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  I have found this interesting video about the origin of the names of the days of the week and would like to share it with you. 👉Please, leave your opinion in comments :)

Yesterday I took a KET course to the computer room. Let  me share my lesson plan with you: - I prepared a questionaire. They were about 10 questions such as:  what is the level course? , how many students are there in the class? Do they have laptops/computers/ smartphones/ tablets? , how many students have wifi at home, etc.) - I asked the students to take a sheet of paper and write✎ down the questions. - Then I asked them to gather in pairs or groups of three and go to different courses to get the answers. They had 20 minutes for this task. - While the students were doing the questionaire, I went to the computing room and turned on the computers. - I wrote the digital activities to do on the board: Open Word, Set Arial Font, size 14 for the title and 12 for the text, Copy the questions and the answers, Enrich your text with images downloaded from Internet, Edit the images,  Revise spelling using the spell checker, Include your names, course code ...

If you want to understand how English works, it is advisable to learn about English culture. Culture will help you understand expressions. A celebration that takes place in March is St. Patrick’s Day, a global celebration of Irish culture on or around March 17. It particularly remembers St Patrick, one of Ireland’s patron saints, who ministered Christianity in Ireland during the fifth century. Learn some Irish words and phrases. The Irish have their own distinct dialect of the English language, so if you want to sound like a true Paddy on St. Patrick's day, try sprinkling some of these Hiberno-English gems into your conversation: What's the craic ? This phrase can be interpreted as either "How's it going?" or "What's going on?" or "What's up?" and is used in non-formal settings. Craic is a very important word in Ireland and can be used to describe your enjoyment of an event or activity, e.g "How was the party?" "...

Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. It is a festival of romantic love when people show feelings of love, affection and friendship. Many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to people they love.They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel, while others may choose this day to propose or get married. Background The origins of Valentine's Day are not clear but many sources believe that it stems from the story of St Valentine, a Roman priest who was martyred on or around February 14 in the year 270 CE during the reign of Claudius II for refusing to give up his Christian faith. St Valentine was caught marrying Christian couples. However, another theory says  that the church used the day of St Valentine’s martyrdom to Christianize the old Roman Lupercalia , a pagan festival held around the middle of February. Further reading: Saint Valentine Lupercalia Music: Love is in the air - subtitled How deep is your love 

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. Here is the  link  to enjoy literature

La educación a distancia (EaD), para algunos teóricos, se perfila como la educación del futuro - ¿o del presente? El desarrollo tecnológico, la incorporación de las TIC y la apertura hacia la sociedad del conocimiento han permitido la evolución, de la que sin duda, en el siglo XXI, se constituye como una modalidad en permanente cambio y crecimiento. En este contexto, las propuestas en línea se convierten en una estrategia que puede contribuir a la democratización de la educación, a la inclusión social de comunidades tradicionalmente marginadas del desarrollo económico y social, y a la búsqueda de alternativas para los requerimientos de los nuevos espacios de formación y mercados laborales. Las instituciones académicas deben resignificar su rol y prácticas a la luz de las demandas de la sociedad, una sociedad que en los últimos años se ha visto permeada por cambios constantes. La EaD ha sido un claro ejemplo de experimentación y de apertura a la innovación, pues su evolución se vio di...

¿Sin tiempo para aprender inglés en una escuela o instituto de idiomas? Te ofrezco clases virtuales de inglés  en el horario que más te convenga.  Sólo necesitás una computadora con conexión a Internet. (Solo disponible en Argentina)