NIVEL B1 ENGLISH INTERMEDIATE AREA DE IDIOMAS EXTRANJEROS UNIVERSIDAD SAN JUAN BOSCO SEDE TRELEW

WEEK 1: 

WELCOME TO ENGLISH!

THIS IS ME...

Eva Laura Acosta 

Teacher of English and Spanish as Second Languages

Hello, how are you?

My full name's Eva Laura Acosta.

At home my son calls me mum, my husband love, and my students teacher or Eva, the name I love.

I was born in Esquel in 1965, and one month later, my parents moved to Trelew, where I still live

When I was 6 years old I was sent to Maria Auxiliadora School, a Catholic school, where I attended from 1st grade in 1971  to 5th year, 1982, year of the Malvinas War.

In 1982, the Malvinas Islands, now known as the Falkland Islands, were retaken by the Argentine army, which was the year my schooling came to an end. 

MALVINAS WAR

After secondary school  was over, I was not sure what to follow, whether or not to go to a university or to start work...however, 

...one early  morning,  I woke up, and a decision had been made: to become an English teacher.

That was a really brave decision! 

Remember that, because of the war, in those years in Argentina there were no musicians in English, no TV shows in English, no even a newspaper in the English language! 

Oh, my god... what had I thought? What would I do?😰

But luckily, I had made the right decision!

My career, since then, has taken me to travel and work around the world, and I can certainly say I have had a happy life. Yes,  I have had a nice life. 

The following picture shows Massey University, New Zealand, where I was trained as a teacher of English, for a Master's Degree, in 2012.

And his is the Pacific College, where I worked for 5 years as a teacher of teachers, till 2019, New Zealand.

Today,  I was chosen to be your teacher of English, I am really happy again. 

Since I think we are going to get along well. 

What do you think?

Nice to meet you!

LISTENING: SWEET DREAMS

GAMES

ESETP Nº 748 OFICIAL

ESCUELA SECUNDARIA 

DE EDUCACIÓN TÉCNICA PROVINCIAL Nº 748

This part of the blog is for students from ESETP Nº 748.

If you are one of my students find your course here and work on the suggested activities:

4ª Primera y Segunda,  Técnicos en Mecánica y 4ª Técnicos en Electrónica:

Work on two activities: Atom, Elements and Compounds and the Periodic Table: go to the webpage and work on atoms, elements, compounds, and the perioc table, go to Revise and Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zt2hpv4/revision

7º Técnicos en Electrónica:

Last week we worked on power stations today I am inviting you to watch the video about the nuclear disaster in Japan. Then try to say in your own words what you understand about it, and why this information is important for you. 

6ª Técnicos en Industrias y Procesos:

a) Finish working on the microscope here (click at link below):

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/science/microscopes/how-does-microscope-work/

b) Watch the next youtbe video on Health and Safety and answer the questions below: 

• Question 1: What is the meaning of ISO?

Question 2: Different colours show different type of safety actions, so what is...  

• …yellow for?
• …white?
• …read circle with slash crossing it?
• …blue circles white graphics?
• …red squares?
• ...green squares?

7º Técnicos en Industrias y Procesos:

At class we worked on Design Specifications for Food Producers.

Today I am inviting you to watch the next video. Then answer the questions below.

FOOD TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

• Now  why do you think this video is important?
• What do they want to show with this video? why?
• Imagine you were asked to be part of this project, would you participate? why?
• Do you know of any other similar experience in Argentina?

Please be ready to speak about it next class. 

Técnicos en Gestión y Administración de las Organizaciones:

4ª año:

Watch the following video and revise the language we learned in class. Then answer the questions below:

Answer these questions on your folder:

• What are the names of the people in the party?
• What does Mr Victor Tang do?
• Who is a CEO?
• Who is the lady? What is her name? What does Ms Chan do?
• What is your opinion? Is Mr Sam Erics American, Australian or English? What company does he work for?
• Who is a Sales Rep?
• Who is an Specialist in Seafood?

Write down all the greetings you hear in the video:

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Now, watch it again and practice the pronunciation. 

5º año

Watch these three TV commercialas and write three adjectives for them. Say which TV commercial you like the most and why.

6ª año

Last class we worked on Economics around the world. Today I am inviting you to read the Buenos Aires Herald News Paper, click at the link below, and read and understand news about Argentina today. Next class let's speak about it.

BUENOS AIRES HERALD ARGENTINA

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VOICES: 2ND CONGRESS ON TEACHERS RESEARCHING ON OTHER TEACHERS´ VOICES

VOICES:

2nd CONGRESS ON TEACHERS RESEARCHING ON OTHER TEACHERS'  VOICES

24 May- 25 June 2016

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

The Second Congress on Teachers Researching on other Teachers´  Voices invites all English teachers trainees from the Instituto Superior de Formación Docente  Nº 801 "Juana Manso" to submit abstracts to participate as speakers.


