May 16th: TASKS FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS

Dear Students,

There's no class this May 23th, we are back until May 30th. My advice for you is to use the time wisely. You already know the up-coming activities and may already start with them:

1) Essay (10% of your final grade), Due date: June 13th

Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 paragraph. 1 page introduction, at least 2 page body, and 1 page conclusion.

Topic: you have two options for choice:

• Read a Book in English and make a review that includes some facts about the author, a summary, your opinion, and explain why did you choose this book. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COPY A SUMMARY FROM THE INTERNET.


• "My own personal view/opinion about the swine flu". Prior writing your essay, watch a movie about diseases (Outbreak, Resident Evil, I'm Legend, The Happening, Quarantine (Rec), 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead, etc.). Describe in 1 or 2 paragraph the plot or main ideas of the movie. The paper is not about the movie, but about your opinion! Here are some hints for you to fill the paper: How was this disease (influenza) originated? How are the events in the movie similar/different from those that are happening in our country? How do I feel in relation to the sanitary measures? In what extent do I believe in this disease? Have the authorities made a good work to prevent the infection spread or are they exagerating? What do I think about other countries' views towards us? Do I believe that somehow the events in the movie could happen? EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING, WHETER YOU BELIEVE OR NOT YOU NEED TO JUSTIFY WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT INFLUENZA.

Whether the topic you choose AVOID SENSELESS CONTENT TO FILL THE PAGES!

2) Prepare your 2m speech with a power point presentation. Include in a slide all the vocabulary that we need to know prior your presentation. You'll explain to the audience the definitions. Due date: May 30th.

3) Homework, besides your speech, your homework is to send your plan to my e-mail address. Please, only 1 person per team!


Questions? Write me an email.



Regards,



Jaime

May 9th: Let them decide!

Dear students,

This is the homework from our last class on May 9th.

1) Prepare a 2m speech with a powerpoint presentation.

- Include a slide with your vocabulary highlights, you'll explain to the audience your list of unusual terms.

- Do not read it!

- Topic: Extreme or unusual sports

Due date: May 16th.

2) Prepare for your 8th Quiz.

a) The political staff members usually consist of:

Campaign manager: will coordinate the team effort, overall performance, and campaign's operations. Besides the candidate, the campaign manager is the most visible leader.

Consultant: will advise campaigns on virtually all of their activities. Ads are usually designed by them.

Activits: are the "foot soldiers" loyal to the cause, perform volunteer activities such as canvassing door to door or making phone calls on behalf of a campaign.

Candidate: is the indidvidual who seeks or is in nomination for an office, prize, or honor.

Identify the common association of colors and symbols:

Red: socialism and/or communism.

Yellow: liberalism, capitalism, and judaism.

Black: anarchism or fascism

Blue: conservatism

Light Blue: peace, United Nations

Gray: liberalism during the 19th century

Brown: nazism

Green: environmentalism

Orange: nationalism, populism

White: pacifism (peace)

Purple: monarchism

Liberalism: emphasizes the individual rights (such as freedom of though and speech; limitations on power of government; and the right on private property.

Conservatism: support for traditions and values.

Capitalism: economic system in which wealth and the means of producing wealth are privately owned.

Socialism: grows out of capitalism it is the first form of a new society.

Communism: is a further development or "higher" stage of socialism.

Fascism: advocates the creation of a single-party  state and promotes the unification and expansion of influence, power or control of their nation

Anarchism: considers the state as oppresive and undesirable and should be abolished.

Environmentalism:  concerned for the conservation and improvement of the environment.

9-MAYO: AVISO IMPORTANTE

Buenas Tardes Maestros y Personal Admón.-R

Reciban un cordial saludo, y a su vez me permito informarles lo siguiente: Por indicaciones del Director del CIDEB el Dr. Socorro Guajardo González, y con el visto bueno del Rector de la UANL el Ing. José A. Treviño González este sábado 9 de mayo regresamos a clases como estaba previsto en nuestro calendario. Por lo cual se les pide que difundan e informen del mismo a sus estudiantes y sus padres de familia vía email.

Las indicaciones a seguir al entrar al edificio del CIDEB serán las siguientes:

*Maestros y alumnos deberán portar cubre bocas.

*Todos deberán lavarse las manos antes de entrar al edificio.

*Los estudiantes deberán tener el menor contacto posible con sus compañeros.

* Los estudiantes no podrán compartir, ni prestar sus útiles escolares: lápices, sacapuntas, plumas, borrador, libros, libretas etc.

*Maestros y Personal Admón. deberán de prestar especial atención los estudiantes que presente cualquier síntoma de influenza A(H1N1) {So far most people who have contracted the new A (H1N1) virus have experienced influenza-like symptoms (such as sore throat, cough, runny nose, fever, malaise, headache, joint/muscle pain)} y en caso de detectar a alguien con un síntoma, deberán hablarles a sus padres para que pasen por él lo antes posible.

Al respecto, les solicito compartir la información con sus estudiantes, así como con los padres y madres de familia para su conocimiento, difusión y cumplimiento en sus respectivos ámbitos de responsabilidad.

Sin otro particular por ahora, y agradeciendo de antemano la seriedad y profesionalismo con los que difundirán, supervisarán y acompañarán el cumplimiento de las medidas señaladas en los materiales oficiales anexos, quedo como siempre a su disposición y les envío nuestros mejores deseos de salud y bienestar para ustedes, para sus seres queridos, y para el alumnado a su cargo.

Atentamente,

Lic. Mónica Denise Molina Estrada
Coordinadora del Departamento de Extensión
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Educación Bilingüe
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónAve. Lázaro Cardenas Ote. s/n Unidad Mederos C.P. 64930Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Estimados alumnos,

Recuerden traer su material (marcadores, tijeras, pegamento, revistas o periódico) para participar en la actividad de la campaña electoral. Hágamos el esfuerzo por seguir las indicaciones ya mencionadas.

**No  olviden que tenemos dos tareas: los ejercicios 1 y 2 de las hojas que les entregué el sábado y documentarse para la actividad que arriba menciono.

**No olviden estudiar para el quiz #7 sobre el vocabulario de "Visual Media" que ya conocen: media, nevertheless, household, disatissfied, furthermore, channel surf, advertising, entre otras.

Gracias.