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summer course.
You
are cordially invited to interact through this media following the instructions
and procedures described for each task given below.
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know I do not have to say it but a friendly reminder to you is to use this blog
respectfully as UDEP students know how to.
As
a language learner, there are certain skills to constantly develop.
Taking
into account your quizzes’ marks, mid-term exam results and your daily class
performance, the skill we are going to address on this blog is listening. Therefore the main aim is to help you develop
it by asking you to work on certain tasks.
TASKS:
1. Go to http://esl-lab.com/index.htm :
- Once you are there, click on 72-Hour Emergency Kit
- Follow
the instructions.
- Write
a comment on this post about what you have learnt from the information on the listening itself.
2. Go to
- Once
you are there click on pronunciation.
- Then
click on Unit 1 - d: t:
- Follow the instructions.
- Make
a 13-line new post sharing how much as an upper Intermediate student you know about
phonetics and pronunciation.
- Do
not forget to illustrate your post.
3. Go to
- Listen
to the talk and write FIVE ideas from it on a new post.
- Remember
to illustrate your ideas.
- Follow
the instructions.
- Write
a comment on this post about the difficulty of the task.
Hello
ReplyDeleteGetting used to it!
DeleteI learned what kind of things I have to carry in an emergency, and I also realised that it is important to have a 72 hours kit because we never know if a disaster is coming.
ReplyDeleteJust God knows it!
DeleteIn the first exercise, 72-hour emergency kit, I practiced my listening with a conversation between Lina and Tim, then I practiced my vocabulary with the Quiz Script, and for finally did some nice exercise to practiced all the vocabulary that i learnt. Bye Teacher :)
ReplyDeleteWhat information did you find relevant for your life?
DeleteI think is important to have a sistem to sustain yourself in case of a disaster, like a purify sistem to clean your water for not be murky, an easy-to-prepare food becouse if you bring another kind of food it could be spoiled.
ReplyDeleteif you have small kids you must bring some basic artist instruments becouse they will be bored out of their minds.
Also you should pack different clothes becouse you never know what kind of disaster will hit you.
good!
DeleteThe first task teach me how to prepare in a emergency situation like a disaster. For example it's imporant to have a 72 hours emergency kid in order to try to live and have vital things like food. Also, I learned new words. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWe never stop learning Alonso!
DeleteWhat i've learnt about how to be prepared in emergency situations is to always have a backpack with some issues like easy-prepared food and water, potable water, not to depend on cellphones, radios, to be calmed down and not enter in panic, to have some money to survive.
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ReplyDeleteGetting used to it?
DeleteI think in this first exercise I could learn advices for emergencys and disasters, also new vocabulary of these topics.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to read what pieces of advice you have learnt.
Deletethe exercise teached me that I have to have a 72 - hours pack in my house and I have to be prepareted to any disaster or emergency
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to read what exactly the activity has taught you.
DeleteIt's important to have a 72 hour kirt because we don't know when a disaster is coming. We need to pack food, water, a first aid kit and some clothes.
ReplyDeleteAlso is necessary to aware children to avoid be nervous or anxious in case of any disaster.
You are right Grecia everyone in our family should be aware of those tips.
DeleteIn the first exercise, 72-hour emergency kit, I could practice listening exercise, also learned and practiced new vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteWhat relevant information for your daily life have you learnt?
DeleteYou have to be prepared in case you need to sustain yourself in an emergency like a natural disaster, and a 72-hour emergency kit is a great option. You have to pack some basic supplies like bottles of water, food easy to prepare, some clothes and something to help you not feel stir-crazy.
ReplyDeleteThink about it, this could save your life.
You are right Miguel. We can not wait for support to come...it could be too late.
DeleteI had learnt a lot of things for example how to do when an storm or rain are comming; i'm going to be calm and not get stir crazy. Another thing that i learnt was how to sustain in case i don't bring food and water, i have to get murky water and then i have to purify it.
ReplyDeletewhen a storm rain is comming first i must to used a poncho because this is the principal.
A rain coat or an anorak could be more useful in case of a storm.
DeleteIn the first part i learned the necessary vocabulary in the case i have to create a 72-Hour Emergency Kit, words like nasty,spoil,bulky, canned, etc it's very necessary for describe the posible situation if i was in a flood, storm, earthquake, etc.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been nice to read a description of what to do in this situation.
DeleteWhen I listened: "72-Hour Emergency Kit" I learned so much for example It's important that you are so prepared in a emergency or maybe a disaster like earthquakes, flood, hurricane, snowstorm, power outage and fire because in our country this culture of prevention is not good and we need to have more information and motivation about it.
