ESP Syllabus

Writing activities

Listening activities

Reading activities

Sharing our ignorance: Webquest

www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=100242

Music Magazines

Rolling Stone


Black Velvet


Rock Sound


Spin Magazine


Billboard


Kerrang!


Q4Music

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary Materials




Podscasts:


A podcast (or non-streamed webcast) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication. The word replaced webcast in common vernacular due to the fame of the iPod and its role in the rising popularity and innovation of web feeds.


Links:


http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
http://www.englishpronunciationpod.com/newarchive.html


Wiki:


A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative works. Examples include community websites, corporate intranets, knowledge management systems, and note services. The software can also be used for personal notetaking


Links:


http://caes.hku.hk/ve/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page


Webquests:


It is a tool that is part of a methodology for teaching work that is guided research, with funding mainly from the Internet, which promotes the use of higher cognitive abilities,cooperative work and the empowerment of students and includes an authentic assessment .


Links:


http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html


YouTube:


YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos.


Links:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJCdihPWqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuB5WDLn31c




Hot potatoes:


Hot Potatoes is a system to create learning exercises that can be done later via theweb. The exercises are the type that creates short answer, multiple choice, fill in the blanks, crossword puzzles, matching and varied.


Links:


http://docs.moodle.org/es/Hotpotatoes
http://www.educa.madrid.org/portal/web/educamadrid/hotpotatoes


Audio books:


An audiobook or audio book is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.

Links:


http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/
http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com/



E-book


An electronic book (also e-book, ebook, digital book) is a text and image-based publication in digital form produced on, published by, and readable on computers or other digital devices. Sometimes the equivalent of a conventional printed book, e-books can also be born digital. 


Links:


http://www.mansioningles.com/Libros.html
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlibrary/contenidotematico.html


Forum:


An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages.[1] They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user and/or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.


Links:


http://www.forums.english4today.com/
http://www.world-english.org/english_forums_chat.htm


Online:


Online is a service given through the web that provides an infrastructure in which users can communicate with one another or either by participating in a Forum or exchanged a  mail. Even to see videos, listen to music or read a book in this moment by web.


Links:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/listen/
http://beelinetv.com/

Syllabus

Syllabus:

Course number and title:

Highschool 1st grade. Teens club

Term:

First and second Term.

Instructor:

Danny Oyarzun M

Email: Dannyoyarzun@gmail.com

Office Hours:

10 hours peer week

Location in the Curriculum:

Foreign Language

Course Description:

This course has been designed for a public HighSchool.Especifically for the first grade and students of different social classes.

The class will be developed in five days a week  two hours every day. Three of those , the class is going to be developed at the classroom and the next 2 days in the to work with english softwares and special activities.

The resources will used here are:  PC's , Textbook: Teens club.Audiovisual resources etc.

 eartial valuations will be made once a week and Unit evaluations once a month.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course, students will be able to developd the four Linguistics skills. and sustain a basic conversation in English. They are going to be aware of the respect sense for the cultural aspects of the people who speak the target language .

Course Format:

Presential

Course Requirements:

The course demanded:

1. - Class attendance: 80%

2. - Participation in class: 25%

3. - 8 tests in year: 25% 

5. - Six reading comprehension: 25% 

4. - Final exam: 25%

Required Texts:

Teens club, Student’s book, 1 highschool

Lina Alvarado J,

Supplemental Readings:

Required Readings:

Assessing a coursebook

In favour of using coursebooks.

We all know that in all chilean classrooms is used a standard textbook series. The reasons for this are many, depending on the design and focus of the curriculum, the mandates of the administration, and/or the level of expertise on the part of classroom teachers.


We have discussed this topic in class and toke some conclusions like that a textbook is only as good as the teacher who uses it. And it's important to remember that a textbook is just one tool, perhaps a very important tool, in our teaching arsenal. Sometimes, teachers over-rely on textbooks and don't consider other aids or other materials for the classroom. Some teachers reject a textbook approach to learning because the textbook is outdated or insufficiently covers a topic or subject area.


When thinking about how i want to use textbooks, i will consider the following:

1.- Use the textbook as a resource for students, but not the only resource.


2.- Use a textbook as a guide, not a mandate, for instruction.


3.- Be free to modify, change, eliminate, or add to the material in the textbook.


4.- Supplement the textbook with lots of outside readings.


5.- Supplement teacher information in the textbook with teacher resource books; attendance at local, regional, or national conferences; articles in professional periodicals; and conversations with experienced teachers.


The following table lists some of the most common weaknesses of textbooks, along with ways of overcoming those difficulties.

Weakness	Student Difficulty	Ways of Overcoming Problem
The textbook is designed as a the sole source of information.	Students only see one perspective on a concept or issue.	Provide students with lots of information sources such as trade books, CD-ROMS, websites, encyclopedias, etc.
Textbook questions tend to be low level or fact-based.	Students assume that learning is simply a collection of facts and figures.	Ask higher-level questions and provide creative thinking and problem-solving activities.
Textbook doesn't take students' background knowledge into account.	Teacher does not tailor lessons to the specific attributes and interests of students.	Discover what students know about a topic prior to teaching.Design the lesson based on that knowledge.
Reading level of the textbook is too difficult.	Students cannot read or understand important concepts.	Use lots of supplemental materials such as library books, Internet, CD-ROMs, etc.
The textbook has all the answer to all the questions.	Students tend to see learning as an accumulation of correct answers.	Involve students in problem-solving activities, higher-level thinking questions, and extending activities.

Ref: teachervision.fen.com/curriculum-planning/new-teacher/48347

Spanglish

This is a topic of great interest, but we can not devote more attention for the moment : here is a link that have concrete examples, vocabulary and conversation of this linguistic phenomenon. Enjoy it!

DICCIONARIO DE SPANGLISH:

http://www.elmundo.es/larevista/num191/textos/livin2.html