Estimados alumnos:
Me han informado que cuando ustedes vuelvan a clases necesitarán completar las evaluaciones que faltan. Mayoritariamente tendrán que rendir tanto el examen oral como el escrito.
Quienes así lo deseen pueden prepararse accediendo a los siguientes sitios (además de la Plataforma):
Link 1: PET PRACTICE
Link 2: Oral Interaction Expressions (Agreeing & Disagreeing)
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/agreeing-disagreeing-expressions.htm
Saludos cordiales,
Juan
UNIVERSITY STUDENT STRIKE
The mobilizations of Chilean university students are starting to spread all over the country. The strikes , sit-ins and marches of the universities in Chile’s capital city continue. The governmen t have made some promises but students say it’s not enough...
I’d like to hear your views on this. Here you have some questions and useful vocabulary to help you write about this hot issue.
-How Would you describe the crisis Chilean education is going through?
-How would you compare the situation of education in our universities with regard to other countries?
-Who or what would you blame for the problems Chilean university students have?
-What is the most important reason you have to protest? How do you feel about this problem?
-What do you expect to get as a result of the strike?
Be sure to write about 280 words and post comments on 3 of your classmates’s posts.
Useful vocabulary:
-be on strike / lead a strike / hold a strike / go on a strike / join a strike /
-oppose (privatization, current fees, the commercialisation of education , the current credit system within education, etc)
-protest for (profit-education, university fees, a raise of tuition fees, the prevailing model, the economic, social and cultural model, the increasing privatisation within the education system, etc)
-demand (reforms, help with tuition, an increase in funding, non-discriminatory access to education, an injection of resources to universities, funding by the state, etc)
-defend (your rights, public education, etc)
-receive ( public subsidies, etc)
-raise (tuition fees, etc)
-regulate (the private higher education industry)
-revise (the university admission system, the current model, etc)
-reform (the Chilean education system)
-increase (government funding for education)
-consider (concrete changes, etc)
-participate in (student demonstrations, university student protests, etc)
Estimados alumnos:
La idea de continuar trabajando con los blogs fue sugerida por la coordinación general del Programa de Inglés, la cual está a favor de las demandas estudiantiles. De hecho, muchos profesores del área de inglés han participado en las manifestaciones junto a otros académicos de esta universidad.
Les aclaro que no tienen ustedes ninguna obligación de trabajar mientras se encuentren en huelga. La idea de continuar trabajando con la plataforma y/o los blogs es, por un lado, una manera de no perder la práctica regular del idioma, para que su desempeño no se vea afectado en los exámenes finales, pero por sobre todo es una forma de que su carga académica se reduzca una vez que termine la huelga y puedan concentrarse en las materias más directamente relacionadas con su carrera.
Les sugiero, a quienes se interesen en hacer sus blogs, que escriban de forma alternativa sobre la huelga y sus sentir en relación a ella (ver instrucciones en otro post). Las sugerencias para escribir sobre temas relacionados son bienvenidas.
Saludos cordiales,
Juan Luzzi
1. Do you usually remember your dreams? Do you usually dream in black and white or in colour?
2. What was your nicest dream that you can remember?
3. Do you believe that dreams can sometimes predict the future? Some people say that dreaming about losing money means that you will receive it. Have you ever heard this? What other sayings about dreams do you know?
4. Do you ever daydream? Do you think you can achieve your dreams? What is your dream for the future?
5. If you had lots of money or political power what would you do with it?
Part 1- Calculate your carbon footprint!
