Thursday, March 26, 2015

Writing with out of place meaning

This week, we had to make a paragraph, however, the teacher gave us some words, and then he changed the meaning of these and we had to make a paragraph using these strange definitions, can you guess which are the correct words? (If you were in class that day, then probably you do not need to)

Her name is Aurora, she lives with her box called Supernova who likes housing a lot, When they are going to bed, Supernova always tells Aurora: "honey, monsters please"
Their living room is very particular because it has no umbrellas, so they can´t see the Ravioli plates when it´s raining.
When Supernova is not with Aurora, he calls her a lot, she always answers the night expecting to hear his voice:

Aurora: Hello, honey, what are you doing?
Supernova: I am diving, and you?
Aurora: Oh, nothing...
Supernova: Well, I have awesome news, we are going to scratch our noses!
Aurora: Really?
Supernova: Yeah! So honey, you start making the bags, don´t forget the knife and the coffemaker, because we´ll need it at the hotel.
Aurora: Okay, see you soon, monsters.

Now, let me give you some words for you to make a paragraph, the words in bold are the ones you will use, and the ones at their side are their meanings:

Avocado=Priest
Nightmare= Bathroom
Beans=Storm
Robber=Lover
Touch myseft=Go to the supermarket


Friday, March 20, 2015

My Experience with collective writing

Today I will talk to you about an activity we did in class this week, we had to write a question and pass to the classmate on the right who would then answer and then he would continue passing it to other classmates who would continue writting until the "question" returned to it´s writer.
It was an very interesting idea because it gave us the chance to work on many stories at the same time, some stories made me think carefully before writing because I could not figure what to do, however, in most cases I had no problems as the classmate on my left continued the stories in a very.... well, I do not know how to express it, so let´s leave it in, a very "original" way.

In the end, it was a disaster, one story started talking about a saxophone and then it talked about how they would forge the saxophone in hell, other story started talking about a cupcake and ended up talking about the relationship between shrek and the unicorns, it was a mess! though it was extremely hilarous.

Would you like to write a story in a similar way as these ones again?
Do you think this kind of writing is good, or would you rather write alone?
What do you think of the result of your story?

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Colombia: Very well

Today I will talk to you about a program that our country´s government is developing "Programa Nacional de Ingles, Very well" It aims to to make Colombia the country with the highest amount of english speakers in South America for 2025.
Three Fields will be covered by this program:
1-Strategies for teachers formation: As the name implies, they will try their best to raise good speakers to teach other people.
2-Investment in Language studies: The government aims to invest money in institutions so that they can manage their teaching programs better.
3-Articulation with the production Sector: They want to link these english speakers with various kinds of jobs, because you do not want a country filled with English speakers doing nothing with the language.

So, with that clear:
Do you think they will accomplish their objective?
What kind of jobs do you think english speakers are going to work with, other than teaching and translating?
Do you think B2 level is enough or C1 must be the program objective?

Friday, March 6, 2015

What puts languages together

Grammar is what puts the language together, it is what makes the language something people can understand, without grammar, or with an incorrect use of it, you would not be able to communicate correctly with that language speakers/readers.



It is very Important to study grammar, which might look difficult at times, but at the end of the day, you´ll need it.

It is recommended that you make your own writings with what you have learned so far, and then you should read your work to look for mistakes, as you could either not notice them or they could go unseen until the entire idea is put together. After you finish the checking your work, you should look for a way to check the rest of the mistakes, either an online grammar checker or a friend who is good with the languages, the friend is recommended over the online checker, in my opinion, because some online checkers just correct you and you do not know why you made a mistake, something your friend can do.


Is there a grammar rule that caused a lot of problems when you where learning english, that today you have mastered?

Is there a grammar rule in English that you definitively don´t understand?
Do you feel better speaking or writing?