MAY 2012VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 1

FEATURES:• Health tips for stress• Book Review: Phonetics• Hot Spots• Famous Quotes and much much more!

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CONTENT2 Famous Quotes

3 Book Review

4 Fun Class Activities

5 Health and Nutrition

6 Hot tips

7 Education and Special needs

8 A helpful website for a curious teacher

9 Letters to the Editor

10 Dictionary

Television

11 Hot Spots

FAMOUS QUOTES

El estudio no se mide por el número de páginas leí-das en una noche, ni por la cantidad de libros leídos en un semestre. Estudiar no es un acto de consumir ideas, sino de crearlas y recrearlas.

Paulo Freire

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but di-rect them to it by what amus-es their minds, so that you may be better able to discov-er with accuracy the peculiar

bent of the genius of each.

Plato

La niñez es la promesa del mañana. Si no formamos hoy al niño perderemos mañana al joven y al hombre. Si llegamos a tiempo encontraremos tesoros insospechados de

Alberto Hurtado

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Today’s book review is on “Introductory Phonetics and Phonology” by Linda I. House.

The first time I looked at this book, it felt just like Phonetics course all over again . But I don’t mean it in the wrong way; actually , I consider this kind of books a great way to refresh your memory, and encourage you to go on and

check again some basic phonological lessons. This book, gives such a well organized list of

topics, that makes it really easy to follow and see what the author intended: Give the reader the chance to understand sound, word and sentence formation, in its spoken and written form. This is accomplished by the author as she guides the reader through the components of the production of speech sounds. Furthermore, the author leaves no loose ends; she goes from anatomic and physiological aspects to cultural context; which makes the book even more complete; focusing on the reader’s speech and listening skills improvement.

By Camila Opazo.

*You can find its online version (with

limited preview) in Google Book Search.

BOOK REVIEW

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By Guido Riquelme.

FUN CLASS ACTIVITIES

You can always make the class a little bit fun to students, making activities where all of them can participate.

One good option and a big classic is hanging man. You can involve student with the topic of the class and the students must guess the word with a sort of limited opportunities.

Also, a good activity option, if you are

teaching vocabulary, is “making words game” this can result very interesting if you want to know the level of vocabulary of your student. On the board, the teacher writes a set of letters in isolation and the student in pair or

in little groups must write as many

words as they know, that start with that letter, the group with more words wins.

A good option for an activity that you can make with a group of High School students is with a song, if they can choose it is better, and using that song you can make them recognize anything, verb tenses, modal verbs, vocabulary, etc.

A piece of advice if you are working with children, you can give them a price or something like a reward if they win. Also, you must be careful because these games could be fun to children but if you work with adolescents they might get bored.

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IN ADDITION TO THE STRESS WE GET FROM WORK THERE IS ALSO LITTLE TIME FOR OURSELVES. THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH SKIPPING MEALS AND WHAT WE EAT DURING THE DAY.

C O N S E Q U E N T L Y , IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ROUTINE AS YOURS, PROBABLY YOU’LL BE INTERESTED IN OUR NUTRITION TIPS FOR THIS WEEK

TOPIC: HOW TO FIGHT STRESS T H R O U G H NOUR ISH ING

FOOD

�is is a list with some nutritive food that will guide you, just perfectly:

-DAIRY PRODUCTS (MILK, YOGURT AND

CHEESE)

Besides, their highly content of vitamins, proteins and minerals such as magnesium and calcium, they are great with

tension episodes. Moreover, they boost muscular relaxation, and are essential to nourishing our brain with theieasy absorptionsugars.

-DRIED FRUIT They are a great source of minerals, especially magnesium. In addition, studies have shown that,

dealing with stressful situations causes a drop of defenses and at the same time a major need of this mineral. Therefore, its consumption, improves the body resistance against stress.

-FISH Along with being a main source of Omega 3, Fish, is

B-12 (also present in milk). This vitamin is extremely important in producing serotonin, a monoamine n e u r o t r a n s m i t t e r which helps in the balance of a person’s emotional level. By Camila Opazo.

Get up at 7, take a shower, get dressed, have breakfast, go to work,

start working, keep on working, deal with red tape, continue

working, and working…and you guessed it right, Working!

