Barcelona - Mayo 2013

Bienvenido al Sistema Vocatic Nivel 1:

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Presente continuo Futuro con go Pasado continuo Presente simple Pasado simple Presente perfecto P. P. continuo Futuro con will Condicional Imperativo

Resolucin de los conflictos IKEA y el consumismo Cleopatra Puedes cambiar tu vida? Cmo elegir una esposa La homosexualidad es antinatural? Las Famosas El significado de los sueos Cmo ser ms atractivo y listo El simbolismo estadounidense Viajar por el espacio la realidad Ser padre Como sobrevivir al fin de una relacin Las drogas La religin La pornografa y el declive de la civilizacin Los celos iPhone no tan smart! La integridad Todo es estrategia

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INTRODUCCIN AL CURSO - TUTORIAL

Tu problema no es el mtodo el problema eres t.

Tu profesor, Rokeby Lynch

Lo primero que voy a decirte, Rookie, es que te olvides de la idea de que el mtodo para aprender un idioma tiene tanta importancia. Muchos de nuestros estudiantes han hecho un montn de cursos, se han suscrito a un montn de pginas webs y han asistido a un montn de escuelas. Su vida lingstica es como la bsqueda del Santo Grial esperando una solucin mgica ya que NINGN MTODO les ha funcionado. Rookie, voy a ser sincero contigo: tu problema no es el mtodo el problema eres t. En muchos casos, este problema es la dificultad para realizar proyectos que requieren gestin del tiempo, repeticin, y la capacidad de tolerar el aburrimiento tres cualidades necesarias para aprender un idioma. S que normalmente los profesores dicen que aprender un idioma es divertido, pero yo no estoy de acuerdo. Si aprender un idioma fuera divertido, la gente pasara el viernes por la noche aprendiendo idiomas.

Diferente es hablar un idioma eso si es divertido sin embargo, para aprender a hablar tienes que pasar por los pasos menos interesantes. Estos pasos la gramtica, memorizar palabras, repetir normas etc son los que impiden a la gente aprender. Como estos pasos no necesitan inteligencia sino algn tipo de resistencia y determinacin, podemos ver que verdaderamente el factor ms importante no es el mtodo es la fortaleza mental del alumno. Por eso decimos en Vocatic que tu camino es ms psicolgico que lingstico es un reto personal. Para realizar este reto voy a pedirte algo que es en contra de la filosofa de Vocatic: voy a pedirte que dejes de pensar. Porque?

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Porque yo tengo todo lo que necesitas para que domines el ingls y el nico que puede fastidiarlo eres

Cuando lleguemos a algunos temas de este curso como la cultura y el desarrollo personal espero que pienses mucho espero que t desarrolles tus propias ideas pero cuando nos toquen temas de vocabulario, gramtica y cosas aburridas, djamelo a m y haz lo que te diga! Si si, entiendo que la actitud de la gente hoy en da es a mi nadie me dice lo que tengo que hacer pero es simple: t haz lo que te digo y dominars el idioma si no haces lo que te digo NO VAS A APRENDER NUNCA sers un esclavo eterno de tu lengua materna. As que, Rookie, tu primera leccin es matricularte con la mentalidad correcta para realizar tu reto. Tienes que dejar de exigir que tus clases sean divertidas y tienes que dejar de pasar tu vida descargando montones de podcasts, cursos, juegos, mtodos y todo lo que ponga English. Ya tenemos en Vocatic los audios, los libros y los profesores que necesitas. En vez de buscar mtodos y escuelas, busca dentro de ti la fuerza mental para seguir este curso hasta el final. Okay, perfecto, nos vemos en la primera clase vocabulario 1a.

Tutorial 2

Tu primera misin aprende sesenta palabras en una semana.

