tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62562199149886607372011-07-28T13:31:17.727-04:00This blog will hold vital information for the survival of this community. Stay tunned!viovionoreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6256219914988660737.post-12697851229205309712007-06-11T22:07:00.000-04:002007-06-11T22:09:36.116-04:00

You can post a comment with your answersStudy Questions What was your first impression of Nick Naylor? How did you feel after the opening scene on the talk show?Did this film have a “hero”? Could that be Nick? The Captain? The Senator? The reporter? In what ways did they all fall short of truly being the “good” character in this story?The film gives the impression that Nick’s

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Hey students,I've found a really interesting blog with some examples of student writing. You may find them useful if you want more examples of what we've been discussing about concluding paragraphs, topic sentences, etc.Enjoy!!http://alea-english.blogspot.com/search/label/IELTS%20preparation%20student

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Hi!On Wednesday we talked about diffent crimes.Domestic violence:What would you do if you saw a man beating his wife?Here you may find information about domestic violence:Chile (Spanish)http://www.violenciaintrafamiliar.org/chile/guia_rapida.phphttp://www.violenciaintrafamiliar.org/chile/actuacion_terceros.phpInternational (English)http://www.helpguide.org/mental/

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Hi!This week we started reading the article "Thirty-eight Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police."We'll finish reading it on Monday.On Tuesday, we'll continue with the handout "Summarizing a text." If you do not come with the text answered, we won't be able to move faster.I am sending the ppts containing each class' material. Read them and if you have questions please ask them in class or just

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This website might be helpful for your Language Studies class.http://www.indiana.edu/~hlw/

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Hi!Homework for Monday:A.Read the two texts (Creatividad, La Llave del Siglo XXI, Thirty Eight who saw murder didn't call the police) and follow the fisrt three steps in writing a summary.1. Step One: "...accurately read the original text.", "...identify the controlling idea of each paragraph." (Summarizing a Text, 1)2. Step two: "...analyze the rest of the information in the text, interact with

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Hi!Remember, on Wednesday we have the Intensive test.For Thursday we have two homeworks:1. Workshop 1: This must be done.http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_7827pk4g2. Summarizing a Text: This document consists of 21 pages and is now at Picachu photocopy center. I can also email it to you if you want. I'm uploading it at SIGA also, but that might take a while. This document must be read for

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Andrea spoke to me today and asked me to change the test date. I have no problems in changing the test for Wednesday as long as you write a signed list asking for that.Again, just for the record, yesterday nobody except Daniela P. showed up with the homework done, and today only four people handed in their essays.See you!

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http://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/20119/VHORDVRP.phphttp://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/20119/WVHZBAJK.phphttp://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/20119/LWHMNDLO.php

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You have a lot to say about this topic since you have been studying EFL (English as a foreign language) for a good amount of years now to have an empirical opinion based in your own experience.I value that. As you must have read in the articles handed out, essays are supposed to be subjective and persuasive. Just make your point clear.Now, you need to complement your opinion and experience with

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Topic: How do people learn/acquire vocabulary in a foreign language?Due to: Thursday, April 26th.Length: 2 pages (including references)All margins (top, bottom, left, right) must be set in 2.5 cms.Double space.Font: Tahoma 11References: APA StylePreparación de un ensayohttp://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_41fp5rxzElaboración de referencias y citas según las normas de la American Psychological

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The intensive reading will be constructed as follows:1. True or False2. Answering questions about the text.3. Determine the meaning of terms. Provide a definition of vocabulary items.4. Make sentences with some vocabulary items.5. Translation.Questions? email me.

