We got to the end of the road this trimester.... but there are many good memories that will accompany us for a very long time.. I want to thank all of my students for all the great things and fun we shared together. You all are really special to me and I end up this trimester with a smile on my face, because I know you guys are wonderful and that you'll do all you should do to be the best in your career and your life. Thanks for sharing and the patience and the love. Here I'll post some of the Final Project slides... Way to go! a warm hug to you all.
Level 5 K502
K502.... Amarilis Martinez and Iraida Abreu
Level 3 .. S332.. Giovanni Sarmiento
H312 .... Oscar Vazquez and Belgilbel Lobo
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Showing posts with label sep-dec 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sep-dec 2010. Show all posts
Friday, December 3, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Chicos 20. Sep-Dec 2010
Introducing the Chicos 20 Sep-Dec 2010
Daniel Salazar from S531. This is Dani's intro to our class, you can visit his blog and leave a comment..
This is Orlando Ortega.
He's a student in level 3 S332. His blog's name is Orlando's Land. make sure to com eby and say hello.
Andreina Quinto... Level 2 R221
Ricardo Villalobos, D201
Lamia Abdel Salam, D201.
Marian Portillo, N311
Jafet Garcia, N 311
Claudia Portillo, D291
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
Daniel Salazar from S531. This is Dani's intro to our class, you can visit his blog and leave a comment..I'm currently taking the Advertising and PR course at URBE. I'm only 18 years old, though I'm turning 19 pretty soon!I love music, even though I do NOT play any musical instrument. Particularly, I prefer listening to English/German/French music because I enjoy not only the music and rhythm but the language itself. I love listening to alternative rock bands such as Oasis, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Kasabian, Crowded House and the list goes on and on... As i said before, I'm studying at URBE and this blog is made because of my new lovely english teacher (english 5- Class: S-531). Hi professor!, that's the way she prefers to be called. I love traveling. I still dream about going to Europe asap (as soon as possible). That's my next travel spot as i hope to stay in Paris for a whole week and another one in London. I also love (watching) Tennis! i can spend 5 hours watching a tennis match without zapping on the TV! , isn't it such a great talent? I hate onions and hypocrite people who show you a nice side of 'em but behind you they'll go talking bad things about you! I hope to post another enter as soon as i can handle this blog thing! I'm pretty old-fashioned since I don't know how to use it!
He's a student in level 3 S332. His blog's name is Orlando's Land. make sure to com eby and say hello.
I have a Curious name, I'm known as Orlando Orlando Ortega Urdaneta. I was born Nineteen years ago and I am from the wonderful Venezuelan Republic, specifically of the beautiful city of Maracaibo in The Zulia State.
Now a days I'm studying Third quarter of Social Communication, Mention: Audiovitual, in the excellent University , Rafael Belloso Chacín and also I'm in the Seventh semester of Integral Education in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela University.
I'm a Passionate guy. I like to read and be creative. Also, I really want to learn new things about life; One of my hobbies is chatting with my friends of facebook and of course the internet in general.
In a Future I would like to work As a Universitary Professor in the area of Social communication, Have my on Educational Institution and write books about interesting histories: About love, pation and action, Knowledge about daily life and an autobiography of myself. I would like to leave my mark in the Venezuelan media and the rest of the world through programs based on creating conscience in the People in a Fun And interesting way!
Hello everybody! My name’s Andreina Quinto but you can call me Andre!. I’m from Cabimas, originally. I live in Maracaibo, in Villa Delicias. I’m 20 years old and I study Public Accounting.
I love my family, my country and the voz veis band.
I like to eat pizza and sushi, go to the movies, dance, listen to music, go to travel and visit my friends on the weekend.
I hate beer, smoking, violence, war, injustice.
My dream is to know different cultures and the Hobby band. I want to be an accountant in a short time. I would like to speak several languages.
About English, in my opinion is an interesting language and so important in the actual world. I hope I can improve my english skill's in this class and be an excellent student. This is a little of me.. and remember, an eye for an eye, makes the world blind.. peace. MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR.!
