Glion Questionnaire

Print out the questionnaire. Answer it and bring it to class NO later than Monday 18th.

Questionnaire

Mid term grades & Peer Evaluation rubric

1. Peer Evaluation Rubric

2. Theory - Second Period

3. Laboratory - Second Period

4. Attendance

The FIRST PERIOD GRADES are here to stay!

Click and find out how you did on the first period!

1. Attendance

2. Theory

3. Laboratory

Today's class - March 11th

Do the following exercises. Every time you finish the exercise you MUST print the screen WITH THE SCORE and paste it on a word document. Save it and send it to pathy_garcia_uvm@yahoo.com


Listening (you must do the LISTENING and ONE VOCABULARY ACTIVITY of each)

1. Getting Around Tokyo
2. Dinner Time
3. Travel Arrangements
4. Travel on Sky Airlines
5. Budget Hotel Rooms
6. Taxi Ride

TOEFL listening

1. Lecture

Verb Tenses exercise

1. Past simple and Present Perfect
2. Past simple and Present Perfect

Comparatives and superlatives

Criss Cross puzzle!

Hi! You are going to design your very own criss cross puzzle. Just follow these instructions:

1. Go to Discovery Education

2. Follow the instructions on the Puzzle Maker

You MUST include no less than 20 NEW words from the different activities we have done in class (book, workbook and photocopies)

3. Print the puzzle and bring it to class on Friday!

It's really a piece of cake!!!

Guanyin and the Thousand Arms

Guanyin is the bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists, usually as a female. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshi'yin which means "Observing the Sounds (or Cries) of the World".



One Buddhist legend presents Guan Yin as vowing to never rest until she had freed all sentient beings from reincarnation. Despite her effort, she realized that still many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After struggling to comprehend the needs of so many, her head split into eleven pieces. Amitabha Buddha, seeing her problem, gave her eleven heads with which to hear the cries of the suffering. Upon hearing these cries and comprehending them, Avalokitesvara attempted to reach out to all those who needed aid, but found that her two arms shattered into pieces. Once more, Amitabha came to her aid and appointed her a thousand arms with which to aid the many. Many Himalayan versions of the tale include eight arms while more Chinese-specific versions give varying accounts of this number.

Taken from Wikipedia

This week's homework

Wednesday 11th

Visit this links and answer the exercises on Present Simple and Continuous.
Print the score and bring it to class.

Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Thursday 12th

Workbook: pages 6 to 11.
Remember this will count as participations only.

Friday 13th

Report (a page long, double spaced) on the typical food of your country.

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Art: Philip Scott Johnson
Music: Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major
Nominated as Most Creative Video2007 YouTube Awards

How to survive in.... - Friday, February 6th

The report about your country must include:

1. Introduction

• Complete name of the country
• Area
• Population
• Capital
• Main language
• Currency

2. General overview of dangers and annoyances

3. Conclusions: personal opinion

To conduct a decent research it is always a must to use more than one source. Please check out the ones listed below and add any others you might consider relevant. DO NOT copy-paste and DO NOT forget to include the bibliography. WRITE no less than ONE PAGE and no more than TWO PAGES (double-spaced)

www.lonelyplanet.com

Choose your destination and then go to "Practical Information" to the "Health and Safety" section, where you will find information regarding issues such as crime, drugs, scams, necessary vaccination for specific disseases, traveling as a woman or with children, etc.

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/

This is a website published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. A very complete and comprehensive site which also includes info on natural disasters among other things. Please note that countries are classified by colour to indicate the countries that are not recommended to travel to.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1765.html

Of course, USA has its own site for the same purpose. Mexico has a travel alert issued on October 2008 related to violence and they also say our highways are unsafe. Do you think they are right?

www.virtualtourist.com

If you choose a destination here you will find at the bottom of the page a link called "Warnings or Dangers". Unfortunately, these tips are written by the users of the website and might be not so realistic.

International Contest for Mexican Tourism Trademark

Click on the image to vote for the ICON that you like the best!

Homework - January 30th

1. Go to Future Me

2. Write yourself an email for a future date about your "Ideal job" discussed during the first class.

3. Use present simple and adverbs of frequency to write a short description of your daily routine.
Example: I am the owner of a Mexican food restaurant in Dubai. I always wake up at 7 in the morning and drive to my office. When I get there, I ususally check the stock to see if there's anything I need to buy. The restaurant is never quiet in the morning but I sometimes have time to read the newspaper....etc.

4. Print it out and bring it to class on Wednesday. Don't forget to send yourself a copy in 8 or more years.