All about me!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our fifth activity. Please, post your comments before June 16th, 6 p.m.!

1. Use the gathered ideas in the brainstorming activities we developed in last classes to write about you.

2. Write about you, using different tenses and paragraphs in relation to the proposed aspects (300 words at least).

- Adjectives (positives/negatives) that best describe you.

-Your hobbies and interests, are they related to your identity?

- What makes yo feel happy, considering three dimensions (material, spiritual, intellectual).

- Your short term goals, what you want to be in 5 years.

- Your own epitaph.

4. Prepare an oral report about it to be presented in the tutorial sessions (from June 24th to 27th), you just will have 2 1/2 minutes, it is expected you to say 50 sentences at least.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Sentence simple structure according to the selected tenses.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Creative writing in English!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our fourth activity. Please, post your comments before June  3rd, 3 p.m.!

1. Go to the web link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8 and watch the video (it was worked last class).

2. Write your own version of the story. Try to use a short tale's writing structure: introduction, body and conclusion.

- Introduction: it usually offers something that changes / affects / motivates the characters of the story to overcome a situation.

- Body: it usually reveals how the characters move toward overcoming the situation.

- Conclusion: it has to do with facing one difficult choice and decides one correct option while working out of the situation.

3. Write a paragraph for each one of the parts mentioned above, giving your own ideas to tell your version of the story. It must have 250 words at least.

4. Prepare an oral report about it to be presented in the tutorial sessions (from June 17th to 20th), you just will have 2 1/2 minutes and it is expected you to say 45 sentences at least.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structures in the tenses you decide.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Retelling a horror story! - Using present and past simple.

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our third activity. Please, post your comments before April 28th!

1. Choose a tale of terror from the ones I left you in the copy center (C&P).

2. Summarize and rewrite a version of the tale with your own words, using PRESENT SIMPLE. (250 words at least). Then...

++ Take the version you wrote in PRESENT TENSE, and rewrite it into the PAST TENSE.

3. Include comments related to what you like the most or what you do not like about it.

4. Prepare an oral report about the tale to be presented in the tutorial sessions (from april 29th to may 2nd), you just will have 2 minutes and it is expected you to say 40 sentences at least.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Present and past simple sentence structure.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas, "taken from the same tale".
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

The world's best city!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our second activity! In this, you will write about "The world's best city", using English language. Post your comments before April 8th, 6 p.m.

1. Follow the given instructions on page 73, practice activity 2, module 8 - Cutting Edge textbook.

* Imagine you are trying to persuade a foreign visitor that one of these places is "the world's best city, considering: a) a town/city you know well, b) your town/city.
2. Write a creative composition (50 sentences at least), considering all the proposed items in the mentioned activity (language focus) and the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns.

3. Language/writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structure: subject + verb + complement.

- Look for useful vocabulary you need.
- Before posting, check grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

4. Plan your first oral report (2 min, 50 sentences at least) about the selected town/city, to be presented on March 21st. You can use photos, slides, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

Talking about my strengths and weaknesses as FL learner!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our first activity. Please, post your comments before February 25th!

1. Answer the following questions with your own ideas:

* Which are your strengths and weaknesses as foreign language learner? 
* What strategies you do think you can use to foster your language learning? 

2. Write a short and creative composition (100 words at least), using PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE in its affirmative and negative form.

3. Include linking words, such as: because of, in addition, on the other hand, to sum up. Use them in a coherent way in your text.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Present simple sentence structure.

- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.

All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!