Sunday, July 14, 2013

Oral Test: Mindmaps May- July 2013

For the Oral test you will need to:

  • Design 3 mindmaps like the ones showed in the pictures bellow. 





  • Also, you will need to have a conversation with a partner. Be ready to ask and answer questions in a short conversation about the lessons practiced in class..



  • Bring something to share with your classmates (a little snack).

  • All mindmaps must be on paper.. No digital material.. We'll be placing your posters on the wall for everyone to look at and learn from.

  • And the most important.... Have fun!!! Take a lot of photos and post them to our facebook group..


  • More memories of past exams... here: 
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151563442494452&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151282322599452&type=1



These are the contents of the different units and the different levels.... check your level and your contents:
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Mind Map 1: About me
* this map just shows words but you should use images, too.
Stephanie Zabaleta 
Monica Nuñez




Personal info: Name, last name, age, country, city
School life: University, faculty, trimester, subjects
Likes: Things I love
Dislikes: Things I don't like
Dreams: 3 things I dream about
Opinion about English: why I am learning English.

Mind Map 2:

Example level 1 - David Melean

My level 1
Unit 1: Name, last name, email, telephone, favorites
Unit 2: Country, city, nationality, language, Description of a city
Unit 3: Personal items, perfect gift, descriptions of products, what you have in your bag
Unit 4: What are they doing?- School: subjects, trimester, how you are doing in school
Unit 5: Food: breakfast, lunch, dinner, favorite dish, description of the dish
Unit 6: Family tree and relationships

My level 2

Unit 7: Schedule: weekdays and weekend activities, time, morning, afternoon, evening
Unit 8: Celebrations: dates, favorite celebration: when, how, where, what they do to celebrate, Why
Unit 9: Daily schedule: One day in the life: morning, afternoon , evening. Time
Unit 10: Home sweet home: Describe house or apartment, furniture, prepositions (where are the things), favorite room
Unit 11: Clothing: clothes for different events and weather. Shopping, prices, Colors
Unit 12: Jobs. Occupations, where do people work. What they do. Opinion about the job. Description of the personality.



My level 3



Unit 1: New friends- New Faces : my Physical description, my favorite person (personal info)
Unit 2: Express yourself: Feelings and gestures
Unit 3. shopping : Favorite supermarket - My favorite place to shop
Unit 4: Around city. Places in the city, Giving directions.
Unit 5: Going on Vacations: My vacation, place, weather, things to do. what i need. Suggestions... should, shouldn't
Unit 6: some more about me: Hobbies, personality, plans



My level 4
Unit 7: Change, habits, dreams
Unit 8: Heroes. Heroes from the past, present, movie heroes, cartoon, personal heroe
Unit 9: Memory. Childhood memories: toys, food, vacations, family, school
Unit 10: Health problems and stress. causes, consecuences, tips
Unit 11: Talented people: What they do, what the can do
Unit 12: Movies: genre, poster, fast facts, soundtrack, review

My level 5


Unit 1: People in your life. Relationships (friends, colleagues, relatives, classmates. Memories of high school
Unit 2: Food. description of food, description of dishes and restaurants (comparison)
Unit 3: Unsolved mysteries. Crime and amazing stories
Unit 4: Trends in families and in general: fashion, sports, electronics, music, etc
Unit 5: Errands and description of neighborhoods
Unit 6: Student life. Describe your university and your student life. university campus. Plans after graduation



Mind Map 3: Reflections

David Melean- Level 1




Classmates: Opinion about your group
Classes: Opinion about your classes
Lessons: favorite lesson, most difficult lesson, Why?
Material and tools: book, workbook, notebook, facebook group, class blog, you tube videos, wikipedia, google, google translator, powerpoint, word, authorstream, dictionary, tutors... (explain what you did with the tool, show some examples)
What I improved: Listening, writing, speaking, grammar, pronunciation, reading, use of digital tools
What I need to keep on practicing
Suggestions
Acknowledgments: Say thank you. (university, parents, friends, classmate, tutor, teacher)


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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Avatars for Peace: An EFL Language Project in Virtual worlds

This a project taking place in Facebook. Students and professors from the world can participate uploading a photo of their avatar with a message for peace.

This is the invitation in Facebook:

"Announcing the Avatar for Peace Project.... Have you got an avatar?.. Well, show your face for peace.. Avatars of the world ...Unite and show your face for Pace!!!!

All avatars are invited.. please.... Make a little poster: Get a picture of your avatar, Write a message promoting peace and tag your picture to Doris Molero... It will be part of our school project..avies from the world... contributing to the learning of a second language.. you can include English and your own language in your message... Think peace!

This is the album where you can see the photos and read the messages:   https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152679771720368.1073741832.642495367&type=1

This project is a second part to the My face for Peace Project.

You can go to http://www.picmonkey.com/ and get your photo and message done.. Next tag it to Doris Molero.. thanks for participating.


This is the landmark to the exhibition..
Meeting Point: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Warwick/136/81/1601

Once you get there ... You will receive this message... The air around you says: welcome to Little Woods. Please feel free to explore all of our areas. Play, relax and make yourself at home here. Everyone is welcome provided they treat everyone else with respect.

Next click the teleport to Pionia's URBE EFL Center and get a menu.. then.. select your destination.. next click on teleport... Take pictures and share them .. comments are welcome and please..bring more people to join us in spreading messages of peace..

Our Facebook group: My Avatar for Peacehttps://www.facebook.com/groups/641621699186528/

This little machinima was filmed by La Coco LeBlanc



Saturday, March 9, 2013

My Face for Peace Project: Fireworks for Peace

Peace: It’s up to all of us

My face for peace is an independent peace initiative of the German/Iranian artist Saeeid Dastmalchian and his wife Cordula, launched in October 2012 in Hamburg/Germany for giving face to the wish for global peace. This campaign takes place on line through facebook. www.myfaceforpeace.org

In their invitation they say:

Please show your face for global peace on www.myfaceforpeace.org. I am Saeeid Dastmalchian, an artist from Germany. For the realization of a peace book I need 10.000 people who upload their photo for global peace on the website. We will hand over the book to governments, organizations and people with key features, to claim their commitment to world peace. ♥ Please share and join this movement. Thank you ♥

http://www.facebook.com/MyFaceForPeace
http://youtu.be/0AfEuKtabrs




We joined the project to show our faces for peace. It's an excellent opportunity to learn and practice English. Students are talking to the world and their messages are important and meaningful. By using Facebook, the most popular social network, they are participating in a global campaign that allows then to connect with the world and really grasp the purpose of learning a new language. They are excited to see their faces and messages and that they are part of the world. They also are sharing their messages with their friends and family breaking the walls of the classroom, commenting and getting comments from people of the world and getting digitally literated. This opportunity for reflecting on Peace is something that's really important in our country right now. Telling the world our messages becomes both real and meaningful.

We have also invited educators to join and show their faces. Our messages are becoming and example to on how to integrate technology in the English class and start working on multilingualism. You can read our messages at the Facebook group for the project or here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152578288625368.957015.642495367&type=3

This is a small video with some of the messages



We are planning to set an exhibition with all the messages in Second Life by the end of this trimester to share with avatars of the world and experiment with a new environment that integrate communicative tools. Also, we'll be making a machinima of the event.

You can join this world Peace adventure... Hope to see your face... just let me know.. :)

Keep shining Peace and Love!