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 2 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 1 (Where is it?): your product, your glossary and «I can use there is / there are.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Directions + transport with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can ask for and give simple directions and talk about transport.

Puedo pedir y dar indicaciones sencillas y hablar del transporte.

Open the URA of Lesson 2 · III PAC

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

Directions + transport

Imperatives: go straight on · turn left / right · take the second street · cross. Transport: by bus / by train / on foot. Question: How do I get to…?

AskAnswer
How do I get to the station?Go straight on and turn left.
Is it far?No, it's a five-minute walk.
Which bus goes to the centre?Take the number 12.
How do you get to university?I go by bus. / I walk.
En español

El imperativo da instrucciones sin sujeto: «Turn left». Medios de transporte con «by» (by bus), pero «on foot» (a pie). En el Reino Unido el metro de Londres se llama «the Underground» o «the Tube».

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about directions with imperatives, «How do I get to…?» and transport. 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 2 · III PAC

Your career, your examples

III PAC · September – DecemberSportSeptember · approx.Newcastle to South Shields, England

Cultural Corner · Great North Run

This week: Look at the Great North Run route. Where does it start and finish? Write 3 directions.

The Great North Run is a half marathon. Thousands of runners are crossing the Tyne Bridge.

Key words

  • half marathon media maratón
  • bridge puente
  • charity caridad

Fact

It is one of the biggest half marathons in the world. It is 21 kilometres long.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Training and first aid.
  • Engineering & technology: Timing chips.
  • Business & economics: Charities.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Runners' stories.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Coastal routes.
Mirror Honduras. Is there a race in your city? Where does it start?

Official source

Mission: Find the start city and the finish town. Write them.

Cultural competency: I can say what Great North Run is (September), use Directions + transport to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

See it in my III 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

Imperatives have no subject: Turn left (gire a la izquierda) · Go straight on.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Left / right: à gauche / à droite (FR) · à esquerda / à direita (PT) · a sinistra / a destra (IT) · links / rechts (DE).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

In the U.K. cars drive on the left: look right first when you cross. In Honduras we drive on the right.

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Pass on a route from a map app to a friend, in Spanish, step by step.

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 · FilmLondon, U.K. · 2014

Paddington

Paul King (director); character by Michael Bond

A little bear from Peru arrives at Paddington station in London. He doesn't know the city, so he asks for directions.

You use it in: 2 · Forum · Activity 5

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 2). 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.