Hola, me llamo Rokeby Lynch. Mi padre es de Estados Unidos, mi madre de Irlanda, yo nac en Inglaterra, vivo en Espaa, y mis hijos van a una escuela catalana y a decir verdad, estoy un poco confundido sobre la vida. Sin embargo, una cosa sobre la que no estoy confundido para nada es como aprender un idioma. Esta certeza proviene de muchos aos de enseanza e investigacin y me ha conducido a entender algo muy importante y lo quiero compartir contigo en este tutorial: que el factor ms importante de tu listening, de tu speaking y generalmente de tu habilidad para aprender ingls, es vocabulario. Piensa en lo que voy a decir y recuerdalo bien. Un idioma consiste en palabras y si t no sabes estas palabras no sabes este idioma. En Vocatic hacemos cursos residenciales que se llaman inmersin bsicamente nos vamos a un hotel en el campo y comemos demasiado, bebemos demasiado, pero lo ms importante el

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hablamos ingls todo el tiempo. El mes pasado fui con unos ejecutivos y una mujer queria aprender ingles americano porque tena un cliente de los Estados Unidos y no poda entenderle. Ella me explico esto en un ingls muy bsico y yo tuve que decirle la verdad. Que su problema no era con el ingls americano sino con el ingls en general. y punto. Ella no saba las palabras fundamentales del idioma en el que el cliente le estaba hablando claro. no poda entenderle ni hablarle. En pocas palabras. Su speaking y listening estaban inhabilitados por una falta de vocabulario. Esto suena obvio pero es increble cmo la gente gasta su dinero y tiempo en productos complejos para aprender ingls cuando su problema es muy simple no saben suficientes palabras. Otra cosa importante es que como el desconocimiento del vocabulario es la fuente de muchos problemas, un buen vocabulario es la fuente de mucho xito. Yo he visto ao tras ao que los alumnos que se centran desde el principio en adquirir palabras la base fundamento de un idioma cogen el resto mucho ms rpido. As que, quiero que tengas claro tu prioridad es el vocabulario. Si vienes con un nivel bsico, tienes que aprender las mil palabras ms usadas en ingls. Si vienes con un nivel intermedio, tienes que identificar y cazar despiadadamente las palabras que te faltan de las mil ms usadas.

Tu primera misin Aprende sesenta palabras

Tu primera misin es iniciar una estrategia clara para asimilar el vocabulario y utilizarla para aprender sesenta palabras en una semana. Cuando veas que eres capaz de hacer progreso verdadero y medible desde la primera semana (en este caso aprender 60 palabras) tu motivacin y probabilidad de xito aumentar. Abajo tienes las primeras 3 unidades del libro de vocabulario, Wordbank (el audio con pronunciacin est en el archivo zip). 60 palabras en 7 das.

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Un sistema de 5 pasos para la adquisicin de vocabulario

PASO 1 PASO 1 INSTRUCCIONES Lee la siguiente lista de palabras y escucha la pronunciacin (el audio esta en el archivo zip).

PASO 2

Able About Accept Accident Actor Actually Add Advert Advice Affect Account Bank Card Cash Cash-point Shop Shopping Cheap Expensive Life

ser capaz sobre / acerca de aceptar accidente actor de hecho / en realidad sumar / aadir anuncio consejo afectar cuenta banco tarjeta efectivo cajero tienda las compras barato caro vida

PASO 2 INSTRUCCIONES Utiliza este espacio para memorizar las palabras. Puedes escribirlas varias veces en ingls, as como su equivalente en espaol. Hay otros estudiantes que dibujan mind maps (mapas mentales).

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Todays word-chain: money!

Class activities: Speaking Visual Vocabulary. Talk about the photo above, identifying and using as many as the words from todays list as possible. Class activities: Speaking Basic use. Each student has to think of a sentence that uses the target word.

PASO 3 - Ejemplos y conversacin con Justin (opcional) PASO 3 INSTRUCCIONES 1. Are you able to sing like (como) Pavaroti? 2. What is the film Jurrasic Park about? 3. Do bars accept credit cards?* 4. Whos your favourite actor? 5. Am I actually a Russian spy? 6. Whats the name of your bank? 7. Add 2 and 2. 8. What's the most stupid advert on television? 9. Give me some advice on love. 10. Does alcohol affect your emotions? 11. Have you got a Swiss bank account? 12. Name two types of card? 13. Where is your cash and credit card? 14. Whats a cash-point? 15. Do you like clothes shops? 16. Do you like shopping with women? 17. Is it cheap to live in Spain? 18. Can mobile telephones cause car accidents? (can = poder) 19. Is life expensive in Madrid? 20. Do you love life? (*Aceptan?) En este caso, do funciona como verbo auxiliar, no como verbo (hacer). Subraya la palabra clave. Responde a las preguntas EN VOZ ALTA, utilizando las palabras que acabas de aprender.

