Friday, 27 November 2015

Video 3

AN ACTIVITY YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME. Deadline Thursday Dec 10
REMEMBER TO PRACTICE IN ADVANCE SINCE IT IS NOT A READING ACTIVITY. ALL IN ONE TAKE. THANKS

Record a for 2 minute mobile phone video presentation* about an activity you like to do in 

your free time.

Say:

What the activity is,

How often you do it,

Where you do it,

What the activity involves,

Why you enjoy doing this activity.

Mention anything else you think is important.

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Blog help!

Today we will do something different.


Read the last blog post of the classmate below you on the blog list on my blog and correct it using this key:

WF= Wrong Form                       WW = Wrong Word               v = Something Missing

(WO) = Word Order                    Sp = Spelling                          P = Punctuation

WE = Wrong Expression             T = Wrong Tense                   ? = Not sure 

 C= Concordance  between subject/determiner  and verb           (  )  = Not necessary


Publish the corrections on your blog AND send your classmate a comment to tell them you have posted some feedback.


Example.

Today I (WF) going to write about an(WF) journy (Sp) I make(T) in the past.


Today I am going to write about a journey I made in the past.

In this(C) days I and my parents (WO) came (WW) to Viña

In these days my parents and I went to viña 

English teacher survey

Dear all,
could you please do this short survey on

www.plataforma.uchile.cl    

It takes 5 mins and it is important for us.

thank you

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Check your personality type while you wait

http://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
Today we are going to write about something  interesting.
It has been hard to choose because I am often reading more than one thing at the time.  I read the newspaper, academic papers, stuff on meditation, essays, my students' blogs, etc. 
I started reading about the brain some years back when I studied language acquisition and education = learning processes.
However, later I decided to read beyond linguistics and education, and bought a really interesting book called “Mind map” The book I am devoting most time to at the moment is called “The emotional life of your brain” It is written by a neuroscientist (R. J. Davidson) and a health and science journalist (S. Begley).  I suppose I am reading it out of pleasure. The book is about different research done on the human brain and the different emotional styles, how genetics and environment influence them and how they develop. It also includes  the mind – body connection. Although I have onlt read about 80 pages, I'm really enjoying seeing how certain personality traits can be linked to certain hormones released in certain areas of the brain and some of these processes could be modified if there is will. It is  fascinating.. Chemical processes were never thing at school but now it is fun. It also touches “abnormal “ conditions such as autism, which I find interesting.
I think I am enjoying it because there is no pressure involved. I just read a while before I go to sleep or during the day if I have the time.

Write about something you are reading at the moment.
Say
What it is called
Which genre it is ( novel, academics, manga, newspaper, blog, etc)
Whether you are enjoying it
What it is about
Include anything else you find relevant.





Write a minimum of 220 words and 4 comments on different class blogs.

Video 2

Video 2 marks

Alexandra  6.0
Yahira        4.8
Eiky           5.0
Cristina      6.3
Polette        5.2
Samantha   5.0
Octavia       5,7
Valentina A  4.8
Jonathan     5.5
Camila M    5.8
Elisa            4.8  
M Elena     1.0
Claudia       6.5
Valentina J  1.0
Tábata        1.0

Have I missed any videos?

Thursday, 12 November 2015

FINAL TESTS


PLEASE REMEMBER THE FINAL TESTS WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 17TH

12:00   WRITTEN PART
14:30    ORAL INTERACTION (IN PAIRS)

REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY LINKS ON THIS BLOG WHERE YOU CAN PRACTICE.