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Hello people! We were asked to write about a book that we had read or a reading experience. On my “special” case, I am not into reading but I will take advantage of this opportunity to explain the reason why I do not like reading. First: When it comes to books, I must be interested in the story or the topic that it deals with. Second: I get bored easily. In the case of books, there is a lot time devoted to the descriptions of places and actions. I know that the author must use words carefully to help us imagine the places and the way in which things occur. I am a person that needs to read action every 3 or 4 lines, otherwise I get bored. Well… is not that I don’t like books in general. I prefer reading things like comic books, manga, and a history book that talks about a topic that I’m interested in.  For example, I was very interested in the Second World War and I read a few books and articles about it. As I read I got amazed of how things h...

Hello people! How are you? I wanted to share this video about First Language Acquisition. I think it has the main ideas of the theory.

Select a target task and develop your own instructional sequence using this six- step procedure as a model. Step 1 Look at leaflets offering vacation tours. Identify key words (activities, sports you can or cannot do, foods, drinks) Step 2 Listen to a model conversation between two tourist guides talking about one place they visited. Practise the conversation and then try to practise using information from Step 1. Step 3 Listen to several tourist talking about their vacations. Try to identify the place they visited and match them with the places from Step 1. Step 4 Listen again to the tourists. Identify adjectives and activities so that you can make questions to compare places. Questions may include: is it cheaper than…? Can you do…? Is there a… activity? Step 5 Pair work: Role play. A group of students will role play as tourist guides selling vacation tours, the re...

Hello people! It’s been a while. I’ve been through a lot of exams lately and I wanted to share with you how I feel and behave every time I have to study and sit for an exam. This is going to be divided in a few “stages” let’s say. 1 st Stage POSPONING Every time I have to start preparing myself for an exam, I check how many days are left for the exam. If the exam is in two weeks’ time, I just chill and convince myself that I have too much time to study so I pospone study time. 2 nd Stage Trying to Study When there is a week left for the exam, I start gathering all the material necessary for the test. I sit on my desk and I try to “re-read” the material (because I WAS supposed to read it for a class, but sometimes I forget to do it) and then i try to at least understand what I’m reading. I find really difficult to concentrate when I’m reading something and there is noise around me, so I always study when my family is asleep. But when I try to study during the night, ...

I've found this video on youtube and i wanted to share it with you guys. Let me know what you think.

Hello people! I've found this tv program and i think that it could be very useful if you have japanese students or if you want to learn a bit of pronunciation! well... that's it, have fun! May the force be with you (;