May 2016

Volunteers: Welcome to the CIMI-SENA

By Diego Armando Villamizar Bermudez
Jonathan Eduardo Aguilar Estupian
Writing : A great invention
By Diana Liliana Acosta Tancon

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My Mother
By Jhon Jairo Sanabria,Danna Karolina
Amado Bautista, Adriana Silva Delgado

NATIONAL
TRAINING SERVICE
Colombia

Happy mothers day!

By Andreina Navarro, Lizbeth Garcia,
Juan Esparza, Rene Ramirez

Happy Mother's Day!

On May 10th 2016 a very important date was
celebrated, the International Mother's Day.
Different countries were part of it and such
celebration reminds us of how essential is to
commemorate our mother for being a brave
woman, a fighter protector, an entrepreneur
female, a loving friend and most of all, a beautiful
angel.

MY MOTHER
My mother is a flower
ng
That makes every morni ile
r sm
More beautiful with he
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wh
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My mother is with
I need her.
oking
My mother with one co
sorrows
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Relieves my pains an
g to me
My mother is everythin
her.
And I am everything to

On that day we must make her feel like the only

queen in our hearts by giving to our mother lots of
pure love and spending quality time with her.
Although, each year is celebrated on the second
Sunday of May, we should celebrate our mothers
every single day of our entire life for being our
guardian angel.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

By Andreina Navarro
Lizbeth Garcia
Juan Esparza
Rene Ramirez
1132806.

By Jhon Jairo Sanabria

Danna Karolina Amado Bautista
Adriana Silva Delgado
1132806

Writing : A great invention

Have you thought how men learned to write? Believe it or not communication
was a bit complex, at the beginning of our former humanity, our people began
to draw pictures carving the rocks and caves, but later they discovered the
vegetable ink and began to translate their hunting victories, war causalities,
and everyday life events, they also learned to send written messages, with
graphic representations. For example, the image of the sun meant one day and
these signs were called pictographs, which it was a primitive graphic
expression system. With these pictographs, we could say that a wavy line
meant water for the Egyptians. The Chinese used to draw an ear between two
doors, this meant listening. And these signs were called Ideograms .
The Egyptians with its fine and artistic strokes called them Hieroglyphs. The
written and simpler ones were called Hieratic, and they were made with ink and
papyrus, this led to one of the most important inventions: the alphabet. The
Phoenicians were merchant people who released the alphabet.

By Diana Liliana Acosta Tancon

1150808 Sistemas

Despite numerous changes throughout the centuries, we still use this sort of
writing and we can see it everywhere at SENA through warnings signs and
even graffiti that inform or prevent us from situations that may happen.
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Volunteers: Welcome
to SENA C.I.M.I

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Colombia

Alex and Dawson are voluntaries who came to Colombia to support

the strategy of the Plan de Desarrollo Nacional done by the
president Juan Manuel Santos, Todos Por Un Nuevo Pas, to promote
a well educated country. The Ministry of Education leaded by Gina
Parody is strengthening the English program at SENA, and this
voluntaries support the teaching methods of the instructors.
These interviews have the purpose to know more about Alex and
Dawson lives, and their motivations that incentivized them to come
to Colombia.

Alexs interview
Jonathan: How are you Alex?
Alex: Im very well thank you.
Jonathan: Whats your full name?
Alex: My full name is Alexander Charles Eslick.
Jonathan: Is Alexander a Latin name right?
Alex: Sure yeah, it is originally Greek but it is very common to
Alejandro.
Diego: What were you expectations about Colombian people?
Alex: I expected that it would be hot; peaceful landscapes, jungle,
pretty women, and my Latin-American friends are very openedminded, friendly, relaxed, and warm people so I expected the
culture to be similar.
Jonathan: How old are you?
Alex: Im twenty-seven years old.
Diego:Where are you from?
Alex: Im from England from a village in the southwest in the
countryside called Marnhull in the county of Dorset.
Jonathan: Apart from English and Spanish, what other languages
do your speak?
Alex: French.
Jonathan: Did you think Colombia was a dangerous country?
Alex: No I didn't think so. I have a lot of friends that were excited I
was coming to Latin America especially to Colombia, others told
me to be careful, that I was going to be kidnapped. But I think it had
a bad past, but now it depends the area in which you are. It is all
about being careful and aware.
Jonathan: Are you enjoying you time in Colombia?
Alex: Yeah, definitely yes, its a big change, new job, new place,
new language, but I am getting use to it. Here there are good
teachers and nice people.
Jonathan: Do you have a couple here?
Alex: If I have a girlfriend? No, I dont.
Jonathan: Would you like to have one?
Alex: I mean so yeah, but Santander women are very bossy. I want a
beautiful woman to be peaceful and calm.
Jonathan: What do you expect of the Champions League?
Alex: I've got a feeling that Atltico will win, because Real Madrid
has not played well, but I might be wrong.
Jonathan: Have you watched the Colombian team play?
Alex: No, never a full match, only at the world cup. It's a good team,
strong and fast. James is the best in technics.

