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Teachers English Day Leaders
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Yuliana Gallego, English Teacher
Luis Carlos Mosquera Oscar Pérez Ana Milena Morales Yuliana Gallego
Gustavo Adolfo López Torres @elprofegus
ENGLISH WEEK CHÍA 2017-2
CONTENTS 02
ENGLISH WEEK IN CHÍA
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CINEMA FORUM
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JOURNEY TO NATIONAL MUSEUM
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SWEET HALLOWEN
TEACHER'S INITIATIVES
ENGLISH WEEK IN CHÍA WRITTEN BY TEAM WORK
During the days 23rd to 27th in October, it was
The journey to National Museum was leaded by the
carried out the English day at Chía´s branch in
teachers Ana Milena Morales and Yuliana Gallego, this
which English teachers, their students and the
was the opportunity to take 25 students to a guided
academic community in general had the opportunity to realize that what is done inside the classrooms can be put into the practice generating a great impact on the way that students perceive their English learning process. The activities during those days were:
visit in English to this representative Museum in Bogotá. This amazing week finished with the activity SWEET HALLOWEEN. This was a costume contest in which all the talent, creativity, imagination and good use of English was shown by the students who designed their
Conference about Internationalization given by Mr
own costumes and described them using the English
Kenniz Roberts which purpose was to motivate in
language, the best Costumes were awarded and all
the students the interest in learning english, it´s importance and the excellent opportunities (work
the UdeC community enjoyed and learned form the activity.
, travel, good and fair incomes )that they will have
To conclude There are several factors that make the
if they have a good command of the language.
English language essential to communication in our
Cinema forum, leaded by teachers Luis Carlos Mosquera and and Oscar Pérez with the presence
current time. First of all, it is the most common foreign language used to communicate. That’s why everyone
of almost 100 hundred students was an space in
needs to learn the language in order to get in touch on
which the discussion around a movie was the
an international level. Speaking it will help everyone to
center for the interaction of students from different semesters and careers making this event
communicate with people from countries all over the world, the work opportunities are bigger if our students
a significative moment for using English to express
know how to speak it and the possibilities to travel,
ideas related to their knowledge about cinema in
know other cultures and be successful professionals
general and about the projected movie.
are given by this language. It is really important and necessary to continue promoting the English learning process through these activities in our UdeC.
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CINEMA FORUM Students participated in this activity, they enjoyed the film and at the end they did a workshop in which they spoke about movies, it was really interesting because this is one of the topics that they enjoy the most, they shared their opinions about the genres they liked and gave their perceptions about the presented movie. This space for interaction let them to speak with students from different semesters and interact using English as the tool for communication. Films can be a powerful educational Tool and it is proved every time that students have the possibility to learn through them, listening and speaking skills are improved as well as the use of grammatical structures to communicate ideas. Also, movies are a vehicle to show the World´s history, Social problems and to Generate in students a critical thinking that Allows them to create changes in the world.
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A JOURNEY AT NATIONAL MUSEUM
Students from Cundinamarca University enjoyed this beautiful experience, where the Music students, with their Business Administration partners enjoyed a touristic guide at National museum in Bogota. It is an old building full of history and objects from Colombia and from the space like the “aerolite” that is the first piece seen in our journey around the history, specially of Colombia. The “panoptic” was the concept that we listened in all the guided in the past was a jail. The journey was very detailed, and during this we could appreciate carefully al the art pieces that tell stories by itself! One of the most important rooms in the museum, is a special section, where some of artistic new concepts can be found. This room is special because it shows us the development of artists, photographers and painters. These pieces let us think in other spaces far away the cold stones of the walls of the museum. A dramatic part during this travel was the moment when we could get into the spaces that in the past time were a jail. It let us think about the people punished there, the moments lived, the suffering, and the sad moments. We can say that knowing the history of our country, let us think about the future that we can build with the society, and the decisions taken in the past, that build the history of our nation.
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SWEET HALLOWEN That was a special day at University because having as a excuse the halloween celebration, the students showed all their creative potential by designing their own costumes and preparing their descriptions using the english language. English teachers organized a Costume Contest and there all the community at Univerity could enjoy not only the sweetest and most tender costumes but also the most terrifying characters personalized by our students. The possibility to put into the practice all what they have learnt during the semester is always a good experience for them. Feeling that english is useful and allows them to express all what they want to communicate is the best way to keep motivating our students in the English Learning Process.
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