Mario Vargas Llosa delivers the Nobel Speech

Yesterday the Nobel Prize winner's 19-page speech first brought himself to tears, then the rest of the audience. "this is the speech," said a friend. "I have heard him talk about politics, literature, but I have never heard him give such a perfect piece

Something to say about: Idioms

Apart from sayings and proverbs, the English language is full of interesting expressions we call idioms, or idiomatic expressions. As we know, these idioms can be quite hard to get, since many of them can´t be interpreted literally. Take for instance: He was pulling my leg. Do you mean that somebody had actually grabbed your leg and started pulling it, as if to rip it off your body? Of course not. And How about: I have to hit the road. Hit the road?, with a hammer?


The thing is, English is such a colourful and varied language that, if we don´t pull up our socks and learn some of these idiomatic expressions, we can find ourselves between a rock and a hard place.

If you want a piece of the action, visit the following link  http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ (not the only one, of course) and browse the lists of idiomatic expressions, I´m sure it´ll make your day.

Now, the ball is in your court.




http://cesarklauersteflblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/something-to-say-about-idioms.html

[ELTeCS_PERU] Something to say about...

Sayings and proverbs are an important part of language. Do you know some of them?

http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/a-23-2009-02-28-voa2-83140522.html

One thousand pedestrians fined on first day of Peru's new transit code

More than 1,000 pedestrians fined

Some pedestrians were surprised. Others unexpectedly laughed or, in the worst cases, became terribly annoyed.


http://www.livinginperu.com/news-13557-law-order-one-thousand-pedestrians-fined-first-day-perus-new-transit-code

Think 21st Century Skills

We keep on providing you with more definitions regarding the 21st Century movement.


The new millennium was ushered in by a dramatic technological revolution.

We now live in an increasingly diverse, globalized, and complex, media-saturated society. According to Dr. Douglas Kellner at UCLA this technological revolution will have a greater impact on society than the transition from an oral to a print culture.

Today's kindergarteners will be retiring in the year 2067. We have no idea of what the world will look in five years, much less 60 years, yet we are charged with preparing our students for life in that world. Our students are facing many emerging issues such as global warming, famine, poverty, health issues, a global population explosion and other environmental and social issues.
 
http://library.constantcontact.com/doc200/1102667938533/doc/bOWk7C3uwK0NIiBX.pdf

[ELTeCS_PERU] Bilingualism

Dear ELTeCS PERU Members


Our Friend and colleague Carmen Cáceda has sent us an interesting article on bilingualism.

The link HERE http://incultureparent.com/2010/10/multilingual-families-monolingual-children/

 will take you to the article web site.

Thanks to Carmen, and good reading to us all:

Cesar Klauer

cesar.klauer.hidalgo@gmail.com
cesar.klauer@udep.pe
http://www.cesarklauersteflblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/
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[ELTeCS_PERU] Something to say about: Reduced forms

Dear ELTeCS PERU Members


To continue with our review of features of the English language we teach, this time we talk about reduced forms.

Read blog post HERE

As always, comments are more than welcome.
http://www.yek.me.uk/reduced.html

Cesar Klauer
cesar.klauer.hidalgo@gmail.com
cesar.klauer@udep.pe
http://www.cesarklauersteflblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.generaccion.com/usuarios/
http://cesarklauerblog.blogspot.com/