My name is Ricardo Villalobos but you can call me Ricky. I`m from Maracaibo, originally. I live in La Floresta. I`m 40 years old and I study Law at URBE. My favorite subjects is English and Sociology. I love my family and friends, my favorite sport is soccer . I like watch tv . I like horror movies. I like the Gaita Zuliana, I love pizza and Chinese food. My favorite actors are Morgan freeman and Bruce Willis.
I hate egocentrism, vanity, envy, crime and treason.
My dream is to be the best father in the world and manage my own TV show, produce films, create a foundation and defend the innocent.
Also I can say that one of my activities is to be the director of Alitasia, a group of gaitas. Alitasia - Con las Manos en el Pecho excelente Gaita... enjoy it!!!
PREPARE TO SUCCEED!
Hi, my name is Lamia and my last name is Abdel Salam. My nickname is Lulu, I was born in Valencia but I came to Maracaibo (Venezuela) because I got married in last January. I live in Bellas Artes. I`m 21 years old and I study Law at URBE.
Venezuela is very big! ten million people live here. My parents and all my family are in Valencia. My birthday is on June eleven.
I have two sisters and one of them live is San Antonio (The Teques - Venezuela) is the biggest one she has two children's, I have two nieces I love them and the younger one live in Valencia (Carabobo) and I have one brother he's twenty four years old.
My mother and my father were born in Lebanon but they are working here in Venezuela, they have a Furniture Store.
My husband is a business man. He is twenty seven years old. I love him is the best man in the world. I want to live with my husband always and forever. His name is Osmat and his last name is Makarem.
My mother in law and my father in law are amazing. I want to have 4 children in the future. I want to live with my family in Lebanon because it is beautiful, quiet, interesting and clean but it is very small and expensive.
My name is Marian Portillo. I'm 19 years old. I live in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
In this blog, I'm going to post my school work. I'm in third level of the english program. I study industrial engineering at URBE.
I love Shakira, her songs and the way She dances..
Jafet Garcia, N 311 This is me, Jafet García, I’m 17 years old, I’m from Maracaibo, Venezuela, I like to go out with my friend to enjoy the life. I’m a Sophomore of industrial engineering.
Hi, there! My name’s Claudia Portillo but you can call me CLAU!. I’m from Maracaibo , originally. I live in Maracaibo, in El Milagro. I’m 18 years old and I study law-lawyer at I love music, studying English and law-lawyer, talking on the phone with my friends, pizza , chocolate, my family . dolphins.Well, congratulations and welcome to the club!
I hate sushi , smoking, listening to rock, getting up early on the weekend, violence, war, in justice,
My dream is to travel around the world, visit the Pyramids in Egypt and The Eiffel Tower in Paris. Of course, I want to graduate and be a good accountant. I also want to learn to speak English, and Italian. I’d love to work in an important company and buy a house, get married and start a family.
About English, I love to learn new languages. I think English is very important. I listen to music and watch TV in English. It’s a good exercise. I also chat on the Internet and have very friends in many countries. I can write so so, but I need to practice more. The most difficult for me is speaking. I need to practice very more. I hope I can make a lot of friends and practice speaking in this class.
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
level 4 Unit 12. Movies (workshop)
Hi, there! Level 4 students.... will be working on their unit 12 lesson. The topic is Movies. For this lesson they are supposed to work in groups and have fun researching ad putting together an oral presentation. What do they have to do? well, here we have the checklist: (make sure you include all of these in your presentations))
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- Get in groups of 4, 3, 2 or just 1 student.
- Go to http://www.imdb.com/ and select a movie that your gruop like.
- Get the poster of the movie and the trailer.
- Get the facts fact of the movie:
- Director,
- Release Date,
- Genre (key words),
- Tag line
- Plot,
- Cast (the main actors and actresses, short description of the character in the movie)
- Fun stuff
- trivia: some interesting fact about the movie
- quotes: Select a scene of the movie and write the dialog of the scene... be ready to perform the scene in class.
- soundtrack. Get the lyrics and the song of the movie. Point out what part of the song do you like the most and how the song relates to the movie.
