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		<title>Telephone English: a free online workshop</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workshop gratuito sobre los usos efectivos del telefono en Ingles. Construcciones mas comunes. Vocabulario especifico. Ejercicios interactivos y juegos rol play.
Registrate para participar en este link http://firstvirtual.ning.com/events/telephone-english
Hora: noviembre 16, 2009 a las 6pm para noviembre 30, 2009 a las 7pm
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><strong>Workshop gratuito</strong> sobre los usos efectivos del telefono en Ingles. Construcciones mas comunes. Vocabulario especifico. Ejercicios interactivos y juegos rol play.<br />
Registrate para participar en este link <a href="http://firstvirtual.ning.com/events/telephone-english">http://firstvirtual.ning.com/events/telephone-english</a></p>
<p>Hora: <a href="http://firstvirtual.ning.com/events/event/listByDate?date=2009-11-16">noviembre 16, 2009</a> a las 6pm para <a href="http://firstvirtual.ning.com/events/event/listByDate?date=2009-11-30">noviembre 30, 2009</a> a las 7pm<br />
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		<title>Plan Estratégico de Promoción de la Educación Internacional y la Enseñanza del Español con Lengua Extranjera</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuimos invitados por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires  que desarrollará el próximo jueves 18 de diciembre a las 9 horas, la presentación del “ Plan Estratégico de Promoción de la Educación Internacional y la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera”. El encuentro tendrá lugar en el Salón Dorado de la Casa de [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=2064&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Fuimos invitados por el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires  que desarrollará el próximo jueves 18 de diciembre a las 9 horas, la presentación del <strong><em>“ Plan Estratégico de Promoción de la Educación Internacional y la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera”. </em></strong>El encuentro tendrá lugar en el Salón Dorado de la Casa de la Cultura,  Avenida de Mayo 575 1º piso. </p>
<p>Durante el evento se entregará a los asistentes un ejemplar del estudio: <strong><em>“Desafíos y Oportunidades de la Enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera y de los Study Abroad en Argentina”</em></strong>, donde encontrarán un detallado análisis de la realidad actual y las perspectivas en un futuro cercano del sistema educativo internacional.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PROGRAMA</span></strong></p>
<p>9.00 Hs. <em>Acreditación</em><br />
9.30 Hs. <em>Palabras de Apertura</em></p>
<p>• Sr. Jefe de Gobierno, Ing. Mauricio MACRI (a confirmar)<br />
• Sr. Ministro de Desarrollo Económico, Francisco CABRERA<br />
• Sr. Ministro de Cultura, Hernán LOMBARDI<br />
• Sr. Ministro de Educación, Mariano NORODOWSKI</p>
<p>10.00 Hs. <em>Disertaciones</em></p>
<p>• <strong>Oportunidades y Desafíos del Study Abroad</strong><br />
Presentación de un estudio desarrollado por EDUARG y la Dirección General de Comercio Exterior, a cargo de Pablo VERGARA de EduArg.<br />
• <strong>Estudie en Buenos Aires / Study in Buenos Aires</strong><br />
Lanzamiento del sitio web oficial de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires a cargo de Enrique AVOGADRO, Director de Comercio Exterior GCBA.<br />
• <strong>Buenos Aires como centro de estudio del Español</strong><br />
Presentación de Buenos Aires como centro de enseñanza del idioma español para extranjeros, a cargo de Gabriela RUSSELL, Directora de AADE, Asociación Argentina de Docentes de Español.</p>
<p>11.00 Hs. <em>Cierre</em></p>
<p>• Lic. Enrique AVOGADRO, Director General de Comercio Exterior GCBA<br />
• Lic. Emiliano CISNEROS, Gerente del Programa de Promoción Sectorial y Misiones Comerciales de la Fundación ExportAr<br />
• Lic. Gustavo CRISAFULLI, del Programa de Promoción de la Universidad Argentina de la Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias (SPU)</p>
