HALLOWEEN! Learn about how do we

have some fun on this day

T-SHIRT WORLD All you have to know about

what teachers do.

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T-SHIRT WORLD 3

How much English should teachers speak

in children´s beginner classes? 4

TOEFL TEST 6

Educational video 9

Kinesthetic intelligence 15

@LIICENCIADOS #TRASLATIONTRENDING 17

Translation 18

Who are translators 20

STUDENTS: where dreams come true 22

First day in the university 23

Halloween 26

Memorable days 29

Spelling bee 31

Symposium 34

Social service 36

Practice 37

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Design Team 38

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How much English should teachers speak

in children’s beginner classes?

hrough these four years at the

university we have learned

several things about how to

give an English class. One of our

subjects called "Enseñanza del Inglés

enfocada a Preescolar y Primaria"

helped us to teach English to

kindergarten students and primary

school students.

One of our questions was: Should

teachers teach beginner English

classes using it from the beginning?

This is one of the biggest problems

new teachers face when deciding how

much English use in the classroom.

English classes where the teacher

speaks in English the whole class

help students to understand much

more the language than English

classes given in the children’s native

language. Therefore, teachers need

to use special techniques to be able

to communicate in English with the

kids.

According to some studies, from 60 to

80% of normal communication is non

– verbal. So, this means that clothes,

posture, facial expressions, tone of

voice and where our bodies and eyes

turn express feelings and give context

to words.

This is one of the reasons why we as

teachers can exaggerate these non-

verbal clues, supplementing them

with pictures, songs, games, stories,

books and mime, to help children

understand and enjoy the class in

English language.

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The advantage of these classes using

English is that it contributes to the

learning process by:

Encouraging children to trust their

instinct to predict meaning in spite

of limited linguistic understanding.

Providing an element of indirect

learning in that the children are not

concentrating on learning what

they are listening but the brain is

processing it.

Confirming that language is

something you actually use "for

real" and not just something you do

in exercises and games.

Finally increasing the amount of

exposure the children get to the

language, while still remaining

within the fairly predictable and

narrowly focused limits of

classroom talk.

So, according to this topic seen in one

of our subjects as students in the

“Licenciatura en Idioma Inglés”, it is

necessary that teachers teach English

using it from the very beginning,

because it helps and encourages

children to learn the language and to

be more exposed to it.

By:

Felicia Arguiriou

Karina Candelario

Zelene Cruz

Yazmin Guitierrez

Diana Lucas

Zabdi Reyna

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TOEFL TEST

Test of English as a Foreign Language

(TOEFL) is an English proficiency test for

non-native speakers of English, which

measures a person’s ability to read, write,

speak and understand English. Since

studying in university a completely different

language is very difficult, test takers have to

practice reading, and complete many

written assignments. Everything must be done very carefully and thoroughly as

you invest in your future, since all the skills tested on the TOEFL are real skills

which you will need in your future studying and career.

That is why; one of the most essential things in this college career is your

preparation for the TOEFL exam. When students get to the fifth semester

which is spot in the curriculum, they take their first training exam and

consequently they do this as to know each student level and score place, in

other words, to make sure the strengths and weaknesses of each student, so they

can put more effort in whatever skill they are having trouble at. This exam is

applied at the beginning of each semester, as I mentioned before, at the

beginning of fifth semester and so on, just get in mind that this college career is

made of eight semesters, and they take their final and last examination at the

end of eight semester which is the original test and as for that, students should

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have a better understanding of this exam and they should accomplish the

requirements that are needed to pass it.

Students do not really get a training during the semesters of fifth, sixth, seventh,

until they got to eight semester, according to the curricula they should take

“Inglés para el desarrollo de Habilidades”, keep in mind that even if students

do not have a special subject throughout the beginning of the TOEFL exam,

they are in constant practice during their English classes or subjects focused in

English grammar, and reading. This is found very useful for students, so they

can develop their skills in a way they find theirselves ready for the last

examination. Going back to the point, in “Inglés para el desarrollo de

Habilidades” students are given a preparation book as to practice in a way they

improve their learning skills, and to make it easy for the final. In this class, the

teacher gives a brief explanation in the topic that corresponds to the time/class;

he or she explains how to answer some questions, and the techniques or

strategies that can be very useful when taking the exam.

