Centro de Idiomas Newsletter October - November 2009 To be or not to be?
Year: 05
matter of being patient and constant.
The Confucious Institute started its classes of Mandarin Chinese on august 10th. It is surprising how students are now able to start a basic conversation, saying their names and asking how they are so learning Chinese is not as difficult as it looks, it is just a matter of being pa-
Remember that almost ten percent of our population has Chinese roots and that our region is on the spot for Chinese enterprises to invest. So why wait? Give it a try, learn Chinese!!
But the Confucious Institute is not just a place to learn a language; it is a place that will open doors to different activities so as to learn and get to know more about China and its people and culture.
The Global Age We belong to a world where change is increasingly rapid and gaps in access to information will significantly expand. We live in a society governed by the market economy and governed by communications and technological advances. The issue is not new; nevertheless, the situation tends to become increasingly serious. In the last years there has been a worrisome imbalance, which is manifested in the superposition of the global on the local. The models of
Miscellaneous
By: Julio Valladares
has been almost a month since we officially opened our Confucious Institute at Universidad de Piura, with more than 50 students and our excellent teacher Sofia Ma Zheng from our partner university in China Capital Normal University.
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♦ 592 people will take their International Cambridge Exams at the end of this month. They will be evaluated by Centro de Idiomas teachers in Piura and Lima. Good luck! ♦Professors Teilhard Masías
and Elizabeth Calderón were in Oxford, England last October taking a Teaching Training Course. They stayed there for one month. Congratulations! ♦ Last August, Mrs. Yeranis Valdés travelled to Vienna, Austria to take a training course inTeaching German at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. She stayed there for 23 days. Congratulations!
By: Cynthia Cienfuegos Viera (*)
development and progress are directed to a small part of the world population, not only in the economic, social or political dimension, but also in the cultural. one. Therefore one of the most worrisome of the globalized age is that concerning the issue of territory, it is not understood and respected in its social dimension. Territory is the space where there is a constant interrelation between man and the geographical environment, is a place which updates and creates cultural manifestations. To understand the socie-
ties we need to understand our space and respect its authenticity. In a global world and so full of peculiarities such as ours the great challenge of the twentyfirst century man is respect for the man himself and the things around him. Therefore, a man more sympathetic with the problems facing the world, but especially the problems relating to human personhood.
*Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Humanities.
The First Great Classic Of South American History
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have a copy of "Florida of the Inca" a book written 400 years ago by the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. I got it through a careful research on the most important digital libraries in the world like “Miguel de Cervantes”, the most prestigious portal regarding Castilian writers which holds more than 10 million users from every continent. And so I have the English translation made by John and Jeannette Varner in 1951, published by the University of Austin, Texas, on whose cover is subtitled the book as the first
great classic of South American history. It seemed to me like a visionary expression, written 60 years ago, which applies not only to the book but to its author. Indeed, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the publication of his master piece "The Royal Commentaries” in the city of Lisbon, the conspicuous Peruvian writer, Garcilaso de la Vega has received several tributes from around the world. The need for mastering languages is imminent at all levels of culture since nowadays
By: Luz González U. *
virtual communication, also in humanistic research, has connected us with different and the most advanced research centers in the world. Of course, at the University of Piura we are aware of the great potential of digital technology and therefore, we use it daily in our work. *Philosopher and professor in the School of Sciences and Humanities. Translated by: Jenny Perez A.
XIII National Congress for Teachers of English “Facing Challenges in ELT” By: Rebeca Vera
Our
organization, FENAPIUPE, organized the XIII National English Teachers Conference at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil in Ecuador. This event was sponsored by the Ministry of Education, American and British Consulate, Municipio de Guayaquil, universities, publishers, bookshops and companies involved in the teaching and practice of English.
Our conference and exhibition brought together teachers from around the country and abroad to discuss, reflect on and develop their ideas. It offered opportunities for professional contact and development. It involved a threeday programme of plenary sessions, workshops, presentations and panel discussions and gave participants a chance to meet writers and professors and exchange ideas.