PASO 4 STEP 4 INSTRUCTIONS afectar cuenta banco tarjeta efectivo cajero vida tienda las compras barato caro de hecho / en realidad sumar / aadir anuncio consejo ser capaz sobre / acerca de aceptar actor accidente Ahora que has concluido todos los pasos, comprueba que has asimilado las palabras. Hay que traducirlas en ingls.

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PASO 2

Again Against Ago All Allowed Almost Alone / Only Already Also Although Agree Disagree Angry Unpleasant Fight Watch-out Dangerous Help All right Alive

otra vez contra hace (aos, das, etc.) todo permitido casi solo / slo* ya tambin aunque estar de acuerdo no estar de acuerdo enfadado desagradable pelear / luchar cuidado peligroso ayudar bien vivo

Solo / slo tiene 2 significados en ingls Alone - solo (solitario, sin compaa) y only (slo, nico). 1. Yo vivo solo I live alone. 2. Slo tengo tres minutos I only have 3 minutes.

Class activities: Speaking Visual Vocabulary. Talk about the photo above, identifying and using as many as the words from todays list as possible. Class activities: Speaking Basic use. Each student has to think of a sentence that uses the target word.

ALPHABETICAL WORD-CHAIN

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Todays word-chain: disagreement

PASO 3 - Ejemplos y conversacin (opcional)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Would you like to go to Disneyland again and again? *te gustara? would = conditional Who won* the game Bayern Munich against Barcelona in May 2013? *quin gan? What hair-style did you have* fifteen years ago? *tenas? Do you like* all the Greek islands? *te gusta? Are people allowed to smoke on trains and in restaurants? Are you almost a hundred years old? Can man live on bread and water alone? Are you already tired of English? Are you also studying German?

10. Although they can't see, do blind people watch television? 11. Do you agree that Argentinians talk alot? *ests de acuerdo? 12. Do you disagree that Irish men are bad in bed? 13. Are you angry today? 14. Is smoking unpleasant? 15. Is fighting a good form of exercise? 16. If someone is about to fall* down a hole*, what do you say? *a punto de caer... agujero 17. Is swimming in the sea dangerous? 18. Do you help old people to cross the road? 19. Is it all right for me to use your car later*? *later ms tarde 20. Is Elvis Presley alive?

PASO 4

cuidado peligroso ayudar bien vivo todo permitido casi solo / slo ya tambin aunque otra vez contra hace (aos, meses etc) estar de acuerdo no estar de acuerdo enfadado desagradable pelear

PASO 1 This / That These / Those Be Very Well Have Have to Must There is / There are Where When Who What Why Which But And Or There Here esto/a/e eso/a/e * estos/as esos/as ser / estar muy bien tener tener que deber (verbo) hay** donde cuando quien qu?** / lo que por qu cual pero y o all / all aqu

PASO 2

Class activities: Speaking Visual Vocabulary. Talk about the photo above, identifying and using as many as the words from todays list as possible. Class activities: Speaking Basic use. Each student has to think of a sentence that uses the target word.

WORD-CHAIN

*Otro significado de that = que: Me dicen que pan es barato They tell me that bread is cheap. ** Si hablas de algo en singular se usa There is (theres). Si hablas de algo en plural se usa There are (therere).

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PASO 3 - Ejemplos y conversacin (opcional)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Is this a beautiful classroom? Are these your books? Are you a clown (payaso)? Are you a very rich man? Is it true that you can sing very well? (true verdad) Have you got two wives? (wives esposas) How many times* have you got to go to work tomorrow? (*cuntas veces?) Is it true that all pupils in this class must kiss the teachers feet at the end of course? Are there more female directors than male in Hollywood?

10. Where is Ottawa? Where is Paris? And where is Timbuktu? 11. When is Christmas, when is your birthday and when is the weekend? 12. Who is the president of Egypt? 13. What are you thinking about? 14. Why do you live here - in this town / city? 15. In which American city is there an Eiffel tower? 16. Are you beautiful but stupid? 17. Are you half Irish and half Nigerian? 18. Do you prefer rice or pasta, or do you like to eat rice and pasta together? 19. Is there a Spanish textbook over there on that desk? 20. Can you come here and give me fifty Euros?