HEALTH & NUTRITION

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For this edition we have prepared to you the best Hot Tips! If you are looking for something funny, interesting or intellectual to do during your free time! Here you are! Cinemark, is

presenting The “Iron Lady” this week. British biographical

of Margaret Thatcher. Go and enjoy it just in Cinemark( Plaza del Trébol) in Concepción!

*You can see it translated or subtitled. *The tickets round between $2500 and $6000 if you prefer it on in 3D.

Theater at Theater is a musical play by the Universidad de Concepcion orchestra. The main purpose of it, is to represent, the historical evolution of music through classical pieces of

If you like airplanes, and your dream is to

cannot miss this amazing event!

During May, Concepción

community the option of

The activity will take place in Carriel Sur Airport, and the ticket will cost $10.000. Once you pay the fare you will be able

the surroundings areas as Hualpén, Talcahuano, Bío- Bío river and other places.

20 minutes! isn’t it amazing ? They will be waiting for you from Saturday to Sunday from 8.30 until 18.30!

HOT TIPS

music plays. If you are a student, you can enjoy it on Thursday and Friday at 10.00 and 12.00; General audience can see it on Sunday at 19.00.GA $6.000 -Students $2.500 - Balcony $2.000

By Roberto Cáceres

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By Guido Riquelme.

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When we have a child in our group with SEN or Special Education Needs, could mean, that this child might have learning difficulties, behavioral problems or emotional issues. These 3 problems are the most common in students with SEN. Logically, a child with SEN tends to learn slower than the rest of the group and for this reason, as a teacher, we need to put an emphasis on that student. But the teacher must be careful doing this, for the reason that the students with SEN, frequently, primary school students, are ashamed of this situation and the special treatment doesn’t help much. Also, many teachers make mistakes at the moment of having a student with special education needs, like making everything easier to him (e.g. evaluations) that is not a good way of helping the student, because we have to try that SEN students overcome their difficulties. A piece of advice to teachers that have students with SEN in his or her group is at the end of the class summarizes the content as simple as possible. By Guido Riquelme

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A HELPFUL WEBSITE FOR A CURIOUS TEACHER

Among the thousands of websites that I run into everyday, my pick for today is http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk. As the website’s name says, we do learn something every day, a moral teaching, a word...But with this website, you’ll learn some curious, and to my consideration unknown facts about very diverse topics.

Perhaps, you wonder why did I choose this website… Here’s my explanatory answer.

As teachers, we do not have to be only focused on our subject and the students’ performance, we should also be aware of what’s going on around us, whether it is a local news, a worldwide event, etc. Because we are a source of knowledge, we neither be ignorant nor an encyclopedia, yet we have to update our hard drive, because if we don’t, we will be left behind and loose a valuable opportunity to experience something new with our students.

By Camila Opazo.

Take a look at these facts !

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Student’s Priorities

Richard Manson

Universities and Diversity

Robert Smith

Teacher and T-shirtGoing on casual clothes could be accepted for informal professions,

but are teachers allowed to go on casual

clothes when they are teaching in a classroom? The other day I went to a conference, which was given by Richard Albert and English man expert on teaching through TIC’s, and he was wearing a simple t-shirt and pair of trousers. I did not notice if he was less intelligent or less admired because of that, so I asked to myself, Should we, as teachers, allow institutions to for us dress in a formal way ?

Jhon Lenox

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR By Roberto Cáceres

TIC’s TIC TIC’s have taught us how to use technology in an educational way, but do we need to do everything in this way? What about the fact that students lose too much time

their homework, essentially TIC’s are important on the teaching process, but

Martin Cartrige

Society has learned to deal with protests so have I, but I’ve been wondering to myself, If are really

students worried about improving education’s quality? Are all those

protests in pro of education improvement? Surely, there are

certain students who will give everything to defend their

educational rights, but as them, we can also find those who are not

worried about it, they just want to lose classes or protest against

social unfairness; instead of supporting student’s movement.

Well, on the surface it may appear that students’ protests are well

founded, but we have to consider which the authentic intentions are.

