Class Friday

Hi everyone,
Thank you for your great work preparing and presenting the article about education!
On Friday, you will work with Jinit.
1. He will administer the quiz on passive voice. Please review the topic by doing some of the exercises of the websites I provided some classes ago. I also wanted you to check the answers to the Rasputin assignment in which you had to identify instances of passive voice. Here is the answer key to it.  You will notice that in some cases the passive function is implicit. For example when you say: Known for his good ideas (the implicit passive structure is He was known).
2. Read the article Learning English: Which Model?
Jinit will discuss it with you.
3. Bring a hard copy of one article about the topic that you are starting to think you will address on your speech. This is for class work and something you will have to submit by the end of the class.
4. Please do the activity answering the question what is teaching? that you will in the menu tab above.
See you soon!

Class Wednesday

Hi everyone,
please finish up your posters and be ready to present first thing next class. Also complete the part of conditional type I Conditional (p. 13-14) for Wednesday. Print out the material, I want to see everyone with the materials in their hands. We will also finish checking up the activity of adjectives that we started out last Friday.
Check out our schedule to know what will happen this week. Remember that we will have a quiz about passive voice. It was due last Friday but I postponed it for this coming Friday.
I will meet you at the computer lab on Wednesday.

Monday

Hi everyone, this is a reminder that based on our schedule, for Monday there is one assigned reading Read: The Teaching Profession in 2014 (in Charts).
Be ready to discuss it.
We will continue revising the grammar homework.
Have a good weekend.

Class Friday

Hi everyone,
for Friday no major assignments, work on you projects.
Please check out the class schedule. I made changes to give you more time to finish up your project.
I already finished grading your first two assignments. Access the grade´s sheet on the materials page.
Also, here is the list of books from which we need to chose one.  Check them up and let me know which one you would like to read. We need to agree on one. This is for the third project but you can start reading the book.
I just posted the audio about Rasputin on the materials page.
José A.

Tutoring starting this week

Hi guys,
Daniela Renjifo, the English language tutor, is starting tutoring this week. I was waiting for this to happen to ask some of you to visit her. She will be at the Resource Center on Wednesdays from 2 to 4. Here´s her email address <daniela.rengifo.gonzalez@correounivalle.edu.co>

Class on Wednesday

Hi guys,
next class, we are going to work on the rest of the grammar assignment. We will discuss the article assigned for today and the movie. Please finish watching the film, visit the tab above Movie assignment where you will find a link to the movie and the description of the assignment.
Please check the schedule of the class later for an update based on what you requested today.
See you soon,

José A.

Class on Monday

Hi everyone,

Please remember the listening assignment 2 due on Sunday.
1. For Monday, complete study and the rest of exercises on the topic on passive voice in the grammar booklet, pages 8-12.

2. Read: Coming to America: the influence of college themed movies on perceptions of international students
3. Also remember that you must apply the instruments for your special news report next week. 

Thank you for your great work!

José A.

Class Friday

Hi everyone,

1. As informed in class, I won´t be with you but Jinit will. He will administer the quiz. Take into account that the quiz will include: surveys, interviews, infinitives, gerunds, verb/adjective prepositions, verb+object+infinitive.
Below you will find exercises to practice these topics as well as passive voice.

2. You will need to bring the survey and interview finished on Friday. Bring two hard copies of each one since we are going to do peer review.

3. Bring the grammar booklet and the section on passive voice. Jinit is going to work in class on that material with you.

4. I will post the second Listening/speaking activity this afternoon. Check the instructions.

Here's the exercises for practice. 

Study these tables, pay attention to the list of Verbs Followed by an Object and an Infinitive: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

Do the following exercises:

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/verb-object-to-infinitive

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ingform/exercise4.swf

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/gerund_prepositions2.htm

Practice verb/adjective + preposition+ gerund

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ingform/exercise3.swf

Read this and practice passive voice

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive.html

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g20-passive-active-exercise.php

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/passive/exercise2.swf

In class activities

Study these tables, pay attention to the list of Verbs Followed by an Object and an Infinitive: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/verblist.htm

Do the following exercises:

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/verb-object-to-infinitive

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ingform/exercise4.swf

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/structures/gerund_prepositions2.htm

Practice verb/adjective + preposition+ gerund

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/ingform/exercise3.swf

Read this and practice passive voice

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive.html

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g20-passive-active-exercise.php

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/passive/exercise2.swf

Class Wednesday

Hi everyone,
please read and study the first part of the grammar booklet and complete the first part of the exercises on passive voice (ex. p. 4-8) (you can also access the booklet from the materials page).
Bear in mind that we will meet at the computer lab.

Remember that you will have a quiz on Friday about interviews, surveys, and infinitives. Also you will have the second speaking-listening assignment this coming weekend.
Here's the special news report for you to complete the questionnaire that I gave you in class. We will check it up in class on Wednesday. If you did not come to class, please pick up the copy that is in the class folder at the copy shop.
José A.

Part 1.



Part 2

Class Monday

Hi everyone,

For Monday please complete the material about infinitives. Elaborate a set of questions that would either be in your interview or your survey, but mostly think of the interview.
This is the song we worked on today. Work on it, try to finish the transcription before checking out the lyrics.
Enjoy your weekend!

Class on Friday

Hello everyone,
thanks for your good work today during the video conference! And congratulations to all for being on time!

For Friday, please read this short article. Jinit will finish discussing the questions from the workshop and will discuss this other article with you.
Bring the material about infinitives. We will work on it in class.
Ah, no quiz tomorrow!

José A.

Class on Wednesday IN SALA BAENA

Hi everyone,

LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT. MEET ME AT SALA BAENA ON WEDNESDAY. BE ON TIME, PLEASE. 

1. For next class, I would like you to read material on interviews and surveys. This is the link to the material. If the previous link does not work, you will find the article in the class Google Drive folder.
Based on the reading and your own research, please answer the questions below on YOUR NOTEBOOK and bring it to class as well as the material. I will grade this assignment. 

1. What is an interview?
2. Why would someone interview another person?
3. How can you search for people to interview?
4. What does the author recommend when contacting an interviewee and during the interview session?
5. What is a survey?
6. What do you need to consider when planning a survey?
7. What types of questions can you ask in a survey?
8. What the best option to administer a survey?

2. Please bring the materials on Infinitives and gerunds that Daniel handed you.

3. I notice that people keep coming late. We made an agreement at the outset of the semester, begin at 9, end at 10:50. I am complying with my part, what some of you are not?

Class Monday

Hello everyone,
please don't forget about the listening assignment 1. See the tab above for instructions in case you were not in class.
For Monday, read the flash fiction Se Habla Español. You can access the story by clicking here or looking for it on our Materials page.  Read the story and answer the first 9 questions that you will find below it. Be ready to discuss your answers in class.
I also wanted to note that the class schedule is update and dates for projects have changed. Check it up!
Enjoy your weekend!