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		<title>The Venus of Willendorf</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Venus of Willendorf (below) is an icon of prehistoric art. It is housed in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. One day, a visitor to the museum asks a guide how old it is. The guide replies that it is 25 thousand years and 8 months old. The visitor is surprised and asks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=2059&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><em><strong>The Venus of Willendorf (below) is an icon of prehistoric art. It is housed in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna. One day, </strong><strong>a visitor to the museum asks a guide how old it is. The guide replies that it is 25 thousand years and 8 months old. The visitor is surprised and asks the guide how he can be so exact. The guide replies, “Well, it was 25 thousand years old when I started working here and that was 8 months ago.”</strong></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/venus-of-willendorf-1-web.jpg" alt="venus-of-willendorf-1-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>This is a variation of the <em>Tyrannosaurus Rex Joke</em>: An activity that was posted a while back.</p>
<p>1. Start by writing <strong><em>The Venus of Willendorf</em></strong> on the board and ask your students if they can tell you what it is and what they know about it.</p>
<p>2. Show a picture. The one on the left was obtained from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_willendorf" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. There are a couple of others included in the pdf file lesson plan (above).</p>
<p>3. Tell your students that you are going to ask them to draw a picture. Ask everyone to have a pen or pencil and a piece of blank paper ready.</p>
<p>4. Tell everyone to put down their pens (no drawing yet!) and then give the following instructions:</p>
<p>“<em>I want you to draw a picture of a visitor in a museum. He or she is pointing to the Venus of Willendorf and speaking to a guide. The Venus of Willendorf is in a glass case in the foreground of the picture. The visitor and the guide are in the background. The visitor is on the left hand side and the guide is on the right hand side. There are two large speech bubbles: One coming out of the visitor’s mouth and another coming out of the guide’s mouth.</em>”</p>
<p>To strengthen students’ comprehension of the instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use gesture. For example point in the air to demonstrate “pointing at the Venus of Willendorf”</li>
<li>Change your standing position to demonstrate “on the left/right hand side” or “in the foreground/background”</li>
<li>Demonstrate what a speech bubble is by drawing an imaginary one in the air (coming out your own mouth) with your finger.</li>
<li>Speak clearly and write any new language on the board</li>
<li>Repeat the instructions 2 or 3 times.</li>
<li>Learn the instructions off by heart. Instructions are clearer when they are not being read from a piece of paper.</li>
</ul>
<p>5. Before your students draw their pictures, ask them to relay the instructions back to you (there is a lot of useful language here). You could even ask them to write them down from memory.</p>
<p>6. Let everyone draw their pictures (one drawing per person). Tell them not to write anything in the speech bubbles at this stage. The drawings don’t have to be masterpieces like the one below.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mariola-new-copy-web.jpg" alt="mariola-new-copy-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>(Drawing by Mariola)</p>
<p>7. After letting everyone compare their artwork, ask them to suggest what the visitor and the guide are saying to each other. A typical exchange will go like this:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Visitor</strong>: My God! Look at the size of those!<br />
<strong>Guide</strong>: Yes, they all say that.</p></blockquote>
<p>NB The speech bubbles should still be left blank at this stage.</p>
<p>8. Tell your students that the visitor is asking a question. Elicit a few examples and write them on the board and help with grammar and language as you go. Possibilities:</p>
<ul>
<li>Why is it called the ‘Venus of Willendorf’?</li>
<li>Where does it get its name?</li>
<li>How long has it been in this museum?</li>
<li>How did the museum acquire it?</li>
<li>Did they discover anything else next to it?</li>
<li>What was it used for?</li>
