LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SCIENCE
THE IMPORTANCE OF FACEBOOK TO TEENAGERS
By Eduardo
http://www.goear.com/listen/c7e5eaf/facebook-eduardo-f
martes, 29 de julio de 2014
TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS IN A BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
By Paula, Sol, Mia, Karen
PODCASTS
http://www.goear.com/listen/a7c196b/telephone-conversations-paula-sol-mia-karen
http://www.goear.com/listen/49eb21a/example-of-telephone-conversation-paula-sol-mia-karen
By Naomi, Camila, Belén, Manuela
PODCAST
http://www.goear.com/listen/68229b4/a-telephone-conversation-naomi-camila-belen-manuela
HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
By Paula, Sol, Mia, Karen
PODCASTS
http://www.goear.com/listen/a7c196b/telephone-conversations-paula-sol-mia-karen
http://www.goear.com/listen/49eb21a/example-of-telephone-conversation-paula-sol-mia-karen
By Naomi, Camila, Belén, Manuela
PODCAST
http://www.goear.com/listen/68229b4/a-telephone-conversation-naomi-camila-belen-manuela
LEARNING BUSINESS ENGLISH
" A COMPANY PROFILE "
GOOGLE
by Emilio, Victoria and Nicolás.PODCAST
http://www.goear.com/listen/b5639b5/a-company-profile-google-emilio-victoria-nicolas
SONY CORPORATION
By Brenda, María Florencia, Lucía
PODCAST
http://www.goear.com/listen/9aa8c39/a-company-profile-sony-corporation-brenda-maria-florencia-lucia
E-BAY
By Franco, Candela, ElianaPODCAST
http://www.goear.com/listen/816642f/a-company-profile-e-bay-franco-candela-eliana
California, 1986.
A group of students was going by bus to a camp
when suddenly in a lonely place the bus ran out of gas.
They
were with three teachers and the driver, he said that on the other side of the
road he saw lights, so they sent a group of students there to ask for help.
The
three teenagers went and the rest of the class waited on the bus. They waited
10 minutes that slowly became 30. At that point, they decided to go and watch
what happened to them.
The
lights were from a cheap motel called "California's Motel". It was
horrible.
One of
the teachers, Ms. Charlie, went inside looking for the students. Some seconds
after all the group -that was waiting outside, in the parking zone- heard the
scream of the teacher. She returned running and crying a lot.
All the
teachers started to help her and they tried to talk to her, but Ms. Charlie
kept crying and saying that she saw them.
Only Allison,
who was beside the rest of the group listened to all she said:
"I
saw them... -She said- All of them were there... B-but them... I saw a lot of
blood, everywhere... They were murdered."
Allison
could not believe that. She was in shock so she started to run away from there
and tripped over with a class mate, Ethan.
"Eyy...
Slow down, Allison"
"So-sorry" she whispered.
"What
happened?"
"Nothing"
she lied.
"Are
you sure?"
"It's
just that I don't like this place. I want to go home."
"Me
too. But that’s not the problem, right?”
On that
moment, Mr. Edmon, the chemistry teacher, stated to talk.
“Okay.
We’re going to be on the bus tonight. The driver is going to repair it and
tomorrow we will return home”
He
looked nervous, and Allison knew why. How could they explain the murder of
three students? What could they do with the bodies? She wanted to go away. She
wanted to be sure that what Ms. Charlie saw wasn’t true. At that whill moment
she had that thought, Megan, one of her friends, screamed.
And
there they were. The three students were hanging on the motel's gallery.
At
first, everybody was in shock. But then all the students looked at Ms. Charlie
that had a crazy face and was throwing gas on her body. Silence. And then, she
just struck a match and caught fire.
Allison
couldn’t see that anymore. Everyone started screaming and crying and the teachers
tried to extinguish the fire, but they couldn’t. After a couple minutes the
fire extinguished.
The
next morning, when the bus arrived at school, everybody can’t stop thinking
about the night before. They had the bodies at the back of the bus.