PASO 4

esto/a/e eso/a/e estos/as esos/as bien muy ser / estar tener tener que deber (verbo) hay (singular) hay (plural) pero dnde cundo quin qu por qu cul y o all / all aqu

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Okay Rookie, utiliza esta hoja para combrobar que sepas las 60 palabras.

This / That These / Those Be Very Well Have Have to Must There is / There are Where When Who What Why Which But And Or There Here Again Against Ago All Allowed Almost Alone / Only Already Also Although Agree Disagree Angry Unpleasant Fight Watch-out Dangerous Help All right Alive Able About Accept Accident Actor Actually Add Advert Advice Affect Account Bank Card Cash Cash-point Shop Shopping Cheap Expensive Life

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LISTENING

Perfecto ahora vamos a hacer una clase de Listening, Reading y Speaking, y si te has preguntado porque tenemos msica irlandesa al principio del audio, es por las races de Vocatic. De los cuatro fundadores de Vocatic, dos son de Irlanda, una de Mxico y otra de Espaa.

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THEME: WAR & PEACE 1a. Conflict Resolution 1b. Business feuds 1c. Peloponnesian war
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Vocabulario 1a (Unas palabras que vas a escuchar en el listening)

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Peaceful: tranquilo Make sure: asegurar Such as: tal como Wrong: incorrecto / no tener razn Sides: lados

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Ahora es el momento de repetir las palabras de hoy Peaceful: tranquilo, Wrong: incorrecto, Such as: tal como, Make sure: asegurar y Sides: lados. Okay, vamos a escuchar el audio de esta semana, pero recuerda, esta clase es slo un mdulo de la experiencia de aprendizaje nica llamada Vocatic. Visita Vocatic.com y comienza a mejorar tu carrera, tu cultura general, y tu ingls. Descarga la versin gratuita ... ahora!

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Listening Bsico - Harmony: 1b

Its my opinion that education teaches us many things how to read, how to write, and how to work with numbers. However, the one thing our education system doesnt teach us is how to live. A good example of something they dont teach you in school that is important for your personal and professional life is conflict resolution. Divorce, business problems, fights with friends, problems with bosses, our lives are literally full of conflict and the way we manage those conflicts is very important for our future. I believe that if everybody learns the basics of conflict resolution they will be better parents, children, husbands, wives, bosses, workers and in general better people. Well, we have approximately three minutes in this podcast, Can I teach you some basic conflict resolution? Not really, but I will teach you one thing. You must learn to be more flexible in a conflict and accept that often, many of the things you believe to be true in a conflict are not as true as you think. For example - many conflicts depend on something that happened or something said, or something agreed in the past but the two of you remember what you said differently. It has been scientifically demonstrated that most people including you remember what they want: they edit the facts and take what is convenient to their argument and eliminate the rest. This is fundamental to conflict resolution because often we are 100% certain that our version of the facts is correct. If you know anything about anything, however, you know that humans remember subjectively and that in a conflict you are probably not remembering the whole story. If you know that and always keep in your mind this important fact about human memory it will help you to be more flexible and open in a conflict. Okay, my friends, that all all we have time for but remember life is full of conflict and the same way you must learn to navigate words and numbers at school, you must learn to navigate life, and conflict resolution is an important part of that. Good bye.

Listening Intermedio - Harmony: 1b

In 1977 John Lennon composed Imagine - his classic song about universal peace and a world without conflict; and what an appropriate name for the song, because unfortunately a world without conflict can only exist in the imagination. Conflict is everywhere, and it has permanent consequences; divorce with its effect on husband, wife and children being the best example. Even if you have a peaceful life, a disagreement can emerge at any moment at work or in the family, and often, your friendships, marriage and career, depend on how you manage these disagreements. So today, lets look at five principles that help both sides in a conflict arrive at a compromise. Number 1: Be realistic: Most conflicts are not black and white, right and wrong almost always its grey, with right and wrong on both sides. So stop being a fundamentalist.

Number 3: Be intelligent: Intelligent people know two scientifically demonstrated phenomena selective memory, and cognitive distortion. Basically, people remember what they want, and when looking for evidence they only look at the facts that are convenient, and eliminate the rest. This is human instinct, therefore you must remember that its impossible you are being truly objective.

