METHODOLOGY....

January CONVERSATION CLUBS 2010

From now on we are going to do them with the following format and methodology. In order for you to participate more efficiently.

1. Greeting and welcome.
2. Work on glossary and pronunciation.
3. Read the article.
4. Reading comprehension: you will read and write about the article.
5. Opinion questions: The teacher will ask very open questions.
6. Open questions on the subject. Closed questions to guide and help beginning students.
7. Conclusions: written and read.

CONVERSATION CLUB 2010

CONVERSATION CLUB 2010



May 10
Topic: Transportation in Bogota
Teacher: Julio Cabrales
at: 7:45 a.m




May 12
Topic: Malcolm X
Teacher: Jean Arias
at: 7:45 a.m






May 14
Topic: Idioms\ Dictionary
Teacher: Paola Quevedo
at: 7: 45 a.m



May 17
Topic: How to flirt
Teacher: Julio Cabrales
at: 7:45 a.m



May 19
Topic: Nasa
Teacher: David Gonzalez
at: 7: 45 a.m.


May 21
Topic: Health and Fitness
Teacher: Paola Quevedo
at: 7:45 a.m




May 24
Topic: How to Flirt
Teacher: Julio Cabrales
at: 7:45 a.m.

May 25
Topic: Speciall Bulletin: Reports : 1907
at: 7:45 a.m.


May 26
Topic: A tale of two ships
Teacher: David Gonzales
at: 7:45 a.m.

May 27
Topic: How to flirt
at: 7: 45 a.m.

May 28
Topic: The Venus Project
Teacher: Paola Quevedo
at: 7: 45 a.m.

May 29
Topic: How to Flirt
Teacher: Jean Arias
at: 9:00 a.m.

2010 ACTIVITIES

ENJOY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES IN 2010...

EXAMS A1, A2, B1
JANUARY 19,
at: 9:15 a.m


KARAOKE ( LET`S HAVE FUN SINGING )
JANUARY 22,
at: 9.15 a.m


EXAMS A1,A2,B1
JANUARY 26,
at:8:30 a.m

EXAMS A1,A2
and B1
February 16,
at 8:30 a.m

Workshop
February 16,
7:45 a.m.

KARAOKE ( LET`S HAVE FUN SINGING )
February 19,
at: 9.15 a.m


EXAMS A1,A2,B1
February 23
at: 8:30 a.m


Workshop
February 24
at 7: 45 a.m.


KARAOKE!! (Bob Sinclair, Hold on)
February 26
at 9: 15 a.m

praxis.edu.co

here you can get a lot of information about all your modules. this is a very good and useful tool to improve your english in a easy and fast way.

LIVE CHAT:

In case you havent noticed, we now have live chat. Use English, dont cheat on yourself by using Spanish, PRAXIS went through a great deal to set this up for you. The idea is that you make as many friends as possible, talk about your likes and dislikes, let someone know what you think of them, tell them how you feel, etc. make fun of people and their pictures.

QUESTIONS

What do you think about Mr. Frank´s social network?
Have you Visited it lately?
Tell me about this useful tool....
What do you chat for?
Have you used it in order to improve your english? or just to have fun..
How many friends do you have in our social network?
How often do you talk to them?

ACTIVITY
To discuss about the importance of this useful tool.The students (2) are going to create a new section for Mr. Frank´s social network.

TUESDAY, October 13th.

Topic> WHAT'S HAPPENING> Social Network

Teacher> Julio Cabrales (morning)

Teacher> Julio Cabrales (night)

EDUCATIONAL WEB PAGES

ENTERTAINMENT

OUR SOCIAL NETWORK mrfrank.in

Mr Frank's friends is an internal social network that gathers al methodology users, this network gives to its members a proper way to find content & interesting people. The content could be used for academic or personal matters, it always encourage the students, to practice the second language.

Conversation Club

conversation club

NIZA ACTIVITIES

CONVERSATION CLUB

WALT DISNEY
OCTOBER 1st
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Advanced

ROUTINE VERBS
OCTOBER 06
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Beginners

LET´S COOK
OCTOBER 8th
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Intermediate

WHAT ABOUT THE SOCIAL NETWORK
OCTOBER 13
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Intermediate

New York Tour
OCTOBER 14
at 9. 15 a.m


OUR NEW SUBWAY. BOGOTA WILL MOVE AT METRO
OCTOBER 15
at 915: a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Advanced

LET´S TALK ABOUT AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
OCTOBER 20
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Advanced

IDIOMS AND DICTIONARY
OCTOBER 22
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Beginners

EUROPE.THE OLD CONTINENT
OCTOBER 27
at 9:15 a.m
at 7.30 p.m
Level of student: Advanced

PUNCTUALITY¨
OCTOBER 29
at 9:15 a.m
at 7:30 p.m
Level of student: Intermediate and Advanced

ENJOY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES...

