DIALOGUE-ERIC BALSEIRO

 

Two teachers, in the school staff room, are talking about the rights and wrongs of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) as a subject.

T1: This subject has to be included in the student’s curriculum, the future of them is focused on these technologies, we should teach them how to use it and how to improve their mean points with them, it’s just their future. Don’t you think?

T2: Well, I’m not too sure but, in my opinion these technologies are just a complement for them, in the children’s academic development we have to be focused on their hard skills, they need to learn the academic bases before the soft skill’s development, we don’t have to mix it.

T1: Do you really think so? I don’t quite agree with you, I believe that seeing which profile the economic world search, we need to teach them, obviously, the hard skills, but we should taught it in parallel with the soft skills searched by this world, using this technologies.

T2: Yes, I agree here but we should introduce these technologies gradually, we are here always to help our students grow up, and using these tools could be a good way.

DIALOGUE - Paula Perdiguero

Mrs Smith and Mrs Jones are teachers of arts and technology, respectively, and are discussing in the teachers room while having breakfast about the rights and wrongs of having a school subject about Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Mrs Smith: I believe that this new subject that the government have made the only thing that achieve is that the kids will be less creative. 

Mrs Jones: Came on Mr Smith, another time with this? This new project is to help kids about the right use of the new technologies. It could be very useful in orther to avoid ciberbullyng.

Mrs Smith: Nowadays the youngest of the family know more about technology than us. Subject like psicology or ethics are better for then to grow as an experience people. 

Mrs Jones: That’s right! But in the other hand, Internet can be dangerous and in the future they will appreciate it because in their work they will have to work with technology.

Mrs Smith: In that part you are right, but I think they should do everything!

Dialogue- Paula De la Osa

Rick and Jessica, two teachers from the middle school are talking about the new school subject, ICT, discussing his rights and wrongs.

Rick: Jessica, I don’t know if this new subject is a good idea, call me old-fashioned, but I don’t see it useful, the kids by now away are born with computers, they know much more than the two of us together. What do you think?

Jessica: Well… In my opinion, I think is a good idea. It’s true that child knows a lot of things about technology, but I believe that, as adults, we have to teach them to use the technology in a good way, to prevent cyberbullying or that something bad happen to them.

Rick: I can’t believe what you’re saying! This new subject is going to take away to the child time from the important classes like language or science. When I was a child, we didn’t need to take classes for this stupid thing, if they want to learn about it, they should do it themselves.

Jessica: Oh, Rick, but they were other time, you can be always thinking in the past. I would not mind participating in the class, I think I could learn more and help them too.

Rick: Well, do what you want, I am not going to waste hours of my free time to teach them something they already know.

INFORMAL EMAIL-ADRIA SEGUNDO

INFORMAL EMAIL

ADRIÀ SEGUNDO

Dear Sarah,

How are you doing? Now I'm working in the office that I had destinated for my businnes and I had gone to London to work from my business.

I’m writing to you to let you know that I’ll come to Medellin when I’ll have done the contract with this office, that finshed in six months. When I will arrive I supose that we are going to spend lot of time together and we will do a lot of thinks that we couldn't do in the past.
I understand that in Colomia there is a lot of bandalism but one friend that he went the last summer to holiday in the coste of Colombia and he say me that is a very nice and friendly country and very attractive culture.

So, I supose that Medellin it will be a great experiences and I hope that we will be bealive

a lot of very good moments.

Adrià.

Informal email- Raquel González Lecina

Dear Sarah

Thanks for invited me to spend some time with your family. I can’t wait to meet you and your parents in August! You asked me if there was anything I wanted to do while I’m staying with your family... 

First of all, a bit about me. I’m crazy about animals, I love to learn about new creatures and I know that in Australia there are animals that in Spain doesn’t. I want to learn about your culture and mores too. I also love swimming. Do you? 

I guess we'll be busy at the language school during the day. I hope I can improve my English grammar and writings, but I think that new experiences can be helpful to talk more fluently. What kind of things do you like to do?

I've attached a picture so you can see what I look like. I thought that this will make it easy for you to recognize me at the airport.

Please write back soon. I can’t wait to meet you and your family!!

Bye for now!

Raquel

INFORMAL LETTER - JUDITH PAREDES SEGURA

Hi John,

How's it going? I hope everything's going well.

I'm sorry I haven't been in touch for such a long time, I'm so stressed with the exams.

I'm writing to let you know that are some advantages and disadvantages of the app Facebook.

Firstly, the advantages, you can find some friends of the childhood or you can stay in contact with your family and friends in whichever moment of the day.

Secondly, the disadvantages, if you have an addiction with this app this could be harmful to your health and you have to be careful with the false accounts because they can get information of you and do bad things with them. Also, this app is only used for old people.

So, my friend, I recommend you Instagram that it's more actual and for young people like you.

Hope to hear from you soon.

See you soon,

Judith.

INFORMAL EMAIL - ALEXANDRA GALLEGO

Hi, Sarah !  I’m Alexandra Gallego. Thanks for you email, was very beautifull. I really feel like to go in Sydney. I've been waiting a long time this opportunity and  I’m very happy of have it.

I’d like in this trip meet and to learn another culture different from mine,I’m curious in particular to the food the pavlova and lamingtons are two typical desserts, do some tourism and visit the most important monuments or museus for exemple the Sydney Opera House, The Rocks and Cathedral of Santa Maria. Whay I like most is practice my english and better it.

I hope that during this time that this there to learn to live in a other country because I like other plays and meet the other people.

Bye for now !

Alexandra.