domingo, 28 de março de 2010

What Easter means to you?


Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the Christian year.
For much people Easter is the time for giving chocolate eggs. But Easter means much more...
What Easter means to you?

quarta-feira, 24 de março de 2010

Para os alunos da 8ª série

1- Para você, qual é a verdadeira importância da língua inglesa?

2- Você acha que o inglês tem influenciado a nossa vida? De que forma?

3- Faça uma lista de palavras do inglês que usamos no nosso dia a dia.

4 - Elabore um texto mostrando a presença da lingua inglesa no nosso cotidiano.

quarta-feira, 10 de março de 2010

WHY LEARN ENGLISH LANGUAGE


• Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have the English as the dominant language.
• In general, the universal language on the Internet is the English.
• The majority of the electronically stored information around the world is in English.
• English is one of the easiest languages to learn and to use for its simple alphabet, easy words, short words and easy plurals.
• You can travel to any English speaking country without the need of have a translator. Usually, if you don’t know the language your trip would be hard and maybe you wouldn’t enjoy it.
• Nowadays in the competitive job market it is necessary to speak English. So if you learn English you will have a better chance of getting a job that pays more.
• Learn English will help you to communicate with relatives, in-laws or friends who speak a different language. English is also helpful if you are going to move to a different country because it is a “global language”.
• A lot of educational information is in English; therefore to have access to this material or maybe communicate with other students it is necessary to have knowledge of English.
• It is necessary to learn English if you are planning to study at a foreign university or school. Usually many educational institutions will provide you preparatory courses to improve your English language skills but you have to have at least a medium level of knowledge.
• Many students from over 70 different countries, from Brazil to Japan, Morocco to Uzbekistan and all

Língua estrangeira pra quê?


Não há como fugir. Por mais que estejamos no Brasil, as línguas estrangeiras penetram no vocabulário do nosso dia-a-dia. E quando menos esperamos, passam a fazer parte da nossa vida. Às vezes, nem sabemos que determinadas palavras têm origem em outro idioma e a falamos sem saber o significado. Vamos ver isto na prática?