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(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Blog entry #1 (2%) Marks 15

René Larenas M. 25 Sep 202325/09/23 at 09:132023-09-25 09:13:25
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Dear Students,

Your grades for the 'Blog entry #1' activity have already been uploaded. Please take a look at them.
For the students who have not delivered their blog link yet, I encourage them to do it as soon as possible.
For the students who have sent the wrong link, I encourage them to re-send the blog link ASAP.

Any questions or comments you may have, please write back

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Sep. 12

René Larenas M. 21 Sep 202321/09/23 at 18:282023-09-21 18:28:21
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (September 21st.)

(1) The 'Lesson 7' PPT file can be found in the 'Material Docente' section

(2) Our 2nd Blog entry is meant to be delivered next Sept. 29th. The entry can be found at: https://s3-sciences-english-3-jgm-2023.blogspot.com/2023/08/english-3-post-2-why-did-i-choose-my.html 

(3) Next Sept. 28th we will be working on our '1st. Listening Quiz' evaluation. Please keep that in mind

For our next lesson (September 26th.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),  'Studying Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Db8h_vaTsY


(2) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:


(2.1.1) Please describe the scientific work Stephen Platt (an MSc student) is doing. Use simple words

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Sep. 10

René Larenas M. 8 Sep 202308/09/23 at 18:282023-09-08 18:28:08
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (September 7th.)

(1) The 'Lesson 6' PPT file can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

For our next lesson (September 21st.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),

 'Studying Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Db8h_vaTsY

(2) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) Please describe the scientific work Stephen Platt (an MSc student) is doing. Use simple words

(3) We will be working on our 2nd Blog Entry

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Sep. 5

René Larenas M. 5 Sep 202305/09/23 at 10:532023-09-05 10:53:05
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (September 5th.)

(1) The 'Lesson 5' PPT file can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(2) Our 1st Blog entry is meant to be delivered next Sept. 7th.

For our next lesson (September 7th.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),

‘What is a Clinical Biochemist?’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4u2EdXvnvo

(2) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) (00:05) What is Chemical Pathology (Clinical Biochemistry)?
(2.1.2) (00:48) Why is Chemical Pathology important?
(2.1.3) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Aug. 7

René Larenas M. 4 Sep 202304/09/23 at 09:512023-09-04 09:51:04
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (August 31st.)

(1) The 'Lesson 4' PPT file can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(2) The 'Blog Link Instructions' document has also been uploaded, so you can be up to date concerning how this evaluation works

(3) The 'Blog Entries (10%)' evaluation is already in the 'tareas' section. Please, upload your blog links there as soon as possible. Our 1st Blog entry is meant to be delivered next Sept. 7th.

For our next lesson (September 5th.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),

“3 Ways to Assess Math Understanding More Deeply”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkRffJT2Fo

 

(2) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) So, what can be these 3 strategies to make students understand Math more deeply? Name and explain them

(2.1.2) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Aug. 8

René Larenas M. 29 Aug 202329/08/23 at 11:262023-08-29 11:26:29
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (August 29th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lesson 3' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

For our next lesson (August 31st.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),  'What the Bilingual Brain Can Teach Us About Code-Switching', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48ORvJ7uqM

(2) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) Can you tell us how did you learn English when you were younger? And how did you learn Spanish?
(2.1.2) What is code-switching? [Explain in your own words]
(2.1.3) Have you ever experienced code-switching [English-Spanish]? Under what circumstances?

(2.2) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

(3) We will be working on our 'Blog Entries' activity, i.e., we will be working with the blog's format, its creation and activities. Also, we will work on our 1st Blog Entry.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Aug. 7

René Larenas M. 25 Aug 202325/08/23 at 13:422023-08-25 13:42:25
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (August 24th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lesson 2' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

For our next lesson (August 29th.]

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),  'How to get ready for university', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wyCkQN9rqY 

(2.1) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) In what way is this video presenting anything different or similar to your student life? How did you deal with University when you were first-year students?

(2.1.2) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Aug. 17

René Larenas M. 22 Aug 202322/08/23 at 10:592023-08-22 10:59:22
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (August 22nd)

(1) The PPT file for the 'Introductory Lesson' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section. This document has been re-uploaded since I made a mistake. I uploaded the wrong document. A thousand apologies

(2) The PPT file for 'Lesson 1' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

For our next lesson (August 24th.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),  'How to get ready for university', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wyCkQN9rqY 

(2.1) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) In what way is this video presenting anything different or similar to your student life? How did you deal with University when you were first-year students?

(2.1.2) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Guidelines for for the present [Aug. 11

René Larenas M. 18 Aug 202318/08/23 at 14:312023-08-18 14:31:18
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Dear Students, 

For today's lesson (August 17th)

(1) The PPT file for 'Introductory Lesson' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(2) The PPT file (2023-2_Course_Program_Nivel III) found in the 'Material Docente' is composed of 2 parts, (a) Syllabus, which is a class-to-class map route where you may find the lessons' topics and contents, and (b) Program, which is a formal presentation [General Description] of this English 3 course, in which you can find some General and Specific Objectives this program aims to work on, some Linguistic competences this Program aims to develop, among other pieces of information

For our next lesson (August 22nd.)

(1) We will be working on our first lesson which will be divided into two parts as we already know, (a) Linguistic (some grammatical structures in communicational contexts for the most part and autonomous work for all of the asynchronous evaluations) and (b) Communicative (video debates, Dad Jokes, etc.) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles),  'How to get ready for university', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wyCkQN9rqY 

(2.1) Once you have watched it, please think about the following questions:

(2.1.1) In what way is this video presenting anything different or similar to your student life? How did you deal with University when you were first-year students?

(2.1.2) With the information provided by the video, comment on one point that you think is relevant. Provide two reasons for this relevance.

In case of doubt, please do not hesitate to contact me back, 

Best Regards

(S.1) Scientific English 3 (CEFR: A2+) Some Recommendations and Guidelines for o 19

René Larenas M. 11 Aug 202311/08/23 at 13:052023-08-11 13:05:11
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Dear Students,

My name is René Larenas Moyano, and I will be this semester’s Scientific English '3' teacher. I would like to tell you that you are very welcome to this course that will (hopefully) begin next Thursday, August 17th, from 4:15 p.m. until 5:45 p.m., in Classroom A-13*.

Now I will explain what is coming for us this semester,

(1) We will be having #2 lessons each week

Tuesdays, Classroom A-14 (8:30 am - 10:00 am) and Thursdays, Classroom A-13 (4:15 pm - 5:45 pm)

(2) For this Thursday (August 17th) the very first lesson will be dealing with administrative issues, while the second (August 22nd) onwards, will be focused on developing productive linguistic abilities (i.e. Speaking and Writing)

(2.1) Administrative Issues means; (2.1.1) Evaluations, (2.1.2) Evaluation dates, (2.1.3) Rubric criteria, (2.1.4) Rules and Regulations, (2.1.5) Lesson Format and Teaching Methodology

(3) I beg you to please come to every single lesson you can and try to be on time [be as punctual as you can]

(4) Once every lesson is finished, I will be uploading 2 items to this platform,

(4.1) The teaching material (PPT file and an audio file), if required, and
(4.2) A 'Novedades' notification for you to have a more accurate description of what we will be doing in the next lesson

(5) Any questions you may have, either in English or Spanish, please feel free to write back. Answers will be delivered typically in English

Best Regards

*For those who are not familiarised with this classroom, this is located in the 'Aularios' sector, more specifically, "Aulario A, Room 13".