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(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Essay Writing Activity #1 (10%) Marks 5

René Larenas M. 30 Oct 202330/10/23 at 09:092023-10-30 09:09:30
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Dear Students,

Your grades for the 'Essay #1' activity have already been uploaded. Please take a look at them.

Any questions or comments you may have, please write back

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Elevator Speech (10%) Marks 9

René Larenas M. 23 Oct 202323/10/23 at 09:122023-10-23 09:12:23
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Dear Students,

Your grades for the 'Elevator Speech' activity have already been uploaded. Please take a look at them.

Any questions or comments you may have, please write back

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [O 8

René Larenas M. 20 Oct 202320/10/23 at 16:292023-10-20 16:29:20
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (October 17th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lessons 13-14: Essay Writing Activities (V & VI)' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(1.1) In 'Lessons 13-14: Essay Writing Activities (III & IV)' you will find the Concluding Paragraph structure, some exercises that deal with evaluating this structure, and a space for you to create your Concluding Paragraph and Proofreading the ones your classmates' create.

(2) The .doc file for the Essay Writing: Concluding Paragraph Examples which can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(2.1) In this .doc 'Examples' document you will find some Concluding Paragraphs made by students from FACSO. The idea that lies behind the reading of this document is that it may provide you with some 'more down-to-earth' examples for you to take as a reference in your own script's sketching

(3) The .doc files for the 'Essay: Conclusion Guide' and 'Essay: Editing Guide' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section

(3.1) In these .doc files you will find the English Program version of how to create the Concluding Paragraphs and how to proofread and edit your whole Argumentative Essay. Also, you will be able to find several examples and exercises that will help you understand its format and structure.

(4) The 'Essay Writing Activity #1' evaluation can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Essay, ideally, before Oct. 24th.

For our next lesson (October 24th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles), The Science of Early Childhood Development’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA

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

(2.1.1) According to what Jack Shonkoff (Director of Harvard's 'Center of the Developing Child') has said, how would you interpret in your own words and under the view of your academic speciality the following statement: 'The brain is prepared to be shaped by experience'.

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on our 'Statistics and Data' unit. Among other activities, we will be working on describing and reporting data, statistical change, etc. These units' work is directed towards the creation of your 'Wiki Article' activity.

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [O 10

René Larenas M. 16 Oct 202316/10/23 at 09:382023-10-16 09:38:16
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (October 10th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lessons 11-12: Essay Writing Activities (III & IV)' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(1.1) In 'Lessons 11-12: Elevator Speech Activities (III & IV)' you will find the Body Paragraph structure, some exercises that deal with evaluating this structure, and a space for you to create your Intro. Paragraph.

(2) The .doc file for the Essay: Body Paragraph Examples which can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(2.1) In this .doc 'Examples' document you will find some Body Paragraphs made by students from FACSO. The idea that lies behind the reading of this document is that it may provide you with some 'more down-to-earth' examples for you to take as a reference in your own script's sketching

(3) The .doc file for the 'Essay: Body Paragraphs Guide' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section

(3.1) In this .doc file you will find the English Program version of how to create the Body Paragraphs. Also, you will be able to find several examples and exercises that will help you understand its format and structure.

(4) The Elevator Speech evaluation can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Elevator Speech video, ideally, before Oct. 17th.

For our next lesson (October 17th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles), The Science of Early Childhood Development’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA

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

(2.1.1) According to what Jack Shonkoff (Director of Harvard's 'Center of the Developing Child') has said, how would you interpret in your own words and under the view of your academic speciality the following statement: 'The brain is prepared to be shaped by experience'.

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on the '5-Paragraph Essay: Concluding Paragraph / Proofreading and Editing' activity, which deals with our first essay activity divided into 3 parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion.

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [O 12

René Larenas M. 6 Oct 202306/10/23 at 18:142023-10-06 18:14:06
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (October 3rd.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lessons 9-10: Essay Writing Activities (I & II)' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(1.1) In 'Lessons 9-10: Elevator Speech Activities (I & II)' you will find the Introductory Paragraph structure, some exercises that deal with the evaluation of this structure, and a space for you to create your own Intro. Paragraph.

(2) The PDF file for the Essay Rubric which can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section.

(2.1) In this 'Rubric document' you will find all the criteria taken into account when the teacher evaluates this activity.

(3) The .doc file for the Essay: Introductory Paragraph Examples which can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(3.1) In this .doc 'Examples' document you will find some Intro. Paragraphs made by students from FACSO. The idea that lies behind the reading of this document is that it may provide you with some 'more down-to-earth' examples for you to take as a reference in your own script's sketching

(4) The .doc file for the 'Essay: Introductory Paragraph / Thesis Statement' can be found in the 'Material Docente' section

(4.1) In this .doc file you will find the English Program version of how to create an Intro. Paragraph. Also, you will be able to find several examples and exercises that will help you understand its format and structure.

(5) The Elevator Speech evaluation can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Elevator Speech video, ideally, before Oct. 17th.