- Review of the movie: read several reviews of the movie.. quote some of them and add your group's review...
- What's the message in the movie?
- Post your powerpoint ppt in your blog.. remember to record your voice explaining the slides...
- Share your work in Twitter or Facebook..
Keep on shining love and peace!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Final Project!!!!! Sep-Dec 2010
Hello, there! Well, we have got to the end of the trimester and it's time for us to find out how much we have achieved during our time together. Our final project is an interesting assessment exercise... Where we will working different skills like writing, speaking, listening and reading. We'll practice:
Visit these links to see some examples of students work...:
- How to work in groups to collaborate, cooperate, share, teach and learn together.
- How to integrate different technological tools: creating and designing a power point presentation, audio recording, power point uploading, posting to a blog, sharing in social networks, like facebook, and twitter.
- Transferring the knowledge got during our classes and using it to talk about different topics from the ones discussed in class.
- Reflecting on what we have achieved.
- Leave your mark on this class.
Visit these links to see some examples of students work...:
- Carlos Duarte http://carlitozduarte.blogspot.com/2010/04/final-proyect.html
- Dessire Rincon http://dessire-actividadesdeingles.blogspot.com/
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Level 2. Unit 10. Home Sweet Home!
Parts of the House
Housing: Where do you live?
A: Do you live in a house or in an apartment?Housing: Where do you live?
B: I live in a house / I live in an apartment
Describing my house.
Consider the following questions:
Where do you live? House or apartment
Where is it?
What's your house like?
What's the neihborhood where you live is like?
How many rooms are there in your home?
Things to say to describe your house:Small/big
dark/ bright
old/new
Comfortable
Roomy
spacious
Conveniently located
Near public transportation
Carlos says:
I live in an apartment. I live on the second floor. Apartment 2A. In my apartment, there are seven rooms- a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms.
Mary says:
I live in a house. I live in a quiet neighborhood. In my house, there are seven rooms- a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms. There's also a yard.
Pronunciation: Rising intonation to show surprise
Asking about where you live
A. Hey Stuart. B. Hi, Justin. Come in!
A: Hey, this is a nice apartment.
B: Yeah, and it’s only $400 a moth.
A: Really? That’s not bad! How many rooms are there?
B: There are five. There’s a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and my bedroom.
A: Is there a garage?
B: No, but there’s a small yard.
A: That’s great!
Describe your favorite room
My favorite room is my bedroom. It’s big, fresh, bright and comfortable. There’s a desk next to my window. The computer is on the desk…•There is/there are; How many
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•Prepositions of place: in. on, under, between, behind, in front of, next to, in the middle of, on the right, on the left
•Verb + preposition
–Verb + preposition + noun
–Jason listens to music
–Verb + preposition + noun phrase
–I listen to the radio
Homework
2. Tell about four rooms in your house or apartment. Describe what furniture is in them.
3. Describe your favorite room in your house. Use prepositions of place to describe where things are.
* You can record your voice and add images.
* Visit your classmates blogs, read their compositions and leave a comment.
* Don't forget to Make the internet exercises from the on line workbook.
* Check your homework with a tutor. Use the check-speller. Make sure there are not grammar or typing mistakes.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Level 4. Unit 9. How’s your memory? and Dreams
Reunions and Old Classmates
Do you have a good or a bad memory? Do you usually remember or forget things?Expressing degrees of certainty
A: Is your teacher from North America?B: Maybe, I am not sure
A: Are your books in your desk?
B: Yes, they are
A: Is your math teacher a vegetarian
B: I have no idea.
Agreeing and Disagreeing
A: I think the matrix is a good movie.B: Yeah, I agree.
C: Sorry, but I disagree. In my opinion…
Early Memories
A: As a child I lived with my family in a small town.B: When I was a child I used to play with my sisters in the yard.
USED TO
Sweet dreams:: Expressions with dream
In your dreams
Level 3. Unit 3. What do you need? Shopping
Vocabulary:
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| Taken from: Visual Dictioary on Line |
At the supermarket
Countables and Non Countables
Social Language:
We need Potatoes!
