1) Read the article "Third Time lucky!" onn this link, and write a good comment on it. A good comment means two or three paragraphs in accurate English with logical reasoning and clear ideas. Be brave! Make a copy of your comment and send it to my address as well, just in case!
2) Go to Cristina's blog at this link. Look for Advanced level writing, "Do you need to look for a job?" Have a look to this link and follow its recommendations. Then write a comment to this blog and tell us what you think of the web pages you have visited. Your comments will be read by other people so make sure your language is accurate!
Thursday 22 October 2009
Tuesday 20 October 2009
Multimedia Room
Hello everybody!
Today we shall go to Multimedia Room. The main objective is to find out about resources to learn English and do some more specific work.
1. Dialang Test: Have you ever taken this test? If you haven't, this is an opportunity to find out how it works and test your listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and writing. This is a quality test based on the CEFR of the Council of Europe. It does not give you a certificate but allows you to self assess your habilities and competences. As it is a free application you can download it from the WEB.
2. Edgar Allan Poe: as you know this year we celebrate the bicentenary of Poe's birth, so you can go to the BBC page and listen to a text, read it, and learn some new expressions. The University is organizing an International Conference on this amazing writer. Look at the Conference Page to find out more.
3. Jobs. A lot of students are unemployed or looking for a better job. In the web you can find ways in which you can do better at job interviews. Find out and tell the class what you have found.
4. Pocasts. A lot of students often complain that they do not perform well at listening tests. Look at the podcast list in e-vent and the class blog to find out which podcasts suit your interests best.
Today we shall go to Multimedia Room. The main objective is to find out about resources to learn English and do some more specific work.
1. Dialang Test: Have you ever taken this test? If you haven't, this is an opportunity to find out how it works and test your listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and writing. This is a quality test based on the CEFR of the Council of Europe. It does not give you a certificate but allows you to self assess your habilities and competences. As it is a free application you can download it from the WEB.
2. Edgar Allan Poe: as you know this year we celebrate the bicentenary of Poe's birth, so you can go to the BBC page and listen to a text, read it, and learn some new expressions. The University is organizing an International Conference on this amazing writer. Look at the Conference Page to find out more.
3. Jobs. A lot of students are unemployed or looking for a better job. In the web you can find ways in which you can do better at job interviews. Find out and tell the class what you have found.
4. Pocasts. A lot of students often complain that they do not perform well at listening tests. Look at the podcast list in e-vent and the class blog to find out which podcasts suit your interests best.
Sunday 4 October 2009
Welcome to the new academic year 2009-2010 at Valencia EOI
Hello everybody!
A new course has just started and we are all getting ready for the new challenges ahead.
We have already been together for a week, that is two periods of 140 minutes. We have already started to get to know each other by means of a series of activities and a questionnaire. You can visit this link to follow what we have done in case you have joined the group later than the rest.
You can also download the questionnaire at this linkand hand it in when you join the group.
Remember, this year we have a new challenge ahead of us: use English in a series of oral and written genres. That is to say we shall organise learning around discourse genres: self presentation, presentation of a topic of general interest, presentation of a topic of professional interest, stories, anecdotes, debates,reports, interviews, etc.
Hope we all enjoy the course and motivate each other. We learn by doing. Doing means using language for different purposes and in different communicative situations.
This year we already know the final exam date: May 13th, at 11.30 h. Those who will have demonstrated their proficiency througout the course will be exempted from the final test, so work hard and work every week to keep up.
A new course has just started and we are all getting ready for the new challenges ahead.
We have already been together for a week, that is two periods of 140 minutes. We have already started to get to know each other by means of a series of activities and a questionnaire. You can visit this link to follow what we have done in case you have joined the group later than the rest.
You can also download the questionnaire at this linkand hand it in when you join the group.
Remember, this year we have a new challenge ahead of us: use English in a series of oral and written genres. That is to say we shall organise learning around discourse genres: self presentation, presentation of a topic of general interest, presentation of a topic of professional interest, stories, anecdotes, debates,reports, interviews, etc.
Hope we all enjoy the course and motivate each other. We learn by doing. Doing means using language for different purposes and in different communicative situations.
This year we already know the final exam date: May 13th, at 11.30 h. Those who will have demonstrated their proficiency througout the course will be exempted from the final test, so work hard and work every week to keep up.
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