I was a student back on those days, but I still remember a friend of mine who once, after the lesson had finished, approached the teacher and asked: “What´s fakinaso, teacher?
Just a short note to remind you of the latest news about ELTeCS PERU.
To begin with, you have been getting links to my personal TEFL blog http://cesarklauersteflblog.blogspot.com/ where I have been dealing with some interesting issues realted to our professional activity (and have tried to combine them with some funny tips). I´ll keep on the same track, so I hope this will appeal to you. If you have any suggestions on topics or comments, don´t hesitate to use the "comments" facility on the blog or send me an email.
Then, I have to remind you that ELTeCS is on Facebook also. Just look for our profile and become a follower. This may become a very good way of building up our community more efficiently.
Finally, I ask for your cooperation once again in trying to reach more teachers who are out there somewhere and don´t get the news on ELTeCS like yourselves. Please, invite them to be part of our group. They only have to send a blank emai to ELTeCS_PERU-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You sure remember Noam Chomsky, don´t you?. This post is related to his theories and directs you to a funny interview with him on a comedy show called Da Ali G Show.
Our post of 24th October was a light-hearted look at American - British English differences. This time, the post looks at spoken language and the difficult topic of accents.We include links to audio samples of many varied accents from around the English speaking world.
Whenever I meet somebody and they know I am a teacher of English, they ask me if I teach American or British. I try to explain that those two are variations of basically the same language, but they looke at me with an expert air to which anybody can hardly find a good answer, I mean... people will believe whatever they want, won´t they?
Dear ELTeCS PERU Members
The season for Cambridge international exams is at our doorstep. As you know, there are several authorized centres for Cambridge exams: The ACPB, SENATI, some schools that examine their own students, and the Universidad de Piura, both in Piura and in Lima. This post will concentrate on FCE and some tips for the teachers who are preparing students for this exam.
On Oct. 7, quite early in the morning, the call from the Swedish Academy surprised him in his New York apartment. He thought it was a joke. After so many years with his name on the bets, the Peruvian writer did not even remember that it was in early October that the greatest literary prize is announced. And this time it was his turn. At 74 years old, the author of “The Green House” receives an acknowledgement that all Latin Americans were demanding for him for the last three decades. In Peru, every journalist dreamt of writing this headline: “Mario Vargas Llosa obtains the Literature Nobel Prize.” Finally.
