THANK YOU

I just want to thank you for all your warm greetings and best wishes.

ORAL EXAMS

The oral exam is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your knowledge, your speaking skills, as well as your ability to communicate. You must listen carefully to the questions, and answer directly.

Preparation:
* Write out questions you expect to be asked
* Discuss answering techniques with students from other levels or who have had the test.

* Practice answering with classmates.
* Practice in a similar setting, in front of a mirror, to evaluate your "manner"
The Exam
* Look and act professional! Create a good impression.

* Turn off cell phones.
* Give the teachers all of your attention; look interested and smile!

* Keep good posture and eye contact;If there are distractions (noise outside, etc,) you may mention your distraction and/or nervousness.
* Stay focused through the interview.

* Be an intelligent listener as well as talker.
* Do not ramble if you do not know an answer. State directly that you do not know the answer

* Maintain your self-confidence and composure even if you feel the interview is not going well.

* Answer questions with more than "yes" or "no".

* Demonstrate your knowledge by improvising if necessary

* If you have questions or comments on either the questions or your performance, do not hesitate to speak with the teacher.

* Do not challenge the teacher, but seek to understand your performance.

MONDAY MORNING

This is a song to start a good week. It's by Gepe and it's called Celosia , from Hungria album.

MECHONEO AND WELCOME PARTY CD

Andrea González is distributing the CD with the images from the "Mechoneo" and Welcome party . She is probably leaving the copies in my office .If you are interested in a CD, leave a comment .

STUDENTS

I am learning to upload powerpoint presentations. I hope it works

FATHER'S DAY

This coming sunday is Father's day . I chose this song for you and I wish you could pay attention to the lyric.
The Living Years
Mike & The Mechanics

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thoughts
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got

You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talkin' in defense

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts

So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

Say it loud, say it clear
Say it loud
Don't give up
Don't give in
And don't know what you can do next

15 MINUTES OF FAME

Complete the following survey in English or Spanish.

Copy and paste from here...

The dream of : ( your name ,or nick)

1. A trip:
2. An event:
3. A meeting with:
4. A song:
5. An object:
6. A film or TV show:
7. A job:
8. A house in:
9. A band or singer:
10. A talent:

NATIONAL ANTHEM

This is one of Radiohead's songs I like the most. It's sort of hypnotic .I am learning to upload "new stuff" to our blogspot.

DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND?

I found this video in Youtube and it is about Cockney accent , especifically about Cockney rhyming slangs

This is what I understood and then ...¿¿¿¿¿¿¿??????

"A lot of people have asked if I can do a Cockney accent , so I'm keeping with a fake language theme and some of my videos I thought I do a cockney accent with some fake cockney rhyming slang ... "

The term Cockney refers to working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. Here is an example of a Rhyming slang which consists of replacing words with short phrases which include a word which rhymes with the original one (and sometimes removing the rhyming part). For instance, the term "boat race" (or just "boat") might be used to refer to a person's "face", "plates of meat" (or just "plates") would mean "feet", and "bees and honey" (or just "bees") would mean "money".

The origins of rhyming slang are disputed. It remains a matter of speculation as to whether it was a linguistic accident or whether it was developed intentionally to confuse non-locals. If deliberate, it might have simply been used to maintain a sense of community; or to be used in the marketplace for vendors to talk amongst themselves without customers knowing what they were saying; or it may have been used by criminals to confuse the police and tax collectors.

COTE AND HER SON

Maria José and her "son" in USA. Collin from Portland Oregon. She was his babysitter during 2006 summer holidays. The McNamee family still misses the Chilean tortillas that she made .

THE REASON (KARAOKE VERSION)

After the big success of "The Reason" by Hoobastank. I've decided to upload a better Karaoke version of the song. Sing and enjoy.

MARIA REINA IN BRECKENRIDGE

Maria Reina , 3rd year student, was in Breckenridge Colorado USA from December to April 2007. This is a picture taken while she was snowboarding.

A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL ;PANAMA

This is the long version of the original Palindrome: A man ,a plan a canal; Panama

A man, a plan, a caret, a ban, a myriad, a sum, a lac, a liar, a hoop, a pint, a catalpa, a gas, an oil, a bird, a yell, a vat, a caw, a pax, a wag, a tax, a nay, a ram, a cap, a yam, a gay, a tsar, a wall, a car, a luger, a ward, a bin, a woman, a vassal, a wolf, a tuna, a nit, a pall, a fret, a watt, a bay, a daub, a tan, a cab, a datum, a gall, a hat, a fag, a zap, a say, a jaw, a lay, a wet, a gallop, a tug, a trot, a trap, a tram, a torr, a caper, a top, a tonk, a toll, a ball, a fair, a sax, a minim, a tenor, a bass, a passer, a capital, a rut, an amen, a ted, a cabal, a tang, a sun, an ass, a maw, a sag, a jam, a dam, a sub, a salt, an axon, a sail, an ad, a wadi, a radian, a room, a rood, a rip, a tad, a pariah, a revel, a reel, a reed, a pool, a plug, a pin, a peek, a parabola, a dog, a pat, a cud, a nu, a fan, a pal, a rum, a nod, an eta, a lag, an eel, a batik, a mug, a mot, a nap, a maxim, a mood, a leek, a grub, a gob, a gel, a drab, a citadel, a total, a cedar, a tap, a gag, a rat, a manor, a bar, a gal, a cola, a pap, a yaw, a tab, a raj, a gab, a nag, a pagan, a bag, a jar, a bat, a way, a papa, a local, a gar, a baron, a mat, a rag, a gap, a tar, a decal, a tot, a led, a tic, a bard, a leg, a bog, a burg, a keel, a doom, a mix, a map, an atom, a gum, a kit, a baleen, a gala, a ten, a don, a mural, a pan, a faun, a ducat, a pagoda, a lob, a rap, a keep, a nip, a gulp, a loop, a deer, a leer, a lever, a hair, a pad, a tapir, a door, a moor, an aid, a raid, a wad, an alias, an ox, an atlas, a bus, a madam, a jag, a saw, a mass, an anus, a gnat, a lab, a cadet, an em, a natural, a tip, a caress, a pass, a baronet, a minimax, a sari, a fall, a ballot, a knot, a pot, a rep, a carrot, a mart, a part, a tort, a gut, a poll, a gateway, a law, a jay, a sap, a zag, a fat, a hall, a gamut, a dab, a can, a tabu, a day, a batt, a waterfall, a patina, a nut, a flow, a lass, a van, a mow, a nib, a draw, a regular, a call, a war, a stay, a gam, a yap, a cam, a ray, an ax, a tag, a wax, a paw, a cat, a valley, a drib, a lion, a saga, a plat, a catnip, a pooh, a rail, a calamus, a dairyman, a bater, a canal – Panama!