1.en.04 Identity: Who am I? Stereotype? Stereotyped?

Do you find it easy or difficult to answer the question about who you are?

What are the elements that make you the way you are? What’s your IDENTITY?

Genes? 

Education? 

Family? 

Environment? 

Background? (més…)

1.es.05 ¡VOLVEMOS AL CAMINO!

1.es.04 “Avíate bien, que yo llegaré/ a ti a dessora…”

La Muerte viene para la Emperatriz de Hans Holbein el joven, S. XVI

Posiblemente en ninguna otra figura se puede observar tan claramente el cambio de mentalidad del hombre medieval al hombre del renacimiento como en la figura de la Muerte. Esta es mi tesis, para argumentarla me voy a basar en tres personificaciones de la Muerte que encontramos en el S.XV: el personaje macabro y burlesco de la danza general que proviene de la tradición popular y representa la cosmovisión medieval cristiana; la Muerte que se confunde con la enamorada de los poetas cultos de cancionero, que aparece asociada al amor cortés y tendrá una larga pervivencia posterior y las diferentes personificaciones de las coplas manriqueñas, en especial la que viene a buscar a don Rodrigo, que ya es fruto de una nueva mentalidad en la que lo terrenal tiene una clara importancia.

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1.es.03 El comentario de texto literario.

1.en.03 Let’s talk about People. Describing People

This post will help you when you have to talk or write about a photograph or an image.

Have a look at David Mainwood’s presentation below. He’s the English teacher and a blogger, who made this excellent presentation that will surely help you improve your oral skills and face the oral exam with much more confidence.  Copy the useful language that appears in slide 28 and have it at hand. You can use the pics in David’s presentation or some others of your choice. The aim is to internalise the steps in picture description until it comes out naturally.  It will take you more than one try.  You have 18 slides to get you started.Shortcode

You can also visit David’s blog by clicking on the image below

The more you practise the skill the easier it’ll become for you. Here you are some useful tips:

• Practise picture description with a friend, you’ll be able to help each other by prompting, asking questions, giving feedback and interacting.
• Follow the steps, but be natural. If a pic surprises you, you can say so! You do not have to wait until the very last stage to express your surprise.

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By practising oral description of pictures you will also improve your writing skills. The language used in picture description is also useful for writing essays:

discussion/for and against / argument essays.