lunes, 4 de noviembre de 2019

FINAL EXAM & MAKE UP EXAM


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  • ACADEMIC PAPER: look up and analyse an academic text IN DETAIL,
  • BOOK: Genre and the Language Learning Classroom, for oral presentation, explanation of key concepts, etc.,
  • PORTFOLIO: bring COMPLETE e-portfolio,
  • Your WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: error analysis (language, linkers, cohesion, among others),
  • Content from CLASS BLOG: be ready to discuss/argue, answer questions, etc.
  • WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: on ANY of the topics seen in class.
Important:
  • CONNECTION BETWEEN AND AMONG SOURCES: A MUST!!
  • ONLY those students with ALL the material mentioned above, are going to be allowed to sit for the final exam,
  • gather the material and find NOT ONLY contact points BUT ALSO the RELATION with regular school classes/your practice lessons.
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Make up test:
TOPIC: ANY of the topics tackled in class. 


stella

domingo, 27 de octubre de 2019

PORTFOLIO 20: "A feminist is a man or woman who..."




 





PORTFOLIO # 20



DORIS LESSING  >> Read the short story "A Woman on a Roof" by Doris Lessing. You can access a complete analysis HERE.
Some important concepts:

  • characters: men have names (Harry, Stanley and Tom), ages (45, 17), roles (workers)
  • woman (no name) subverts the due image of women in patriarchal soceties (indiference & non-verbal communication)
  • she makes no compromise to patriarchal society.
  • woman shows her endowed power

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MAYA ANGELOU >> "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou. A short analysis HERE. Who is Maya Angelou? She was a poet and activist. For more info, go HERE
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  • Embed the poem in your portfolio.
  • ANSWER: Why is Angelou's poetry/literary production considered "feminist"?


CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE >>"We should all be Feminists" by Chimamanda Adichie.

  • Embed the Ted conference.
  • Write a SHORT introduction.
  • List the CONCEPTS (use NOUN PHRASES) 


MADONNA >> Woman of the Year Full Speech Billboard Women in Music, 2016.

(BONUS: The script HERE)
  • Watch and listen to Madonna's speech,
  • Embed the video in your Portfolio,
  • Answer in at leas ONE WELL WRITTEN PARAGRAPH the message behind her speech.

DEADLINE: November 11th

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WRITING ASSIGNMENT: WALLS October 29th

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OCTOBER 29th: WRITING ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS, TOPIC: Walls.

lunes, 21 de octubre de 2019

PORTFOLIO 19: "The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls"

Virtual class OCTOBER 23rd

 Portfolio 19:
  • Read this ACADEMIC PAPER: "The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls" by James Petras.
    • Look up  a BIOGRAPHY of J. Petras and link it to the Portfolio entry. DO not resort to Wikipedia. Petras has his own webpage.
    • read the paper (use READING STRATEGIES)
      • pick up 4 or 5 KEY CONCEPTS and write them down 
      • define them, explain them USING A PODCAST (one podcast per concept)
      • paste the podcasts next to the concept that you have highlighted.
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  • There are MANY ways to record podcasts. Here goes an EASY one: 
  • download an APP (free, without adds) and RECORD the podcasts. 
  • Then SHARE it to your DRIVE. 
  • go to the DRIVE and get the URL
  • finally, paste it in your portfolio
    • go to ENLACE/link,
    • paste it there, as if it were a REGULAR link.
IF YOU CLICK HERE, you'll have access to MY PODCAST (e.g. ORAL document)


DEADLINE: November 5th

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martes, 8 de octubre de 2019

PORTFOLIO 18.3: FILM "CLASS DIVIDE."

PORTFOLIO 18..3 Watch the documentary film: "CLASS DIVIDE".

 


  • Go to YOUTUBE and LEAVE A COMMENT in the Comments section
  • Embed this video and write the PLOT  of the documentary.
  • Write a PERSONAL REFLECTION in your own blog.
  • Explain WHY the title is: "Class Divide".
  • Answer: WHY is this film among the material of this writing project WALLS.
DEADLINE: THIS PORTFOLIO ENTRY  IS OPTIONAL. (My piece of advice: ENJOY THE  FILM!!)

