1. FINAL TASK

At the end of the unit the students (SS) will write a biography of Australian athlete

Cathy Freeman. This will include some general information about her country of origin

– i.e. Australia – some personal details, together with some professional information.

The Education Law (LOE) stipulates that certain basic competences should

feature in the curriculum. The development of the following four basic competences in

linguistic communication, ICTs and digital competence, competence in learning to learn

and autonomy and personal initiative have been taken into account in the elaboration of

this Didactic Unit2.

2. LEVEL

This unit is addressed to 1st year of Bachillerato SS. SS at this age have finished

compulsory secondary education and should therefore have acquired oral and written

skills to communicate efficiently in every-day situations through specific tasks.

Likewise, they already know basic vocabulary for descriptions and can use different

present and past forms of many regular and irregular verbs that will help them complete

the final task.

3. JUSTIFICATION

This unit is intended to motivate SS by getting them to speak about familiar

issues. Therefore, it starts with simpler input that gets more complex as the lesson goes

on. This allows the teacher to go from the old to the new, making sure that all SS get

involved in the activities and feel at ease.