Monday, 10 November 2014

Academic writing starts!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our nineth activity. Please, post your comments before November 20th, 6 pm.!


1. Look for a web or printed article related to language teaching or learning. It must have 2 pages at least.


2. Summarize and rewrite a version of the article with your own words, using DIFFERENT TENSES. Divide your report into coherent paragraphs. (240 words at least).

Consider the following format: introduction (mentioning the title, author, year and main subject), body (relevant or main ideas about the dealt topic, conclusion.

3. Include comments related to what you like the most or what you do not like, or other opinions you can have about it.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Continuous and future sentence structure.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas, "taken from the same article".
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!

My favorite song in English!

Hi all!  

Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our seventh activity. Please, post your comments before November  17th, 6 p.m.!


1. Think
 about your favorite song in English language.

2. Make a brainstorming, considering the following statements:

- Information about the singer or group.
- Song lyrics description / message.
- What you like the most.
- What it makes you feel like.
- Some reasons you would like to recommend it.

3. Write a paragraph for each one of the parts mentioned above, giving your own ideas. It must have 220 words at least.

4. Prepare an oral presentation about it to be presented to your classmates (November 18th to 21st), you will have 7 minutes, be creative!.

4. Language use / writing aspects:

- Simple sentence structures in the tenses you decide.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.


All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!