Guayaquil: A great cultural city
Last
month, my colleague Graciela and I had the chance of visiting the beautiful and modern city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. We were invited to take part in the XIII National Congress for teachers of English 2
“Facing Challenges in ELT”, which was organized by the FENAPIUPE (Federación Nacional de Profesores de Inglés de Universidades y Politécnicos del Ecuador) The President of this institution, Miss Rebeca Vera and her wonderful crew of assistants managed to gather about 400 teachers from different cities of Ecuador and 46 speakers from Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, USA, England, Canada and Costa Rica, This wonderful event was sponsored by the most
By: Jaime Ancajima
important publishers like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and also by the Ministerio de Educación, Consulado General de los EEUU, The British Honorary Consulate, among others. It was a big success!
Thank you, everybody. We did it again! Last
October 29th our Language Centre held its 5th Talent Show. There were 120 participants who pleased all the audience. They sang, danced and acted in 17 presentations full of creativity and imagination. Mr. Julio Valladares welcomed all the people who attended this great event and afterwards the teachers from Centro de Idiomas started the presentations singing two songs and dancing with the members of the Show of Any Reto, who presented their famous Crazy Hour. After this, the masters of ceremony presented all the participants who were given a round of applauses by the 600 people who were present that night.
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THE JURY All the participants were evaluated by a very special jury which was formed by Mrs. Socorro Querevalú Velásquez, from Escuela de Música, Mr. Jason Hughes, from Centro de Idiomas, Miss Roxana Eyzaguirre, from Diario El Tiempo, and Mrs.. Lilian Soldivar de Almeida and Xio Hong Cao de Wong who evaluated Portuguese and Mandarin Chinese participants. respectively. THE WINNERS The winners were the following: In category A Santa Monica School, in Category B, the class of Mandarin Chinese, in category C, Universidad César Vallejo and in category D, the class of Intermediate II with the student Astrid Yarleque.
By: Jaime Ancajima
All the first and second places of each category were given certificates and prizes for their great presentations. GUEST INSTITUTIONS Santa Mónica School, ICPNA Región Grau and Cesar Vallejo University were the institutions which were invited to take part in our show and they all presented marvellous performances. Their students and teachers did a great job. Thanks to all of you! SPONSORS There were several institutions which helped us to have this successful 5th Talent Show: I.E.P. Santa Mónica, GestPerú, Editorial Mac Millan, Editorial Pearson, Editorial Anglo del Perú, Editorial Nutesa, Diario El Tiempo, Institute Primeidiomas, Brazil, and Instituto Confucio.
Having fun in English! ♦
the little camel, walks into his parents' room at 3 a.m. and asks for a glass of water. "Another one?" says his father. "That's the glass this month." ♦
same amount of power would have been the size of a house. Wide-eyed, our daughter asked
Max,
second
Trying to explain to our five-
year-old daughter how much computers had changed, my husband pointed to our brandnew personal computer and told her that when he was in college, a computer with the
“How big was the mouse?” ♦ A guy drives into a ditch, but
luckily, a farmer is there to help. He hitches his horse, Buddy, up to the car and yells, "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy doesn't move. "Pull, Buster, pull!" Buddy doesn't budge. "Pull, Coco, pull!" Nothing.
C ENTRO DE I DIOMAS N EWSLETTER Nº 25 – OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2009 Dear students and teachers, On behalf of Centro de Idiomas, we want to congratulate you all for such a beautiful evening last October 29th. Everybody did their best and all the audience was really happy and satisfied with all the presentations. We also want to thank all the institutions we invited. They had a great performance. The editor jaime.ancajima@udep.pe
Editor Jaime Ancajima Alama Proofreader Connie Nalvarte Valdez Contributors Luz Gonzáles U. Cynthia Cienfuegos V. and Jenny Pérez. Technical Support Cinthya Villena
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(Taken from: Reader’s Digest)
Then the f a r me r s a y s , "Pull, Buddy, pull!" And the h o r s e drags the car out of the ditch. Curious, the motorist asks the farmer why he kept calling his horse by the wrong name. "Buddy's blind," said the farmer."And if he thought he was the only one pulling, he wouldn't even try."