<li>What do we know about the people who made it?</li>
<li>Who made it?</li>
<li>What does it represent? / What does it mean? / What do you think it meant to the people who made it?</li>
<li>How much is it worth? / Is it valuable?</li>
<li>Why does she have such big bosoms? (Inevitable)</li>
</ul>
<p>9. Draw/write the following on the board:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/venus-cloud-take-2-web.jpg" alt="venus-cloud-take-2-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>Use the answers in the cloud to elicit more possible questions that the visitor asks. Add these to the board.</p>
<ul>
<li>Q: What is it? (A: A statuette)</li>
<li>Q: What is it made of? (A: Limestone)</li>
<li>Q: How was it made? (A: It was carved)</li>
<li>Q: Where is it kept / displayed / housed? (A: The Museum of Natural History in Vienna)</li>
<li>Q: Who discovered it? / Who was it discovered by? (A: Josef Szombathy)</li>
<li>Q: Why is it important? (A: It is an icon of prehistoric art)</li>
<li>Q: When was it discovered? (A: 1908)</li>
<li>Q: Where was it discovered? / Where is it from? (A: Near Willendorf, a village in Austria)</li>
<li>Q: When does it date to? / When does it date from? / How old is it? (A: Sometime between 24,000 and 22,000 BC)</li>
</ul>
<p>10. Divide your class into two groups: Group A and Group B. Bring everyone’s attention back to the drawings.</p>
<p>11. Tell students that you are going to dictate the captions for the speech bubbles. Dictate the following</p>
<ul>
<li>(For A students only &#8211; to be written into the visitor’s speech bubble): <em><strong>Can you tell me how old this statuette is?</strong></em></li>
<li>(For A students only &#8211; to be written into the guide’s speech bubble): <em><strong>Yes, it’s 25 thousand years and 8 months old.</strong></em></li>
<li>(For B students only &#8211; to be written into the visitor’s speech bubble): <em><strong>How can you be so exact?</strong></em></li>
<li>(For B students only &#8211; to be written into the guide’s speech bubble): <em><strong>Well, it was 25 thousand years old when I started working here and that was 8 months ago.</strong></em></li>
</ul>
<p>12. Put your students’ drawings up on the classroom wall. Make sure that you pair up student A drawings with student B drawings so that the comic strip makes sense.</p>
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		<title>Do and make collocations</title>
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The starting point for this lesson plan was to think of a good number of do or make collocations. My students’ notebooks were helpful for this task. Here is what I found:
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Do 100 mph
Do a bungee jump
Make a cup of coffee
Make a face
Make a noise
Make a phone call
Do a strip tease
Make a wish
Do business
Make money
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
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<h3>Preparation</h3>
<p>The starting point for this lesson plan was to think of a good number of <em>do</em> or <em>make</em> collocations. My students’ notebooks were helpful for this task. Here is what I found:</p>
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<li>Do 100 mph</li>
<li>Do a bungee jump</li>
<li>Make a cup of coffee</li>
<li>Make a face</li>
<li>Make a noise</li>
<li>Make a phone call</li>
<li>Do a strip tease</li>
<li>Make a wish</li>
<li>Do business</li>
<li>Make money</li>
<li>Make sure there are no monsters under the bed</li>
<li>Make the bed</li>
<li>Do the housework</li>
<li>Do the washing up</li>
<li>Do time (in prison)</li>
</ul>
<p>The next stage was to go to an image search engine (<a href="http://images.google.com/" target="_blank">Google image search</a>, for example) and find pictures to represent each collocation.</p>
<h3>Procedure</h3>
<p>First of all, remove the verbs from the collocations and give your students a list that looks like this:</p>
<ul>
<li>100 mph</li>
<li>a bungee jump</li>
<li>a cup of coffee</li>
<li>a face</li>
<li>a noise</li>
<li>a phone call</li>
<li>a strip tease</li>
<li>a wish</li>
<li>business</li>
<li>money</li>
<li>sure there are no monsters under the bed</li>
<li>the bed</li>
<li>the housework</li>
<li>the washing up</li>
<li>time</li>
</ul>
