25 mar 2014

False friends or false cognates
This an activity for 4th grade students only.
Hi guys! How are you going to resolve the following activity?
Well, you are going to start watching this blog:

http://nursingenglish3.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/false-cognates/

Try to read and understand all the information related to False friend. Then, you need to write all the exercises in your note book, or get a copy from this web site in order to resolve them.

This is the web site:


Now you have to resolve these exercises: you can get a copy and then put into your note book.

Exercise 1


Exercise 2


Exercise 3


Exercise 4

22 mar 2014

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
This is an activity for 3th year students.
Sections: B, C and D.

Hi guys! In this unit we are gointo to do short a review about prepositions of locations (Place), but you should know and understand how work everyone of those words. Look at the following chart:


1st homework

Now, you have to do a short research where you can explain evryone of those prepositions. Write them in your notebook. For example, you can start writing about "in or inside." So you need to write something like this:


In or inside: significa dentro de o en. Es usado también para ...

Also, you need to write examples, such as:

"The car is in the garaje"
" in 1976..."
"in the mornig" etc.

2nd homework

Copy the following exercises in your notebook, or you can get a copy and put in your notebook.



 
 
Finally, try to understand the following chart about how to use "at", "in" and "on"


Complete the following exercise writing: in, at, on

 



10 mar 2014

The Anne Frank whole story

She is Anne Frank

Hello guys! In this opportunity you have to see the following video , try to understand and write 10 sentences in english using simple past tense related to actions that Anne did during the short video.


Example of sentence: Anne cried when her sister died.

Look at the video:

 
 
Now, look at this music video about Anne Frank and stop on minnute  4:53 and 4:58 and answer the following questions in your note book.
 
 
 
1. How many photos are there on the Wall?
2. How many books are there on the desk?
3. Is there a lamp?
4. Are there a big book near the lamp?
5. Where is tehbig White book?
6. Where is teh diary of Anne?
7. How many beds are there in the Anne Frank Bedroom?
8. Where is the table?
9. Where is the red carpet?
10. How many chairs are there in the bedroom?
 
Finally, you have to work in a short homework: Write in your note book the differents propositions of locations;  functions of everyone and 10 examples using sentences about everyone of those prepositions.
 
 
 
 
Prefix and suffix
Hello boys and girls the following activity is for 4th year english students only.

How are you going to resolve this activity?

Well, first of all, you have to watch the following video about What are prefixes? pain atention and understand as whole. Please take your time in order to understand all the content about this video.

Next, find in your dictionary forty (40) words with different prefixes, for example:

unknow
preposition
unclear...

Write this list in your note book and try to devide those words like this example:

prefix: un
root: know

Look at the video

The second activity is about suffixes you have to do the same like prefixes, but you have to look at this video before.


After wathing the video you need to write a list with different  40 words related to suffixes, example: teacher = TEACH - ER

2 dic 2012

Contenidos de la Unidad Curricular: Uso de las TIC en la enseñanza y aprendizaje del Inglés.

CONTENIDOS DE LA UNIDAD CURRICULAR

Unidad Temática I: La siguiente Unidad Temática intenta hacer un acercamiento constructivista, innovador y generador de opiniones sobre la interesante forma de enseñar, aprender y evaluar el Inglés como Lengua Extranjera en conexión con las Nuevas Tecnología de la Información y Comunicación (TIC), haciendo énfasis en los contenidos conceptuales, caracterización, usos, fortalezas, debilidades y demás generalidades referidas a su implementación y desarrollo de un aula de clase virtual.
• ¿Qué es una TIC?
• Característica de una TIC
• Tipos de TIC
• Uso de las TIC en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje
• Uso de las TIC en la enseñanza y elaprendizaje de una lengua extranjera como el Inglés
• Aspectos legales referentes al uso de las TIC en el contexto educativo venezolano.
• Ventajas y desventajas del uso de las TIC en la enseñanza de una lengua extranjera como el Inglés.
• Entornos virtuales, ¿Son confiables?
• La evaluación del aprendizaje del Inglés y los entornos virtuales.

Unidad Temática II: Habiendo conocido los relevantes aspectos conceptuales concernientes a las TIC, y pudiendo discernir de manera autónoma y grupal el grado de utilidad de la implementación de las tecnologías en la enseñanza, aprendizaje y evaluación del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera, conviene ahora enumerar y describir aquellas herramientas que actualmente están siendo implementadas por los docentes del área de Inglés. Es conveniente dejar claro, que lo ideal no es sustituir la idea preconcebida que se tenga sobre el uso de las TIC, por el contario, se busca contrastar la experiencia personal con aquellas vividas por los propios autores auspiciadores de las herramientas virtuales, dejando claro lo que realmente funciona como las TIC y lo que no lo es, al punto de poder conocer, analizar y determinar con juicio crítico su utilidad.
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NOTE: Hello guys! Your teacher shows you the following homework. You have to write, according to your own reseach, the differents tools related to CIT.How are you going to get it? Remember, you need to send your constribution writing the answer into the comments box behind every reading, in this case, you should write your homework answer behind this content. Also, watch the following video about "Learning a language: How CIT's English language students use technology in the classroom", and write your point of view related to a negative or positive aspects.


13 feb 2012

PRÁCTICA PARA ESTUDIANTES DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES TÁCHIRA
“Dr. Pedro Rincón Gutiérrez”
Departamento de Idiomas Modernos
Estrategias para la comprensión lectora
de una lengua extranjera (Inglés)


PRÁCTICA PARA ESTUDIANTES DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA


Part I. False friends. 1.
INSTRUCTION: Encierre en un circulo la palabra "Falso cognado" que no establesca sentido a la oración.
1. My sister is PREGNANT / EMBARRASSED . She’s going to have a baby in January.
2. I used to work as a teacher but CURRENTLY / ACTUALLY I’m unemployed.
3. I have a bad COLD / CONSTIPATION. My nose is running and I have a sore throat.
4. My favourite SUBJECT / SIGNATURE is mathematics.
5. My daughter is very SENSIBLE / SENSITIVE and starts crying easily.
6. The film was a big SUCCESS / EXIT.
7. He's a good student and ATTENDS / ASSISTS all his lessons.
8. Don't worry. I'll ADVISE / SUGGESTION you if I see any danger coming.
9. The new neighbours are always having loud ARGUMENTS / DISCUSSION. We can hear their shouts through the thin walls.
10.I'd rather find a job and start working than spending another three to five uyears studying a university DEGREE / CARRER.

Part II: Conditional sentences.

INSTRUCTION: Circle the correct phrases and form Conditional sentences.
1) If it doesn't rain /didn't rain /hadn't rained , we'd be in the garden.
2) She wouldn't have had two laptops if she does not sign /did not sign /had not signed the contract.
3) If I were a millionaire, I will live /would live /would have lived in Beverly Hills.
4) If we had read the book, we will understand/would understand /would have understood the film.
5) We will watch /would watch /would have watched TV tonight if Peter hadn't bought the theatre tickets.
6) You would save energy if you switch off /switched off /had switched off the lights more often.

Part III: Comparative and superlative.
INSTRUCTION: Underline the correct word.

1. Karina is the (nice / nicer / nicest) of my friend
2. That blue jacket is (cheap / cheaper / cheapest) than the yellow one.
3. Elliot arrived (early / earlier / earliest) than you.
4. Xiomara is not so (Thin / thinner / thinnest) as Raul.