domingo, 26 de febrero de 2017

mexican - american

What do you think when you listen to Mexican - American?

We did an activitie in the classroom based on this question and the words related with the concept Mexican-American were:

  • People who born in Mexico, but live or work in USA
  • Culturaly mix
  • Migration
  • Discrimination
  • Prejudices
  • Narrow minded
  • American dream

Most of us agreed that the word that immediately comes to our mind when we hear the concept Mexican-American is cultural mix because at the end of the day the cultures have been mixed so laws, relations, customs, traditions, etc. have changed too.

genres

Pronunciation
genres  /yanras/
You can hear it in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvlOk1jzAms

Guidelines
- boredom / jazz -
I find jazz boring --------------------------- I get bored with jazz

- excitement / rock and roll -
I find rock and roll exciting --------------- I get excited with rock and roll

- amusement / rhythm and blues -
I find rhythm and blues amusing --------------- I get amused with rhythm and blues


get used to

Get used to can express a switch or a change in your life, for example:

  • I got used to do something
  • I´m used to sharing every day ---------------------------- (Now)
  • I got used to shaving every week ------------------------ (Past)
  • I´m getting used to arriving on time wherever --------- (Continuous)(process to adapt)
  • I never got used to doing exercise when I had a job --- (Negative)



so, such, too, enough

Guidelines

  • The ... was so ... that I ...
  • It was such a ... that I ...
  • It was too ... to ...  /  It was too ... for me to ...
  • It wasn´t ... enough for me to ...  /  I was ... enough to ...


Examples:

  • The day was so stresful that I had to take a nap.
  • It was such a night that I couldn´t sleep.
  • It was too late to go home.
  • It wasn´t late enough for me to live.


apps to learn english

There are some apps to learn English which are very useful in the interacción process with the language because they let you improve your basic skills like; writing, reading, listening and some occasions you can speak and comunicate with people from other contries. 

This time, I want to show these apps ans their main functions.

Tandem
Tandem helps you find native speakers of almost any language who want to learn your language in return. Practice writong, listening, improve your pronunciation, and learn to speak like an autochthonist no matter where you are.

In mi case, I created an account which took me five minutes. First, You have to choose a picture for your profile and  some topics to speak. Second, you have to decide if you want to speak only with girls, guys or both. Third, the Tandem´s team verify your information and they send you the confirmation of your account. Finally, you are readty to use the app.

Just enter the app, find someone online who speaks the language you are looking for, and invite him to speak. Interaction is the best way to learn something and I think it is the esiest and funniest way to do it.

You can find it: https://www.tandem.net/es/

Tandem logo: https://www.tandem.net/es/


Memrise
Memrise is an online learning tool with courses created by your community. Their courses are mainly used to teach languages, but are also used for academic and non-academic subjects. Memrise uses augmented flash cards with mnemonic rules - partially assembled through mass psychology - and the memory effect spaced to increase speed and ease of learning.

It is important to clarify that a mnemonic rule is a short, easy to remember sentence that artificially helps to relate words, with the goal of memorizing concepts more easily.

You can find it: https://www.memrise.com

Memrise logo: https://www.memrise.com


Duolingo
Duolingo follows the educational model one to one, that is to say that the computer constantly teaches the student and is adapted to this, a method that is perfected day by day with the data collected by the learning of each user who has already taken the course.

The main didactic feature is practicality, it is not necessary to read grammar texts to complete the course in any language, one can understand the meaning of the largest number of sentences in the course intuitively, only with the images, the tab translation and errors that the program corrects you.

I think if you are beginning with learning process it can be useful because you can know vocabulary, but it is important to look for other ways that complements this process.

You can find it: https://es.duolingo.com

Duolingo logo: https://es.duolingo.com

what is an awkward moment?

An awkward moment is when a situation is weird or uncomfortable for you, for example:

  • when someone says something funny, but nobody laughs.
  • when someone is late and he or she has to ask permission to enter.
  • when someone says something not kind and you don´t know what to answer.
awkward moment

lunes, 20 de febrero de 2017

reading


This exercise was a bit difficult because there were many unknown words, then understanding the whole text was complicated. This I could confirm when we exchanged opinions with my team and for some the answer was the same as far as the understanding of reading. I think that I need more practice in this tape of execrase in order to improve my knowledge.