Your mentor is chose among those

well prepared in the English language

to carry on this task and to facilitate

students the rules, procedures when

taking the test and to familiarize him

or her with the TOEFL format. One

reason learners experience exam stress

is because they don't know what to

expect before a test. The teacher helps to prevent stress on exam day by

studying the format of the test in detail in every class.

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So, if students are having trouble in understanding some grammar stuff this is

the time when they must ask their mentor or ask for help to solve the problem

or doubt the student is involved.

And finally, this career really offers a great way to improve English skills for

TOEFL test, the preparation strategies, secrets of TOEFL sections, and so on.

It is very important for you to get a passing score and if you do what it is ask in

every class, definitely you are going to achieve your goal. And do not forget that

every time you finish taking this exam, you deserve a reward, no matter how

well you did on it. It is always helpful to have something to look forward to.

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EDUCATIONAL VIDEO Introduction

Nowadays the educational technology offers

different ways to teach a second language easier and funnier. The use of new technological resources make the class motivational for students and this way the

learning is continuous and the students do not realize it. The Educational video is an audio-visual material used in the teaching-learning process and its use is advantageous because the student feel attracted and the teacher intervenes more actively. There are different types of educational videos and all are very helpful in the teaching of a second language. It is important that the video contains an explanation of the topic, the use but mostly it should contain the pronunciation without leaving aside that it is entertaining. On the internet there are many pages where you can find educational videos of different topics which are available for use during our classes and thus motivate our students to learn more.

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Definition

We can define an educational video as one that serves an educational

objective previously-developed.

The video is a technological means for its expressive possibilities; you

can achieve a high degree of motivation, which makes it a valuable

learning tool for children. Their use in learning situations, the ability to

interact on the environment becomes a more used strategy that

provides the child or the teacher the ability to stop the image for a brief

explanation of what is seeing, to back as often as necessary.

The video and audio-visual medium has a number of characteristics

that distinguish it from other media that form the audiovisual

ecosystem. These characteristics include:

Given remains messages and allows exchange and conservation.

It has a reusable support certain number of times.

Generates original communication micro processes.

Types

a) Document, which

presents information

orderly on a specific

topic.

b) Narrative, this has a

narrative through which

information is

presented.

c) Lesson Mono conceptually, this is a very short video that presents a

single concept.

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d) Lesson topic, this is the classic instructional video that presents an

issue systematically.

e) Video motivator, for impact, motivating, interesting, even if you have

to sacrifice the systematic presentation of content.

To choose the right educational video depends on the subject, and

especially the contents, you can even mix the videos to have a better

use.

THE VIDEO IN THE CLASSROOM

The use of video in the

classroom has become

more popular because of

all the new technology

that has

accompanied the new

generations. With the video

reinforce knowledge,

teaching social skills, you

can research, create a

meaningful and lasting

learning, everything is in the hands of teachers and their ability to carry

a useful video to the classroom.

Characteristics of Meaningful Learning

a) Take notes to compare with the agenda of the video content

b) Analyze that other subjects could be enriched with the projection of

video, so in addition to help in your area, you can help others.

c) Check how and when to project the video, since not every class will

project the video again and again

d) Develop activities that occur before, during and / or after the video.

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e) Now create a classroom environment for video playback, never turn

off the lights because the student may become bored or sleep.

f) Present the class with the selected video.

g) Evaluation of the video through activities, discussions, games and

other activities that the teacher considers appropriate.

THE EDUCATIONAL VIDEO TO TEACH

ENGLISH

The use of video, particularly in the teaching of English, experience

confirms that hear, see and feel provide an Integral experience in

development, educational use of these media ensure the learning.

When planning a class in English, there are many factors, including

culture, pronunciation, vocabulary, and in many cases textbooks are

not enough material to cover all the key points for teaching English.

Using educational videos, you can easily show culture and proper

pronunciation of the language.