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Number 2: Be humble (humilde): There have been many times in your life where you were absolutely convinced you were right. But later you saw you were wrong. Therefore, you can never be certain that this is not the case in your current conflict. So chill out.

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Number 4: Be empathy (empatia): During a conflict you must imagine everything the other person has passed through; the circumstances, misfortunes and factors that make them feel what they feel. When you see through their eyes you will be ready to compromise. Number 5: Be cautious (cauteloso): winning a conflict, whether its a legal action or a schoolboy fight, does not end there. The greater your apparent victory the more angry an opponent you leave behind you. Human beings love revenge, and if you have humiliated somebody and left them with nothing you can guarantee that conflict will return. Always, therefore, make sure both sides leave the fight with something. Okay, thats it. so, taking these five principles together, youre now ready to enter a conflict with the right state of mind, which can be summarised as: calm down, open your mind, and get ready to compromise. However, those five points are all about attitude. In the complete Vocatic seminar on conflict we also look at other aspects: behaviour, for example, and the tone of your voice; logistical aspects such as never conducting conflicts by e-mail or Wassap; and special cases like toxic people who can never resolve anything. For the moment, however, thats all we have time for, and all I will say in conclusion is that whatever philosophy of conflict resolution you follow make sure you have one. Not having a conflict strategy is like fighting in the dark, and is as dangerous for you as it is for those who surround you. Ok, me gustara terminar nuestra clase de hoy pidindoles un aporte a los estudiante. Tu tarea de escritura esta semana ser visitar nuestra pgina web Vocatic.com o nuestra pgina de Facebook Vocatic escuela - y que nos cuentes lo que has aprendido en tu vida sobre la resolucin de conflictos. Queremos que compartas con los dems estudiantes algn consejo que tengas sobre el tema. Bueno ... muchas gracias y nos vemos la semana que viene.

Listening questions
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Why is imagine an appropriate name for the song? What example does Rokeby give of a conflict with permanent consequences? What are the favourite colours of a fundamentalist believer in their own argument? There is a scientifically demonstrated phenomenon which shows people only choose certain types of facts in a conflict. Which facts? Is e-mail a good medium through which to conduct a conflict?

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All of us have a different persona for different contexts as a parent, as a sportsman, as a boss, as a negotiator. Give the class a brief 1 minute profile of your conflict personality and general conduct in

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a conflict. To objectify it, speak in third person about yourself. For example Jennys motto is simple shes always right and shell fight to the death rather than accept the contrary etc etc What were/are the majority of your conflicts about as a teenager with your parents? Can you tell us a specific story? What could both sides have done better to reduce the amount of conflict? Is physical violence justified in the following circumstances: someone verbally insults and humiliates you? Someone verbally insults and humiliates your mum? Your best friend sleeps with your wife/husband/boy/girlfriend? What do you do if someone jumps in front of you in a queue and refuses to move? What are the three most common types of argument between spouses and boy/girlfriends? Do you think that relationship counselling can work or that once a relationship is dead its dead? Try and give specific reasons. How is it possible that some conflicts like the Palestinian Israeli problem can go on for so many years despite numerous presidents, experts, agreements and interventions? Try to avoid a political discussion and refer to each state as State A or State B instead of directly naming Israel. Why is it that for all of its history Europe was at war, yet there has been no war in Western Europe since the 1940s? What has caused the elimination of armed conflict? Can you tell us about a serious incidence of conflict in the workplace you have witnessed or experienced personally? Talk about a previous company if you cannot talk about your current job. How was the conflict resolved? What are the 5 most annoying things people do on Facebook? Is it possible to have a conflict over something on Facebook. Do you agree with Rokebys advice that you shouldnt have conflicts by email or Wassap? How do you define a toxic person?

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Listening answers

Because according to Rokeby a world without conflict can only be achieved in our imagination. Divorce. Black and white. Convenient ones.

En la prxima clase:

Spotify, IKEA obsesin, Consumismo, Waterloo.

60 palabras ms, y nuevos profesores: Sophie Frost y Justin Walters (UK, Canada)

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Vamos a cometer un asesino: vas a colaborar?

Nos vemos en la prxima clase Un abrazo - xoxo.

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