La educación

"La educación es el arma más poderosa que puedes usar para cambiar el mundo" 

Nadie debería de olvidar aquella frase de Mandela en la que nos proponía el arma con la que conseguir la paz en la tierra.

Y por supuesto que no es de hoy.  Podríamos hablar de educación como forma humanista de formación aquella que, hace más de dos siglos y medio, supuso el antes y el después de la cultura asiática. Las “casas de instrucción” en el antiguo Egipto donde alumnos recibían clases de religión, lectura, matemáticas y escritura o también recorrer la historia de la India cuando 2000 años A.C  la creación del sistema de castas, supuso que se empezara a valorar el conocimiento personal como nunca antes se había hecho. 

En definitiva, la educación es la historia que civilización tras civilización nos ha ido formando y haciendo evolucionar hasta ser aquello que hoy somos.

Transmitir nuestra historia de generación en generación y asimilar códigos éticos y morales apropiados son quizás los dos pilares básicos que podríamos recoger como fundamentos de lo que es necesario aprender.

Hoy en día, en este día que la historia nos ha traído y después de tantos y tantos esfuerzos, sabemos que el conocimiento es la herramienta necesaria para procurar el bien y la ignorancia se podría equiparar al propio caos.

La educación es la vida y con ella es fácil vivir en paz. Desde este punto de vista filosófico se abre este blog en lo que quiero construir un foro en el que compartir vivencias y enseñanzas que teniendo como base aquello en lo que docentes nos dejamos cada día un poquito de nuestra vida, no sirva para aprender un poquito más de nosotros mismos y de la propia educación de los demás. 

Trinity GESE 2 y GESE 3

GESE 2 and GESE 3

Gramática

• Oraciones en presente continuo. Ejemplo: I´m eating an apple.
• Uso de can y can´t. Ejemplo: I can ride a bike.
• Preposiciones de movimiento: from, to, up, down, along, across
• Preposiciones de tiempo: on, in, at
• Preposiciones de lugar: near, in front of, behind, opposite
• Pasado del verbo to be. Ejemplo: It was Sunday / I was at home
• Números cardinales hasta el 31 (fechas). Ejemplo: 1st, 2nd, 3rd (...) 31st
• Partículas de unión: and y then

Léxico/ Vocabulario

• Habitaciones de la casa
• Objetos del hogar
• Familia y amigos
• Mascotas
• Posesiones
• Días de la semana y meses del año
• Números cardinales hasta el 50
• Profesiones
• La ciudad
• Hogar
• Tiempo atmosférico
• Tiempo libre
• Horas y fechas

Fonética

• Correcta pronunciación de las palabras relacionadas con el léxico anterior.
• Uso de las contracciones de forma adecuada. Ejemplo: I´m, he´s, I´ve got...
• Articulación adecuada del acento y entonación óptima de palabras y frases cortas.

EJEMPLOS DE PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS

What's your name?	1	My name is…
Where do you live?	2	I live in…
Is that near here?	3	No, it's half an hour from here by bus.
Do you go to school in / by…?	4	Yes/No, I go to school in/by…
Is it better than your school in…?	5	No/yes
Tell me about your school.	6	It's big/small. There are lots of students.
How many students are in your class?	7	There are…
Have you got a lot of friends?	8	Yes / no / some.
Who is your best friend?	9	María
Tell me what you like doing with your friends?	10	I like playing games.
*What do you like doing in your free-time?	11	I like horse-riding/playing computer games/playing with my friends…
*What kind of food do you like to eat?	12	I like chocolate…
*What do you do at the weekend?	13	Meet my friends/spend time with my family/play football.
On a school day, what time do you get up?	14	At 7 O'clock.
What do you do when you get up?	15	I have a shower/get dressed/have breakfast.
What do you do in the evenings?	16	I do my homework.
Do you watch TV in the evenings?	17	Yes.
What do you usually do on Saturdays?	18	I watch TV/meet my friends/play football.
Who is your favourite teacher?	19	My English teacher.
What's her name?	20	Her name is…
What does she look like?	21	She has brown hair and blue eyes.
Is she a good teacher?	22	Yes
Tell me about your house.	23	It has three rooms and a big garden.
What is in your bedroom?	24	There is a bed and a desk.
Is there a window?	25	Yes
What can you see out of the window?	26	I can see the city.
Can you play a musical instrument?	27	No I can't /Yes I can. I can play the piano.
What's the weather like today?	28	It's raining.
What's the weather like in Portugal?	29	It's sunny.
What is the date today?	30	It's Friday, the tenth of June.
What was the date yesterday?	31	It was Thursday, the ninth of June.
When is your birthday?	32	It's on the twenty-first of August.
Can you tell me about your family?	33	I have two sisters and a brother.
Are your family with you here?	34	Yes/No they are in…
*What does your husband/father do?	35	He's a business man.
*What's the name of the company?	36
Here are some buttons. Could you take the yellow one.	37	(Candidates does as instructed)
Can you put it next to the red one.	38	(Candidates does as instructed)
Can you put the yellow one behind the red and the blackone.	39	(Candidates does as instructed)
Can you put the blue one in front of the yellow one.	40	(Candidates does as instructed)
Let's look at this picture. What are these people doing?	41	They are eating and drinking coffee.
Could you tell me something about this man in the picture.	42	He is drinking coffee.
What does he look like?	43	He has short, brown hair.
What is he wearing?	44	He's wearing a white shirt and black trousers.
Is it raining now?	45	No, it isn't.
What about yesterday?	46	It was cloudy and cold.
What do you du when you get home from school?	47	I listen to some music, I do my homework and then I have dinner.
What's the name of your best friend?	48	María
Tell me about María.	49	Maria's ten years old. She's tall and has brown hair.
Where is your classroom?	50	Go up the stairs. It's on the left.
What time do you go to bed?	51	At nine o'clock.
What time is it? And now? (points to different times on clock)	52	It's one O'clock / It's quarter to three.
Can you tell me the time now?	53	It's twenty to two.
What time do you get up?	54	At seven o'clock.
What programmes do you like?	55	I like…
Do you have any hobbies?	56	Yes, I play football/ I go dancing.
What sports do you like?	57	I like basketball/football/hockey/tennis…
Which do you prefer?	58	I prefer football.
Which position do you play?	59	I play…
Do you play against other schools?	60	Yes, sometimes.
How often do you play football?	61	Twice a week.
Tell me about some of the differences.	62	It's bigger/smaller…
Is your house in the centre?	63	No, it's further away /It's outside the centre.

GESE 2

GESE 3

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