<p>Ask students if they can work out what the items have in common (i.e. that they all collocate with either <em>do</em> or <em>make</em>) and ask if they can remember which is which.</p>
<p>Next, give your students the following homework: Ask them to carry out two Google searches for each item &#8211; one with <em>doing</em> and one with <em>making</em>.</p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/google-hits-1.jpg" alt="google-hits-1.jpg" /></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/making-a-cup-of-coffee-google-for-web.jpg" alt="making-a-cup-of-coffee-google-for-web.jpg" /></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p>Get them to take a note of the results in each case (a worksheet for this is included in the pdf lesson plan).</p>
<blockquote><p>“Doing 100 mph”   <strong>7,700 Google hits</strong><br />
“Making 100 mph”   <strong>637 Google hits</strong></p>
<p>“Doing a bungee jump”   <strong>3,860 Google hits</strong><br />
“Making a bungee jump”   <strong>270 Google hits</strong></p>
<p>“Do a cup of coffee”   <strong>6 Google hits</strong><br />
“Make a cup of coffee”   <strong>128,000 Google hits</strong></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Etc</p></blockquote>
<p>(NB When using Google to compare the frequencies of chunks of language, it is important to use “inverted comas” as shown. This keeps the words together.)</p>
<p>The next day, ask students to compare their results and create graphs or pie charts of their results (see images at the top of the page). I made the charts at <a href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx" target="_blank">this useful site</a>. I chose <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>blue</strong></span> for <span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong>do</strong></span> and <span style="color:#808080;"><strong>grey</strong></span> for <span style="color:#808080;"><strong>make</strong></span> because of the similarity in vowel sounds.</p>
<p>Finally, use the flash images in the pdf below to see if your students can remember the dominant collocations. Use the images to drill the language and reuse them to revise it at later dates. You could ask students to write all items in their notebooks: <em>Do</em> collocations on the left hand side of the page and <em>make</em> collocations on the right. These can be added to whenever new phrases come up in class.</p>
<p>This same format can be used to teach a whole range of confusing collocating verbs: <em>Get</em> and <em>become</em>, <em>have</em> and <em>take</em>, etc.</p>
<p>And here’s an ad that was on in the UK when I was there a few weeks ago. It’s very nauseating but contains another a good <strong>do + noun</strong> collocation:</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a new craze happening on Twitter. It’s called ‘Tweeting what you’re Eating’. Everyone is at it. A couple of nights ago, for example, Scott Thornbury shared this with us:
@thornburyscott Home again, and homely food: butifarra amb moniatos: 

A few days before that, Gavin Dudeney was kind enough to offer us his airport lunch:
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>There is a new craze happening on Twitter. It’s called ‘Tweeting what you’re Eating’. Everyone is at it. A couple of nights ago, for example, Scott Thornbury shared this with us:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href="http://twitter.com/thornburyscott" target="_blank">@thornburyscott</a> Home again, and homely food: butifarra amb moniatos: </em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/scott-thornburys-sausage-web.jpg" alt="scott-thornburys-sausage-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>A few days before that, Gavin Dudeney was kind enough to offer us his airport lunch:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href="http://twitter.com/dudeneyge" target="_blank">@dudeneyge</a> Airport… Served with side order of scowl…</em></strong></p></blockquote>