The educational videos in this language already contain all the factors

that teachers are looking for total learning, contain vocabulary, correct

pronunciation and all vestiges of the culture, and learning to be a fun

and entertaining way for the student.

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Kindergarden children watching an educational English video.

AUDIOVISUAL EDUCATION

Audiovisual media are based on images and sounds to express the

information. For example,

television and videos,

documentaries, features,

interviews, cultural programs,

etc. Up the wide variety of

formats such information that

are issued through the media

Media education today is

important because many children and young people spend more time

watching television or playing video games than the time they spend in

school. They receive so much information through various mass media

(newspapers, radio, music, video, film and mainly through television)

on topics that they do not place great help. The attainment of

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knowledge is made from mediated experiences, and less through direct

experience with reality by the influence and contact with the

technologies

The educational system today is focusing on making the media a

complement of classes, this means that students can make rational

decisions and participate actively in class and in society. Although we

cannot shrug off the books, these are being considered also an

audiovisual medium for the content of letters with drawings and images

that accompany the texts.

The audiovisual media are tools for teachers

that can be used as often as deemed

necessary to have a specific purpose and

give to students a specific learning. These

resources help students relate to the

objective world, offering support for actions

that prepare for operational thinking, giving

emotions and interest for a new learning.

Thanks to the media, we can approach to students with the visual –

spatial intelligence, which have the ability to interpret, understand,

visualize and recognize specific aspects of objects and also have a

wonderful sense of direction.

Another intelligence that can be found through audiovisual media is

visual intelligence, which is related to the sound - picture - move to

represent reality in a way that makes us feel identified with what we

see and hear, capturing our attention and arousing emotions. This

intelligence is through sociability; given the technologies children are

more sociable and interacting better, which makes the time of filing a

class where students interact with each other, makes it easier for them.

The audiovisual should be considered as a window for the expression

of free thought and a starting point to reflect on our world.

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Kinesthetic intelligence

This is an area of cognition, which is usually not addressed as such, it is more, the mental and

the physical is often addressed as dichotomous which means that a division between

"reflective" and "active " is made.

In Western culture, it’s often assigned a lower

value from the intellectual point of view to the

physical, rather than language or logical-

mathematical. However, the ability to solve

problems that requires kinesthetic nature of

athletes, dancers or mimes, is such a high level of

complexity as those requiring the biologists

and mathematicians.

Neuro-psychological studies have found that the operation of the motor system is extremely

complex, requiring an amazing coordination of a wide range of neurological and

muscular components. For instance, throwing or catching a moving object is a

complex interaction between the eye and hand, which receives a continuous feedback

to each particular movement, allowing the next move to be more precisely targeted than its

predecessor.

Feedback mechanisms are highly articulated, allowing in this way that the body movement is

subjected to a constant adjustment and regulation, using the comparison between the

goal that is pursued kinesthetic and the present position of the limbs or body parts, involved

in the movement at any given time. Thus, voluntary movements require you to

compare perceptual actions which are attempted with the effects achieved. In

turn, the perception of the environment is affected by motor activity, any change in the

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position of the body itself, makes the experience of perceiving the environment to vary. In

fact, if there is no feedback from the motor activity, inhibits the normal development of

perception.

Kinesthetic intelligence includes the ability to control body movements, manipulate objects

and effects on the environment, using the whole body or parts of it. Gardner (1983) notes

that the two core competencies, the ability of body language and skillful

manipulation of objects can exist separately, but in general, subjects who have achieved a

high level of development of these kinds of skills, also possess other.

One could question the existence of kinesthetic intelligence as independent of other cognitive

skills, such as linguistics, for example. However, it has been shown that

neuropsychological patients whose linguistic and logical-mathematical are severely

damaged, have virtually no difficulties in carrying out highly complex motor activities.

A high degree of intellectual development in these skills is characteristic of athletes,

dancers, mimes and others who need to use complex motor skills during the course of their

business

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TRANSLATION

Many people do not know what is a translator, what do they do, and how do they do their

work. First of all, most of people who are unfamiliar to the profession tend to think that

anyone who speaks two languages is capable to translate texts. To be honest, I used to

think that way too, but after I decided to study this career and begin my classes I realized

that I didn’t know as much as I thought.

