DIARY

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 * In this " //virtual diary// " we can write everything that we have done/learnt in class every day such as activities, new vocabulary... Please, don�t miss any day . Our objective is to learn English, so, if all together make this diary, we would make a great work and, of course, we would improve our english-writting.**

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 * === 23rd of September, 2011. ===


 * === 26th of September, 2011. ===

**Then, in three groups, we have sung the song ussing a special rhythm //(dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah...).// The song�s rhythm has been very funny.**



 * ===** 28th of September, 2011. **===


 * ===** 29th of September, 2011. **===

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**The second activity that we have done has been a sound maze. We had to join words with the same pronunciation. The second part of the activity consisted on put all Maze´s words in their respective pronunciation (like alphabet letters pronunciation)** =====


 * ===** 29th of September, 2011. **===

** /d3/ --- "judge" **
**Then we have watched a video of how vocal folds vibrate when a woman is speaking or singing.**


 * === **3rd of October, 2011** ===

**Today we have done an activity divided in three parts:**

**-The //first part// consisted on listening and highlighting the word which had a //different stress pattern//. When we have finished, the teacher told us to make a list by writting words into verbs or nouns.**

**-The //second part// of the activity consisted on reading some sentences and then we had to draw two circles: the biggest was the stressed syllable and the smallest was the unstressed syllable.**

**-The //last part of the activity// was a "maze": we had to cross the river by stepping only on the stones containing words with the stress on the first syllable.**


 * === **5th of October, 2011** ===


 * First of all, we´ve started our english classroom with a video (about different problems that can be occur in a class). Next, We have spoken about that and some parnerts have found some common "problems" that happen in our class. Then, we decided to create a classroom rules. **


 * === **7th of October, 2011** [[image:http://www.elanguages.org/images/96542 width="300" height="286" align="right"]]===

What do we use language for in class?
=== Today, we worked about what language we should do for our future students. First of all, we have tried to complete a list in pairs or groups of four.Later, Matthew divided the classroom into two groups and we wrote our main ideas about each point (greeting, nominating, giving praise....)This classrroom has been very interesting, because it is a form that we need to begin development a consciousness in all of us if we really want to be teachers. ===


 * === **13rd of October, 2011** ===

**Later, we have had to make another groups to discuss with the partners about Rs points that we have written about.**

 * === **14rd of October, 2011** ===

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 * === **17th of October, 2011** ===

**When the video has finished we have had to write questions about the video using words like: Who...?. What....?, When...? Where...?, Why...?, etc.**

 * ===** 19th of October, 2011 **===

**The picture that we have analised is the next:**



 * === **20th of October, 2011** ===

===Today´s class has been very interesting: we have been completing (in groups of three) some questions about the population, for example //how many people are born every second?// or //If 7 billion people stood shoulder to shoulder, which city would they fill?//===

To check them, we have watched a video about population which had all solutions to these questions.
===The second activity that we have done has been to complete some characteristics about the most typical person in the wolrd. The answer of this question is next: a young man chinese betweeen 25 and 30 years.===

** 1. 7 billion **
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** 2- The most typical person in the world. **
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 * === **21st of October, 2011** ===

Finally some classmates have represented the situacion. It has been very funny.

 * === **24th of October, 2011** ===

===Today´s class has been very important for us.We have learnt the concept of ethnocentrism.Fist of all, we read a comic about missing world´s cultures and then we wrote some adjectives for each character of the comic.===

Each of us, have had to draw a cross to mark how ethnocentric we are.

 * === **26th of October, 2011** ===

We hope that we can change our behaviour as soon as possible! =)

 * === **27th of October, 2011** ===

===Today we have had seminary of this subject and it has consisted in the exposition of pictures that each one of us has choosen. All pictures have been vey beautiful and expositions have been very interesting.===

I think that this kind of activity is very useful for us:

 * 1) ===On the one hand, we can improve our english level and we can learn a lot of vocabulary.===
 * 2) ===On the other hand, we loss the shame!===


 * === **28th of October, 2011** ===

Finally, to end the class, the teacher has showed us one slide about how British people are laughing about themselves.



 * === **31st of October, 2011** ===

Then, the teacher told us to make a graphic (with the topic of " I can tell you that I´m Spanish because..." with some pictures which represent Spanish people.

 * === **2nd of November, 2011** ===

Today we have done various activities:
===**In the first one we had to write (as we think) how some nationalities are good at something. For example, Germans are good mechanics because they construct new cars with the best technologies or Swiss peope are good at the organisation because they fabric watches.**=== ===In the second activity we have had to talk about national stereotypes, so we had to choose two adjective to describe them. For example, national stereotypes are dangerous because some of them can offend people or they are useful because you can know more about other countries.===

In the last activity we had been discussing about Spanish and British customs: "why do the british drink tea? and why do the spanish drink coffee?"

 * === **3rd of November, 2011** ===

Each group has received a different text and then they had to read it and complete some questions about it.
===When each group has finished of completing the questions they have to make another group with other classmates with other number and then they have to discuss about the main ideas of each text by putting why text exists and why it is false (with your own words)===
 * === **4th of November, 2011** ===

Guy Fawkes Night also known as Bonfire Night is a celebration that takes place, primarily, in the UK on the night of the 5th of November.

 * === **7th of November, 2011** ===

*Today has been a great class for us!

 * === **9th of November, 2011** ===

To end the class, some classmates have been talking about their favourite teacher, and surprisingly, the majority of them were History´s Teachers!


**Today we have talked about teaching.** **Fistrly, we had to think about what questions we could make to Mathew to know what we need to do in Britain to become a teacher. Then we have asked those questions to him and he answered and explained everything to us very well. It was very interesting.** **Then, we did a fill in the gaps activity. After that we watched a video about teaching and we checked if what we wrote was right or no, and also we had to answer some questions about it following the video.**
 * === ** 10th, November 2011 ** ===




 * **11th, November 2011**

On the other hand, Kate has been very friendly during the activity´s explanation and she has been a good teacher too!



 * === **14th, November 2011** ===

Their answer have been the next: The teacher has to has sense of humor but not sarcastic, or he has not to be strict.



 * **16th, November 2011**

Today we have had a special class:
===American people have arrived to our class and they have responded us the questions that we done the previous day, during kate´s class. Americans have been very friendly with all of us, and we have celebrated a party with food!===