ReplyDeleteReally help me so much because it show very well how you have to be prepared and the things which basically you have to have for sustain in case happen it.
What exactly have you learnt, Dirce? What are we supposed to do to be prepared?
DeletePhonetics and pronunciation is a little complicated, because you probably learn a standard English but when you took with a English speaking from Scotland it's a little different from a American speaking, Australian speaking, etc. Probably you don’t understand at the first time, but as advance the conversation you will understand that they’re the same words but in different pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteAs well as in our language, every country has his own words, so if you probably are going to travel to London, Canberra, Sidney or any English speaking city, if you want a successful trip, you have to learned this words, expressions, idioms, etc. Another thing, it’s that you must practice your vocabulary because probably pronounce a bad word and the other person misunderstood and you could be stay I a big problem and anyone want that. So if you ask me for a advice: “Practice a lot, and do a little research about the city you want to travel”
You are right Ernesto. English sounds different because of different accents, but it is our responsibilty to try to learn the standard as you say to be understood.
Delete3. The five ideas that for me are the most important of the third task are:
ReplyDelete- Our body language govern how we think and feel about ourselves, these show if the person is confident or is unconfident
- Our bodies change our minds, as well as the body can shape the mind, at least at the facial level, also that role changes can shape the mind, that's why the speaker advised us for two minutes take a role change and it's going to make you feel more powerful
- Our body language govern how we think and feel about ourselves, but it's not just ourselves, it's also others; that's why many times the speaker can gets another answers than expected, because It's not about the content of the speech, it's about the presence that they're bringing to the speech
- Our bodies change our minds and our minds can change our behaviour, and our behaviour can change our outcomes
- About the personal experience of the author one idea is: don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you becomes it. I suppose that this idea try to explain all changes that one person do about body language aren't fake, but is necessary that the person do it enough until you actually become it and internalize.
4. About the fourth exercise, The Adventure Game, I think that the most difficulty is that you only can listen in one opportunity before you need to choose the correct answer, that's why you need understand in the first and only opportunity, you can't distract; and another difficulty for me is about the new vocabulary that the speaker use when say the instructions of the game.
For task 3, Ingrid I wonder how much information you have understood just by listening. I have the impression that you have read the scripts to write the five ideas above. Am I right?
DeleteFor Task 4,Ingrid... the more listening you do the easier would be for you to understand without listening twice.
3.
ReplyDeletea) Judments about political candidates faces in just one one second predict the 70% of us sente or gubernatorial race out comes.
b) Even let`s go digital the emoticons used well in online negotiations can lead you to claim more value from the negotiations
c) We are also infuenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and feelings and our physiolagy
d) Do our nonverbals govern how we think and feel about ourselves?, there are some evidence that they do so, for examples when we smile when we feel happy.
e) For finally the last idea is that you can fake to be powerfull. you're more likely to feel powerful - Don't fake it until you make it, fake it until you became it.
4.- It was no difficult because i can understood all that he hay, i supose that i could be a big problem that you can olny listen it once, so maybe you can confused or be nervous, but not at all.
Task 3: Jose, there are some ideas that I quite understand. Be careful when writing please.
DeleteTask 4: The more often you force you ear to listen the more it will get used to.
About: "Your body language shapes who you are"
ReplyDelete1. Our thoughts and our feeling are influenced by our nonverbals behavior.
2. Our nonverbals govern influence in other people think and fell about us.
3. Our body change our minds, thougths and feeling and the sort of thing that make up with our thoughts and feeling.
4. The powerful people tend to be more assertive, confident and optimistic. They feel that they are going to win all the time and usually their decisions take more risk.
5. Fake it till we became it and do it enough until we actually became it and try to internalize because tiny tweaks will do big changes. For that we must configurate our brain to cope the best in that situation.
3.-
ReplyDeleteIDEAS
-The phrasal verb opening up means when people are feeling powerful in the moment, but sometimes means pride.
-When we think in comunication we think in interaction.
-Powerful people tend to take more risks; they feel more confident, more optimistic, actually powerful people feel that they're going to win even at games of chance, they tend to be more abstractly.
-When people or someone is in Low- Power Poses they touch their neck like protecting themselves.
-Emoticons used well in online negotiation can let to you claim more value from that negotiation.
4.- For me in my opinion the difficult was at first time i couldn't understand few words but then when i repeated the audio again reckon that i could understand well finally; because the speaker didn't speak too fast, he spoke like normal people pronounce then some tracks of that part were easily to understand.