When I had the chance to take translation classes as I have said before, I neither had the

knowledge nor the experience to translate. So, at first I was kind of hard to overcome the

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mistakes I made, because as many of my classmates I fell a lot of times into literality.

Nevertheless, we were given some techniques and tips so to speak, to translate texts in a

really different way. It did not take too much for us to start translating better and faster,

also we totally changed our minds about working as a translator, we realized that it was

not as easy as many of us thought at the beginning of the classes. Now, we all know that

the work of a translator takes a lot of effort and it’s not just to sit down and say “Hey, I am

going to translate this as fast as I can”, it is a process which needs time and research

since we are meant to convey the true meaning of the texts we are translating, we cannot

take it lightly.

Overall, if you want to be a translator, you need to take into account that it is a profession

which requires a lot of responsibility and dedication, since if you fail because you did not

want to verify if what you translate was correct, it will make your clients not to trust you,

and therefore you lose work. But, do not worry I sure that if you enjoy reading various

kinds of stuff and do some research by yourself just for get to know something, you will not

find the translation process neither tedious nor difficult.

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WHO ARE TRANSLATORS?

Many people do not know what a translator, or as is their job, and very

often the people unfamiliar with the profession we ask questions like:

what is it? What does a translator? What is your way of working? And

in this degree will find this profession which is very important for all

who takes this race,

the classes are very

dynamic by teacher

specialized in this

area, we have

workshops and

courses which teach

us to work with

different types of text

to translate

individyally and in teams, classes are varied and are a big draw for the

career, students are highly motivated and demonstrate their skills as

translator through computer classes and as teachers we teach

specialized programs which are to work as a professional freelance

translators. It is also important that students feel motivated and in an

atmosphere of comfort, that is why get-togethers are held as the day of

the translator as a way of living and culture for students to learn more

themselves and others as a form of harmony among all.

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Teachers do their job succesfully every day in the classroom. We invite

people who are interested in this profession to enter in or career

Licenciatura en lengua inglesa en la Unidad Academica de Ciencias

Sociales y Juridicas de la universidad autonoma de tamaulipas

campus Tampico as the market currently is a “bum” for it’s modernity

as it is one of the newest career on this port.

By Lesly Castro y Carla Zamora

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FIRST DAY IN THE UNIVERSITY

Some students have a sort of feelings when they have to decide what

university would be the best for them to study. And, a lot of questions may

come across their mind, for example: What does university like? What would

my classmates and teachers be? Will I get tons of homework? And so on. It

can be a good experience for some students, but for others it can be different,

would be clearer totally the opposite. Good high

school academic training along with a well organized approach to the

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admission process will help to make the experience of going to

college exciting and fun.

I remember my first day in the university; I had decided to study a B.A. in

English (lic. En idioma ingles) because I really love languages and I thought

that it would be a smart choice. The things I liked about the career were that it

was cheap, it consisted of eight semesters and it has subjects to learn English.

At the beginning, I just wanted to learn English and I didn´t know the career

was aimed to be trained as an English teacher. After I knew this, I liked this

career even more.

My first experience at the university was good, thanks to the fact that I knew

the university, its classrooms and libraries, so I didn’t get lost and I knew

exactly where I had to go. I can tell that from all the universities I visited,

none of them is the way this university is. At first, I felt nervous and alone,

because I didn’t know anyone and I get to think that I wouldn´t have any

friend. On my first class day, I saw some students in my new group who had

taken the propaedeutic course with me, but I´d never talked to them. After

some hours, teachers made us introduce ourselves, then everyone was talking

to each other, the awkward silence had gone. Also, teachers explained us

things about career for example the holydays, academic activities such as

Spelling Bee, Halloween, Symposiums and so on.

I think each student makes his own way to go. You must maintain confidence

of yourself and face any challenge in your way. Everyone has to go through

this, but is part of the process; just try to manage your emotions appropriately.

The experience of getting into a place that you don’t know helps you to

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mature and keeping you moving forward. Also, it will help you to overcome

the fear of being in an unknown place and to improve your social interactions.

Always try to see the bright side to everything in life.

