VIDEO PRESENTATION 2: A SUBJECT THAT YOU ENJOYED AT SCHOOL

 Video talk 2

15% of final grade

Topic: A subject that you enjoyed at school.

Instructions:

• The talk should be a minimum of 2 minutes and no more than 3 minutes.

• Record your talk – You can use the video camera on your mobile phone or on your computer.

• Submit it to Tareas in UCursos. If you have difficulties uploading the video, you can upload it to YouTube or Google Drive and then post the link in Tareas.

• You must show your whole face on the screen.

• You can use notes, but DO NOT READ.

• You should practice. You can record it as many times as you want, but the final version must be done in 1 take and not edited.

• Send your recording by 20th November.

Things to think about when you prepare your talk:

• What was the subject?

• Who taught it?

• Why did you enjoy it?

• What things did you learn about this subject?

• Mention anything else you think is important.

PET PRACTICE -SESSION 2

 Dear students,

This week you are expected to do these exercises to get some extra practice.

PET PRACTICE   / 

Session 2 

Reading:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading4.html

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading_part5.htm

Listening:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

Vocabulary:

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm

POST 5:

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Write about some changes that could be made to your study programme (career)

Among others, think about:

> The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)

> Workload and length of studies

> Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)

> Use of technology

> Teaching methods

- Word Count: 240
- Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

Here are some faculty facilities you may want to talk about:

• Study areas
• Accomodation for students from other regions or countries
• Library
• Green areas
• Canteen and dinig areas
• Car/Bicycle parks
• Classrooms (size, air conditoning, seats, noise, etc)
• Computer lab
• Study rooms

Useful vocabulary:

• I suggest   ..............ing    --> I suggest changing
• I suggest/ recommend  that   x be   --> I suggest the ..... be changed
• I suggest that ..... should ...
• We need to...                  We need to     change....
• We could...
• Why don’t we ...?
• How about ....ing?
• ... (these changes) are required   / (this change) is required
• ... needs to be improved.
• ... should be    reassessed / reevaluated / replanned / redrawn / redesigned
• We have too many...    /  There are too many...
• We don’t have enough... /   There aren’t enough ...  / We need more (and better)..........
• We have too much... / There’s too much...
• The ...............is/are    too         ...small.....
• The ................... is /are not        ....big.....         enough
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POST 4: TIME TRAVEL TO THE PAST OR THE FUTURE

 

 Dear all,

In order to write today's topic you will have to use your imagination. You have to write about a travel you would do to either to the past or the future, if the time machine were invented.

Please include the following information:

-Where and when would you go? Why?

-Who would you go with? 

-What would you do there?

Would you like to stay there? Why? / Why not?

 

Please write 220 words  and remember to write coments on three of your classmates' posts.

PET (Preliminary English Test) Practice

  Dear students,

This week you are expected to have some practice for the final test. Please click on the links and do the exercises.

Session 1

Reading:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading2.htm

Listening:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part2.htm

Vocabulary:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_vocab.htm

For additinal practice the following sites are suggested:

https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/

https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/pet.php

POST 3: MY FUTURE JOB / MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

        This week you have two possible topics to write about. Please choose only one.                     

Hi everybody,
Today´s topic is Your Future Job. Please consider the following to write your post:

-What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?
-Would it be outdoors /indoors? 
-Would you like to travel a lot as part of your job?
-Would you like to work in a government office? in a university? for a big company?
-What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why
-Add any other related ideas. (Some aspects to consider could be: Salary - Benefits - Location – Hours - Co-workers  - work atmosphere/environment)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< o >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

- Make sure you write comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

- Word Count: 200 words
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  O  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


(*) major:  a student's principal subject or course /  a student specializing in a specified subject: a math major. 

Synonyms:  

specialty, area of knowledge, area of specialty, discipline, field of expertise, line, main subject-matter, specialty field, specialty area, speciality.


USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES:

-I’ve taken… / I’m doing a major in… /

-I’m thinking of working as/in… / I’m considering to work as/in…/ I’m planning to … / I have in mind to… / I’ve decided to… / I’m hoping to… / I’m playing with the idea of…  __ing / I’d love to…/ I can’t choose between ….. or …../ I’m torn between ….. and ..… / It looks like I’m going to… / I’m not 100% sure, but I might …/ It's a toss-up between ……… and ………..  -I’d like to get a job as…/ I’d like to work as …/ I hope to get a job in… /I wouldn’t like to…/

- I’m good at … ___ing / I’m good with… (money, numbers,etc)/ I’m terrible at…./  I become (nervous) about ___ing  / I am very confident in…__ing / I can… / I can’t… /
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MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

Today's second option is to write about your favourite cartoon. Please, read my sample post, answer the questions below and upload a picture, if you can.

·        What is your favourite cartoon series?

·        Why do you like it?

·        how often do/did you watch / read it?

·        what is it about?

·        Is there anything else you want to add?

Make sure to write 200 words and write a comment on three of your classmates' posts.

  

Wiiiiiiilmaaaaa! Come open the door!!!! Yabba dabba doo!!!!

Do these words ring a bell? Yesssss. Bingo!!! They are typical words by Pedro Picapiedra, as we know him in Chile (Fred Flinstone in the original version in English), the main character in Los Picapiedras (The Flinstones), my favourite cartoon when I was a kid. I don’t watch cartoons anymore, but I used to watch The Flinstones almost every weekend as a child and I really enjoyed it.

I used to like this cartoon because it was funny to see how the characters lived in the Stone age, but their way of living was no different from our modern life stlyes. It was very funny for me to see the rudimentary telephones, machines, cars, etc that they had. All the appliances didn’t run on electricity but they were powered by animals or the people themselves instead.  For example, to make his car go, Pedro has to get into it,  sit and start running.

The cartoon is about Pedro and his family, his neighbours, the people in his neighbourhood and at his workplace. And it’s all about how Pedro gets into trouble most of the time, or about family conflicts,  or Pedro’s adventures.

I think the Simpsons were created after the Flinstones. In both cartoons men are simple and not very intelligent while women are more clever. The difference is that the Simpsons are very ironical, have a lot of dark sense of humour and portray the worst of “Usan” (American) people.

VIDEO 1: AN ACTIVITY I DO IN MY FREE TIME

Video 1:

AN ACTIVITY YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR FREE TIME

Video talk 1

15% of final grade

Topic: An activity you like to do in your free time

Instructions:

• The talk should be a minimum of 2 minutes and no more than 3 minutes.

• Record your talk – You can use the video camera on your mobile phone or on

your computer.

• Submit it to Tareas in UCursos. If you have difficulties uploading the video,

you can upload it to YouTube or Google Drive and then post the link in Tareas.

• You must show your whole face on the screen.

• You can use notes, but DO NOT READ.

• You should practice. You can record it as many times as you want, but the

final version must be done in 1 take and not edited.

• Send your recording by 1st October .

Things to think about when you prepare your talk:

• What the activity is.

• How you got started.

• How often you do it.

• Where you do it.

• What the activity involves.

• Why you enjoy doing this activity.

• Mention anything else you think is important.

Organise your talk

1. Introduce yourself (name, faculty, subject of study)

2. Explain what you are going to talk about.

3. Use the questions above to organize what you are going to say about the

activity.

4. Finish by summarizing what you talked about.

5. Practice your talk.

Useful language

Introducing your topic

I’m going to talk about ...

I’d like to talk about ...

The main focus of this presentation is ...