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If you have any questions please feel free to msn me or add me to your gmail chat.MSN: violeta.cautin@yahoo.com (for both, MSN and Yahoo messenger)gmail: violeta.cautin@gmail.com

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Hi!Remember that "responsible" is the word from me to you. Today only two people brought the material to class.Please remember:1. Show up to class and with the material.Well, we have two homeworks for tomorrow:1. Write a three-sentence summary of the reading "The stuggle to beat the cold" (page 26, booklet 1)2. Do exercises 2 and 3 (pgs. 3-5, booklet "How to write a summary") The booklet is on

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Hi students!Well, today we talked about the development of our class.I am really happy with the outcome.I will compromise to:1. Be punctual.2. Go over contents faster. 3. Do more vocabulary activities in class.4. Give you more homework.5. Encourage you to speak English at all times in class.I expect you to:1. Be punctual.2. Come to classes prepared. That means: homework done, contents studied.3.

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Well, as a matter of fact, we haven´t done many vocabulary activities. We'll solve that in the coming lessons.You'll have to use plenty of new vocabulary for the summaries and other activities.The difference is that I don't like you to regurgitate vocabulary definitions, my objective is that you can use the language in meaningful communicative exchanges.I want you to apply the knowledge, not to

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Hi!Remember I told you we were going to practice the exercises on this booklet here?Well, I have created a discussion board where you will find extra exercises.Post the answers to the exercises and receive feedback from me and from your classmates.YES, you can correct grammar, spelling or any other mistake you see in your classmate's answers that way we will all learn from each other's mistakes

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The class yesterday was really good and productive. I think you all got the idea of how to produce a good summary from your notes.Keep these points in mind when you are writing a summary:A summary:Is shorter than the original piece of writing.Includes an introductory sentence which refers to the source and states your controlling idea.Includes the most important elements of the original text.Has

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There are some blurry ones, but still nice.. Thank you all for participating.

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For the test, study only the article "Global Warming is human made" and of course all the review pages and exercises related to it.Oral presentations: NO.

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Due to the success of this suggestion I've decided to implement it.We are having breakfast the day after tomorrow, but before that, I have a little surprise prepared for you. Please wear a jogging suit for the class that day.:)You can find more information about the Full English breakfast here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_English_breakfastLet's talk tomorrow. Please wait for me if I'm late

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This is a gift for all of you who liked Frenchhttp://perso.orange.fr/yvanbaptiste/grammar/Expressions%20%20Futur.htmThis website contains useful exercises and explanations. Just be careful not to get confused because the explanations are simpler than in your booklet so they are more general.http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/4fut.htmINTERACTIVE exercises:http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps

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Here you may find useful information about writing complex sentences. You can explore the menu on the left and find more interesting writing lessons and tips. Hope you like it!http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatewriting/a/cplex_sentence.htmHere you may find writing help at a more advanced level. I think it would be useful for you to read this information.http://www.latrobe.edu.au/lasesl/

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How would you like it to have breakfast together this Thursday in the classroom? I could take the bread, butter and cheese, and you could volunteer to take the tea, coffee, etc. Let's talk about it tomorrow in class. You can also take a camera to the classroom and take pictures of all of us to post later here (the day of the breakfast, not tomorrow :) ).Remember that this Thursday we have the

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Hi, all!Marcelo, do you mean we should change the template of the blog? Well, at the beginning I wanted to change it, too, but... I think I'm used to it now.If you have a better template we can negociate a change.On a different topic, thank you for sharing your personal flog with us. I liked it, especially the Easter greeting :)See you tomorrow!

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Hi, students!Here you'll find two files containing explanations on the grammatical points we'll study this week.Definite and undefinite articles:http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_18hm35cdFuture:http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_17hrg32qSee you on Monday.

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Hi, everybody!Today I added a Google Calendar to our blog.Check it. I hope this could be a useful tool to help you stay informed of all relevant events, tests, etc. you may think relevant to publish.Please scroll down and click on the events. If you do that, a new window will open with detailed information about the event.You can also use it to publish other events like . I will try to keep it

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Hi!The word is "gincana" in Spanish and "gymkhana" in English.Congratulations to "Flamboyan girls".Please keep the sheets of paper in which you have the corrections. If you have any question, don't hesitate to contact me and we can appoint a meeting.Here are the pictures that we took in class.Enjoy!

