Tedtalk: Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering

Dear Class

Today we're going to do a transcription exercise using tedtalk. What is tedtalk??? It's a website that has video footage of interesting talks given at conferences around the world.

You are going to watch a short talk and transcribe (write down) what you hear. You will need to use Word to do this.

Here is a definition of the word tinker:

tinker verb /ˈtɪŋ.kər//-kɚ/ v [I usually + adverb or preposition] Definition to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it. He spends every weekend tinkering (about) with his car. I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service. Compare: fiddle

Here is the link to the talk:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

Don't worry if you can't catch every word that Gever says. Leave a space if you are not sure.

judy x

Welcome back!!!!!

Hi All

It's great to see you all again after the long summer holiday. This semester the lab sessions will be different from last year. At the beginning of every blog session please look at my blog for instructions about the activities we will complete in class.

Here's our first activity....We are going to watch a video about English language learning in Romania. I will give you some worksheets to complete. Here is the link for the page on englishclub.com:

http://www.englishclub.com/esl-videos/lessons-from-romania/index.htm

Don't forget to put the subtitles on!

judy

Our final lab session!

First complete these PET exam exercises:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4987

Next complete these activities on the New Headway site to revise for the Final exam:

http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preint/c_stopandcheck?cc=cl&selLanguage=en

Select all of the categories starting from Past Simple/Present Perfect 1 (the last item in the first column) and then press make my test.

Once you have completed the test then go to Vocabulary:

http://elt.oup.com/student/headway/preint/b_vocabulary/?cc=cl&selLanguage=en

and complete the exercises for units 7 - 12

If you have any problems accessing the websites please let me know.

judy

Activities 14.11.2011

Dear Class

First of all it's time to get your blog in order. Make sure all the corrections are done. If you're not sure about the corrections, check with a classsmate or with me.

Once your blog is ship shape, you need to read the blogs (all the entries) of two classmates and make some comments using the comments facility. You can choose whose blogs to read and comment on.

Next we have some activities:

1. World Hold On - worksheet to complete while watching video on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBbEG-0pfQ

2. Webquest - Coca-Cola

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/newcuttingedge/pdfs/webquests/CE_Pre-Int_module_12_webquest.pdf

3. Some PET exam practice activities

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4987

Finally, please complete the encuesta docente:

http://seccion3lengjbaker.questionpro.com

Enjoy!

judy

If you finish al

Final Blog Writing

As we're coming to the end of the year I'd like you to think about your first year and reflect on the experience. How has your first year been? What have you liked and/or disliked about being at University? What have you learned from your studies and what have you learned about yourself? What have you enjoyed learning about? What subjects/areas do you think you need to improve on?

Write a minimum of 200 words

judy

Writing number 5

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/hiker.htm Dear Class

The 5th writing is about one of the topics on page 112 relating to the theme of discussing pros and cons. minimum 150 words

Then check out these activities:

http://http//www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/lower_intermediate.asp

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=880

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity5&topicID=2&storyID=67

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/hiker.htm

http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity4&topicID=8&storyID=90

judy x

Writing - The Blackout & other activities

The topic for this week's blog posting is the blackout that happened on Saturday night. You must write a minimum of 150 words and describe where you were when the blackout struck, who you were with, how you felt, any problems you had and anything else you think is relevant.

Then you should go and do these two activities related to make & do:

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/makedo1.htm

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/makedo2.htm

Finally, here is a fun personality test to do:

http://www.41q.com/

I hope you enjoy the activities!

Judy