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<p>Anyway, as you can imagine, cookery seems to be establishing itself as a metaphor for language teaching. A few nights ago, for example, the question of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_language_teaching" target="_blank">Dogme</a> cuisine came up when Scott tweeted that:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href="http://twitter.com/thornburyscott" target="_blank">@thornburyscott</a> You can’t get more dogme than a sausage!</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>We then had some fun comparing sandwich toasters<a href="http://www.b3ta.com/features/internetfattytoastedsandwich/" target="_blank"></a> with interactive whiteboards (have a look at <a href="http://www.b3ta.com/features/internetfattytoastedsandwich/" target="_blank">this silly link</a>). After this Scott asked:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href="http://twitter.com/thornburyscott" target="_blank">@thornburyscott</a> Seriously though, isn’t technology to teaching what fast food is to dining?</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>To this, Graham Stanley replied:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em><a href="http://twitter.com/grahamstanley" target="_blank">@grahamstanley</a> no, technology is to teaching what technology is to cooking.</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Technology affects every human endeavor in some way or another. Perhaps then, instead of looking for an analogy to describe the relationship between technology and the classroom, we should be looking at parallels. Here is one that I would like to share &#8211; the technology is good / bad debate in medicine.</p>
<p>First of all, the ‘<strong>technology is bad’</strong> corner. This is represented here by the ‘machine that goes ping’ and ‘the most expensive machine in the hospital’:</p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span></p>
<p>And now, in the ‘<strong>technology is good</strong>‘ corner, here are some photographs of Barcelona pediatricians Marta and Roser at work. A few years ago these ex-students of mine set off to Sierra Leone to get involved is a Médecins Sans Frontières project.</p>
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<p>Marta with some friends</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/roser-and-alhaji-web.jpg" alt="roser-and-alhaji-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>Roser playing Pick-Up Sticks with Alhaji</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/roser-and-kargbo-web.jpg" alt="roser-and-kargbo-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>Roser feeding baby Kargbo</p>
<p><img src="http://www.jamiekeddie.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/marta-in-sierra-leone-performing-telemedicina-web.jpg" alt="marta-in-sierra-leone-performing-telemedicina-web.jpg" /></p>
<p>This last photograph shows Marta performing ‘telemedicina’ &#8211; a long-distance diagnosis which was made possible by a live video link to specialists in Barcelona. She told me:</p>
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		<title>OUP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[USTED ESTA INVITADO A:
EL DÍA 11 DE NOVIEMBRE SE REALIZARA UNA CHARLA DE CASTELLANO DE LA  SEÑORA  ALEJANDRA  OTTOLINA “ CONFLICTOS ÁULICOS: ESTRATEGIAS” 
HORA: 18HS A 20HS 
LUGAR: ESCUELA NÚMERO 183, MAESTROS NEUQUINOS Y PINAR- NEUQUÉN.
INSCRIBIRSE A: PMEZA@MACMILLAN.COM.AR; TEL: 0810-555-5111
ACTIVIDAD LIBRE DE ARANCEL
SE ENTREGARÁN CERTIFICADOS DE ASISTENCIA.
EL DÍA  12 DE NOVIEMBRE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=2043&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>USTED ESTA INVITADO A:</p>
<p>EL DÍA 11 DE NOVIEMBRE SE REALIZARA UNA CHARLA DE CASTELLANO DE LA  SEÑORA  ALEJANDRA  OTTOLINA “ CONFLICTOS ÁULICOS: ESTRATEGIAS” </p>
<p>HORA: 18HS A 20HS </p>
<p>LUGAR: ESCUELA NÚMERO 183, MAESTROS NEUQUINOS Y PINAR- NEUQUÉN.</p>
<p>INSCRIBIRSE A: <a href="mailto:PMEZA@MACMILLAN.COM.AR">PMEZA@MACMILLAN.COM.AR</a>; TEL: 0810-555-5111</p>
<p>ACTIVIDAD LIBRE DE ARANCEL</p>
<p>SE ENTREGARÁN CERTIFICADOS DE ASISTENCIA.</p>
<p>EL DÍA  12 DE NOVIEMBRE CHARLA DE INGLÉS DE LA SEÑORA ALEJANDRA OTTOLINA </p>
<p>“ P.P.P., T.B.L., C.L.I.L… TOO MUCH OF THE SAME? </p>
<p>HADN’T WE BETTER GO FORWARD TO THE PAST??”,</p>
<p>LUGAR: CEPEN NÚMERO 46, MAESTROS NEUQUINOS Y PINAR (NEUQUÉN) </p>
<p>LOS ESPERAMOS.</p>
<p>Rosaura Acosta</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[A continuación, se explica en forma clara cómo comprar libros en forma  segura por Internet. El mejor lugar para comprar libros es Amazon.com. Millones de personas en todo el mundo ya lo han comprobado.
