Escuela Normal Superior

“República Oriental del Uruguay”

Profesorado de Inglés
Introductorio
2024

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English in action - Working with parts of speech

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Tenses

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Developing reading skills

♣ Learn how to work out the main idea and why it is important.
♣ There are many ideas in a text but one idea is the link that joins the other ideas
together – this is the main idea.
♣ Read the text then ask yourself, “What is it mainly about?” (The title is a useful clue
to the main idea because a good title often tells the reader what the text is about.)
♣ If you are reading and you find a word you do not know, do not immediately use a
dictionary. Ask yourself: “Is this an important, useful word?”, “Do I need to know
the exact meaning?”
If the word seems important, and you have time, then of course use a dictionary and
add the word to your vocabulary notebook. If the word seems unimportant, or you
are reading just for pleasure, or you do not have time, then you can:
▪ Leave it and come back later
▪ Try to guess the meaning or the word from the context
▪ Compare the new word with other words that look similar, then guess
▪ Compare it with the Spanish language. Be careful because there are “False
Friends” in English.
♣ When you start doing the exercise, always check the instructions and all the possible
answers before choosing one.

The importance of listening as a leader in the digital era

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Learning and revising vocabulary

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Working with synonyms

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Working with collocations

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Who are you?

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WRITING SKILLS PRACTICE: A STORY

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SPEAKING IN ACTION - REALLY?

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Life’s what you make it!

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Becoming a teacher

1. En pequeños grupos leer el artículo “Un docente puede cambiar destinos” de Carina Kaplan. Luego
comentar sobre el texto respondiendo las siguientes preguntas: ¿Con qué parte del texto estás más de
acuerdo? ¿Con qué parte no estás tan de acuerdo?

2. Releer el tercer párrafo del texto. Planificar y actuar un juego de roles sobre esta niña, sus
compañeros y su docente.

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Useful information

Phonemic Chart

(www.oup.com/elt/englishfile)

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Irregular verbs

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Bibliography

Gammidge, Mick. (2004). Speaking Extra. A Resource-book of Multi-level Activities. CUP.

Gough, Chris (2002) English Vocabulary Organiser. Boston: Thomson.

Gurr, Brenda and others (2008) Comprehension strategies. Australia: Learners Publishing.

Kelly, Gerald (2000) How to teach pronunciation. England: Pearson Education Limited.

Macmillan English Dictionary (2007) Oxford: Macmillan Education.

McCarthy, Michael and Felicity O`Dell (2002)English Collocation in Use –

Intermediate.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Malarcher, Casey and Michael Pederson (2005) Reading Challenge. Compass Publishing.

McNab, Lindsay, Imelda Pilgrim and Marian Slee (2001) Skills in English. Oxford:
Heinemann.

Quintana, Jenny (2011) Build up to Countdown. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Vince, Michael (2003) Intermediate Language Practice. English grammar and vocabulary.
Oxford: Macmillan Education.

Useful online dictionaries & websites

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-spanish/
http://www.wordreference.com/es/
http://thesaurus.com/http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
https://www.freecollocation.com/
http://www.oup.com/elt/englishfile

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