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lunes, 30 de septiembre de 2019

PORTFOLIO 18.2: WALLS OF DIFFERENT KINDS.

Portfolio # 18
Visit the article: "World of Walls: How 65 Countries have erected fences ... " available HERE.
  • Watch the videos, visit the links, read the texts, etc.
  • WORK IN PAIRS. Write a reflection in your portfolio (2 paragraphs EACH>>> Student A/ Student B/Student A/ Student B). 
  • You MAY inlcude all/any of these questions:
    • What shocked you most?
    • Why did you read one specific section?
    • Did you know that there were so many walls all over the world?
    • What is the impact of walls on local population?
    • Are these barriers useful? For whom?
    • Have you ever heard of these fences?
    • Do you think that in the future they're going to be pulled down?
    • Are they an innovative strategy?
  • Embed the map/infographic.
  • You may paste the 4 paragraphs on the BODY of your entry, it could be a GDOC linked to part of the text, YOU CHOOSE.
Blocked: There are 65 countries either building walls, or which are already have them - including in Belfast, where they are called 'peace lines', as well as numerous in the Middle East, where countries are trying to protect themselves from the risk of terrorismDEADLINE: November 5th

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lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2019

PORTFOLIO 18.1: WALLS

Portfolio # 18.

TED has also included WALLS among its talks. Watch them HERE.
  • Take ONE Ted Talk from the playlist
  • Summarize it in one or two paragraphs. Add a last paragraph with your opinion/impression. 
  • Embed the chosen Ted Talk in your portfolio AND your paragraphs.
ONE OF MY FAVOURITES: "Don't ask me where I'm from, ask me where I am a local."

DEADLINE: November 5th.

stella

PORTFOLIO 17. Arguments and Counterarguments: Capital Punishment.

VIRTUAL CLASS October 2nd

PORTFOLIO 17



PORTFOLIO
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  • Go back to the VIDEO on Capital Punishment and write a LIST of ARGUMENTS and COUNTER ARGUMENTS  present in the source.
  • Paste this list on your portfolio (if you want to paste a TABLE, first draw in in WORD and then copy/paste it)


DEADLINE: October 9th.

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WRITING ASSIGNMENT in class.

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OCTOBER 1st: WRITING ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS

PORTFOLIO 16 & WRITING TERM TEST.



Go to THIS SITE and go though the tasks in OPINION ESSAY related to whether criminals should go to prison. These are PREREADING, DURING READING and POSTREADING tasks.

PORTFOLIO 16

  • paste/embed everything onto your e-portfolio.
  • Watch the video and past it o your portfolio. Write  aSHORT DESCRIPTION of the contents of the source>>be careful with PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE!!!!



WRITING TERM TEST: Date: October 1st







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PORTFOLIO 15: Essay Gender Diversity in Education.


                              
VIRTUAL CLASS: September 18th
PORTFOLIO #15.








Work with a PARTNER.
Go through the material in THIS LINK. Read the "essay that suggests reasons for and solutions to a problem": WOMEN IN SCIENCE. Work with the prereading, during reading and after reading activities.

PORTFOLIO:

  • Open a SHARED DOC and write an ESSAY following these suggestions.
  • Title: Gender diversity in Education
  • Make sure 
    • you have  included the instructions, suggestions from the site, 
    • have paid attention to the macrostructure of the text (MOVES!!),
    • paragraph organization (TOPIC SENTENCE, Thesis statement, etc),
    • cohesion and coherence (LINKERS!)
    • specific vocabulary,
    • AMONG MANY OTHERS.
  • Write the 5-paragraph essay and EDIT it.
  • finally, paste EVERYTHING (links, excercises, vocabulary lists, ...everything that you consider worth) ON YOUR E-PORTFOLIOS.
DEADLINE: October 1st

domingo, 8 de septiembre de 2019

NEW book available here.

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lunes, 2 de septiembre de 2019

PAPER FOR THE TERM TEST.

Please, bring a COPY of this text for the TERM TEST: Albach, P (2015). "Academic Freedom: International Warning Signs" in  International Higher Education, (24). Retrieved from: https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/6938..

stella


miércoles, 31 de julio de 2019

TERM TEST.