Keth: Zulimar, I'm making a shopping list for tomorrow's barbecue. We have chicken. What else do we need?
Zulimar: Let's see ... We need some potatoes. Buy five pounds.
Keth: Okay, five pounds of potatoes.
Zulimar: We also need lettuce, bacon and tomatoes for the salad.
Keth: And what about drinks? Do we need any?
Zulimar: No, we don't. We have soda and juice.
Keth: Okay. I'm going to the store. See you in a bit.
Expressing need:
A: Do we need any drinks?
B: Yes, we do.
Yes, we need some.
No, we don't.
No, we don't need any.
We need some soda. Buy a pack of cokacola.
We need two bottles.
Watch the following video about shopping for groceries:
Count/Noncount nouns with some and any
A: Do we have potaoes?
B: yes, we have a potato.
yes, we have some.
No, we don't have any.
A: Do we have any lettuce?
B: yes, we have some.
No, we don't have any. We need some.
Exercises:
Some/Any/A/An
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1657
Bradley's Multiple Choice Quiz
A / An / Some / Any
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/multiplechoice/aansomeany.html
some, any in sentences - Exercise 1
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/confusing_words/some_any.htm
a, some or any
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei099/esl-test.php
*** With non count nouns, we use measure words. These make the item countable.
a cup of coffe
a bottle of water
a can of soda
a glass of milf/water/juice
a piece of bread/ meat
a bar of soap
*** When you offer something use some or any in the question:
Do you want some/any tea?
Some and Any
At the mall
Vocabulary
Work i pairs. Ask your partner the following questions:
A: I sthere a mall in your city?
B:
A: Where is it?
B:
A: What stores are there in the mall?
B:
A: What's a good place to buy clothing?
B:
A: and music?
B:
A: what about a computer?
B:
Language Link: Some/any - much/many - a lot
Homework for this unit:
* what's the name of the place?
* what kind of store is it?
* what can you buy there?
* Where is it?
* Why do you like it?
- Before you star working on your composition, draw a mind map with the help of those questions. Explain your mind map and write your composition.
- Include a photo of your favorite shop and explain what you see you can buy there: Use some, any, many, much and a lot.
- Don't forget to check with your tutor.
- Post it to your blog. share your work with your friends in Facebook or Twitter.
- Practice your pronunciation participting in the audio forum about shopping.
- Have fun.
Doris3m
Level 2. Unit 9. Daily Routine and Dating
Daily Schedule
I get up at 5:00 am, take a shower and get dressed….Pronunciation: Sentence stress
Saying hello, asking How is it going?
A. Hey Stuart. How is it going?.B. Okay, I guess.
Daily activities, habits and frequency
I always get up at 7:30Mari never has cereal for breakfast
Javier is usually a happy person
Dylan often checks his e-mail in the morning.
Fun Exercise: daily routines, by Cathrine Baldwin
Find this and other daily routines exercises in English Exercises .org
Discuss dating customs
James: In North America, dating in high school is common. What about in Venezuela?Lucy: That’s very common in our country, too.
James: Are you dating someone?
Lucy: Yes. I am. I’m dating Miguel.
James: When you go on a date to the movies, who pays for the movie?
Lucy: Miguel usually pays but sometimes I pay.
Jackie is always late for class
With other verbs
Jackie always gets up at 8:00
Yes/ No and Wh-questions about frequency
A: When do you get up?B: I usually get up early at 7:00
A: Do you sometimes get up late?
B: yes, sometimes. Most of the time during the weekend.
Exercises:
Position of adverbs of frequency - Exercise 1
Frequency Adverbs Multiple Choice
Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Frequency (organize)
Wh-questions about the subject
A: Who do you work for? B: I work for Toyota
A: Who works for Toyota?
B: I do
She does
Mr. Wada does
Homework for this Unit:
Look at Wendy's dayPhoto story!
- Write a 4 paragraph composition.
- Describe your daily activities: morning, afternoon, evenings and nights.
- Close your composition telling about dating in Venezuela.
- Draw some pictures, use computer images, or take your own photos.