Ventajas de comprar libros por Internet 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>A continuación, se explica en forma clara cómo comprar libros en forma  segura por Internet. El mejor lugar para comprar libros es Amazon.com. Millones de personas en todo el mundo ya lo han comprobado.</p>
<p>Ventajas de comprar libros por Internet </p>
<p>Los precios son más bajos que en las librerías argentinas, aún incluyendo los gastos de envío.<br />
Los libros no pagan impuestos aduaneros.<br />
Se pueden comprar libros que no se consiguen en Argentina.<br />
Se pueden comprar libros especializados o técnicos, con audiocassettes o CDs incluídos a precios más bajos.<br />
Se paga con tarjeta de crédito.<br />
Se reciben los libros cómodamente en su domicilio.<br />
Es posible leer comentarios y opiniones de personas que ya leyeron estos libros.<br />
Se pueden enviar como regalo a personas que se encuentran lejos.<br />
Es seguro.<br />
Es fácil. </p>
<p>Realmente es seguro comprar libros por Internet?</p>
<p>Absolutamente. Las compras se realizan con tarjeta de crédito, y el número se ingresa una sola vez y queda registrado en un servidor seguro. En las compras sucesivas, se utiliza un nombre de usuario y una clave.</p>
<p>Los envíos se reciben en el domicilio indicado, después de dos a cuatro semanas, en promedio. Además, existe un período de garantía de satisfacción, durante el cual se pueden devolver los productos y se reintegrará el total del importe abonado, sin ningún cuestionamiento.</p>
<p>Paso a Paso: Cómo comprar libros por Internet</p>
<p>1. Si aún no es usuario, se le solicitará que se registre. Debe ingresar su nombre y la dirección a la cual se realizará el envío de los productos. Cuando realice otra compra, simplemente necesitará ingresar su código personal, evitando así el ingreso de todos los datos personales otra vez.</p>
<p>2. Luego, debe ubicar el libro. Puede hacer click en las imágenes de los libros recomendados que aparecen en nuestro sitio para ir directamente a ver los detalles. También se puede buscar por título, por autor, por editorial o incluso por el código de libro (ISBN). Además, puede leer las novedades, los bestsellers o los títulos que se publicarán en el futuro.</p>
<p>3. Al seleccionar cada libro, se mostrará toda la información disponible, datos acerca del autor, comentarios, cr¡ticas y una evaluación general (en una escala de 1 a 5 estrellas). Aquí se informará también el precio de lista y el descuento especial ofrecido.</p>
<p>4. Si desea comprar el libro, deberá hacer click en el recuadro &#8220;ADD TO SHOPPING CART&#8221;.</p>
<p>5. Luego, se puede seguir comprando otros productos.</p>
<p>6. Cuando desea completar la orden, deberá hacer click en el carrito de la parte superior. Y luego, elegir la opción &#8220;PROCEED TO CHECKOUT&#8221;.</p>
<p>7. Se solicitará confirmar la dirección de envío y si se trata de un regalo, puede ingresar un mensaje de saludos que se agregará al paquete o elegir el papel con el cual desea envolver el libro. Según la dirección indicada, se calculan los gastos de envío.</p>
<p>8. En unas semanas, los libros llegarán al domicilio indicado!</p>
<p>Realmente conviene?</p>
<p>Por supuesto que sí! Le recomendamos que haga la prueba. Compare los precios y se sorprenderá! Ingrese en la casilla el título del libro que desea comprar o el autor y obtendrá información al instante!</p>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1993/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=1993&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Cursos de Ingles para el Sector Petrolero y Minero – Energético. &#8211; First Virtual</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cursos de Ingles para el Sector Petrolero y Minero – Energético. &#8211; First Virtual.