BY IRIS LECHUGA

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HALLOWEEN

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Halloween is celebrated in this career, and students may dressed up as

monsters if they want to. An interesting fact which is unknown by many students is that this holiday wasn’t celebrated at beginning of this career,and obviously, there was no costume contest either, it was due to the suggestion of some students of the career that the holiday started to be celebrated and then became tradition of this career. Now, every year the seventh grade students organize this activity bringing new ideas.

Now, let’s talk about the costume contest. This contest consists in creating a

costume and participants have to do a performance about the monster they

are dress of. Participants can be helped by their classmates in the creation

of the costume, for

instance they may buy or

even make the clothes

they will wear, helping

them to makeup, etc.

Almost always there are

two or three participants

by group. The contest is

really exciting, because

some costumes and

performances are really

scaring.

Obviously, every group

has its favorite

participant or participants.

They make cartels and

write with the name of Franco "Lancaster Killer" and Isis Ulloa

"Potter" at Halloween Costume Contest

2010

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their favorite competitor, “Go Mary”, “Go Karla”, etc, to encourage their

classmates. This event is one of the most exciting for students, since they

all can be together at the same time sharing and having a great time.

Nacho Ortiz & Victor Chavez

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MEMORABLE DAYS In our lives we set personal goals and face a lot of challenges in every aspect of

our social and professional life. Sometimes, we found ourselves struggling

with these challenges, there will be things in our way that may make us

stumble and question ourselves, are we on the right way? Is this the

profession I want to fight for my future? Have I disappointed my parents? All

those things may make us doubt, but at the end, we can overcome those

obstacles and doubts that stood on our way.

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Some of us are far from home, away from our beloved ones, fighting here, at

the university which we made our second home. Today proudly I can feel I’ve

achieved my main goal to graduate from this university, I will embrace the

four years I spent here which made me grow and accomplished my dream.

Now, we will fly to a new horizon for reaching our most desired dreams or at

least to get as close as possible, feeling proud and confident of who we are.

With mixed feelings of sadness and joy for those who were part of this

unforgettable generation and

I will always treasure these

memories. I’ll leave hoping

that every single dream of

my classmates traced out at

the beginning of this career

come true. Thanks for

being part of my memories

and we will raise the

reputation of this university with our performance, wherever it takes us, with

pride and never giving up for those who professionally formed us.

I will miss you all so much.

By: Anis ^^

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SPELLING BEE

Another activity that takes place in this career is “The Spelling Bee”

competition. After the pronouncer gives the speller a word, the speller will

be encouraged to pronounce the word before spelling it and after spelling

it. Days before the competition, students who signed up to be in this

competition should ask or have a word list; this list includes more than five

hundred words chosen by official experts that have more understanding on

the matter. Every student has a mentor who is responsible in the student

training and to solve every doubt the student may have.

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Like in any competition there are rules to follow, and we think that is very

important students should take this in an utterly way by doing what is

expected. So, there is required

that in every group from first

to eight semester at least

three participants

signed up for the competition

in order to have a better

contest and get students to

know each other. Once the

contest list is already

completed, students must

practice every day as to get a

better comprehension and practice at it. When the official day arrives it is

important that students get on time at the competition, they should be

ready for anything that could take place at that very moment.

The competition is made up of five judges, and every judge plays a very

important role in this contest, as the speller comes to the front and goes to

the word boxed to get a word from it, the judge has the right of announce

the word to be spelled in a slowly and clearly pronunciation. As soon as the

pronouncer calls out the word, the contestant or speller listens carefully to

the pronouncer and asks for the word to be repeated if necessary. When

the speller is sure she understands the word, she pronounces it, spells it and

then says the word again. She must say it loudly enough for the judge to

hear it.

After hearing the word, the judges determine whether or not the word was

spelled correctly. As we mention before, the “Spelling Bee” has main rules,

and if the speller commits a mistake he or she gets fewer points from what

it was established from the beginning. The contest consists in more than

four or five rounds if needed. If the correct spelling was given, the speller

remains in the game. On the other hand if the spelling was incorrect, that

speller is eliminated from the game. When there are only two spellers left,

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if one player misspells a word, the other player must spell that word

correctly, in order to be declared the winner of the spelling bee.

