Lesson: My Educational Background

With the help of this lesson, you will learn how to talk about:

  • Your educational background
  • Stuff you’re good at and bad at

Let’s get started



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Task: Structures for Sentences

Task #2a

Read the sentences and then tell a sentence about yourself

I know how to…
  1. I know how to create a WordPress Site
  2. I know how to speak English
  3. I know how to …
I have …
  1. I have a marketing certificate
  2. I have a business administration certificate
  3. I have three English certificates
  4. I have a __________
I can …
  1. I can install Ubuntu
  2. I can create complex websites with CSS
  3. I can ___________
I have a major in …
  1. I have a major in English Teaching
  2. I have a major in Computer Science
  3. I have a major in ______________
I am terrible at …
  1. I am terrible at Math
  2. I am terrible at Chemistry
  3. I am terrible at ______________
I am good at …
  1. I am good at English
  2. I am good at Computers
  3. I am good at _____________
I plan to graduate in …
  1. I plan to graduate in 2026
  2. I plan to graduate in a year or so
  3. I plan to graduate in …
I got my … from …
  1. I got my highschool diploma from the Liceo de Nicoya
  2. I got my degree from the Ulatina
  3. I got my highschool diploma from ______________
I went to … at…
  1. I went to highschool at Liceo Nicoya
  2. I went to school at Escuela San Martín
  3. I went to school at …
I studied … in…
  1. I studied tourism in high school
  2. I studied programming in a technical high school
  3. I studied …
I started …
  1. I started my major in 2013
  2. I started my business major in 2022
  3. I started my ….
I am studying …. at …
  1. I am studying Business at Ulacit
  2. I am studying Energy Engineering at UTN
  3. I am studying …
I am taking…
  1. I am taking Literature classes
  2. I am taking research classes
  3. I am taking….

Task #2b

Stand up and during 6 minutes talk about your educational background to other classmates


Task: Answering Questions

Task #3a

Take turns with your classmate and answer these questions


Task: Identify Errors and Mistakes

Task #4a

Now you will identify the mistakes /errors in these sentences

Task #4b

Now take turns with your partners and say the sentences correctly


Task: Writing about my Background

Task #5a

Now you will write ten sentences about your educational background


Manuel Campos, English Professor

José Manuel

I am José Manuel and I am an English Teacher in Costa Rica who loves English. I have been teaching English for more than 8 years and I like sharing what I know with others