CONFERENCE THEMES

• Their own image as teachers of English
• Integrated students in the English Classroom
• Planes Fines, an explorative study on English Teaching materials
• Bilingualism in Rural Schools at The Chubut Valley
• English teaching -learning processes and TICs at Public Schools

KEY DATES

Registration closes on 24th May 2016

Registration in NOW open: 24th May 2016

Registration is essential to participate to the Congress.

In order to confirm their participation in the program they are kindly requested to register as soon as possible to this blog.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - HOW TO SUBMIT

A. Guidelines for abstract preparation 
1. Abstracts can only be submitted in English. 
2. Abstracts cannot exceed 300 words. Letter type Verdana size 9.
3. The title should clearly identify the content of the abstract.
4. Please indicate the presenting author or authors 
5. Please remember that authors’ names and affiliations must always be written in the same way. 
6. The theme from among the 8 listed above should be indicated clearly. 
7. The abstract should contain the following: a) Title, b) Author(s), c) Affiliation(s), d) The purpose, clearly stated (theoretical /educational) context of the presentation, e) A brief description of the participants, materials and methods used (i.e. of research, teaching or evaluation), f) A conclusion that underlines the new dimensions or unpublished results of the presentation 
8. No images can be submitted.
9. Bibliography should be included and APA style respected.

B. Abstract submission 
All abstracts must be submitted by the deadline 24th April 2015,  midnight . All authors  per submitted paper must be registered for the Conference. Abstracts for which no author has registered for the conference will not be included in the Abstracts Book. 

Include language presentation preference: English, Portuguese, Spanish. 


C. Conditions of Acceptance 
Authors should ensure that the abstracts are written in an acceptable standard of English, be carefully edited and proofread.

The content and literary standard of submitted abstracts are the author’s responsibility and cannot be corrected after submission.

All abstracts will initially be reviewed, graded and accepted or rejected by the Teaching Committee: they reserve the right to determine whether a submission is accepted or if it has to be set in an alternative thematic session which may imply failing Investigacion IV.


C.1 Confirmation of Receipt of Abstracts
There will be sent an acknowledgement via e-mail to confirm that an abstract has been received and accepted. Notifications of acceptance will be sent up to 1st June, 2016

C.2 Publication of Abstracts
All abstracts accepted for oral and poster presentations will be published in the Conference Abstract Book. Please note that there will not be a separate book of proceedings. 

Please note: 

1. All abstracts must be prepared according to the guidelines provided in order to be included in the evaluation by the Teaching Committee. Once they send their Abstract they will not be able to modify it. 
2. Abstracts must be submitted by the presenting author/s.
3. Submission of  abstract/s implies they have read, understood and complied with the Terms and Conditions as outlined in class.
4. The invitation to submit an abstract does not constitute an offer to pay travel, accommodation or registration costs associated with the Conference. Similarly, no presenter fee is paid to authors of accepted abstracts.

VOICES: 1st CONGRESS ON TEACHERS RESEARCHING ON OTHER TEACHERS´ OF ENGLISH VOICES

VOICES:

DRAMA AT THE ESPLANADE

The Esplanade lies between the Manawatu river and Palmerston North city, New Zealand, where I am currently living, and it is always alive, even more during warm summer nights.

This time and for a couple of weeks during evenings and weekends we were able to enjoy  King Lear, the play, directed by Jaime Dorner, Massey University visiting artist-in-residence.

The play takes place under a giant sequoia tree and tells about dementia, elder abuse, family violence, sibling rivalry, greed, spying, treachery, torture, adultery, over-reaching power, cruelty, war, loyalty, friendship and love, all today's themes, I think.

Before commencing the orchestra started playing, and people in silence respectfully listen to them while drinking some wine and beer:

Some minutes later King Lear approaches the watchers and starts counting them:

 What follows is a small piece of it, recorded one warm night, surrounded by birds twitting,

Final Reflections "Stories from my old people and land"

Reflexiones Finales Trabajo Integrador Individual

Evaluación del camino recorrido por mi como estudiante de este Curso.

"In this class I learned about trusting my learning partners, about sharing knowledge, about constructing together, about collaborating beyond space and time limits."

 

I think I 've overcome my own limitations as a teacher of English: to design a virtual class on a FL.

Thank you very much to you all for leading my way over it!

Clase 6: Are you alright? need a hand? Can I help you? Just email me!

 Hello!Just to remember you that your project is due
 next Monday 7 July at 6 p.m.

                                   "...so if you need help you can always email me."

and if you have finished...

I invite you to play on interesting biographies!

       Remember you can always learn

                                      while having fun! 

      Interesting biographies to learn past tense while playing and having fun.
(En estas actividades te hacen preguntas difíciles sobre personajes famosos de la historia y en inglés super fácil)