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ARTICULO: (formal) -titulo - start with a question - 2 parrafos uno introductorio y uno de conclusion -para la conclusion "To sum up,"

ENSAYO: (informal) -titulo - introduccion - dos parrafos -conclusion

Review: (formal) -titulo -introduccion - dos parrafos -Conclusion "To sum up, if you like books/films of this kind, you will like it i recomended you to read/watch this one. You won't regret!

Informal letter: superior izquierda (fecha direcccion poblacion y cp)  -Dear (name), -Grettings (I hope you're well) -Body (lo que te pida el enunciado) -Asap (I'm looking forward to hearing from you again) -Closing (write me soon, see you soon)

*Introduccion informal letter: "Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you again. Sorry for not having... Continue reading "Letter" »

1- Why is background knowledge important in learning?

It is important because it helps (you) to comprehend new tasks and ideas for the new knowledge

How? connecting old & new information using retrieval.

2- Express the process of assimilation and give an example. (Piaget's Cognitive Constructivism)

Assimilation is the way by which INCOMING info is modified in our minds, so we can understand it.

E.G.  a) Student knows "will" is future ("She will play soccer") - here, the student needs to accomodate becauuse "may" is a possibility and "will" was certainty.

b) Once he/she has understood both (may & will), equilibration has taken place.

3- Explain what is ZPD (Vigotsky's Social Constructivism)

The distance between actual developmental level and

Carbon footprint | eco-friendly | (the) environment| fossil fuels | global warming | greenhouse gases | landfill site | recycle | rubbish dump | separate rubbish | sustainable development | waste disposal

1. What is sustainable development? Give examples and develop your arguments.

Given the fact that I didn’t prepare this topic, I will base my theory on a video taken from Internet and of course what I’ve been thinking about in the last 10 minutes.

First of all, according to what‘ve seen on internet, (actually I watched a Salfate program) and he believes Sustainable development is the confluence of three constituent parts. Among society, Environment and Economy. And these terms are related to each other by the way

1. - Firstly what is the link between Society and Economy? What makes this connection a sustainable development? Well, indeed it is called EQUITABILITY. In other words, related to equitable treatment of all citizens. For example:... Continue reading "Sustainable development promotes balance" »

Nate: It's the main character , its an attractive and sports 35 years old man that suffered the fact that his family lived in a mortuary, being the eldest son during hjis boy hood, he couldn't stnad following his father steps so, he ran away and study abroad.

RESPONSE THROUGH ACTION (TPR):

Even in our mother tongue, we do not always respond to A linguistic message with another linguistic message. Very often, the fact of Doing something is an adequate response to a message just received. So, a physical answer is also a way to prove partial or total comprehension (when the Child hears “Come here”, he/she does not answer “I’m coming”. He/she simply Does it).

Besides, we often understand more than we are able to Speak so in the first steps learning a language, a physical response plays an especially Significant role.

TEACH FULL SUBJECTS IN ENGLISH (CLIL):

CLIL refers to teaching subjects to students through a foreign language and suggests equilibrium between content and language Learning. The

IN GREAT DEMAND en gran demanda

A FAR CRY FROM un grito de

MY FAIR SHARE OF mi participacion justa

ON THE LOOKOUT FOR en la busqueda de

FRONT RUNNER/ MOST LIKELY TO WIN

PLAIN SAILING/ EASY

HEAD START/ A BIG ADVANTAGE gran ventaja

DEEP WATER/ BIG TROUBLE gran problema

LONG SHOT/ VERY UNLIKELY POSSIBILITY posibilidad desconocida

TAKE OUR ADVICE/ LISTEN TO SOMEONE’S RECOMMENDATION

TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY/ BE EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE OR BEAUTIFUL

TAKING RISKS/ DOING SOMETHING YOU KNOW IS DANGEROUS

TAKE A DEEP BREATH/ PAUSE TO CALM YOURSELF

TAKE IT EASY/ RELAX

Hot spots: Allocating police resources to geographic location with high crime.