September 6, 2018
Here you can post your Personal Plan of Work reports every 2 weeks:
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Here you can post your Personal Plan of Work reports every 2 weeks:
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Learning a language is a process that takes time, effort and dedication. It is very important to be aware that learning is an individual process. Therefore, it is necessary to know what our motivations and expectations are, what our objective is (are), which strategies we can implement and which materials or resources we can use to improve our communicative skills.
In order to start your Personal Plan of Work, you are going to set a specific learning objective in English to achieve by the end of October. Before writing, take into account the English levels review and consider your needs, your interests, the proposed strategies, the materials and the result or product you want at the end of this first plan.
This is a format for you to write your own objective or goal:
And these are some examples for you to take into account::
Linguistic and Social Abilities
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Describe
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Narrate
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Explain
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Give an opinion
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I want to be able to describe my family, their physical appearance, their personality, their likes and dislikes in English. At the end, I would like to describe my family orally without using a translator or any other external help.
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My objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite book “Playing the Enemy by John Carlin”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to write a short review about this book.
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I would like to be able to explain in English how a star is born because I love astronomy. I want to create a Prezi presentation in my words and to record my voice speaking about it.
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My objective is to watch the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” in English and to be able to give my opinion on global warming. At the end I am going to present my recommendations to this topic in a short video.
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Homework assignment for Tuesday 28:
Write in comments your objective.
I want to be able to describe my carrers: respiratory therapy and biological engineering, what their fields of action, the most important sujects, the field of action of each one that I like most and how this carrers help to form a better future. At the end, I would like to describe my carrers orally without using a translator or any other external help.
ReplyDeleteGreat objective Juliana!
DeletePlease, correct some mistakes:
I want to be able to describe my (carrers) MAJOR PROGRAMS: respiratory therapy and biological engineering, what their fields of action ARE, theIR most important sujects, (the field of action of each one that I like most) and how (this carrers) THESE PROGRAMS CAN help ME to (form) GET a better future. At the end, I would like to describe my (carrers) orally without using a translator or any other external help.
I want to be able to describe my major programs: respiratory therapy and biological engineering, what their fields of action are, their most important sujects, and how major programs can help me to get a better future. At the end, I would like to describe my major programs orally without using a translator or any other external help.
Deletemy main learning objective in English is can speaking english with more fluently but for this objetive I need pratice more vocabulary and grammar because when i go to talk i do not remember this. for this reason my second abjetice is practice more vocabulary and grammar. my main strategies is practice in different website as: duolingo, lyricstraining and ello.
ReplyDeleteHi Vladimir!
DeleteIf you want to improve your speaking skill, try to define your objective in another way. For example:
I want to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite book “...”. I would like to tell my classmates the story in my own words with the help of images.
my main learning objective in English is can speaking english with more fluently but for this objective I need practice more vocabulary and grammar for this objective will use lyricstraining and select three song and with this make activities.
DeleteMy objective is to focus on vocabulary by using music. In order to improve my vocabulary I will do a glossary with the definition of the unknown words and I will prepare an activity with a song for doing in the classroom
DeleteMy smart goal
ReplyDeleteI want to watch the series "Orange is the new black" now in english beacuse i feel that my weakness is when i wanna explain something and i dont find the words is so difficult talk spontaneously about things. I wanna talk about this series to practice my vocabulary, pronuntion and give my opinion with my own words, I will make a short presentation and talk about "Orange is the new black".
Only the first season.
DeleteIt's ok your objective Isabella, just try to specify it a little more:
DeleteMy objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite t.v. show “Orange is the new black”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to tell my classmates about it.
My objective is to be able to recount in English the story of the t.v. show “Orange is the new black”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to tell my classmates about it.
DeleteI want watch a documentary about the change climate to meet my goal of improving my vocabulary and pronunciation. I will also do listening exercises to better understand conversations, for me it is difficult. And so i will to talk about the documentary, the importance and the consequences, I will write about what I think.
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteI will give an explanation about climate change, based on a documentary, then give an opinion about it.
I want to explain what climate change is so I am going to watch a documentary about it. At the end I will do an oral presentation about the importance and the consequences of it .
