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CHOOSING A CAREER

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  CHOOSING A CAREER   Have you ever been in this dilemma?   The time to choose a career is a time of great uncertainty, at certain age your parents, teachers, friends and family start asking you, what are you going to study? And that question feels like an interrogation that makes you feel very awkward because sometimes you just don’t even know. The choice of your career should not be an impulsive decision to avoid the pressure of the question of others and the uncertainty that it causes. Give yourself time to get to know yourself, doubt, think and find out it will help you choose a career related to you and your interests. Choosing a career can be much more than deciding what to study. Choosing a career with a deep understanding of your personality, your tastes, your interests, your environment and your reality is to choose a life project related to you. For that you need to know yourself, discover who you are and what you like. It is not enough to look for in...

WHY DO YOU LOVE ENGLISH?

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Hello, hello guys, good afternoon this time I come to tell you a little about myself and what I do when I start teaching a new group.   When I get assigned to a new group, it doesn't matter what level it is, whether it is level one or an advanced level, after doing an icebreaker and I am ready to start classes more academically, the first thing I tell them is that to get to know something that it´s going to be part of your life, you have to know its background, I call it tasting a little bit the language I'm going to learn.   I always like to explain my students, why English is a language they should know, what the benefits they will have if they know the language, knowing that all the students have different reasons to learn it. I explain them a little bit of the origin of the language, why its sound is different and we have to pay attention to it, to have a good pronunciation, One of the examples that I like to do is; expose places such as their homes, those of their...

DIGITAL APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT

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  DIGITAL APPLICATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT   Hello… hello, how are you? This week I bring you a topic that I personally find interesting. Due to the situation that we are going through with COVID-19 and having to give classes online, we teachers are forced to help the student to have classes a little more attractive since students spend a lot of time sitting in front of a screen.   I’ve been checking that lately many applications are appearing with which we can carry out a formative evaluation. It is interesting that you know them; I leave you five of these applications so that you can check on them just click at the name and you will see them a little bit deeper and at the end, you’ll give us your opinion.   1. KAHOOT Kahoot allows us to create contests, surveys and questions to order their answers, so that the students respond. It is a great tool to gamify learning and motivate students. Students can participate in the contest using their mobile or PC. and a...