Noam Chomsky - On Being Truly Educated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYHQcXVp4F4

Noam Chomsky is an eminent American theoretical linguist, cognitive scientist and philosopher, who radically changed the arena of linguistics by assuming language as a uniquely human, biologically based cognitive capacity. He suggested that innate traits in the human brain give birth to both language and grammar. The most important figure in “cognitive revolution” and “analytic philosophy”, Chomsky’s wide-ranging influence also extends to computer science and mathematics.

Motivational Quotes!

Study motivation quotes to help us focus and see the big picture! Exams are coming... Go for them!

Shakespeare in Love

Here are some inspirational love quotes that

delve into the only way love can be truly experienced – by loving ....

William Shakespeare

Things We Say Today And Owe To Shakespeare

These are just a handful of well-used sayings that come courtesy of Shakespeare 

"Knock knock! Who's there?" - Macbeth

 

 

Pedagogical Task

Reflect Select one pedagogical task and elaborate it in terms of macrofunctions, microfunctions and grammatical exponents. This time incorporate some technology into it. Think of all the technology that surrounds us, that is part of the lives of our students, and try to make the task related to that in some way.
 

Tasks	Macrofunctions	Microfunctions	Grammar
You are planning a party and you want to invite all your friends. Create a Facebook event and add all of them to it. Then write a wall post about your favourite cupcake flavours and ask your guests their cupcake preferences –chocolate, strawberry, vanilla– based on brochures from local bakeries.	Socializing	Exchanging personal information	Simple present Likes /  Dislikes Yes / no questions

Why Brits just love a cuppa

Britain enjoys an intimate love affair with tea – just look at the facts. On average they each drink 3½ cups of tea a day, or 130,000 tonnes in a year, 96 percent of which are from tea bags. As a nation they drink 165 million cups per day or 62 billion cups per year; 70 per cent of the population (over the age of 10) drank tea yesterday; over 25 per cent of all the milk consumed in the UK goes in their cups of tea.

But why do British people like to drink tea?

There are very few situations where making a cup of tea is an inappropriate response:

Emotional breakdown? Tea.

Life-changing celebration? Calls for a cup of tea.

World-threatening emergency? Tea.

They even tend to make some when they don't know what to do next.

For Brits, the question is why everyone else doesn't drink more tea.

Welcome to the English Bond!

Hello Everybody! We are Marina and Cintia and we are students at the English teacher training college at I.S.F.D y T N° 55 in Escobar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The purpose of our blog is to share anything related to English that may be of interest for people who love English! Welcome aboard!