jueves, 4 de junio de 2015

Final Exam Grades



Dear students,


Your final grades were posted in condor in case you need to revise them and collect your papers I will be there next Friday June 5th at 4:00 pm at MM room in Mac B

Take care,

Happy weekend

MAURA DÍAZ

jueves, 7 de mayo de 2015

Class at MM



Dear students,

I invite you to have class today at MM room at 2:00 p.m; there we will be sharing your grades for second cut and developing units 7-8 from Market Leader Book.


Have a nice day. see you


Maura Dìaz

miércoles, 29 de abril de 2015

Units 7-8



Dear students,

Due to the strike at University we have to break down our normal process, So, I strongly recommend you to develop units 7 and 8.

I hope to see you on Monday, May 4th, 2015.

Have a nice week and weekend. Take care.

Maura Díaz




miércoles, 8 de abril de 2015

miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2015

Songs




Dear students,

This is the content for 2 Thursdays; prepare the songs and play the karaoke to handle them during Wednesdays classes as a support you have learn the songs


March 19th, 2015

ONE MORE NIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwK7ggA3-bU

LET HER GO!

May 28th, 2015
DEMONS

LOVE ME AGAIN



Sincerely,

Maura Díaz

martes, 10 de marzo de 2015

The Magnificent Mango.:




Dear students,


This is the reading Comprehension for the book; The Magnificent Mango. I hope you can check every page to answer in simple present using third person singular.



Sincerely,


Maura Díaz

martes, 3 de marzo de 2015

London Streets Reading comprehesion

Dear Students:

These are the questions; remember to use because in your answer.


1. Do you think sometimes parents did not understand our thoughts? Why?
2. Why did tina say that parents did not understand her?
3. Why did the homeless man say "Don't come back"?
4. Why did Tina sleep on the streets
5. Why did Jimmy invite Tina to a coffee?
6. Why did Jimmy move to Brimington?
7. Why did Tina draw funny faces?
8. Why did Tina refuse Jimmy when he came back?
9. Why did Tina get a studio?
10. Why are friends important?

Sincerely yours,

Maura Díaz

sábado, 28 de febrero de 2015

Guide 2



Dear students,

Here you will find the second guide to be working on class next week.


http://1drv.ms/1BNEh4a

Sincerely,

Maura Díaz



martes, 17 de febrero de 2015

Kim's Choice - Guide 1



Dear students,

Can you try to solve the following questions based on the reading on Kim's Choice.

1. What is the beginning of the reading?
2. Is competition important to you? why or why not?
3. Are you in any competitions right now?
4. Is Kim's choice right? why or why not?
5. Are parents´ decision important in everyday life?
6. Are you athletic? why or why not?
7. What is another end for the story?


On the other hand can you check guide 1 and try to solve it. Remeber to hand it.

http://1drv.ms/1L8qZ17


Sincerely yours,

Maura Imelda Díaz

sábado, 7 de febrero de 2015

Paul and Pierre in Paris

 Dear students,

The first reading is ready at Buenos Aires copying machine; it is Paul and Pierre in Paris; I hope you can enjoy it and be ready for the first reading comprehension next Wednesday February 11th, 2015.

Here you will find the needed questions; good luck








Maura Díaz

jueves, 5 de febrero de 2015

Graphic Organizers

Dear students,

Every week we are going to watch a movie and we will write a summary based on some hints, so please take a copy of graphic organizer 1 for next class.

 http://1drv.ms/1Fb4qrf

Sincerely yours,

Maura Díaz


Symbols Correction

Dear students,


Here you will find the symbols used to correct papers; please take a copy and carry them when needed.



CORRECTION SYMBOLS USED

SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)

RO                 run-on sentence
INC                incomplete (fragment) sentence
AUX               auxiliary verb
T                   verb tense
AG                 subject-verb agreement
WO                word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.
Ag                 modifier-noun agreement
?                   not understandable
AWK               awkward construction
Ref                reference word, pronoun error
vt                  incorrect verb tense
vf                  verb incorrectly formed
modal              incorrect use or formation of a modal
cond               incorrect use or formation of conditional sentence
pass                incorrect use or formation of passive voice
ss                  incorrect sentence structure
conn                incorrect or missing connecting words

LOCAL ERRORS

com                comparisons
                    missing word
//                  non parallel construction
wp                  wrong preposition
art                 article
x                   not needed
wc/ww              incorrect word choice/ wrong word
s/pl                problem with the singular or plural noun

 

MECHANICS

p                   punctuation
sp                  spelling
cap                 capitalization
ind                 indentation of paragraphs
mar                margins
l                    every-other-line
div                 division of words by syllables on different lines
/                   divide words
                    close up space
coh                 coherence- one idea does not lead to the text
cs                  comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma
dm                 dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence
frag                fragment incomplete sentence
nonidiom            nonidiomatic-not expressed this way in English
unclear             unclear-message not clear          



MAURA DIAZ
M.A in Applied Linguistics








                           
ERROR AWARENESS SHEET
Directions: this error sheet will help you discover what your sentence level error are and prioritize them. Put a chechk in the second column for each error marked on your returned paper. From the most frequent errors in the second column, select two or three that you can begin working first and put a check next to them on the third column. Global errors first.
TYPE OF ERROR
SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)
TOTAL NUMBER OF ERRORS
TOP-PRIORITY ERRORS TO WORK ON
RO    run-on sentence


INC   incomplete (fragment) sentence


AUX  auxiliary verb


T     verb tense


AG    subject-verb agreement


WO   word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.


Ag    modifier-noun agreement


?     not understandable


AWK  awkward construction


Ref   reference word, pronoun error


vt     incorrect verb tense


vf     verb incorrectly formed


modal incorrect use or formation of a modal


cond  incorrect use or formation of conditional sente
    

pass  incorrect use or formation of passive voice


ss     incorrect sentence structure


conn  incorrect or missing connecting words


LOCAL ERRORS

com   comparisons


       missing word


//    non parallel construction


wp    wrong preposition


art    article


x     not needed


wc/ww       incorrect word choice/ wrong word


s/pl   problem with the singular or plural noun


MECHANICS

p      punctuation


sp     spelling


cap   capitalization


ind    indentation of paragraphs


mar   margins


l      every-other-line


div    division of words by syllables on different lines


/      divide words


        close up space


coh   coherence- one idea does not lead to the text


cs     comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma


dm    dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence


frag  fragment incomplete sentence


Nonidiom nonidiomatic-not expressed this way English

MAURA DIAZ
M.A in Applied Lin
Unclear unclear-message not clear