Cultural Contrast

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Here you can share the link to your videos

The main aim of doing these activities with you was to observe how you worked with ICTs in the classroom.  From many ICT tools, I´ve chosen the blog to help you develop your writing and reading skills and create an online community where all of you could share your ideas, feeling and thoughts about this interesting topic. The idea of working with windows moviemaker was to help you develop your creativity and critical thinking as you were asked to work in groups and it required you to collaborate and make decisions.

As a last discussion, I would like you to briefly comment on these questions: What do you think about working with ICT tools? How do you feel it can help you?

I hope you have enjoyed it and thanks for participating!!

Aneley

What is culture?

 Answer the following questions in the comments box below.

     a- What do you infer from the picture? What does it showt?

  b- What is the best/most important thing your culture has given to the world?

        c- What in your culture are you most proud of?

        d- Which culture other than your own do you admire? Why?

To do the activity in class you should choose four of the eleven aspects of culture which are shown in the picture below.

Click on this link: to watch a video which describes some of the cultural aspects which are mentioned in the picture above.

Listening Practice 2

Here are the KEY answers to Listening Practice 2.

How are you doing?

Please, share your opinons in the comments box below.

LISTENING PRACTICE 2 – KEY ANSWERS

1.     B

2.     A

3.     C

4.     B

5.     C

6.     B

7.     A

8.     C

9.     A CHARITY

10.  FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN

11.  NOISY

12.  DAMAGE

13.  BUILD ACCOMMODATION

14.  HIGHER RENTS

15.  POOR CONDITIONS

16.  GENEROUS

17.  TEMPORARY STAYS

18.  FOOD / SOMETHING WARM AND FILLING

19.  D

20.  A

21.  E

22.  C

23.  B

24.  E

25.  H

26.  W

27.  E

28.  W

29.  E

30.  H

Working with videos

The art of the trailer

In class we discussed the aims and main features of a particular video genre: the trailer.

Among the aims, we agree that trailers may be used:

• To provide a summary of the film’s content
• To show the audience what makes the film unique
• To reveal just enough of a film to make an audience want to go and see it
• To show the best moments or highlights of a film
• To raise interest and ask provocative questions about the film

These are the features we analysed.

What’s in a trailer?

1. The name of the film is included at the end.
2. There are close-ups of the main actors.
3. Dramatic music is included.
4. There are a large number of fast cuts.
5. Key words, a slogan, a catchphrase or captions situate you in the place and time in the movie
6. Key dramatic moments from the film are included.
7. There is a dramatic change of pace or direction.
8. There are short extracts of dialogues and other soundbites.
9. Characters, setting and plot are all established to an extent.
10. There is an unresolved conflict, argument or problem.
11. A narrator describes or summarizes the film in an exaggerated tone.
12. Written quotes ‘sell’ the movie with superlatives and other exclamations.

Language Learning with Digital Video (CUP).

Now, watch the video ‘America’s complete Immigration History’.

1. Write a statement to indicate the purpose of the video.
2. Analyse the most important features of the documentary. 
3. Prepare a list of items for a class discussion.

Self-study: Listening practice

Hello everyone!

Click on this link to have access to the audio material for you to do listening practice. I will be posting the answers to the test once a week.

Enjoy!












KEY ANSWERS

LISTENING TEST 1

1.     B

2.     A

3.     C

4.     B

5.     C

6.     C

7.     A

8.     C

9.     RUNNING WATER / ELECTRICITY

10.  OLYMPIC FAME

11.  RIDING ACCIDENT

12.  BUSINESSMAN

13.  RACING DRIVER

14.  FINANCIAL DISASTER

15.  PAYING BILLS

16.  A BAR (FIGHT)

17.  HIS RELATIVES

18.  HER HUSBAND

19.  D

20.  A

21.  F

22.  B

23.  E

24.  D

25.  M

26.  S

27.  D

28.  M

29.  D

30.  M

TESTS 1-2 FINAL MARKS

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How are you spending your winter holidays?

I simply love them!

I'm sharing a link to the document in which you will be able to check the marks you've got in Tests 1 and 2, during the April - June term.

Click here to see your marks.

I will see you soon.

The arts

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These are the paintings we used in class. Look at the paintings again and comments on the features which you find most important.

• What do you like most about the painting?
• If there anything you don't particularly like about it?
• Would you buy either of them?
• If so, where in your house would you hang it?

The Card Players

Paul Cézanne

Bathers at Asnières 

Georges Pierre Seurat 

What do you think of this painting? 

What type of painting is it?

If you had the money, would you buy it?
It is called Women of Algiers, by Pablo Picasso.

Find information about it on the web to know more about it.

Read the following news story. Would you have paid that amount of money for it?