Some
weeks later, they noticed that, that wasn’t the first time that this kind of
things happened at “California Motel”. It had a long list of suicides,
murderers and strange events.
What is
worst is that “California’s Motel” had been demolished 30 years before that
creepy story happened.
THE END
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Sebastian
The Garden family, which was formed by Sebastian, Cler, Lydia and Matt,
lived in a small house in the countryside. But one rainy day, Sebastian was
murdered by Cler, his wife. They had been arguing a lot, and one night Cler
hung Sebastian. But, was Sebastian dead?
Two months after his death, the kids were playing in the garden. They
saw a shadow and they started to hear voices and screams, but they didn’t know
where they came from.
They ran towards the house and called their mother but she didn’t
answer. They started to look for her, but they couldn’t find her anywhere.
Suddenly they heard a scream coming from the garden. At that moment the windows
started to open and close, and in the mirror of the living room someone had
written with blood “I CAME BACK, I’M HERE, SEBASTIAN”. Lydia ran to the garden
and saw her mother´s head hanging from a tree, and next to it, Sebastian was
laughing.
Lydia hid with Matt in one of the rooms of the house. When they heard
the noise of a door opening, Lydia pushed Matt under the bed. When Sebastian
saw Lydia, he thought that she was Cler, his wife, his murderer. He couldn’t
stop himself and he stabbed a knife on Lydia’s chest killing her immediately.
Matt? Sebastian? No one knows what happened to them, but now nobody is
brave enough to enter that house. THE END
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The Circle of
Knife
Florida, 1992.
I'm
Jake. Today I'm going to die. You don't know why, but I have reasons. In fact,
my last letter, mi last goodbye. Actually, I was really happy. My life with my
girlfriend was perfect. We met at Texas University. I fell in love with her and
she fell in love with me. Even though we loved each other, she broke my heart.
A few days ago, I had a strange dream. My girlfriend, Sophie, was dead on the floor of our room. These room where we had been so happy. And now, she was dead.
I wake up feeling afraid of that dream. I knew that the dream was just a dream, but I felt it so real. Then, I went to the bathroom, but I didn't see what I hoped to: I saw blood. And I thought that it was Sophie's blood. At that moment, Sophie was in the psychologist, so it was impossible. Suddenly, the blood disappeared.
After that, I went to a public pub and I started to drink. But even though the alcohol's effect, I couldn't get that dream out of my mind. So I called her. She took a lot of time to answer me and when she did it, she sound strange. For that reason, I decided to pick up her. When I arrived, I saw them. She, the love of my life, with my best friend.
Liam had been my best friend since primary school. When he graduated he started to work like a psychologist.
Sophie didn't need a psychologist, but she really wanted to go, so I accepted.
I never thought that I could do it, but I did it. I took a knife and I killed him. Sophie cried and shouted but I didn't have any option. She ran away and I followed her. We get into the house and she said that I was a murderer. I couldn't trust on her anymore so, one more time, I didn't have option, I had to kill her.
The last thing I saw was her eyes crying. That memory followed me in my dreams every night.
I have no reasons to stay alive.
She was my entire life and now she was dead. But well, we were born to die.
A few days ago, I had a strange dream. My girlfriend, Sophie, was dead on the floor of our room. These room where we had been so happy. And now, she was dead.
I wake up feeling afraid of that dream. I knew that the dream was just a dream, but I felt it so real. Then, I went to the bathroom, but I didn't see what I hoped to: I saw blood. And I thought that it was Sophie's blood. At that moment, Sophie was in the psychologist, so it was impossible. Suddenly, the blood disappeared.
After that, I went to a public pub and I started to drink. But even though the alcohol's effect, I couldn't get that dream out of my mind. So I called her. She took a lot of time to answer me and when she did it, she sound strange. For that reason, I decided to pick up her. When I arrived, I saw them. She, the love of my life, with my best friend.
