martes, 30 de septiembre de 2014

BEFORE session 2/10/14: Create a word cloud that defines you

Activities to do BEFORE the session:
  • ONLINE: Create a word cloud with words that define you 
    •  Steps
      • 1. Go to TAGUL
      • 2. Sign up: you can sign up with Google, Facebook or Twitter
      • 3. Create new cloud
      • 4. Add the words that define you
      • 5. Choose the shape that defines you
      • 6. Visualize it
      • 7. Right-click on the image, save it as NA2P_name_surname_wordcloud and send it to me at patriciaeoicordoba@gmail.com. In the subject line of the message, write the name of the file, that is, NA2P (Name) (Surname) Wordcloud
I'll be creating a mailing list with the students who send me their word clouds, which means that, in sending the image to me, you're agreeing to be added to the class mailing list and to receive future messages from me.
      • 8. Print the image and be ready to talk about it as a means of introducing yourself in the next session.
  • OFFLINE
    • Practise your presentation. 
    • Fill in the questionnaire on YOUR ENGLISH LEARNING PROCESS [Photocopy handed out in classs]

This is who we are

SUSANA is a contemporary dance teacher in Seville. She likes cycling and swimming. She has one son and she's pregnant! Her baby is due in November.

ANDRES works in Montemayor but is from Santaella. He studied French at this school. He works with children with special needs.

FAUSTO is from Badajoz but has been living in Cordoba for a long time. He teaches Biology. He has two children.

MARINA is from Córdoba but works in Herrera. She teaches different subjects. And she has a BMW! She used to work in Granada.

ANGEL is from Córdoba. He works in Pozoblanco. He hates driving but has to do it on a daily basis.

PATRICIA is from Valdepeñas. She is a PE teacher in Córdoba. She has a five-year-old dog.

FERNANDO is a Technology teacher from Córdoba. He loves swimming. He has three dogs.

MERCEDES is from Castro del Río but lives in Córdoba. She's single and she teaches English and Science. She loves dogs. She works in Herrera and commutes with Marina.

MARIBEL works in Guadalcazar as an English teacher in a Primary school. She lives in Córdoba. She loves travelling abroad.

LUIS works in Córdoba. He works as a Primary School teacher. He likes running and listening to all types of music.

MARISA works as a Primary School teacher. She's from Baeza. She has a fourteen-year-old son. She lives in a house and is Mar's neighbour.

LUISA lives and works in Córdoba. She's very busy because she has two sons. She's very interested in a sculptor from Santaella whose name is Paco Luque.

SANTIAGO is from Granada. He likes travelling. He lives in Córdoba although he prefers the beautiful city of Granada. He's married but has no children. He's writing his thesis on fact and fiction in documentaries.

MARIA JESUS is from Granada working at the moment in a difficult neighbourhood in Córdoba. She's married and has two children.

MAR is from Priego. She works as a Secondary School teacher. She loves painting. She has two children. She rides a bike.

MARÍA ANGELES would like to visit China and live in Italy. Don Quixote is her favourite book: she enjoys reading! She works in a Secondary School in Fernan Nuñez. She's single too.

CARMEN is from Córdoba. She works in a Secondary School. She doesn't have any children but she likes pets. She wants to win the lottery to buy a new car!

ISAAC is from Ciudad Real. He works as a Maths teacher. He's very fond of sports such as cycling and swimming. He goes swimming twice a week. He's over the moon because he likes his students this year! He works with Mar.

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