DeleteMy smart goal
ReplyDeleteI would like to be able to explain movies and series that I see, their stories, characters, funny moments and epic moments, but not only explain series and movies, also books, magazines and any theme; for this I need improve mi speech, my vocabulary and my fluency. And my objective is to be able to recount or talk about my day, mi likes, my experiences, or start and keep a fluent conversation
You are very ambitious Pablo, and that's ok! but remember that you are going to have only 2 months to achieve your objective. I suggest you to narrow your objective:
DeleteI would like to be able to recount the movie "...". I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to write a short movie review and then to tell my classmates about it.
I would like to be able to recount the history of cinema, its creation and evolution. In order to do this, I will read about it and I also watch videos about this topic. At the beginning of November,I will do an oral presentation to my classmates telling the history of cinema.
DeleteI want to be able to speak more fluently and have words in English come to my mind more easily, especially in academic subjects that have to do with my professional career (managment engineering).
ReplyDeleteIn addition, I would like to see series and films in English and improve my ability to understand them.
Hi Ana!
DeleteI suggest you to choose only one topic: an academic subject or a film. What do you prefer?
I want to be able to interpret series and movies more easily, I could start with the hunger games
DeleteSo, I suggest you improve your objective in this way:
DeleteMy objective is to be able to recount in English the story of a movie called “Hunger of games”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to write a short review about this movie.
I want to be able to speak English fluently and I think that for that I need to learn more vocabulary, apart from that I would also like to understand the people who speak English. I would like to understand the articles that there are for my training as a future biological engineer, since most of these are in English, and English for me has become a necessity
ReplyDeleteOk Ana! so I suggest you the following objective:
DeleteI would like to be able to explain in English about one topic of biological engineering (specify teh topic). I want to create a Prezi presentation in my words and to record my voice speaking about it or do an oral presentation in the classroom.
My goal is to be able to narrate and to make a review of the chapters "On the Preachers of death " and "On the sovereign death" of the book Thus spoke Zarathushtra (Friedrich Nietzsche).
ReplyDeleteDoing this I can work reading, writing and speech because they are skills in which I notice flaws.
Hi Andrés!
DeleteDo you have the audiobook? or is it possible to find it easily on internet? if it is so, I suggest you to rewrite your objective in this way:
My objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite book “On the Preachers of death”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to write a short review about this book and then to tell my classmates what this book is about.
I want to understand with more ease when one person speak in English, for this I will to see some movies with subtitle and audio in english, with this objective also I want to improve pronunciation.
ReplyDeleteHi Cristian! I recommend you to write your objective in this way:
DeleteMy objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite movie “define the movie”. I would like to tell my classmates what this movie is about. in my own words and to write a short movie review.
DeleteMy objective is to able to recount in English the story of my favorite documental and his name is "No hubo tiempo para la tristeza". I would like to tell my classmates what this documental is about. In my own words and a short documental review.
I really like the idea of me reading science magazines or even writing them (in the future) without any help, so, to work on that goal, by now,im going to read short books and articles (not just about science), so my brain can get a bunch of new vocabulary.
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole!
DeleteIt is great that you want to read and write science books, but this objective could be a long term objective, especially to write them! I suggest you to start to read one and then to write a summary about it. Please, rewrite your objective!
My objective is learn to use correctly the irregulars verbs and the "auxiliaries", like do, does, did and others. To achieve this, i will read books about grammar. I would make a text explaining how use the irregulars verbs and the "auxiliaries".
ReplyDeleteit is ok to improve your grammar knowledge. I suggest you to rewrite your objective in this way:
DeleteMy objective is TO learn HOW to use correctly the irregular(s) verbs and the "auxiliaries", like do, does, did and others. To achieve this, i will read books about grammar. I would (make) DO a text explaining how TO use the irregular(s) verbs and the "auxiliaries". And finally I would do a short presentation to my classmates explaining the grammar topics I studied.
I want to understad a song in english,to be able to xplain what is it about.so i will watching the lyrias of the song and listening to it to meet my goal.
ReplyDeleteTo learn English with music is great Jonatan¡ however i suggest you to improve your objective in this way:
DeleteI want to tell my classmates what my favorite song is about and I would like to do a listening activity in the classroom. In order to do this, I will transcribe the song and I will look up the unknown words in a monolingual dictionary. Finally I will design a listening exercise to propose to my classmates at the beginning of November.
I want to understand songs in English, be able to xplain what they're about.in order to do this, I will transcribe three songs and I will look up the unknown words in a monolingual dictionary. Finally I will desing a listening exercise to propose to my classmates at the beginning of November.