At the end of the competition, students get really excited; everyone has fun

when the competition is running and at the end of it, that is why, this is

one of the most important activities on the career and we are sure everyone

likes it whether they are or not in the competition.

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SYMPOSIUM

There are academic events too, for instance, the Symposiums. In these

events, national and international experienced professionals came to the

university to make an exposition about their experience working in their

respective fields, such as translation and teaching, so students can get to

know what things they will be able to do or be after finishing the career.

Also, students can learn many important things, for example, what is the

life and work of a freelance translator like. This question was treated in an

exposition given by the speaker Atenea Acevedo; students clarified what

the life of a translator is like, and learned some strategies to manage our

time, so we can spend the right time working and still have enough free

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time to do what we want. This exposition was really important for the

people studying to become translators, because the speaker told them the

importance of being a good one.

Another really interesting

and entertaining

exposition was about the

translation of “Shrek” the

movie into the Spanish

language. The speaker of

this exposition made

everybody laugh, because

he showed some parts of the movie and the way those parts were translated

and why it was decided to be translated that way, it was really fun. There,

students saw how the dialogues had to be changed completely sometimes,

mainly jokes due to the differences with regard to the customs, culture and

other aspects of the target audience.

There were more expositions, but from my personal point of view these

were the best.

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SOCIAL SERVICE

At the beginning I didn’t like the idea of doing my social service;

I thought it was just another school requirement, but at the end, I

enjoy the time I spent there and also I learned a lot of useful

things.

I did my social service in the area of “Tutorias” with the

Engineer Marmolejo who is in charge of the “Salon de Actos”.

Some of the activities we had to carry on were repair the

equipment of the faculty, and give technical support in various

events held at school. Also, we gave information to teachers and

students about the equipment they were going to use. And we

were in charge of configuring internet on students and teachers

computers.

You can do your social service in many places even in the SAC.

Some of the things I consider important when you are doing

your social service is the attitude, I'm sure that if you have a

good attitude, things will be easier and you will learn new things

and will have really interesting experiences.

By Ilse Iliana

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PRACTICES

When I started my practices, I was nervous, but I received support from

everyone, even from the children in the kindergarten. Everything was

different, a new world to me. Sometimes, I didn’t know what to do; however,

things I learned in my teaching classes help me a lot. The first days were a

little difficult, but gradually I got experience and self-confidence. On one

hand, every kid was cute and nice, on the other hand, sometimes they were a

little bit playful, but that wasn’t a reason to get mad, they are just kids after

all. They always called me “Maestra teacher,” even when I’d told them to say

only “teacher,” also when we met in the street on the way to the kindergarten,

it doesn’t matter how far away they were or if they were in the car with their

parents, they shouted “Maestra teacher! Good morning!”

There were days when I thought “No, this is not for me,” but now after all

those things I lived and experienced, I’m 100% sure that this is what I want

and I would like to keep doing. Teaching kids is not an easy task,

nevertheless, if you chose this don’t give up so easily, try a little harder, it will

be worth it.

The experience I got and the people I met who encouraged me while doing my

practices is something really meaningful to me and I will always remember

this with joy. I learned a lot and it’s something I won’t forget.

By: Ilse Iliana Pérez de la Rosa.

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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE TAMAULIPAS

UNIDAD ACADEMICA DE CIENCIAS JURIDICAS Y SOCIALES

LICENCIATURA EN IDIOMA INGLES TEACHER’S NAME:

CLAUDIA MARGARITA CAÑAS DEL CASTILLO

SUBJECT:

REDACCION AVANZADA EN INGLES

DESIGN TEAM:

CAMACHO GUZMAN RICARDO GABRIEL

GONZALEZ MENDEZ VANESSA YATSIRY

HERNANDEZ LARA JUAN MANUEL

MARTINEZ MORENO ANA KAREN

RANGEL RINCON JOSE LUIS

SANCHEZ CARDENAS SAEL DE JESUS

8TH. A TAMPICO TAM. ABRIL 2012

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