Task 3. Good ideas Julio. I just hope that you really understood them and not read them from the script.
DeleteTask4...the more you listen the more you weill get used to.
About: "The adventure game"
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion this task was difficult only in the first question because I didn´t know nothing about the adventure, so having listened the first audio I had an idea about the context therefore the rest of the audios were more easy to understand. Something that help me was the speaker talked slow and his pronuntiacion was very clear.
Yulliana, the more you listen , the more you will understand.
Delete2. Phonetics and pronunciation: Like English’s student I consider that one difficult part to learn English or other idiom is the pronunciation, because parts like grammar or vocabulary can be memorized and practice; if the students do these activities, they will improve in these topics; but for the pronunciation, students need to identify differences between many similar sounds or that look similar but really it are not; and this situation becomes more difficult when a lot of people pronounce the same word in different ways or they don't pronounce the words right, because the students don't understand which is the best pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteThat's why the exercises like "task 2" are very useful for the students, because they can identify differences between many sounds and they know that this pronunciation is right.
I absolutely agree with you. Pronunciation is not that simple.Noticing the differences among words with the exercises given really helps.
Delete3th Task
ReplyDelete-We communicate with our body because we have a body language.
-Powerful people tend to be more confortable,optimistic and confident.
-High power posses or low power posses show how we feel in front of people.
-The level of cortisol and testosterone influence in the way we act: confortable o estressed
-High power people experience about a 90%increase in testosterone.
-High power people experience about 25%decrease in cortisol.
3rd task: Good at summarising ideas.
Delete4th. Task
ReplyDeleteThe instructions for the game were easy to understand , the speaker talks clearly and slowly so we can get the ideas without difficulty.
Good to know!
Delete3.- Ideas:
ReplyDeletea) The way that people use them body's movements are very important because it show us how is the interaction to each other. Also, there are more important if these movements are from famous people; like Prime Minister of the US when he didn't shakehands with a policeman.
The interaction is more visible when you smile, get hungry or other examples
b) When just we interact ourselves through nonverbal express we are influencing to people who have relations with us. There are some investigations about politic, when it's possible to predict how success will be a candidate or in business, through the net when we use some emoticons.
c) In cases when people feel proud or if they have power and dominion; they try to express to another people all that they feel. When a athletic person win a competition, always put they hands up like a V and they don't care if someone see them. It's something natural,even animals want to express how it feel.
d)Our mind can have influence in our body changes or our behaviour. Our mind have the control of your body but if someone have hormonal changes also your mind changes. Differents aspect are important when we talk about what is the reason for you show how is your behaviour.
e) Also social aspects have taken influence in our behaviour. The way that you talking, moving, smiling or others could be result from social situations. Amy is talking about a typical moment in our life: job interview. In this moment you want to show to interviewer that you are the best person for this job. But sometimes you will be nervous or you don't know what to do for impress in order to get this job.
4.- It is so difficult because you have to listen very well and understand each part of track. All parts are very important in order to cross the lake and you show your physical and mental skills and you won't be so nervous. The answers are very easy if you understand each step to follow.
Good to know that you have understood very important ideas.
DeleteGood to know that it was easy.
Our bodies can change our minds and our minds can change our bodies . Everything is psychological according amy, a scientist from Harvard University .
ReplyDeleteWe must revise our position two minutes before a presentation or a job interview, go to a place where no one sees us and make a pose of power.
These poses affect our mental state and make us more confident people , so we can more easily cope with a difficult situation or uncomfortable , plus it will give us more confidence.
Amy also tells us that sit back and shrug can reach us feel insecure because of the stress hormone .
He also talks about the posture of the leaders , the posture of your body greatly influences the confidence displayed to the audience.
Good to read the ideas you have understood, Auri.
Deletethere are my answer:
ReplyDelete1.) I think it's important been preparing for this kind of disasters and be calm, think about where is a secure place for stay while disaster is happening? and not lose against the fear each one have.
i have the following list:
1.- a lot of water in bottles.
2.- Can's of food like tuna, sardinian and fruits.
3.- A lamp or something to do fire.
4.- Clothes.
5.- Pills for headache, stomache and antibiotics.
6.- A radio and battery.
7.- My id card.
8.- A picture about the family
9.- paper and pen
3.)
My five ideas are the followings:
1.) the importance about the body languague than we usually use while talk or do some activity.
2.) the message you send to other person about yourself, if you are authentic, positive, proud, strong and other thing about your personality.