DeleteI'd like to be able improve my vocabulary in order to speak more fluid. Also, be able to establish conversations with other people and speak. I want to explain what's a cryptocurrency and recount a little part of its history.
ReplyDeleteI want to explain what a crytocurrency is and recount a short part of its history. In November, I'm going to do a Powerpoint presentation to my classmates.
DeleteI replaced the topic of my Powerpoint presentation. Now I'm going to speak about computers. I want to explain what is a computer and also recount the history behind them.
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ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to listen to your life story Valeria ;)
DeleteI recommend you to improve your objective in this way:
My objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my life in my own words. I would like to tell what happened in Colombia when I was born and I will tell what I want to do in a short future.
My objective is to be able to recount in English the history of the maleness. i would like to inform you of the origin, the causes, the consequences that it has had in the course of the time.
DeleteMy goal is to see a chapter of a series called '' Vikings '' in English and explain their culture (customs, arts, rituals, gods, music), create a presentation on the subject and record my voice talking about it.
ReplyDeleteI want to explain some mythological beings or about the punishments that they used. At the end I will do an oral presentation to my classmates by using slides.
DeleteMy goal is explain some mythological beings in the culture nordic and about the punishments that they used.at the end I will do an oral presentation to my classmates by using slides.
DeleteMy objective is to be able to write in English a written essay of a recent political event in colombia correctly using the grammar rules, and give my opinión like a political scienses student to the class about the political fact i wrote
ReplyDeleteIt is ok Gerónimo! but please, define what the exactly political event is and rewrite your objective:
DeleteMy objective is to be able to write an essay in English about a recent political event in colombia and THEN TO DO AN ORAL PRESENTATION WHERE I WILL give my opinión (like) AS a political sciense(s) student to the class about the political fact i wrote
thanks for the tips teacher, but them of talk wiht you about my smart goal and reconsider what I really want to improve in my English learning process i decide to chanche my objective so: I would like to be able to explain in English 4 or 5 topics about grammar in english, because i want to improve my knowledge of grammar, i want to make a oral presentation about it to the class
DeleteI would like to be able to have conversations in English and be able to understand everything and at the same time speak fluently, for this he needed to reinforce and know a lot of vocabulary
ReplyDeleteHi Juan!
DeleteHow do you plan to improve your sepaking, listening and vocabulary? define one objective where you can work on these 3 skills.
my goal is to read and listen to an audio book that I found this week "Robison crusue" and be able to understand what it says, I think about reading first and then listening to it
DeleteI want to speak english more fluently, even if it is the basics, since my life project is that when I finish my degree, I can leave the country to work.
ReplyDeletealso, I want to see movies and series in its original language, and to read books and magazines of science that its original language are in English
Hi Juan PAblo!
DeleteHow do you plan to speak English fluently? remember! do it little by little!
I suggest you to improve your objective and rewrite it:
My objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite movie “define the movie”. I would like to tell my classmates what this movie is about in my own words and to write a short movie review.
My objective is to be able to explain in English any kind of story, maybe to explain with my deep voice a documental of National Geographic or somethig like that. For the moment i'm thinking about it so that's all.
ReplyDeleteAnd what about the idea of including music Camilo?
DeleteYou are historian, why don't you tell us one of those exciting events that have happened in the history of Colombia? or maybe the life story of one interesting historical figure? think about it!
I would like to be able to explain topic of Literature and History in english with fluently and with good grammar, based on a book i like, i don´t know the book but i´m still search it. i will write an inform and talk about it.
ReplyDeleteSo, you could write your objective in this way:
DeleteMy objective is to be able to recount in English the story of my favorite book “...”. I would like to summarize the story in my own words and to write a short review about this book.
I want to speak English for two main objectives: the first is can explorer the world through english, that is, i get on with many peoples. And the second objective is be capable of read everything that see, without crash with some word.
ReplyDeleteThose are great objectives Juan Camilo! but those are long term objectives! try to be more specific! take a look at your classmates objectives and my feedback!
ReplyDeleteMy objective for this semester is to start reading a sciencie magazine and to be able to write a summary about it with the less need of using dictionary or any other tool for translate. So to get that goal done,,im going to read short books and articles (not just about science), so my brain can get a bunch of new vocabulary.
ReplyDelete(Correction)
DeleteMy objective for this semester is to achieve reading and understanding NASA´s article, a science article,to get it done and summarize it (in spanish too), thanks to that work i will get a bunch of new vocabulary and farther my writing skills.