HELP DESK

HELP DESK

 Leave us a MESSAGE or a question in this section. Your tutors and your classmates will try to help you.

You can also write to the email of your tutorss

e-mail:

 Jesús Sánchez: chinelocapoeira@hotmail.com 

Diana Orozco: dianita03_moo@hotmail.com

Zaida Carolina Molina:zaidacarolina79@hotmail.com

Skype

Jesús: jesusariel3

Diana: Dianaorozco1984

Carolina: zcarolinamolina

WELCOME

DEAR FRIEND:

Welcome to this amazing virtual space, a place where you can improve your English vocabulary while having fun. You will find Games, Songs, videos and  activities that will help you review topics studied in class.

These are some of the sections of the web page:

      

1, PROJECT! Let’s work  together

Join and be part of a project.

 2. RESOURCES:

Visit interesting sites. Find visual dictionaries.

3. HELP DESK! ASK YOUR FRIENDS AND TEACHER

Find HELP from your tutors and partners

3. CHIT CHAT

Make FRIENDS  and share your learning experiences

Chat with your friends.

CHIT CHAT

YAY! COME TO CHAT!

Get your own Chat Box! Go Large!

RESOURCES

Visit the Websites:                                 

Here you can find:

PICTURE DICTIONARY

Learn the words and look at the pictures.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html/

GAMES

Memory Games

http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/food/memori1.swf

http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/fruits/memori1.swf

http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/sweets/memori1.swf

Healthy and Unhealthy Food Game

http://www.esolhelp.com/healthy-food-game.html

Mission Nutrition game

http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/games/game_nutrition.html?tracking=81347_A#cat120

Food Pyramiids

http://school.fueluptoplay60.com/tools/nutrition-education/games/other/breakfest-detective.php

http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html#cat120

PRONUNCIATION
Type and listen to the Pronunciation http://www.howjsay.com/

STORIES

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/healthy/footballfood.shtml

Reading

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/healthy/toptips.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/uptoyou/healthy/findnutrients.shtml

SONGS

Healthy food: Sesame English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBMxpDbp51A

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT We are happy to invite you to participate in this adventure! In this section, you will find the activities: Objectives By the end of this unit you will be able to: 1. Talk about food you eat at home 2. Classify food items into healthy and not healthy 3. Share a presentation about your eating habits by using PIMPAMPUM. 5. Share with your classmates and tutors 6. Learn new words about food. ONLINE TIME: 2 HOURS OFFLINE TIME 1 HOUR ACTIVITY 1                                        Hello buddies, ready to learn and play? Well, these are the instructions: Take a minute and think about the food you eat everyday Visit the following link and choose the    top 5 food items you consume at home. Post your choices in the forum using expressions such as I always eat ………                                                                                                                                                  I rarely eat………                                                                                                                                    I usually eat……..   for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner. Respond to the questions or comments of your partners !  ACTIVITY 2 Dear friend, this is the second activity for unit 1. Follow the instructions and contact your tutors if you need help!  1. MEMORY GAMES: Click and find the pairs in the following memory games:  MEMORY GAME 1          MEMORY GAME 2       MEMORY GAME 3    2. Find a partner or a relative and compete to see who wins     3. Choose 10 words of the food you like the most and practice their pronunciation,   take notes of the words you liked 4. Visit the links in pronunciation section in the list resources  ENJOY THE ACTIVITY AND LEARN A LOT!!!  ACTIVITY 3 1. Learn to make a Bubblr.  Watch this video. 2. You can see this example 3. Now try yourself. Visit the Bubblr webpage.  4. Create a Bubblr with 6 pictures related to the food you usually eat.  5. Post the link of your Bubblr in this Forum.

RATIONALE

The wordy VLRC is a process oriented strategy created to address the needs of three group of primary children with a basic level of vocabulary  to acquire new abilities and levels of performance in English.   It was designed taking into consideration common contextual features from three Colombian schools that share characteristics such as the age, learning styles, cognitive, affective and linguistic needs; as the CIEL Project team (2000) expresses “students learn more effectively if they are able to choose activities and materials, which fit best into their dominant learning style”. It is also a learning scenario that aims to provide learners with different resources that allow them to transform information into knowledge. Learners will use the VLRC once per week with the guidance of the instructor, but will be encouraged to use the additional resources independently.

The students from the target populations are in level A1, according to the Common European Framework. They attend an average of 3 hours of English for academic purposes per week. Their level of motivation for the English class is particularly high, but it often decreases when the activities are not highly meaningful or appealing, or when the materials are not attractive or colorful.  Since students are becoming less egocentric, they benefit from experiencing different patterns of interaction, including pair and group work.  Their vocabulary is limited to basic topics, which makes it difficult for them to express themselves in the target language.  The most predominant learning styles among the learners of the three institutions are the visual and the kinesthetic.