For our next lesson (October 10th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles), The Science of Early Childhood Development’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA

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

(2.1.1) According to what Jack Shonkoff (Director of Harvard's 'Center of the Developing Child') has said, how would you interpret in your own words and under the view of your academic speciality the following statement: 'The brain is prepared to be shaped by experience'.

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on the '5-Paragraph Essay: Body Paragraphs' activity, which deals with our first essay activity which will be divided into 3 parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion.

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [O 7

René Larenas M. 2 Oct 202302/10/23 at 10:562023-10-02 10:56:02
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (September 26th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lessons 7-8: Elevator Speech Activities (I & II)' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(1.1) In 'Lessons 7-8: Elevator Speech Activities (I & II)' you will find the Elevator Speech structure, some exercises that deal with the evaluation of this structure, and a space for you to create your own Elevator Speech script, to be used when recording your video.

(2) The PDF file for the Elevator Speech's Rubric which can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section.

(2.1) In this 'Rubric document' you will find all the criteria taken into account when the teacher evaluates this activity.

(3) The PDF file for the Elevator Speech's Examples which can be found in the 'Material Docente' section.

(3.1) In this PDF 'Examples' document you will find some Elevator Speech scripts made by students from FACSO. The idea that lies behind the reading of this document is that it may provide you with some 'more down-to-earth' examples for you to take as a reference in your own script's sketching

(4) The Elevator Speech evaluation can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Elevator Speech video, ideally, before Oct. 17th.

For our next lesson (October 3rd.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

(1.1) For the second part of this next lesson, please, watch the following video (it contains English Subtitles), The Science of Early Childhood Development’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiP4b-TPCA

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

(2.1.1) According to what Jack Shonkoff (Director of Harvard's 'Center of the Developing Child') has said, how would you interpret in your own words and under the view of your academic speciality the following statement: 'The brain is prepared to be shaped by experience'.

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on the '5-Paragraph Essay: Introductory Paragraph' activity, which deals with our first essay activity which will be divided into 3 parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion.

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Biodata (10%) Marks 7

René Larenas M. 2 Oct 202302/10/23 at 10:412023-10-02 10:41:02
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Dear Students,

Your grades for the 'Biodata' activity have already been uploaded. Please take a look at them.
For the students who have not delivered this evaluation yet, I encourage them to do it as soon as possible.

Any questions or comments you may have, please write back

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [S 15

René Larenas M. 5 Sep 202305/09/23 at 21:422023-09-05 21:42:05
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (September 05th.)

(1) The PPT file for 'Lessons 5-6: Networking / Elevator Speech' can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section

(1.1) In 'Lessons 5-6:Networking / Elevator Speech' you will find the definition of Networking and how it relates to the 'Elevator Speech' format. We will also work on this document next week

(2) The PDF file for the Elevator Speech's Mocking Rubric which can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section.

(2.1) In the 'Mocking Rubric document' you will find all the criteria taken into account when assessing this activity. We will also work on this document next week.

(3) The Biodata Activity can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Biodata document, ideally, before Sept. 26th.

For our next lesson (September 26th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

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

‘Social Work at Oxford University’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrP1SyA2x4

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

(2.1.1) What are these challenges people from the video are talking about?
(2.1.2) Do you have the same issues in your speciality? Do you share some of the challenges presented in this video?

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on the 'Elevator Speech' evaluation.

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [S 10

René Larenas M. 4 Sep 202304/09/23 at 10:082023-09-04 10:08:04
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (August 29th.)

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

(1.1) In the 'Biodata activity' you will find the instructions and procedures on the Biodata format. In other words, it offers a clear explanation of how to create your own Biodata.

(2) The PDF file for the Biodata Rubric which can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section.

(2.1) In the 'Biodata Rubric document' you will find all the criteria taken into account when assessing this activity.

(3) The Biodata Activity can be found in the 'tareas' section. You must upload your Biodata document, ideally, before Sept. 26th.

(4) The PDF file 'Biodata Examples' in which you will find #9 real-life samples from Social Scientists all over the world.

For our next lesson (September 05th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

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

‘Social Work at Oxford University’, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrP1SyA2x4

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

(2.1.1) What are these challenges people from the video are talking about?
(2.1.2) Do you have the same issues in your speciality? Do you share some of the challenges presented in this video?

(3) We will also deal with our sessions working on the 'Networking' concept and the 'Elevator Speech' evaluation

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

Best Regards

(S.7) English Intermediate A (CEFR: B1+) Some Guidelines for our next lessons [ 11

René Larenas M. 23 Aug 202323/08/23 at 13:172023-08-23 13:17:23
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Dear Students, 

For today's lessons (August 22nd.)

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

(1.1) In the 'Intro Lesson' PPT you will find the course evaluation dates, and a formal introduction to this course, among other technicalities.

(3) The Syllabus/Program document can be found in the ‘Material Docente’ section which is an extensive document that deals with the lesson's activities and the evaluation dates for this semester

(4) The PDF 'In-Class Activities' file for our first 2 weeks has already been uploaded to 'Material Docente'. Next week we will also work with this document.

For our next lesson (August 29th.)

(1) We will be working on our  third 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) 

(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 a first-year student?

(2.2.2) 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 also deal with our first session working with the 'Biodata' document

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

Best Regards