miércoles, 4 de julio de 2018

World cup conversation (controlled practice)

Instruction:
You have to be in pairs, then you have to read it, and practice it by changing the roles, then you have to record yourselves in order to send the audio to the whatsapp group (innovation).




Mario: Hey Loretto, how you doing? I want to watch the world cup, do you like the soccer?
Loretto: I am fine Mario! mmm.. I like soccer, my favorite team is Costa Rica (opcional), but I prefer baseball, what sports do you prefer?
Mario: I like to do aerobics and run, because you do not need too much equipment. Can you play baseball?
Loretto: Yeah, I play baseball with my friends!
Mario: What do you need to play baseball?
Loretto: I only need a bat, a ball and my friends.
Mario: Great! Tell me, Do you want to come to my house to watch the world cup tomorrow?
Loretto: Yes, It would be great!
Mario: Okey, I call you later.
Loretto: Bye!




PD. 
This is an activity only for my partners at the University.
So, if you're not part of my Licenciatura group, just ignore this post.

jueves, 7 de agosto de 2014

Free in you!

I feel free, when I stay 
tangled in your arms,
I feel free, when  I feel 
more than your hands, 
I feel free when I kiss yours lips,
I feel free when we're one!
By Susana Ramírez G.
'cause thou art a cloud in my sunny day,
you're my heaven in this hell,
You're in my heart forever!

By Teacher Ramírez

Tell me!
Do you like my poem?

viernes, 18 de julio de 2014

The Eagle By Alfred Lord Tennyson

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls. 
 
Teacher Ramirez Opinion:
When I read this poem I thought: 
"Ok this poem is simple, is talking about an eagle" 
But, you need read again,
 and you will find another meaning with this eagle's poem, 
so Read one more time! 
And write me in a comment, what's your opinion when you understand the poem?
 
Nothing Gold Can Stay By Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. 


Teacher Ramirez Opinion: 
In my personal opinion this is a great poem! 
Because  Frost is trying to show the reality of our life, 
Because in sometimes we feel much security,
 and we forget that every beginning have an end, so, 
Nothing in this life is forever!
Now!
Please share with me your own thoughts in a comment!

First Ice By Andrei Voznesenski (Translated by George Reavey)




A girl freezes in a telephone booth.
In her draughty overcoat she hides
A face all smeared
in lipstick and tears.

She breathes on her thin palms.                   
Her fingers are icicles.  She wears earrings.

She’ll have to walk home alone,
Along the ice-bound street.

First ice.  The very first time.
The first ice of telephone phrases.               

Frozen tears glisten on her cheeks–
The first ice of human hurt.


Teacher Ramirez Opinions:
Well, for me this poem is about the first experience about something, and if we read better the poem, is about depressing, cold, or lonely; an strong and deep emotion is expressed in this poem; I will like to know some first experience in your life!
Write me a comment with your thought!
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost


Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice. 

Teacher Ramírez Opinions: 
What I think?this poem compare two things, the Fire and the Ice,
 these are allusion to the destruction, to the evil, 
we can relate the the fire, with passion and the ice, with hate; 
But I remind you, Every single person have different viewpoints! 
Please show me in a comment, what's your opinion?