Final Conent Week Reminder: Preparations and Attendance (end of content teaching 12

Camila Mardones A. 20 NovNovember 20 at 15:512024-11-20 15:51:20

Dear Students,

Next week marks our final week of the course! 🎉 (as for contents)

Here’s what you need to know and prepare:

  1. Attendance Requirement:

    • Remember, you need 75% attendance to take the final exams. This includes justified absences ("asistencias justificadas") and classes attended ("clases asistidas") until November 25th.
    • Late arrivals ("atrasos") do not count towards your attendance percentage.

  2. Final Exam Review:

    • Next week, we will focus on reviewing activities for the final written exam and the final speaking exam
    • You will also be given feedback on essay 2.

     

  3. Check the Tareas section:
    • Check the final details of your wikis in the Tareas section, there are some examples for you to see.
Let’s keep motivated and prepare for success! 💪

Best regards,
Professor Camila

November 11th week 10

Camila Mardones A. 8 NovNovember 8 at 14:112024-11-08 14:11:08

Dear Students,
on November 11th week we will work on the following:
Grammar focus: hypothetical or imaginary situations (conditionals)
⋅ Reading, listening, and speaking activities.
⋅ Grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation 
Talking about gadgets

ESSAY 2 (60 minutes)

on the following weeks we will be working to prepare the final speaking and writing final exams

Best,
Professor Camila

Wiki 5

Camila Mardones A. 28 OctOctober 28 at 16:222024-10-28 16:22:28

Dear students, remember this week we are starting to work on the wiki, remember it's been posted in Tareas (check the due date)  and you need to get yourself in a group, you can write here of in the forum if you do not have a partner. 
wiki groups - Documentos de Google

Remember next week we will be working on essay 2 (nov 4th)

october 28th week - online lesson 15

Camila Mardones A. 28 OctOctober 28 at 10:152024-10-28 10:15:28

Dear students,
this week we will be workin on:

Discussing technology: describing gadgets

⋅ Gathering data on technology use: survey on gadgets

⋅ Discussing survey results

⋅ Wiki: instructions and requirements

⋅ How to create a wiki

⋅ Wiki topic brainstorming activity

next assessment task: November 4th, essay 2.

October 21st week 10

Camila Mardones A. 18 OctOctober 18 at 11:472024-10-18 11:47:18

Dear Students,

On october 21st, we will continue working on the Gender Issues unit. We will focus on using expressions to give opinions, present arguments, and contrast different viewpoints. Additionally, we will explore more language related to gender.

We will also review modal verbs (may, might, could, will) to speculate and predict future gender-related issues.


We will review Writing Task 1: Essay.

Please note that on October 28th, we will have an online lesson due to autonomous work week.

On November 4th, we will complete Writing Task 2: Essay.

October 14th 10

Camila Mardones A. 14 OctOctober 14 at 12:352024-10-14 12:35:14

Dear Students,

This week, we will be starting the Gender Issues unit. Our focus will be on using expressions to give opinions, present arguments, and contrast different viewpoints. Additionally, we will listen to two videos featuring Judith Butler and Bell Hooks to explore the language and concepts used according to their frames when discussing gender.

We will also review modal verbs (may, might, could, will) to speculate and predict future issues related to gender.

Next week, we will review Writing Task 1: Essay, while continuing our work on the Gender Issues unit.

Please note that on October 28th, we will have an online lesson due to autonomous work week.

On November 4th, we will complete Writing Task 2: Essay.



october 7th week 12

Camila Mardones A. 8 OctOctober 8 at 17:152024-10-08 17:15:08

Dear students, 
Remember this week we have finished revising the essay format:
Introduction (topic sentence, background information, thesis)
Body paragraphs (topic sentence (argument), supporting information/details)
Conclusion (re-stating the thesis, summary of main points, recommendations/solutions/projections).

All of these elements were evaluated in Essay 1.

Next week we will be working on the following:

UNIT 4: GENDER ISSUES

⋅ Reading and discussion

⋅ Grammar focus: speculating and predicting (will vs may / could / might)

⋅ Reading, listening, and speaking activities.

⋅ Grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation activities. 

the next evaluation is essay 2 which will be on November 4th. Remember our class is 75% attendance.

All the best,
Professor Camila

september 30th week 9

Camila Mardones A. 30 SepSeptember 30 at 08:492024-09-30 08:49:30

Dear students, this week we will revise body and concluding part of an essay in preparation for essay 1, which will be done in class on October 7th

All the best,
Camila

september 23rd week 7

Camila Mardones A. 23 SepSeptember 23 at 10:032024-09-23 10:03:23

Dear students, I hope you enjoyed the national holiday week and have great energy for the last part of the term.  This week we will revise writing an introductory paragraph in an essay, remember we have 75% attendance. The elevator pitch grade has officially been posted.

See you in class at 14.30

week 4 - september 2 - september 6th 9

Camila Mardones A. 2 SepSeptember 2 at 22:522024-09-02 22:52:02

Dear students, Remember that we checked networking this week and discussed vocabulary and structures to talk about data. 
Regarding the elevator speech, you have until September 3rd at 22:00 to complete the task.

See you!