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T PRIMER EXAMEN PARCIAL:

1WORD CLOUD (OR TAG CLOUD): A word cloud is a graphical representation of word frequency. It consist on a group of meaningful words that are mixed from different shapes and colours.

CLOSE TEST: Is an exercise consisting of a portion of text with certain words removed in which the student is asked to replace the missing words, this requires the ability to understand context and vocabulary in order to identify the correct words.

TO DIGITIZE: In simple terms, the digitizing is the process of transformation of a source object to a digital format.

TO GOOGLE: The transitive verb to google is to use the Google search engine to gain information about something or someone on the World Wide Web

AID: It means to give help or assistance and as well to be of service.

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE: Communicative competence typically refers to how well someone is able to communicate with others. Communicative competence consists of three basic steps involved in it, which is contemplating communication, understanding of how to communicate and be able to communicate. This process consists of two main components: the message is used to offer some insight and the meaning that is really delivered by the message.

2Dear teacher I have to apologize because I couldt download TAGXEDO, that is the reason why I had to use another programme to develop this task. Here is the URL: http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

E-learning word cloud:

WEB 2.0 word cloud:

3B-learning course proporsal: Blending learning computer technology becomes another useful tools for enabling students to learn effectively.Besides, it helps to incentive the creativity of students,it functions as an interactive tool and this acts as a new system of learning different from the tradicional. Blended learning should include on.line and classroom activities using physical and virtual resources mixed. In our context,this can be applied: Teachers can use PowerPoint presentations to present the topic,this technique helps students understand it in an easy way, also motivates them.Students can use this too, to give an oral presentation,for instance, a midterm, an exam, etc. http://office.microsoft.com/es-ar/powerpoint/

The teacher can use programmes like hot potatoes to make differents exercises such as match, cloze, quiz, etc. for the students to do inside the classroom to reassure their knowledge besides using the activity book. http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ Wordsift is used as a tool to look for vocabulary. An activity can consist in read a text, look for words that the students dont know and then learn this vocabulary. For these activities, all the students must bring their computers to the class or the class should use a computer room. http://www.wordsift.com/ Wikispaces are used to work in a collaborative way, for example: the teacher propose to the students working in groups, each group must present a topic. A group will work with grammar, another with vocabulary, other with phonetics, etc. then, these topics must be upload to the wikispace. http://www.wikispaces.com/ Interactive whiteboard: this allow teacher to use a whiteboard that connects to a computer and projector, while everybody is connected. The teacher could teach the topic, for instance, present tenses and then, give to the students activities. http://whiteboard.com/

4BRITISH COUNCIL SCHOOLS ONLINE: DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS: One of the project that I find interesting is CONNECTING CLASSROOM What is Connecting Classrooms? Connecting Classrooms prepares children to take their place in the 21st century, Karen Noble, Headteacher, Juniper Green Primary School. Connecting Classrooms is a global education programme, which offers funding and resources for school partnerships, professional development for teachers, and the opportunity to share best practice with colleagues in the UK and more than 50 countries throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas.

Join our growing community - over 5,200 schools and 936,000 young people across the world have participated in Connecting Classrooms. What is on offer? School partnerships - get the support you need to build a sustainable relationship with a link school Professional development for teachers - get equipped to tackle global themes in the classroom with our free, regional face-to-face workshops and online courses British Council International School Award - gain recognition for your school

Connecting Classrooms also provides specially developed resources to help you and your partner school explore a number of social, environmental, and cultural themes. Why take part? Connecting Classrooms equips young people with: Greater understanding of other countries and cultures Skills to work in a global economy and build a fairer, more sustainable world Teachers also benefit from gaining understanding of other countries education systems, being better equipped to teach about global issues, and improving their own teaching and curriculum. http://schoolsonline.britishcouncil.org/

BRITISH COUNCIL AUSTRALIA : LEARN ENGLISH ONLINE

The British Council does not provide face-to-face English language courses in Australia but we have a wide range of free online resources to help you improve your English. We have videos, mobile apps, games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises for adults, teenagers and children on our global learner websites.

LEARN ENGLISH FOR KIDS: LearnEnglish Kids is a website for children who are learning English. Kids can have fun with songs, stories, videos, grammar and vocabulary games and lots of other activities. The activities are designed for children to do on their own or with friends, parents and teachers. LEARN ENGLISH FOR TEENS: Are you a teenager learning English or are your teenage children studying English? The LearnEnglish Teens website is designed especially for 13-to-17-year-olds. On the site they can find language practice, tips for exams and help with grammar and vocabulary, as well as fun activities, videos, games and puzzles.

LEARN ENGLISH WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO: We have lots of audio and video materials for language practice. The materials include podcast stories, an audio soap opera, a series of English language teaching TV programmes produced with the BBC and videos that show how to say things correctly in very different situations. http://www.britishcouncil.org.au/english/learn-english

5ESL PRINTABLES.COM: http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/describing_people/

http://www.eslprintables.com/vocabulary_worksheets/describing_people/DESCRIB ING_PEOPLE_2__185743/ DESCRIBING PEOPLE: 3 exercises to practise describing people and the verb have got LEVEL: Elementary AGE: 7-12 http://www.eslprintables.com.es/previewprintables/2010/sep/14/thumb9140037412 747.jpg

WHAT ARE THEY LIKE? : Students read the information from the table and write short texts describing people. LEVEL: Elementary Age: 9- 11

Anglomaniacy.pl ENGLISH FOR KIDS.THE PLACE FOR FUN LEARNING http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/printableExpressions3.htm In this page kids can improve their language working out with printables tools. BRITISH COUNCIL: LEARN ENGLISH KIDS

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/functions/describingpresenting/functions-describing-people This page contain funny games that gain the attention of the students.Practising in this way kids can have fun and also learn in order to improve their language.

6a. I imagine a group of people led by a computer in a written and a verbal way. Surely this must have seemed very unconventional in learning a second language I think this is the reason why at first it did not succeded. b. I think they put more emphasis on language and methodology that is in pedagogical improvements and less on the skill with computers, because by doing this they could improve the communication process of developing understanding and interpreting the different communicative events. They had to do this because people can take into account not only explicit or literal meanings but also the implications of what the sender or the receiver wants to understand but machines can not do that. c. CALL should be based on helping students to learn the language in which they are interested on, in the best way possible. CALL was designed to make students to be more independent, and they could not be through

teachers, perhaps because it is assumed that the learner should be its own teacher.

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