Diversity at universities is a real fact and has been growing extremely fast these lately years, but personally, I think we still do not assume that in case of disable people, some of the edifications were not built in the right way,

some way we do.

they do not allow disable people to come in with a wheelchair, for example,although, we try to be fair anddo not discriminate people, in someway we do.

we neeed to take care of what children really do in front of

the computer

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Andar al tres y al cuatro: (In Chilean schools, the grade system ranges from one to seven, thus to be between three and four is to be on the verge of failing.) 1- To do badly in one’s studies.Ex. “No se que hacer con este ramo , ando apenas al tres y al cuatro.” Calentarse el mate: To be very deeply involved in or to repeatedly think about sth /someone. Ex. “Tuve que parar de leer

ovudna em es ,otar nucalentando el mate”.

Chamullar: To create a story that is base don a lie Ex. “No sabía que poner, así que empecé a chamullar no más” Como las Reverendas: Really bad, horrible.Ex. Yo creo que llegué hasta aquí no más, porque me fue como las reverendas”. No entender ni jota: To not understand anything .

Ex. “Aunque hablo solutítbus sol nis ,sélgni

no entiendo ni jota lo que dicen”.

Estar con el alma en un hilo: To be overly nervous or anxious about sth. Ex.”El profe no da nunca las notas, me tiene con el alma en un hilo.” Estar al otro lado: To be safe: to have passed danger or to have overcome the

of something. Ex. “Con este trabajo estoy al otro lado ”.

Capo-a: Brilliant, very intelligent.

Ex “Esta mina se ve piolita pero es capa”

Hacerla de oro: To do sth perfectly. Ex. “La hice de oro. Me conseguí la prueba con el otro curso.”

An English lexicon of chilean slang and sayings

By Camila Opazo.

Probably, as any other teacher , after an evaluation you hear students talking about how they did , or how difficult or easy was the test for them,etc. Thus, today’s words

DICTIONARY TELEVISION

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By Guido Riquelme.

The popular TV show,” Glee” , is about to conclude its 3rd season. Glee is not all about singing, it shows the different realities of a group of high school students. These students are the common stereotypes of an out casted group, like the bully and the bullied, the “queen bee” cheerleader, the Jock, and because Glee is about singing it cannot miss the drama queen Broadway singer wannabe. The strong message of Glee is embrace your difference, being proud of it. The teacher, William Schuester or Mr. Schue played by Mathew Morrison, has a great role in this TV show; he helps his students, the glee club, to go ahead with everything that they want, helping them in everything they want to succeed. In every teacher should exist a little Mr. Schue that supports the student in anything, advising or correcting them if they are wrong.

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HOT SPOTS

“Saltos Del Laja Waterfalls”

By Roberto Cáceres

“Bio Bio River Mouth” One of the most fascinating places in the Region of Bio Bio, Chile. It is the place where Bio Bio river,one of the longest rivers in Chile, joins the sea. Thesight is extremely awesome, millions of touristscome here every year and they got impressed by thepure nature and the connection with the ocean.

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HOT SPOTS

480 km from the capital city Santiago, You can find one of the most beautiful waterfalls of Chile. Also in the 8th region , Saltos del Laja Waterfalls are four waterfalls that born in River Laja on the mountains, and formed together a natural wonder. These

waterfalls can be seen from the road on the way to Los Angeles or Yumbel, but most of the tourists park their cars and stay there, they can take the tour and probably have lunch, dinner or some other meal. Visiting the waterfalls is for free and the services as

hotels, restaurants are opened during the

entire day, thewhole year. And it is not expensive! A very recommendable and wonderful place to visit if you like nature and why not, going on swimming under the waterfalls.

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HOT SPOTS

Chile and especially, the 8th Region, not only offers primitive nature and beautiful landscapes, but also cultural and historical places, which are worthy to be known. One of them is “El Chiflón del Diablo”. “El Chiflón Del Diablo” is one of the eldest coal mines and it is located in Lota, 8th Region, Bio Bio, Chile. Because of the earthquake, lived by Chilean people, the mine was closed for a short period of time, but the inferior bases resisted the strong movements and now you can go and visit it, as part of a tour which takes you from the beginning to the end of the history of the mine, the guide tells you anecdotes, important facts, information about mine, founders everything you want to know. It is also important to mention that part of the mine is under the Pacific Ocean so you must be very brave and take your chance! But it is totally affirmed that you would live an exciting and unforgettable experience.

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