Friendship day

Hello everybody,


In July we celebrate friendship day. Let´ s watch a video:


Activity one: write the name (not surname) of your best friend/friends and say why you love him/her/them in "comments"

Activity two ( Reading): Choose one of the quotations that appear in the following website about Friendship (click here) Which one do your like best? Tell us about your choice in "comments" together with Activity one :-)

Remember to sign your comment with your name and course code. 

If you are a visitor, please tell us where you are from. Thank you!

Improving our English Pronounciation: Do you like singing?

Hello, 

May 25th



How are you? Enjoying this looonnnnnggg weekend? 
I am sure you are!  so am I ;-)

I like music and singing - who does not? I listen to music as often as I can: when I go walking, do some housework or work. I sometimes find it difficult to concentrate on work when I listen to music because if I like the song, I stop working and start singing!!! 

Surfing the net, I came across this website  http://www.karaokeparty.com/
 and loved it. Isn´t it cool for practising your English pronounciation ?

You only need a microphone, a good voice (ideally), choose the song you want to sing, wait till it is buffered and the lyrics appear to be sung at the pace of the music.

You get a mark after singing. I am afraid my mark on 
intonation - not pronounciation- is not very good 

Activity:  Visit Karaoke party website, choose a song, sing it and take a shot of the screen showing your result (like the one above), then open PAINT and paste the image.  Save it as  *.JPG file and send it to me (escuelaunlp@yahoo.com.ar) + some lines saying why you chose that song + your opinion of this tool to improve your pronounciation. Remeber to include: Name + course

DEALINE: June 15th

May first Activity

Dear teens:

I am posting this because I think the proposal is interesting and helpful. 

Technology is part of your life. Using the Internet, mobile phones, blogging, participating in Facebook, etc. may be  funny and postivive experiences or not :_(  It depends on YOU! 

Chicos Net is inviting creative kids and teens to participate in a contest and share their knowledge in a video about how to use these digital tools safely.

Personally, it is a great opportunity to show your digital skills and imagination. Do you want to join the project? Visit this website!

http://www.tecnologiasi.org.ar/

Please, if you get enrolled in the contest, let me know  ;-) by sending a mail to escuelaunlp@yahoo.com.ar 

The video which won the contest in 2009  appears below. 
TASK: Please, write in comments your opinion about the video in no less than 40 words. Remember to use an online dictionary (See LINKS on the right of your window)
Deadline: May 15th