an excellent video

Please watch this video, it´s called "The future of publishing" but you'll probably draw the wrong conclusion by only reading the title, so give it a chance! And then tell us: what exactly do you think this young girl is talking about? Do you agree with her views?



This is the second new post today, please also read the previous one.

the congress

I said in class some days ago that I was going to a congress in Resistencia, Chaco. Here is the information for those of you who were interested: it is the I Congreso internacional sobre lenguas y dinámicas identitarias en el bicentenario , on July 19th-23rd.
I'd like you to contact me if you want to go.
And, whether or not you are interested in the topic, I think it would be a very good idea for all of you to think of going to congresses now that you are students. It is an interesting part of your education.

blogger classmate

Hello everyone!
Today I want to talk about a great idea that one of your classmates has had. Here is the e-mail she sent me:


Hola Silvia, soy Eliana DiJorgi Menche. Te escribo porque la ante ultima clase salio la discusión del problema que tenemos los alumnos a la hora de escribir y me acerque a hablarte sobre algo que se me había ocurrido.

Siendo la segunda vez que curso la materia, tengo la experiencia de lo vivido el año pasado, entonces este año decidí tomar la materia desde otro lado. Un día estaba buscando un poco de motivación para empezar a escribir, y recordé que entre lo leído para la materia, en Academic Writing, se sugería que lleváramos un diario en donde escribiéramos nuestras ideas para poder preservarlas y para empezar a llevar nuestros pensamientos al papel. La idea de tener un diario estaba buena, pero yo estaba buscando algo mas. A lo cual, motivada por algunas personas y sin dar muchas vueltas me termine creando un blog. En el trato de escribir lo que pienso, como salga. Trato se sacarme de la cabeza esos "pensamientos molestos" que muchas veces no nos dejan ver lo que realmente necesitamos.

Para no desviarme del tema. Se me ocurrió que estaría bueno que se les propusiera a los chicos la idea de que se hagan un blog, para que escriban en castellano e ingles, para que se expresen y que también opinen sobre lo que otros escriben. Me parece que es algo super tranqui, que no requiere de mucho tiempo y que realmente ayuda. Espero que mis compañeros no me odien, jajajaja!

Te dejo mi blog: http://metirasunaidea.blogspot.com/

ELI =)

Congratulations for this initiative, I hope everybody visits the blog and writes in it (but also in this one!) Do you like the idea?

More language work

How are you getting on with the concordancer? Keep it up! You´ll find it very useful to avoid writing signs like this one! Please don´t forget to leave your comments on the post about it if you have something to say about how you have used it.

Now I´m writing to let you know that I´ve added some new and interesting links to help you improve your English and your writing. They are already in the link list.

You can use http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/main.html to improve your writing skills. Please note that it has special sections on academic and essay writing.

In http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/students/workshops/#tunehome you will also find different kinds of help for your work, but especially free online courses for students!!!

http://www.courseworks.unimelb.edu.au/researchandwriting/academicstyle.php contains tips on writing academic texts.

And, finally, HyperGrammar is a very good online grammar of English from the University of Ottawa.

When you have seen and used these resources, please leave your comments here so that you can all share what you discover. Have fun!

PROBLEMS WITH YOUR LANGUAGE? MEET THE CONCORDANCER!

Do you have problems with grammar, collocation, or frequency of use? Have you ever wondered what a certain word collocates with? What preposition it goes with? Today I´d like to show you how to use the Internet to find solutions to these difficulties. Here are several videos about online tools you can use.
The first one is about how to use the Concordancer. Do you recognize the voice? I hope you find it useful!

The next video contains more information about the Concordancer…

…and the last is about how to google words or expressions to find concordances. You can find it in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxYEYAck3o4.

For more tools of the same kind, look through the related videos in youtube.

And, as I always ask you to give an opinion: have you found these videos useful? Leave a comment about how you have used them and what you have learnt with this information.