Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Departmental Exam

DEPARTMENTAL EXAM
Friday, Oct. 30
AUL 013 / 11.30 - 1.30

Monday, October 26, 2009

Notice

We won't have class tomorrow Tuesday Oct 28.
Please check updates of this blog for activities for Week 6.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Quiz 1

Quiz 1 / Thursday, Oct. 22
  • Part I: Vocabulary List 1 (6%)
  • Part II: Reading (6%)

Week 5

  • Prepare readings and exercises (Check your class calendar for contents).
  • Focus on reference words pp 32-36
  • Words and their meanings pp 56-59
  • Focus on guessing meaning from context: context clues pp 81-85
  • Reading Selections: Caught on tape p 20 / What is a predator? pp 21-22

Quiz 1

  • Appendix: ¡No entiendo lo que leo en inglés!
  • Leitner’s manual computer.
  • Guidelines Assignment 2 (Group)
  • Topic, main idea & details. Exercises pp 24-27
  • Description pp 116-117Parts of speech. pp 51-56
  • Readings Week 4 (Learning pp 1-5, People and Color pp 14-15)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Bonus Activity Best Slides

The best bonus activity slides are showcased in the Rhetorical Patterns blog
http://rhetorical111.blogspot.com/

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Bonus for Assignment 1





If you missed Assignment 1, you can do this bonus activity:

  • Prepare a PPT slide with the Graphic Organizer of p 14 (Section 18)
  • Prepare a PPT slide with the most important info on Types of definitions. p 108 (Section 26)
  • Prepare a PPT slide of Indicators of definitions. p 114 (Section 22)


  • Send it to aprendoingles@gmail.com
  • Label your slide FullName_section#_BA1
  • Be creative !! The best works will be published in the Rhetorical Patterns blog
Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 6:00 pm / Value: 1 pt.

Notice


All documents for Assignment 1 need to be sent before 6:00 pm (Oct. 12), so that I can grade them before our next class.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Leitner's Manual Computer Tutorial

Visit this link to watch a tutorial on Leitner's Manual Computer.

http://www.id.usb.ve/manualcomputer.html

Week 4

  • Review of contents of Week 3.
  • Appendix: ¡No entiendo lo que leo en inglés!
  • Leitner’s manual computer.
  • Form groups.
  • Guidelines Assignment 2 (Group).
  • Prepare readings and exercises (Check your class calendar for contents).
  • Skimming & Scanning.
  • Topic, main idea & details.
  • Read Focus on rhetorical patterns: Description pp 116-117
  • The alphabet. Using the dictionary. Parts of speech. pp 45-53
  • Definition of Learning pp 1-5
  • People and Color pp 14-15

Assignment 1 - Blog - Sec. 26

From the reading Focus on rhetorical patterns: Definition pp 107-108

  • Complete the exercises on pp 109-115
  • Send a Word doc. with your answers to aprendoingles@gmail.com
  • Follow this sequence:
  • ID cards 0910852 to 0910873, exercise 44 (Items 1 to 8)
  • ID cards 0910874 to 0911097, exercise 45 (Items 1 & 2)
  • ID cards 0911125 to 0911245, exercise 46 (Items 1 to 5)
  • DO NOT type the question, ONLY the answer.
  • Identify your Word doc. Full_Name_26_A1

Deadline: Monday, October 12 / Value: 2.5 pts.

Assignment 1 - Blog - Sec. 22

From the reading Sounds & Acoustics pp 10-11 (Reading Selections):


  • Complete the exercises on pp 11-13
  • Send a Word doc. to aprendoingles@gmail.com with your answers to the sections:
  • Vocabulary: questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (only the letters of your choice, NOT the full sentence).
  • After reading: questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (only the letters of your choice, NOT the full sentence).
  • Identify your Word doc. Full_Name_22_A1

Deadline: Monday, October 12 / Value: 2.5 pts.

Assignment 1 - Blog - Sec. 18

From the reading Focus on reading strategies pp 8-10

  • Choose the three reading strategies that you consider more useful.
  • Indicate one strategy that you use the most and explain why.
  • Post your comment here in this section.
  • Identify your comment like this Full_Name_18

Dead line: Monday, October 12 / Value: 2.5 pts.

Week 3

  • Read Focus on reading strategies pp 8-10
  • Complete the Strategy survey pp 11
  • Fill out graphic organizer p 14
  • Read Focus on rhetorical patterns: Definition pp 107-108
  • Complete exercises 43-47 pp 109-115
  • Read Sounds & Acoustics and do exercises pp 10-13 (Reading Selections)

Vocabulary Forum



  • Post here any questions you may have about vocabulary.

  • Identify your post with Fullname_section.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Questions







Post here any comments or questions that you may have about the dynamics or any other aspect of our class!!

Posting Comments

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Evaluation & Grading Plan

Course Calendar

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Material


  • Focus on Reading (September 2009, 4th edition)

  • Reading Selections for ID1-111

Objetivos de ID-1111

Objetivo general del Programa de Lectura en Inglés Técnico


Al finalizar los cursos de Inglés Técnico I, II y III (ID-1111, ID-1112 e ID-1113), el estudiante estará en capacidad de leer con precisión y fluidez textos de carácter científico y tecnológico en inglés, utilizando la estrategia de lectura más adecuada a sus propósitos en un momento dado.


Objetivos específicos de Inglés Técnico I (ID-1111)

En ID-1111, se emplean textos cuya función principal es definición, descripción, clasificación o comparació/contraste. Al leer estos textos, el estudiante:


1. Analizará el desarrollo escrito (discourse) del texto con el propósito de entender la información explícita y/o implícita que se presenta. Para tal fin utilizará las siguientes estrategias:

a) Reconocer y entender los indicadores lexicales o léxico-gramáticales de funciones tales como definición, descripción, clasificación o comparación/contraste.

b) Determinar el significado de elementos léxicos desconocidos mediante un indicio contextual,
información morfológica, indicadores estructurales, o el uso apropiado de un diccionario monolingüe.

c) Captar las relaciones entre unas oraciones y otras, y las relaciones entre partes de un mismo texto, mediante elementos gramaticales cohesivos tales como referentes, conectores lógicos, indicadores de tiempo, etc.

d) Reconocer la organización de un texto (introducción, desarrollo y conclusión).

e) Distinguir entre la idea principal y las ideas secundarias.

f) Integrar información para llegar a una conclusión.

f) Organizar en forma gráfica la información que aparece en un texto. Identificar el propósito principal del autor; y,

i) Aplicar la información presentada en el texto a situaciones nuevas.


2. Escojerá y aplicará la técnica de lectura más apropiada para los propósitos del lector en una situación dada:

a) Scanning para localizar la información especifica; o,
b) Skimming para identificar el tema o la idea principal de un texto.

3) Interpretará la información de una tabla o un gráfico.