Ingles para la Industria Petrolera y Minera
Modulos generales
Modulo 1
Oil in our Everyday Life
Glossary of Oil &#38; Gas Terms
World Crude Oil Production Forecast
More Oil Fields will be found
Some Producing Oil Fields by size
Expected Oil fields by year 2006-2010
Future from 2010
Carbon black shortages slow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=1991&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>Ingles para la Industria Petrolera y Minera</p>
<p></strong>Modulos generales</p>
<p>Modulo 1<br />
Oil in our Everyday Life<br />
Glossary of Oil &amp; Gas Terms<br />
World Crude Oil Production Forecast<br />
More Oil Fields will be found<br />
Some Producing Oil Fields by size<br />
Expected Oil fields by year 2006-2010<br />
Future from 2010<br />
Carbon black shortages slow down mining</p>
<p>Modulo 2<br />
History of Mining<br />
Trouble in the World&#8217;s Largest Oil Field<br />
Saudi Aramco boosts drilling efforts to offset declining fields<br />
How is Saudi Arabia getting on, or more evidence of a deteriorating situation?</p>
<p>Modulo 3<br />
Economic growth<br />
Mexico &#8211; Cantarell Field in Decline<br />
Kuwait and Oil Reserves<br />
China &#8211; PetroChina has jump in natural gas output<br />
U.K. and Norway<br />
Russia says Oil Reserves Repletion Lags Production</p>
<p>Modulo 4<br />
Delivery Systems<br />
The Caspian Region Central Asia<br />
Iran<br />
Africa</p>
<p>Modulo 5<br />
Cities and Population Movement<br />
Possible Alternatives to Replace Crude Oil<br />
Extraction Process<br />
Environmental Impacts</p>
<p>Modulo 6<br />
Recycling<br />
Oil shale<br />
Economics<br />
Environmental Considerations<br />
Shale Oil Extraction Imminent</p>
<p>Modulo 7<br />
Rubber<br />
Bio-fuels and Ethanol<br />
Liquid Fossil Fuels<br />
Grain Ethanol<br />
Sugarcane Ethanol<br />
Cellulosic Ethanol<br />
Bio diesel<br />
Biomass Gasification<br />
Wind and Solar<br />
Conservation</p>
<p>Características generales del cursado:<br />
Nivel de Ingles requerido: Low Intermediate &#8211; Intermediate<br />
Módulos de implementación semanal, de lectura dinámica y rica conceptualización vinculada a los contextos y situaciones de desempeño.<br />
Ejercicios de evaluación en los que se vincula la teoría con la práctica.<br />
Entorno Virtual de Apoyo, compuesto de referencias a sitios Web y bibliografía digitalizada relacionados con los temas desarrollados.<br />
Glosario de conceptos clave.<br />
Una tutoría continua y proactiva realizada por los profesores a cargo.<br />
Evaluación y Acreditación:<br />
El Programa contempla tres tipos de evaluaciones: a) evaluaciones de proceso o seguimiento; b) Evaluaciones de acreditación individual al finalizar cada módulo y c) el diseño de un Trabajo Final.<br />
First Virtual-Capacitacion e-learning en ingles ofrece dos tipos de certificaciones: uno de completado y aprobado el curso y otro solamente de asistencia al mismo, en caso que el alumno no cumpla con todos los requisitos.</p>
<p>Costo: $ AR 200 pesos argentinos. Para ver cotizaciones internacionales visitar <a href="http://www.pullman.com.ar" rel="nofollow">http://www.pullman.com.ar</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pullman.com.ar/es/conversor-divisas/#botonera-principal" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Conversor de moneda</span></a><br />
Inscripción en <a href="mailto:firststudio@lpguatrache.com.ar">firststudio@lpguatrache.com.ar</a></p>
<p>Otros cursos relacionados:<br />
<strong>Ingles para el Sector Energetico</strong></p>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1991/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=1991&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Ingles para la Industria Hotelera y del Turismo.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Instituciones y organizaciones que deseen adoptar la modalidad de la educación virtual.
Profesionales involucrados en el desarrollo de proyectos de capacitación y desarrollo de recursos humanos, turismo en nuestro caso.
Toda persona interesada en conocer y/o actualizar sus conocimientos en idioma ingles sobre la especialización turismo.