 And because...you're in FOURTH...almost graduating...ALMOST professional teachers... you'll understand...I mean... you know...

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martes, 30 de julio de 2019

PORTFOLIO 14: HEDGING and BOOSTING.

                                





PORTFOLIO #14.




VIDEO 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGING




PORTFOLIO
  • Watch the video and COPY the 5 pairs of sentence.
VIDEO 2: HEDGING AND BOOSTING. (at 3:43 min some theory on BOOSTING begins).


  • Watch the second video and COPY (SOME) SAMPLES
  • Look up ANOTHER SOURCE (video, encyclopedia entry, academic article...) that  refers to these topics.
    • Paste it in your portfolio 
    • write an introduction, brief summary (PAY ATTENTION TO PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE!!!) and upload it to to your e-portfolio. Use:
      • paragraph by example?
      • paragraph by comparison?
      • paragraph by contrast?
      • other?
  • Create THREE podcasts with the AUDIORECORDING TOOL: VOCAROO.
    1. DEFINITION of HEDGING.
    2. DEFINITION of BOOSTING.
    3. A SHORT piece of advice: WHY should an academic text writer have  these two characteristics in mind?
VOCAROO can be accessed HERE (activate Flash Player!) The FREE version allows us to record a SHORT audio text, so be careful with words!!



DEADLINE: August 30th

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miércoles, 17 de julio de 2019

PORTFOLIO 13: CANCELLED CLASS.


                              


PORTFOLIO #13.

CLASS 17th July- This class was CANCELLED due to an electricity cut.





Watch the videos.
(In spite of the fact that these classes correspond to HOW to teach writing to our students, the material can be applied at ALL levels of proficiency. So, consider these three steps for YOU as writers, too!)

PRE WRITING
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3


DURING WRITING


POST WRITING
  • Create a PRESENTATION with PREZI.
  • EMBED the presentation in your portfolio. Make sure: 
    • the presentation covers ALL the information from the videos,
    • the 3 PARTS are clearly divided.
  • Include an introduction.
  • Write a SHORT REFLECTION:
    • on the writing process itself,
    • on the TEACHING of writing following these steps,
DEADLINE: August 9th,

stella

martes, 9 de julio de 2019

PORTFOLIO 12: NOMINALIZATION: FOR or AGAINST?

                                





PORTFOLIO #12.






Watch the videos:

VIDEO #1



VIDEO #2 Against nominalization
 

Entry on NOMINALIZATION- Purdue University HERE


PORTFOLIO:

  • Include a DEFINITION of  NOMINALIZATION, acknowledge the source
  • Watch each video and find EXAMPLES of nominalization.
  • Write them down in your E-portfolio.
  • Add NEW examples (of your own).
DEADLINE: August 16th.

stella

sábado, 6 de julio de 2019

PORTFOLIO 11: Discourse and Context in Language Teaching.



PART 1:
    Discourse and Context in Language Teaching: A Guide for Language Teachers (Cambridge Language Teaching Library)
  • Divide yourselves into FOUR groups,
  • Read one chapter,
  • prepare a presentation: 
    • it should take you NO LONGER than 30 minutes,
    • you MAY use a  multimedia presentation.


                                  (Virtual Class: July 10th)

PORTFOLIO #11.

PART 2:

EACH group has prepared a short presentation. Now it's your turn to SHARE your notes.

  • open a gdoc (PRESENTATION) >>> one per group.
  • paste your NOTES on the slides (DO NOT paste long pieces of text, avoid Copy/Paste. THESE ARE NOTES!)
  • add a COVER, name of college, subject, name of students, INDEX, name of chapter, BIBLIOGRAPHY (appropriately cited, last slide ), new examples, QUOTATION MARKS for quotes and aknowledgement for pictures.
  • send me the SHORT URL of your GROUP presentation (you can choose ANY from the list below, or look up another tool!)
  • ONE member of the group sends me the SHORTENED URL.
  • I will paste the links below: (the prsentarions NEED NOT BE COMPLETE!!!!, SEND THEM ASAP, PLS!)
  • FINALLY, you'll paste the 4 chapters onto YOUR OWN portfolios.


