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ORAL AND WRITTEN SKILLS

By: Jessica Casta単eda Mary Elen Ni単o

Introduction Why is imporuant dexelop oral and written skills?

Key Word: Communication

People who are able to use their oral and written skills are able to communicate. But what can we do to use these skills? ‌ is not just seeing and repeating, for producting is necessary to use many strategies to recognize structures, rules, as punctuation, sings connectors,.. use different writing styles components and functions about of the world of writing and according to this world of words we can use our oral ability in a correct form in order to become the Best speakers and writers in the acquisition to second language!.

I was born on May 15 in 1993 in Bogotá, where I currently live with my mom my dad and my brother; when I was 4, I started to study in the Virrey José Solís school; at 10 years I finished my primary and in 2009 as get graduated from high school. In 2010 I started the career Business Administration at the Panamericana university, but I realized that was not my vocation; so, I made a drawing course and then began to study the Bachelor of English at La Gran Colombia University, I am currently in eighth semester, at the gateway to graduate.

IDIOMS

What is an Idiom?

Is a combination of words of different meaning but together means one thing, as an expression.

We use these expressions in daily life.

EXAMPLE On top of the world: is to that everything is going well for you.

“When I finished my career I felt as on top of the world”. .

over the moon: it means that that person is so happy (very happy, overjoyed)

“Camille was over the moon with the pet she received for her birthday�.

in seventh heaven in a very good mood or to be extremely happy.

“When my dad asked my mom to marry him, she was in seventh heaven�

Down in the dumps : to be acting in a depressed way

She's down in the dumps because her father died.

Out of sorts: means slightly unhappy, upset and depressed Hi Fred wow, you look a bit out of sorts today

I really don't want to go to my job but I guess I'll just have to grin and bear it.

grin and bear it. to accept something bad without complaining

Rubrics 4 Very good

3 Good

2 Need to improve

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Clearly explains what refers the idiom and is understood without any problems.

good meaning, but there are some things is not clear

It's necessary to explain with other words

definitely the information is not understandable

Examples

Exemplifies perfectly the idiom

the example is acceptable

Maybe could be more specific with other example

the example has nothing to do with the idiom

Pictures

the picture represents exactly the example

the picture corresponds to example

another image could have been more appropriate to explain the idiom

Illustration does not show meaning

Idiomatic Expression (meaning)

Mind Map

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION

“I was with my boyfriend enjoying the party and suddenly came his ex-girlfriend dolled up and coquette. I was very jealous�.

doll up: dress in fancy clothes

come across: find something or meet someone by chance

I was walking for the park with my friend when we came across with the president; it

absent-minded forgetfwl (distraĂ­do): I was absent- minded when I did my homework and I had to do it again.

Blow one's own horn

She all the time blow her own horn because she have

Dress vp: put on one's best

I’ll dress up for my first date

A proverb which is from the Latin word proverbium, means a simple and concrete saying that is widely known and repeated. It expresses a truth that is based on a common sense or the practical experience

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Eat, drink and be merry (for tomorrow we die).

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Verb Patterns When we talk about verbal pattern ('verb patterns') we mean how many verbs interact when they are together. We see an example for better understanding:

'TO-INFINITIVE': Used when followed by most English verbs. subject + VERB + TO INFINITIVE + complement:

Example: I want to go to the country.

I want to work with Dr. Lave

SUBJECT + MODAL VERB + INFINITIVE +COMPLEMENT

I can go to the covntry.

GERUND: We vse it mainly when followed by xerbs of preference, that is, when we talk abovt things we like to do.

I like going to the supermarket

He enjoys swimming:

Suffixes and Prefixes What can you do when you run into a word that you don’t know? One thing that may help is to analyze the word, looking for groups of letters that have special meanings. A group of letters with a special meaning appearing at the end of a word is called a suffix. Here is a list of important suffixes: Suffix

Meaning

- able

to be able

Example

When a group of letters having a special meaning appears at the beginning of a word, we call that group of letters a prefix. Following is a list of prefixes all dealing with counting.

Prefix

Meaning

Uni -

one

Auto -

self

Example unicycle

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PLEASE GUY BE CAREFULLY

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You must give click to the next link:

Immediately you will see this page:

you put click here

there you will find a "Hangman Game". The idea of this game is complete the phrase guessing the letters.

It will appearing parts of the body until the character die.

If you can’t guess the phrases the game is over.

And you must to try again.

Yov pvt click oxer the letter:

If you complete correctly you can pass to the other level.

WHAT KIND OF TEACHER AM I?

I want to be an Innovator teacher

I want to be an innoxatixe teacher who be able to teach in a different way, to vse resovrces not vsed before, I want to be a teacher to vnderstand and take in accovnt the skills of my stwdents. I want to be an actixe teacher, friend of my stwdents, I want to show things they haxe nexer seen. I want to learn as I wovld haxe liked me to learn.

I want to be a collaborator teacher

I want to be a collaborator teacher who learn to know my students, to know how to do my work and thus have the capacity to provide aid only communicate unpretentious vocation. A collaborator teacher should be characterized by being a guide, a person who has no interest when providing his help.

I

want to be a learner teacher‌.

The teachers are lifelong students, because we update us whenever we can, so that is essential for a teacher to be related to everything related to technology, as well Every time that people have more access to information and communication technology from early age.

Therefore we play the role of instructors to teach using these tools appropriately and of course use them as educational resources

Jessica Casta単eda

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