Everyday life and identity in the past
Read: A life in the past
Maya Angelou was an American writer. She was born in 1928 in California. When she was a child, she lived with her grandmother in a small town. In her community, people spoke English and kept African American traditions alive: they sang, told stories and cooked together. Maya wrote about everyday life, music and the strength of her people.
Where was Maya Angelou born?
In Maya's community, people kept some traditions alive.
Words for identity / Palabras para la identidad
| English | Español |
|---|---|
| tradition | tradición |
| everyday life | vida cotidiana |
| community | comunidad |
| to keep alive | mantener vivo |
| belongings / heritage | herencia |
| custom | costumbre |
Identity features of English-speaking communities
English is spoken in many countries, and each community has its own identity features: accent (how people sound), spelling (how they write), food, clothes and traditions. In an information sheet (ficha), we write these features in a clear and organised way.
| Community | Where we hear English | Typical food | A known tradition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish | Ireland | soda bread, stew | music and dance in the pub |
| Jamaican | Jamaica | rice and peas, ackee | reggae music and storytelling |
| Scottish | Scotland | oat porridge | bagpipes and Highland games |
| Māori | New Zealand | hāngī (cooked in the ground) | haka and whakapapa stories |
Match the identity feature with its meaning.
One line about identity is WRONG. Find it.
Marca la línea o las líneas con error y pulsa Comprobar.
A writes the main features of a community in an organised way; the way people sound is their .
How sure are you that one language can belong to many different cultures?
¿Qué tan seguro estás de tu respuesta?
Identity
Find the words. / Busca las palabras.
Toca la primera letra y luego la última de cada palabra (en línea recta) para marcarla.
How to make a good information sheet
Make your ficha / Haz tu ficha
Choose a community
Pick one English-speaking community you want to write about.Collect the features
Note its accent, spelling, food, clothes and traditions.Organise the information
Use short sentences and a table or an infographic.Check the facts
Read again: is every sentence true and clear?
Paso 1 de 4
Write 3-4 lines in English about your own community: what do people eat, which traditions do you keep, and what makes you feel you belong?
Use the words from the glossary: tradition, food, community, everyday life.
Tu texto se guarda sólo en este dispositivo.
British Council LearnEnglishA2 listening and reading practice / práctica de comprensión A2.
SEP · MX-SEC-G2-ING-C01-P01 · comprende textos narrativos y biográficos en inglés sobre la vida cotidiana y la interacción
Para COMPRENDER una narración o biografía en inglés se aplican dos lecturas: el SKIMMING (leer rápido por encima para captar la idea general y el género) y el SCANNING (buscar un dato concreto: año, lugar, nombre). En textos sobre la VIDA COTIDIANA ("everyday life") y la interacción, aparecen tiempos del PASADO (past simple: "she grew up…", "he worked…") y conectores de secuencia (first, then, later, finally) que ordenan los hechos.
Estrategia de comprensión: identifica QUIÉN, CUÁNDO, DÓNDE y QUÉ cambió en la vida del personaje; subraya verbos en pasado y adjetivos que describen COSTUMBRES y COMPORTAMIENTOS ("friendly", "hard-working"). Ante una palabra desconocida, INFERIR por contexto (infer meaning) antes de traducir. Una biografía suele seguir un arco: origen → retos → logro → legado; reconocer ese arco te permite resumir el texto con tus propias palabras.
Comprueba lo que aprendiste
El "scanning" en inglés consiste en...
Los conectores "first, then, finally" ayudan a ordenar los hechos de una narración.
Explicación visual: Everyday life and identity (past and present)
- Everyday life and identity (past and present)
- Words for identity / Palabras para la identidad
- Identity features of English-speaking communities
- Escena 4
Antes de continuar, responde mirando esta idea. Mira la escena «Identity features of English-speaking communities». Con tus palabras: ¿qué explica y por qué importa? Añade un ejemplo tuyo y señala qué parte aún te confunde.
Compuerta de avance: ¿listo para continuar?
Aquí se mira lo que ya fuiste acertando. Pulsa «Comprobar» para saber si puedes seguir.
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