LET´S SING VERY NICE SONGS. KARAOKE NIGHT!!
OCTOBER 02
at 6: 00 p.m

BEGINNERS GRADUATION. LET´S READ THE TAY.
OCTOBER 16
at 6:00 p.m

EXAMS A1,A2,B1. check your English level getting 90% at least.
OCTOBER 20
at 8: 00 a.m
at 6: 00 p.m

COOKING> Let's have delicious food. (green rice with pork)
OCTOBER 23rd.
at> 6.00 p.m


KARAOKE NIGHT<<
¨Tell me baby¨
¨Red hot Chilli peppers¨
OCTOBER 29th.
at: 6:00 p.m

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby

ENJOY OUR KARAOKE NIGHT!!
OCTOBER 29th
at 6:00 p.m.

They come from every state to find
Some dreams were meant to be declined
Tell the man what did you have in mind
What have you come to do

No turning water into wine
No learning while you're in the line
I'll take you to the broken sign
You see these lights are blue

Come and get it
Lost it at the city limit
Say goodbye
'Cause they will find a way to trim it
Everybody
Lookin' for a silly gimmick
Gotta get away
Can't take it for another minute

This town was made of many things
Just look at what the current brings
So high it's only promising
This place was made on you

Tell me baby what's your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find
Tell me baby what's your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You're so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind

Some claim to have the fortitude
Too shrewd to blow the interlude
Sustaining pain to set a mood
Step out to be renewed

[ Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
I'll move you like a baritone
Jungle Brothers on the microphone
Getting over with an undertone
It's time to turn to stone

Chitty chitty baby
When your nose is in the nitty gritty
Life could be a little sweet
But life could be a little shitty
What a pitty
Boston and a Kansas city
Looking for a hundred
But you only ever found a fitty

Three fingers in the honeycomb
You ring just like a xylophone
Devoted to the chromosome
The day that you left home

Tell me baby what's your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find
Tell me baby what's your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You're so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind

Tell me baby what's your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that far to find
Tell me baby what's your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time
You're so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind

PUNCTUALITY

The quality or state of being punctual, Strict observance in keeping engagements. Imagine being late to your weading, a job interview, a flight, first date.....

QUESTIONS

What do you think about this article?
Are we punctual people?
What do you do to be punctual?
Who is the most punctual people in the world?
Why are they punctual?
How long do you wait the most for someone?
How do you apologize when you are late?
What should we do to be punctual?

ACTIVITY.

Make up a situation with your classmate keeping in mind this article. (PUNCTUALITY)

THURSDAY, October 29

Topic - PUNCTUALITY ( teacher editorial )

Teacher - Josue Segura

STUDENT EDITORIAL

Europe is called: The old continent because it has more history than any other. I´ve always been interested in Europe and maybe visiting some important places. The Greeks were the first to implement the Theocratic system.

QUESTIONS


Tell me your opinion about this article.
Did you know about it before?
Why Europe is called ¨THE OLD CONTINENT¨?
Have you been to Europe?
Tell us about it
Have you ever been to Spain?
Tell us about it
What happened in 1920´s?

TUESDAY, October 27th

Topic - STUDENT EDITORIAL

Teacher - Andres Moya

MONTHLY LESSON

IDIOMS. Back Foot: on the defensive or at disadvantage. Carry the can: take the blame for something. Dead Ahead: directlly in front. Dictionary...

QUESTIONS

What do you think about these idioms for your vocabulary?
Do you think that you can use them in you daily routine?
How many idioms do you know?
Do you use them?
What is the meaning of HAVE A COW?
What is the meaning of Make hay?

ACTIVITY
ask your classmate any question using different idiomsCreate a dialogue using idioms. (2 students)

THURSDAY, October 22nd.

Topic> MONTHLY LESSON

Teacher> Andres Moya

DO YOU KNOW> FOOTBALL BASICS

It is a heavy contact sport. Each team has 2 groups (offense and defense). It consists of 4, 15 minute quarters, with a 12 minute break. if the game is tied at the end, they play for sudden death. From the beginning each team has downs...

QUESTIONS

Did you know before about it?
Tell us about this game.....
Do you like it?
Have you ever played it?
Would you like to have a team like this in Praxis?
Would you take part in these games here?
How is it played?

TUESDAY, October 20th.

Topic> DO YOU KNOW> FOOTBALL BASICS

Teacher> Josue Segura

BOGOTA WILL MOVE AT METRO RHYTHM


Arm yourself with patience, traffic in Bogota is going to get worse. Delays are just starting. Our major Samuel Moreno has repeatdly said that, due to the construction of the third phase of Transmilenio and appreciation works, transportation is going to be impacted....


QUESTIONS.


Do you like this new project for our city?
tell me about it.....
What do you think about transmilenio?
Do you like the metro system?
Do you think the city is gonna be better with the METRO..
What do you Think about Bogota in 5 years?
Do you think that people in Bogota is going to use the METRO more than the cars?
Have you ever taken the METRO?
Tell us about it..