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Jonathan: When you came to Colombia, where did you

arrive first?
Alex: I went from England to Rio de Janeiro for one
week for vacation. Then, from Rio I flew to Bogot with
Dawson and the other volunteers for one week to get
acclimatized and learn a little of Spanish. Then we flew
to Bucaramanga, and I have been for five weeks now.
Jonathan: Have you lived in other countries?
Alex: Yes in Canada for two years, then in New Zealand
for nine months.
Jonathan: What did you study?
Alex: Geopolitics and business.
Jonathan: After Colombia will you like to travel to
another country?
Alex: Yes, I want to keep learning and travelling.
English teaching is a good profession to travel. I want to
travel more in Latin America, especially Argentina.
Maybe then Asia and Africa.

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Dawsons interview
Jonathan: Whats your full name?
Dawson: My name is Dawson Allen.
Jonathan: Where are you from?
Dawson: Im from the U.S.(United States).
Jonathan: How old are you?
Dawson: Im twenty-six years old.
Jonathan: What career did you study?
Dawson: I studied economics and romance languages.
Diego: Where did you study?
Dawson: I studied in three universities. I studied in Montana State
University, Florida International University and the University of
Washington.
Jonathan: What were your motivations to come Colombia?
Dawson: I have a cousin who teaches in Cartagena and I also have
some family members from France that visited Colombia and they
said nice things about the country. I also enjoy to travel in Latin
America and worldwide. I have lived in Mexico, and I had a great
time so I expected it might be similar.
Jonathan: What are your goals being here in Colombia?
Dawson: I want to become a good teacher, I want to learn if I
really became a good teacher, I want to speak better spanish and I
want to hike a lot, improve my physical fitness, mmm and I want a
Colombian girlfriend. Love is a necessary nutrition you must have
around you.
Diego: Why a Colombian girlfriend?
Dawson: Because Im here in Colombia, and I like girls.
Jonathan: Have you been in others countries teaching?
Dawson: No, I have not. I tutored a little bit in Mexico but only
very briefly; and only one on one with two clients. So its been very
and little and different from being in front of a class.

Jonathan: What do you think the differences are between

Colombia's food and culture from the ones of your country?
Dawson: The food is very different, but otherwise things are
mostly the same. Roads, buses, twenty-four hours a day, and cell
phones, and conversations about the weather and sports and
about girls. I think things are mostly similar, only that I don't have
my group of friends. I do have friends here, but not the closest I'm
with.
Diego: Will you watch the Copa America?
Dawson: Yes, I'm planning to watch it.
Diego: Do you like soccer?
Dawson: Yes, I do.
Jonathan: Are you a shy guy?
Dawson: Yes I am.
Thanks Alex and Dawson for your time.
By Diego Armando Villamizar Bermudez
Jonathan Eduardo Aguilar Estupian
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Team

Director
Ing. Claudia Celina Marin Ariza
Apprentices
Adriana Silva Delgado
Andreina Navarro
Danna Karolina Amado Bautista
Diana Liliana Acosta Tancon
Diego Armando Villamizar Bermudez
Jhon Jairo Sanabria
Jonathan Eduardo Aguilar Estupian
Juan Esparza
Lizbeth Garcia
Instructors
Oscar Carreo
Ana Maria Martinez Serrano
Rene Ramirez
Bibiana Fernanda Torres Avila
Javier Amaya Diaz
Laura Margarita Pinzon Jacome
Martha Isabel Barbosa Rodriguez
Martha Lucia Chaves Nio
Paola Jimnez
By Oscar Carreo
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