition.
  • Engineering & technology: How bagpipes make sound.
  • Business & economics: Scottish food and tourism.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Poetry in the Scots language.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: The Scottish countryside in poems.
Mirror Honduras. Who is a famous Honduran poet? Is there a day to remember her or him?

Official source

Mission: Inside the site, search <i>Burns Night</i>. Find 2 foods at a Burns Supper.

Cultural competency: I can say what Burns Night is (Monday, January 25), use There is / there are + prepositions 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

«Hay» = there is (one) / there are (two or more).

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Il y a (FR) · há / tem (PT) · c'è / ci sono (IT) · es gibt (DE). Italian also has singular and plural, like English.

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

In the U.K. the ground floor is at street level and the first floor is the next one up; in the U.S. street level is the first floor.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Explain to a visitor where the library is on your campus map.

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 artNational Gallery, London, U.K. · 1821

The Hay Wain

John Constable

A painting of the English countryside. There is a cart in the river. There are trees and a small house.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 1

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_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.