3.)the physical changes affect the mind or vise versa in the case of hormonal changes it change our behaviour and the way of take desicions.
4.)the strategy consist in have control of your emotions and body language in negotation meet is a big help for you be able come the goal.
5.) you can fake to be powerfull first the person need internalize inside himself/ herself for discover the true about the control of body language.
4.) in my case i listened two times the online listening, in my opinion it had medium and easy parts. the listening start win the instructions of climb a mountain and put a flat in a mountain top where you can feeling "the king".
I can see that there are important ideas that you have understood. Take care about the way you express them.
DeleteGonzalo,,,the more you listen , the more you will understand.
a)
ReplyDelete1.He looks very well, very clean.
2.No, he can't.
3.A white long sleeve shirt, a tie, a suit ( sometimes brown, sometimes black), cotton pant and brown or black shoes.
4.No he doesn't.
5.Basketball.
6.Not enough to pay the rent.
7.Blue.
b)
1.He met his father for the firs time.
2.His son asked: Did mom leave because of me?
3.He answered: Mom left because of mom and you in never anything to do with that.
4."You want something go get it, period.
5.What did you do? and how did you do it?
6.His son asked: Dad, where are we going?
7.He advised: You got a dream you got to protect it.
a)1.He always look dirty and elegant, also he is slim.
ReplyDelete2.No, he need glasses.
3.Elegant clothe, a suit with black pants and shoes.
4.No
5.Basketball
6.12- 13 dollars, not enough
7.Blue
b)1.He met his father.
2.Did mom leave because of me?
3.Mom left because of mom and you in never anything to do with that.
4."You want something go get it, period.
5.What did you do? how did you do it?
6.His son asked: Dad, where are we going?
7.You got a dream you got to protect it.
Good!
DeleteAbout the trailer:
ReplyDeletea) 1. He looks elegant, dirty, and tired.
2. No, he can´t because need glasses.
3. A black suit and shoes, white shirt and tie.
4. No he doesn't.
5. Basketball.
6. No more than 11 dollars.
7. Blue
b) 1. He met his father for the firs time.
2. His son asked : Did mom leave because of me?
3. He answered: Mom left because of mom and you in never anything to do with that.
4. "You want something go get it, period.
5. What did you do? and how did you do it?
6. His son asked: Dad, where were we going?
7. He advised: You got a dream, you got to protect it.
Good!
DeleteI'm agree in some cases because sometimes when we are applying for a job to work hard we really don't know if we are gonna work now or the next day; is something unexpected.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason i'm agree is that we live in a negative world, i mean with a lot of contamination industries, garbbage on the tracks scattered everywhere and we do nothing to stop it.
I'm agree in some cases because sometimes when we are applying for a job to work hard we really don't know if we are gonna work now or the next day; is something unexpected.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason i'm agree is that we live in a negative world, i mean with a lot of contamination industries, garbbage on the tracks scattered everywhere and we do nothing to stop it.
Listen to it again!
Deletefor win an adventure game we have to follow instructions and going in pairs , finally we have to plant a flag (that represente that we won)
ReplyDeleteAuri, was it a difficult or an easy task?
Deletea)
ReplyDelete1.He look dirty ,elegant and sad because of his situation
2.No, he used glasses.
3.A black suit ,elegant clothes and shoes.
4.No
5.Basketball
6.less than 20
7.Blue
b)
1.He met his father.
2.Did mom leave because of me?
3.Mom left because of mom and you in never anything to do with that.
4.You want something go get it, period.
5.What did you do? how did you do it?
6.His son asked Dad, where are we going?
7.You got a dream you got to protect it.
Well, I think that is important have some knowledges about first aid because you don't know what will happen in the future.
ReplyDeleteAmmy try to explain with different cases how other see us, obviously she has a style very funny.
ReplyDelete1. Our body language is very interesting because with a smile or handshake are communicating or giving a message to another people
2. Also we are influenced by our thoughts and feelings; why we are different from animals, such as every person is unique to celebrate an achievement.
3. Although there is evidence that there is similarity in the behavior of humans with primates, is the case if a person takes control, increases testosterone levels , taking also evidence that changing roles changed our mind and body.
4. The power of our mind has no limits just have to suggest what we want to be.
5. Ammy advised us to have a positive mind and mentalizing to face any situation, and always keep in mind this phrase :"Get your testosterone up. Get your cortisol down."
It would have been good to read what exactly you have learnt!!
ReplyDeleteGood!