- Use this model to help you tell about your daily routine, habits and frequency. (use always, sometimes, never, etc).
- PowerPoint + voice recording is a plus!!!!
- Don’t forget to check with a tutor and use the check speller in your computer.
- You can make a slide show with Slide or make a poster in Glogster or a short video in Animoto
- have fun working on your homework... smiles
Doris3m
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Introducing Geraldine Cubillan
Welcome, dudes.
Hi there, pals! I'm starting this blog to improve my English while I tell you stuff about my life.
I'm Geraldine Cubillán. I'm 24 years old now. I'm from Maracaibo and I'm in the fifth level of the English program at URBE. I study Mass Communication there.
I'm Geraldine Cubillán. I'm 24 years old now. I'm from Maracaibo and I'm in the fifth level of the English program at URBE. I study Mass Communication there.
My first assignment is to let you know a little bit about what I like and what I don't like.
My dream is to spend a few years traveling around the world watching great concerts.
My dream is to spend a few years traveling around the world watching great concerts.
English is very important nowadays, thanks God I love it since I was a little girl. I don't do much to improve it but I guess that listening to music and watching on-line movies always helps. I think I can write and talk pretty good in english but I need to enlarge my vocabulary.
I have a big family and I love them all but specially mi nephews, I'm a really proud loving aunt.
I love discovering new things such as new music, new places and new points of view.
I feel very committed to Venezuelan music and I've developed a web site called Musicaibo where I promote a lot of bands, because in this country there are many talented musicians that people simply doesn't know. You can visit it by clicking here or this image:
I also like cookies, cakes, chocolate and basically any kind of dessert.
I hate liars, diet and waking up early.
And well... this is how I released my blog.
Let it be,
G*
You can listen to Geraldine's intro in our audio forum Discussion » Doris3m EFL Center. Introduce yourself!.
Please, visit Geral's Blog and leave her a comment... She's doing and excellent job... Way to go Gera... we love your creativity and skill..
Keep on shining Love and peace!
Doris3m
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Discussion » Doris3m EFL Center. Introduce yourself!
Discussion » Doris3m EFL Center. Introduce yourself!
Listen to more students from the world introducing themselves
Keep on shining Love and peace!
Doris3m
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Orlando Ortega's Blog
Hello, there! I am really proud to show Orlando's homework. He's a student in our university and he's taking classes in our level 3. In this slide presentation..Orlando Ortega introduces his new friends!!!
Visit Orlando's blog and follow him. he's determined to be a brilliant student.. you can also ask him to be your friend and please..leave a comment on his posts.
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
Visit Orlando's blog and follow him. he's determined to be a brilliant student.. you can also ask him to be your friend and please..leave a comment on his posts.
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Digital Literacy: How to choose a safe password?
Hello, there! Well, this week we have a really nice short video that will help you to learn how to choose a safe password and practice your English at the same time. Enjoy it!!! This video was shared by Diego Velasquez, a computer engineering student at URBE.
How to choose a safe password - Animated Explanations
Wow, that was interesting... now.. is your password a safe password?
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
How to choose a safe password - Animated Explanations
Wow, that was interesting... now.. is your password a safe password?
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
My ELT codes - Sep-Dec 2010 trimester
Greetings Sep-Dec 2010 trimester students!
This is to let you know.. Our ONLINE workbook keys.
Diapositiva 2
Buy your books and use your book key + our course key to register to the online workbook..
Here you can find instructions in Spanish:
https://myelt.heinle.com/_mediaRoot_/telt/help/spanish/home_Spa.html
and this is a tutorial:
Uploaded on authorSTREAM by doris3m If you need any help... let me know
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
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This is to let you know.. Our ONLINE workbook keys.
This is the link to My ELT : http://myelt.heinle.com/
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Buy your books and use your book key + our course key to register to the online workbook..
Here you can find instructions in Spanish:
https://myelt.heinle.com/_mediaRoot_/telt/help/spanish/home_Spa.html
and this is a tutorial:
Uploaded on authorSTREAM by doris3m If you need any help... let me know
Keep on shining Love and Peace!
Doris3m
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