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Today I remembered that the first day of class you asked me if I had ever travelled abroad. I told you I had only been to Tacna. Well, today I interviewed some teachers that have been to London and asked them to tell me a little bit about their experiences with the weatherthere.Here is what they said:Gerardo Ñancupán : “The climate of London was very similar to Santiago. It wasn’t that cold. "“

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GREENWICHEveryone knows that when two people meet in the street or on a train, the first thing they talk about is the weather. They say things like "It's turned out nice again, hasn't it?" or "Not too bad for the time of year, is it?"I never used to understand why they were so interested in such a boring subject until I'd been living here for a couple of months.It was a day in July last year -

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The new booklet is at Picachu photocopy center now.As you'll see we'll continue talking about weather and then we'll move to "Old age" .The grammatical point is going to be "future". We'll start with simple future and then we'll move to future continuous and future perfect. Not that difficult, but you need to be careful as they are quite confusing.Here you have some questions for you to answer on

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Hi, there!Check these progress reports and please catch up with the assignments, comments, and translation that must be done and sent.http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_12hct3vfhttp://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgmvk7jn_11gfc48n

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American English pronunciation practice (lots of quizzes) : http://www.manythings.org/pp/An English pronouncing dictionary with instant sound:http://www.howjsay.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtmlTheory: (avanced)http://www.americanaccent.com/intonation.htmlhttp://www.americanaccent.com/pronunciation.htmlhttp://www.americanaccent.com/liaisons.htmlhttp://www3.telus.net/

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Hi, there! Pictures at last!Here we find "No more, no less" after their presentation.Don't they look cool? Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the camera today. My sincere apologies to the other groups. I'll find a way to make it up to you. Well, today Jose volunteered to be encharged of giving yellow cards. This will be so until Thursday, April 5th. That day we'll appoint another person for this

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Today we had the presentation of "No more no less".Pictures coming soon. :)It was a consistent presentation. I really appreciate the effort you put into it.I would also appreciate if you could send me a copy of your ppt and the glossary to my email. Thanks.-------------------------------------------------------------------Tomorrow we'll continue. Please come early.Ah, and Miss Rebecca kindly

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Hope you had a great weekend.Today we started implementing the "yellow card" and "red card" system. Fortunately, nobody got a red card, but I gave 4 yellow ones.Pease don't consider cards as punishment... THEY ARE NOT!!!! They're just a way of motivating and pushing you into showing the English speaking person that dwells inside you.If you missed the class, here you'll find the handouts.The'll

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Fellow community members,Here I'll be posting some websites and documents that you might find useful when preparing the written report.PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAROnline Writing Lab. (Lots of information.)http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#pwrgQuizhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/colons1.htmA little help with capitals.http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/592/01/

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ARTURO PRAT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TRANSLATION PROGRAM ENGLISH 5 UNIT 1: WEATHER AND OLD AGE - FUTURE WORKSHOP: http://www.weatherclassroom.com/ WHILE YOU ARE DOING THIS ACTIVITY, REMEMBER TO BE WRITING DOWN ALL WORDS THAT YOUR WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. 1. Read the introduction. 2. Click on "How to play" and read the directions carefully. 3. Type a "screen name". 4. Enter the challenge. 5.

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COLLABORATIVE ROLES LEADER Makes sure that every voice is heard. Focuses work around the learning task. Sound bites: • Let’s hear from ____ next.” • “That’s interesting, but let’s get back to our task.” RECORDER Compiles group members’ ideas on collaborative graphic organizer. Writes on the board for the whole class to see during the presentation. Sound bites: • “I think I

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Hi, community fellows...If you think this blog is too dull, boring and/or could use more color or features, please feel free to leave a comment with suggestions and ideas for improvement.I'll be looking forward to hearing from you.TL

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Hi!I'm really happy to have you here.Please introduce your group in the "comments" section.Don't forget to include:- Identification of the group: Name and meaning of the name or reasons for choosing it.- Identification of the group members: name, role.- Objectives of the group for this course.See you on Wednesday 14th. at 8:00 LC7Try to bring a picture of the group so we can post them here.If not

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