IMPORTANT: to enhance COHESION (and why not coherence) in your presentation, USE THE SAME CRITERIA:
  1. same fonts,
  2. same bullets,
  3. title in capital letters?, 
  4. bulleted list ot summary?,
  5. with or without pictures?,
  6. text highlighted? HOW?,
  7. QUOTATION MARKS (to highlight the original text).
  8. OTHERWISE it'll have NO UNITY at all, it'll be a collection of loose slides.

DEADLINE: July 15th

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NEW MATERIAL


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There's NEW material: 
1. Academic Vocabulary in Use.




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2. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Chapters 1, 2, 3  & 6.
(copies available at the photocopying place and in BIBLIOGRAPHY). 

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miércoles, 26 de junio de 2019

PORTFOLIO 10: 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY and THESIS STATEMENT

Virtual class June 26th

 Portfolio 10:

  • Watch these videos.
  • Take down notes.
  



Thesis statements:  How to improve them.



  • Paste your notes to YOUR OWN WALL WISHER (with Padlet).
  • Embed the video & study notes (Padlet ) on YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO. 
Hecho con Padlet

Do you need a TUTORIAL) It's available HERE.


DEADLINE: June 30th (or near this date!!)


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miércoles, 12 de junio de 2019

Chapter 1: Genre, Text and Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing.

Go through this short presentation for next class: JUNE 18th.
Bring Chapter 1 (and if possible, though it's NOT a must...Introductory  Chapter)> you need not read it!



NB: Sources are on the last slide.

stella

PORTFOLIO 9: (extra challenge) HALLIDAY - lecture.


PORTFOLIO #9



  • Listen to Prof Halliday's (1925-2018) lecture. Some of the items he mentions may be NEW and some may be OLD.
  • Make GROUPS of students (6 to 8)
  • create a GOOGLE DOC (the student who OPENS it should have a G account) and invite your mates.
  • ABOVE make a LIST of the students who are part of the group.
  • make sure you listen to Dr Halliday's lecture several times and COLLABORATE with one or more concepts.
  • draw a TABLE (3 columns)
    • column 1: s's name
    • column 2: time lapse (on video)
    • column 3: the PARAPHRASED concept 
  • Paste the video and the shared document on your e-portfolio.
DEADLINE: June 28th 

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PORTFOLIO #8: SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS IN THE EFL CLASS.

(VIRTUAL CLASS June 12th)

As I told you I'm reading on VISIBLE THINKING*.  Going on with the topic of Systemic Functional Linguistics, you are going to watch the video and learn more about it.

*Visible Thinking is a broad and flexible framework for enriching classroom learning in the content areas and fostering students' intellectual development at the same time.

 PORTFOLIO # 8.




  • Watch the whole video to find out old/new information.
  • Go to the OUTLINE (0:27) and use it as the starting point for YOUR OWN GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (mind map, concept map, among others). 
  • Read MORE about GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS HERE.
  • Make sure you take down complete study notes and bring the examples to discuss in class.
  • You can work in PAIRS collaboratively or individually.
DEADLINE: June 18th

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PORTFOLIO #7: THESIS STATEMENT.

 PORTFOLIO # 7.

As it was discussed in class, the last sentence of the introduction is called the THESIS STATEMENT. And it is the backbone to your essay. Watch the two videos to revise HOW to write a THESIS STATEMENT. 

PORTFOLIO:

  • Take down NOTES to be used to write or re-write your thesis statement.
  • Paste them onto your own e-portfolio.
  • Add the videos (optional)
  • acknowledge source(s)


  •  VIDEO 1


     VIDEO 2
      

     Tips for Writing Thesis Statements



    1.Determine what kind of paper you are writing:
  • An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. 
  • An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience. 
  • An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. 

  • The claim could be

  • an opinion
  • a policy proposal
  • an evaluation
  • a cause-and-effect statement
  • an interpretation. 


  • The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided. If you are writing a text that does not fall under these three categories (e.g., a narrative), a thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to your reader.
    2. Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.
    3. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.
    4. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.



      DEADLINE: June 16th

       Adapted from: Purdue University. OWL.

       stella :-)