ACTIVITY
1 group of students (Transmilenio).1 group of students (METRO).
each group is going to talk about it. and convinced the other group that transmilenio is better than Metro. or METRO is better than Transmilenio for our city.....

THURSDAY, October 15th.

TOPIC> BOGOTA WILL MOVE AT METRO RHYTHM

Teacher> Giovanny Rengifo

HOW TO COOK CURRY CHICKEN

HOW TO COOK> Curry Chicken

INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds of boneless chicken breast, 4 slices of double cream cheese, 4 slices of lamb ham. preparation: Place the open chicken breast on the table, about 1 cm thick and 4 cm wide.

OBJECTIVES The students are going to improve their speaking and vocabulary cooking.

METHODOLOGY The teacher is going to explain how to make this delicious recipe.

ACTIVITY The students (2) are going to prepare a new recipe. the teacher is going to help them and then they have to talk about it.

QUESTIONS Do you like cooking? How often do you cook? Tell me how do you cook...... What would you like to cook for a special date? Who cooks at home? Do you like taking your time cooking? Have you ever had any course about it? Do you know any famous cook?

THURSDAY, October 8th

Topic> HOW TO COOK> Curry Chicken

Teacher> Josue Segura

BEGINNER´S CORNER

Answer,ask,break,come,dance
How do you say......
What is the meaning of......

with this article we are going to Know more vocabulary and we are going to know different verbs and we want to keep in mind the ¨human body¨.

Objectives.
To keep in mind many verbs.
To use them in different sentences.

Methodology
The students have to create a situation using different verbs and expressions. keeping in mind the article.

QUESTIONS

What would you buy if you won the balotto?
Do you like driving when you travel?
Do you enjoy cooking?
What kind of food do you prefer cooking?
How do you say......


TUESDAY, October 6th

Topic> BEGINNER'S CORNER

Teacher> Ruben Mercado (morning)

Gustavo Bustos (night)

PRAXIS NEWS
Second edition

SPECIAL BULLETIN>REPORTS
Italian G. Marconi transmitted the first radio signal across the Atlantic. He placed a transmitter and a 50 meter antenna in Poldhu, England. Alfred Nobel: scientist,chemist, entrepeneur and inventor.

Objectives:

The students are going to be able to improve their reading comprehension.
They will learn new vocabulary
They will understand better reading different articles.

Methodology.

The students are going to read this article and then we are going to talk about it.

Reading
Unknown vocabulary
Short summary
Discussion
Lets talk about "REPORTS"
Conclusions

QUESTIONS

Where was Marconi from?

Tell me about DISNEY....

Tell me about Alfred Nobel..

What was the most important communication accomplishment?

Did you know something about them before?

if you know something tell us..

Have you been to Disney world?

Which famous Characters do you like?

THURSDAY, October 1st

Topic> SPECIAL BULLETIN

Teacher> Giovanny

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NEW YORK TOUR

How does it work:
It starts when you arrive in JFK, going through customs and immigration, getting to the hotel. Going to fancy restaurants and fast food places. Also, getting from one place to the other.


When does the tour take them:
Using the subway and other means of transportation to all the sites statue of liberty, bronx zoo, yankee stadium, etc.


Wedenesday, October 14th
at 9.15 a.m
Topic> NEW YORK TOUR

NIZA CONVERSATION CLUB !!!!!

MR. FRANK`S SOCIAL NETWORK AND SITE.

This website is fully in English, user friendly and at PRAXIS. We are going to find new uses for it, not only can you use it to meet new people from other branches, but to interact with your teachers , and invite people to check out your work......

METHODOLOGY:

1. The article is gonna be read by the students.

2. Unknown vocabulary

3. point of view (Mr. Frank Social Network)

4. What do you think about �THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS SITE IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MORE PRACTICE IN A REAL LIFE SITUATION�....

QUESTIONS:

1. What do you think about this web site?

2. Is this a useful tool to learn?

3. What do you recommend about this?

4. What do you think about Internet?

OBJECTIVES:

1. To improve your English skills of English

2. To make you think just in English.

3. To share different activities

4. To keep in touch with all Praxis community

5. To enjoy different activities.

6. To practice English 24 a day.

ROLE PLAY

In group of 2 students, they have to create a new section for the Social Network.

then they have to talk about it in the class.

Dr. English

He is going to help you to find out your sickness and lackness about the language.

PRAXIS NEWS NIZA

TEXAS, OIL CAPITAL OF THE U.S.A.

During each nine- hour shift, spindletop, east texas, produced about 100.000 barrels....

CONVERSATION CLUB

STEPS.
- reading
- unknown vocabulary
- short summary...( each student )
- discussion
- lets talk about oil before and nowadays
- conclusions

PRAXIS TOUR

this is a new and very nice activity which takes place in melgar. there you can practice and improve your level of english
join us it`s going to be this weekend ( august 29 and 30 ).

PRAXIS NEWS

TEXAS, OIL CAPITAL OF THE U.S.A.

During each nini- hour shift, spindietop, east texas, produced about 100.000 barrels...