Liam had been my best friend since primary school. When he graduated he started to work like a psychologist.
Sophie didn't need a psychologist, but she really wanted to go, so I accepted.
I never thought that I could do it, but I did it. I took a knife and I killed him. Sophie cried and shouted but I didn't have any option. She ran away and I followed her. We get into the house and she said that I was a murderer. I couldn't trust on her anymore so, one more time, I didn't have option, I had to kill her.
The last thing I saw was her eyes crying. That memory followed me in my dreams every night.
I have no reasons to stay alive.
She was my entire life and now she was dead. But well, we were born to die.
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LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE
The gardener´s spirit
My name is Damon Hudson, but when this story
happened my name was Stefan and I was 17 years old. I had one brother, Jimmy,
and our parents were dead. We lived alone on a farm in a big house, in the
village of Yorktown.
Everybody said the Hudson’s gardener was
hiding something. The people said that he was crazy and he used to speak to
himself. On the other hand, I believed that he was a normal guy, with a dark
story and a difficult past. However, as
the days passed I started to change my mind about him.
Everything started when I woke up in the middle
of the night, I walked to the bathroom and when I finished washing my hands I
saw my older brother lying on the floor, surrounded by blood. When I didn´t
feel his heartbeat, I started crying. I felt so crushed because I couldn’t save
him. Even though I was very scared and confused I got to call the police, but
they didn´t answer me. Then I decided to ask for help so I phoned to my
gardener and friend, Billy. Twenty minutes later he arrived in my house and we buried
the body together. I noticed that Billy was
acting weird and sweating. I couldn`t sleep, so I decided to investigate.
At First, I looked inside my house to
see if there was any clue that told me who was the murderer, but I didn´t find anything. Then, I walked around
the farm to look for traces of murderer because there was mud. An hour later I found near the entrance to
the farm what I was looking for: I found
boot’s footprints, there were very similar to the one´s Billy had left while we
were burying my brother. So I realized that the murderer was Billy.
The next morning I questioned him. He said that
he was innocent, he did not remember anything that could or couldn´t have
happened the night before, or who had buried Jimmy. At first I thought he was
lying, but then I decided to call my uncle, because he was a very wise man, and
he told me that, long time ago, a family had died in that same house, and the
spirit of the father stayed there, and every night he got into a man´s body and
killed people related to that person… So I realized: Billy was possessed by
that man´s spirit.
I practically ran down the stairs to find
Billy, and a couple of hours later I saw him walking around a pig, a dead pig,
holding a bottle of wine. I realized he was drunk. So I went running to
exorcise him, but he escaped. I tried to chase him, but I didn´t got to make
one step: he crashed into something that I couldn’t see,
because I was very surprised. His heart stopped beating minutes later, and he
passed away. The spirit went to hell with him, he deserved it. I didn´t cry
that time: on the contrary, I grabbed a lighter and gasoline, set his body on
fire and went home laughing like never before. My life changed completely after
that happened. When the madness passed, I moved to the city and looked for a
new job. I became a gardener, but not an ordinary one: a gardener like Billy.
Go to this link to listen to the podcast
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http://www.goear.com/listen/a022307/the-gardeners-spirit-ines-sofia-erika-clara
Teaching English to teenagers in the 21st century is not only a question of a book and a cd. It involves all the technological tools the internet provides together with the right strategies to motivate students.
Strategies! As I was looking the word up in the dictionary I found this definition:
" The science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations"
Isn´t it funny? Teachers are not at war but sometimes we feel as if we are, trying to plan a lesson using the right strategy which can catch the students´attention.
It is hard but not impossible so.............
Get down to work! Internet, technological tools and specific vocabulary! The use of these resources and learning the language through specific topics have guided students to make these podcasts.
Enjoy the students´productions which are divided into three areas:
- LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH LITERATURE
- LEARNING BUSINESS ENGLISH
- LEARNING ENGLISH THROUGH SCIENCE.
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