Writing

Dear sir Goverment.


I am writing this letter  this letter for some reason.
Firstly. I hope that the reader should help them in our request, and your answer our letter with positively.

We need some money to build a Centre Sport, for young people in my town do not have where we practicing any sports.

Unless you help us giving the money to build a centre sport, young people who  love doing activities sports such as soccer, tennis, and America football, we can promote this sports in other youth people.

All people in my town want to have a place where they can recreate their children and doing exercises; however, we do not have anything it. For this reason, I need to request your helpful.

I think, if the goverment will send the money to construct this place, I consider  the money should be spent putting the sport centre in the most important neigboorhood, so all people can arrive at this place and practice any sports.

To sum up, I believe building a sport centre  is the best idea; therefore, some people can have a lot of benefics  practicing some sports, because it increase the level of the healt and help the relationship between parents and offspring.

Yours faithfully. Jennifer Lorena Balanta Leudo.      

pedagogical compound

Lesson Plan.Adventure Holidays In the UK.

Topic Introduction: (Engage).
Students are shown a postcard about the beautiful holidays in UK. Then, they are asked the equipment necessary to use in different activities in the holidays in UK and the cost of the trip, so they are writing questions at the agent whose offer the travel.

Introction of the task.
students are guided  by the teacher where they start to write detailed questions (at the holidays-agent) about the requirement the things that they  are going to use during the this vacation.

Brainstorming.
Students become to see different photographs activities practicing in the before holidays that others people who had the same vacation; the, they need to obtein some informaaaaation about this.

Fast-Write.
Students write a complain letter about holidays in Uk with all the structure given for the teacher in a chronological correct order.

 Selection and Rejection.
Learners highlight the most important sentences ideas that answer the questions about  the neccessity of their vacations.

Sort and Order Ideas.
learners start to organize the letter checking the grammar, appropoate words, spelling and order of the word and sentences, they are taking account using a formal language.

Specific Requirements. (study).
Students are guided to use transitions to join the sentences in a paragraph in a correct order (topic sentence, first body paragraph, second paragraph, finally the conclusion).

Focus Model.
Learners compare their letter with others people (partners), they compare the tense, order of the paragraph and style of the letter (formal and informal language).

Drafting.
Students make the draft of the paragraph holidays in Uk, thanks to the before previous checked.

Feedback.
Paragraphs are read again for others partners and among them, the became to correct simple mistakes based on the aspects considerated in this type of the letter.

Editing.
Study return at the proper letters and correct their mistake wrote for others classmates.

Final Text. Finally, leraners re-write the letter about the Holidays in UK (For the agent) in a clean sheet of paper very clear, and send it in a office postal.
 
Online I.

English E-Learning.

Body Paragrapg I. 

I.              Introduction.

 Some people think English E-learning is another method to learn and acquire knowledge in this language though electronic devices (CD-ROM) (DVD) and it is an excellent form to learn English.

II.            A.   English E-learning is another opportunity people learn English using technological devices.

III.            

A.   Learners can improve the pronunciation and intonation of the phrases, words or   sentences using programs relationship with it.  

1.    In Colombian 80% of students (UNAD) Universidad Abierta y a Distancia using this method in all the English level   and learn pronunciation and intonation with programs like as “Oxford Picture dictionary”, Cambridge’s intonation dictionary.

2.    Thomas Friedman (author of the New York Times) has said in USA Latin-American

 People using programs to learn and better in the English language.

B.   People who using this kind of teaching-method, they learn a lot ot new vocabulary of the English language.

1.    According to the CEUs by Otterbeing College in Ohio 70% of students learnt English and improve their vocabulary using technological devices.

2.    People who do not have time to attend an English-courses, they learn words, phrases and use of the time for virtual English programs.

IV.          Concluding Sentence.

It is a fact that English E-learning has a lot of advantages relationship with the English language, because the learners learn a lot of things (vocabulary, pronunciation, sentences, times and words) and they obtain advantages management their proper time

Body paragraph II.

II.   A.  Some people do not have a lot of time to attend at English-Institute or English-School, and they practicing this language in a virtual form.

1.    Mainly in the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa, Some 400 million users had English by internet, because their jobs taken from them a long time and they could not go to classes.

2.    70% of Colombians living in European countries have learned to use the English language through the use of online courses at night for lack of time during the day shift.

III. B.  All learners dot not taking account money to pay an English- Institute, and they have the possibilities to learn English on the internet or intranet.  

1.     Approximately 350,000,000 people are using English in the world as an   Increased educational and employment opportunities, and they   using this method (English E-learning) they had obtained a lot of knowledge in the English Language.

2.    65% of public schools in Colombia using the internet to describe the activities of English that students should practice, because students do not have the resources to attend an English course attendance in others places outside the schools. 

IV. C.    People who have physical disabilities using this method have the opportunity to learn English since their house.

          1. Camilla Castillo is a student at the University “Abierta y a Distancia” UNAD and she practices English from home, since she is in a wheelchair, and she claims to have a great opportunity using this teaching method.

          2.  The Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI) revealed that students learn the English language through virtual pages that their teachers have designated using technology tools such as the internet and educational programs related to the same English language. (May, 2008).

V. Concluding Sentence.

Is a fact that English E-learning offers many opportunities for all users who are interested in learning the English language and using the methods all can acquire knowledge of the language, although many people do not have time, money or suffer any physical disabilities, so they can use this method of teaching and they learn a lot of things about the English language.

 Online II. 

Body Paragraph I.

Content and Language Integrated Learning.

I.              Introduction.

It is said that CLIL is an excellent method that can be used by teachers to expand the teaching-Learning System in students.

II.            A. It is believe that Content and Language Integrated Learning involves learning subjects such as history, geography etc. this method is more interesting because it is explain in different field (music, math, science, etc).

III.            

A.   This method (Content and Language Integrated Learning.) is more affective and expand the knowledge in the learners.

1.    It is confirmed that students learn about topic of the foreign language, if the teacher’s relationship with the subject that they prefer of like them.

2.    Using this method (Content and Language Integrated Learning.) teachers had found   that all sectors of education of the foreign language had grew over the past 10 years (European Commission).

B.    Content and Language Integrated Learning is used as a medium in the teaching and learning of the foreign language.

1.    Marsh in 1994 said that CLIL was focused where the subject were taught using simultaneous learning of a foreign language.

2.    CLIL can provide effective opportunities for pupils to use their new language skills.

IV.           

Concluding sentence.

 The most important use CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is learners increase the self-confidence learning a foreign language in different field of education and they have the opportunities to learn new language skills. 

Body paragraph II.

I.              CLIL can be very successful in enhancing the learning of languages and other subjects, and developing in the youngsters a positive ‘can do’ attitude towards themselves as language learners. (Marsh, 2000)

II. A.  CLIL is taking place and has been found to be effective in all sectors of education from primary through to adult and higher education.

1.    Students   have built intercultural knowledge and understanding the topic very well. (European Commission).

2      Teachers provide opportunities to learners who study content through different perspectives reading, listening, writing or reading. (European Commission).

B. Teachers working with CLIL are specialists in their own discipline rather than traditional language teachers.

1.    Students develop multilingual interests and attitudes front of the different topics.  (European Commission).

2.    Increases learners' motivation and confidence in both the language and the subject being taught.  (European Commission).

v.    Concluding Sentences.

It is a fact that teacher who use CLIL can be obtain a lot benefits in the activities-classroom and their students have the possibilities to learn in a different form; moreover, they can improve in the most difficult areas of a foreign language, and the auto-confidence and motivation of them have positives aspects toward the subjects which   is being taught.          

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