ENGLISH MAGAZINE
INVITATION
President Dr. Gelasio Cardona Serna Vicepresidente Dr. Gabriel de Jesús Acevedo Rector Dr. Juan Carlos Vergara Silva Director: Dr. Monica Cuellar Editorial Committee Carlos A. Gutierrez Omayra Vargas C. Sandra Jaramillo Gladys Fuentes Javier Sanchez Juan carlos barragan Jenny lagos Aura carrero Henry castellanos Carlos delgadillo Edgar Trujillo Editors Sandra Jaramillo Aura Carrero Edition and publication
Instituto Superior de Pedagogía Universidad Autónoma de Colombia Design and illustration Cristy Soledad Pàez Photography Sandra Torres Electronic Edition Cristy Soledad Pàez Contact
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13 Editorial
English at the University
8
The importance of
English
Monica Cuellar
9
How to be a successful student Cristy Soledad Paez
14
What is Ning?
Gladys Fuentes
15
American English vs British English
Carlos Gutierrez English at autonomous
university
English teachers
10
16
English: What for?
Eduardo Arias English discoveries
Sandra Jaramillo
17
How to make an oral presentation
Javier Sanchez
11
The world of English
for specific purposes
Aura Carrero
18
Linguistic mediators in the process of translation
Juan Carlos Barragan
Re-read
19
12
Jenny Lagos
The teacher we need,
the teacher we have
Competence vs
economics
Omaira Vargas
20
Puzzles and games
Henry Castellanos
21
Save to travel abroad
22
Effective project
work
Roger Neira
Students’ Corner 23
The age of stupid
Sandra Milena Castellanos Carrillo Level 5 Teacher: EDGAR TRUJILLO GIRALDO
24
Improving Business
Vocabulary
Diego Andres Mondragon Guzman Level 4 teacher: CRISTY SOLEDAD PAEZ
content
Carlos Delgadillo