Programa: Contenidos
Modulo 1. Welcome to my country. Bienvenido a mi país. Origen. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=1989&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Destinatarios:<br />
Instituciones y organizaciones que deseen adoptar la modalidad de la educación virtual.<br />
Profesionales involucrados en el desarrollo de proyectos de capacitación y desarrollo de recursos humanos, turismo en nuestro caso.<br />
Toda persona interesada en conocer y/o actualizar sus conocimientos en idioma ingles sobre la especialización turismo.</p>
<p>Programa: Contenidos</p>
<p>Modulo 1. Welcome to my country. Bienvenido a mi país. Origen. Formulas de introducción y saludos. Recibir visitantes. Vocabulario especifico. Travel agents. Agentes de viaje. Jobs.<br />
Trabajos relacionados con las agencias de viaje y turismo.</p>
<p>Modulo 2. Air, water and terrestrial transport. Transporte aéreo, por agua y terrestre. Diferentes formas de viajar. Vocabulario y lenguaje functional específico. Destinations. Destinos. El saber local. Atractions. Atracciones.</p>
<p>Modulo 3. Tourist information. Lo esencial que debe conocer un turista. Expresiones relacionadas con el tópico. Lenguaje functional. Offering and requesting.Temas de conversación. La mejor forma de llegar ahi. Direcciones. Accommodation. Facilities. Enjoy your stay! Dar informacion. El major hotel.</p>
<p>Modulo 4. Food and Drink. Comidas y bebidas. Explicar menus. ¿Puedo tomar su orden? Bebidas, snacks y postres. Habitos alimenticios. Bienvenidos a nuestro restaurante! Vocabulario y lenguaje functional especifico.</p>
<p>Modulo 5. Types of holiday. Tipos de vacaciones. Responsible tourism. Turismo responsible. Future trends. Tendencias futures. Business travel. Viajes de negocios. Careers in tourism. Carreras de turismo.</p>
<p>Metodología:<br />
Materiales:<br />
Cada semana se ponen en línea materiales para navegar y para imprimir, especialmente elaborados por especialistas de primer nivel.<br />
Interacción:<br />
Se utilizan herramientas de comunicación 1.0, 2.0 y 3.0, como video conferencias, foros, wikis, blogs, salas de intercambio colectivo (chats), donde, cursantes y profesores, se reúnen para discutir sobre las temáticas planteadas.<br />
Realización de actividades:<br />
Se proponen variadas experiencia como juegos de roles y análisis de casos reales. En cada módulo se desarrollan actividades de reflexión y aplicación. También se presentan propuestas de intercambio entre los participantes en pequeños grupos virtuales.<br />
Seguimiento del alumno:<br />
El seguimiento del alumno por parte de los profesores es constante, con el objetivo de acompañar y sostener el éxito del proceso.<br />
Tiempo de trabajo del alumno:<br />
Entre cuatro y cinco horas semanales. Será obligatoria una intervención semanal en los foros.<br />
Equipamiento:<br />
PC multimedia Pentium 3 o 4 (con parlantes). Sistema operativo Windows 2000 o XP. Memoria mínima recomendable: 256 Mb. Conexión Internet.</p>
<p>Evaluación y Acreditación:<br />
El Programa contempla tres tipos de evaluaciones: a) evaluaciones de proceso o seguimiento; b) Evaluaciones de acreditación individual al finalizar cada módulo y c) el diseño de un Trabajo Final.<br />
First Virtual entrega dos tipos de certificaciones: uno de completado y aprobado el curso y otro solamente de asistencia, para todos aquellos alumnos que no han cumplimentado con los requisitos mínimos.</p>
<p>CONSULTAR POR FORMAS DE PAGOS Y DATOS DE DEPÓSITO Y/O TRANSFERENCIA BANCARIA.</p>
<p>Costo: $ AR 200 pesos argentinos<br />
IMPORTANT<br />
Currency: Pesos Argentinos<br />
Dolar Exchange Rate: <a href="http://www.pullman.com.ar" rel="nofollow">http://www.pullman.com.ar</a><br />
Inscripción en <a href="mailto:firststudio@lpguatrache.com.ar">firststudio@lpguatrache.com.ar</a></p>
<p>Otros cursos relacionados<br />
<strong>Ingles para Hotel Staff.<br />
Ingles para Guias Turisticos.<br />
Curso de Ingles para la Atención al Consumidor.</strong></p>  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/firstvirtual.wordpress.com/1989/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firstvirtual.wordpress.com&blog=3830144&post=1989&subd=firstvirtual&ref=&feed=1" /></div>]]></content:encoded>
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