Inglés

Match the words with their definitions

1.    Lock

2.    Feed

3.    Handy

4.    Mend a fuse

5.    Dig the weeds

6.    Cottage

7.    Scrimp and sabe

8.    Drop me a line

9.    Waste away

10. Fill in a form

A)    try hard to save money

B)    repair something electrical

C)    take out plants you don´t want in the garden

D)   a small house in the country

E)    give food to

F)    write to  me

G)   useful, practical

H)   write down official information

I)      close with a key

J)      get very thin because you´re ill or don´t eat

Happy International Women's Day!

To celebrate, here are a few female scientists that you might not have heard of (but definitely should have). I haven't included Marie Curie, because as much as we all love her, she is the automatic "female scientist" that always springs to mind and I think it's time we branched out.

1. Ada Lovelace
... Analyst, metaphysician, and founder of scientific computing. Read more about her life here: http://bit.ly/V3im
2. Rosalind Franklin.
Biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of the fine molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She received no credit for her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. More on her life: http://bit.ly/4CJMC0
3. Rachel Carson
Marine biologist and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. More on her life: http://bit.ly/16f4Hcm
4. Lise Meitner
A physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics. She was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, but was overlooked for the Nobel Prize in favour of male colleagues. More on her life: http://bit.ly/3js4zk
5. Cecilia Payne
Astronomer and astrophysicist who, in 1925, proposed in her Ph.D. thesis an explanation for the composition of stars in terms of the relative abundances of hydrogen and helium. More on her life: http://bit.ly/n4RNqS
6. Mary Anning
A paleontologist who made many important finds in the Jurassic marine fossil beds at Lyme Regis in Dorset. More on her life: http://bit.ly/rGXKq

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PERSONAL STRENGTHS INVENTORY

Using the scale provided, assess your performance, attitudes, and abilities in the following areas.

UNDERVELOPED                      DEVELOPING                                           WELL DEVELOPED

1                 2             3                         4                5              6                  7                8             9

 1. Honesty                                                                                                               _______

 2. Trustworthiness                                                                                                  _______

 3. Dependability                                                                                                     _______

 4. Responsibility                                                                                                     _______

 5. Self-awareness                                                                                                    _______

 6. Resilience                                                                                                            _______

 7. Energy                                                                                                                  _______

 8. Task commitment                                                                                               _______

 9. Organization                                                                                                       _______

10. Attention to detail                                                                                            _______

11. Ability to see the big picture                                                                             _______

12. Ability to see and make connections between concepts                                _______

13. Creativity                                                                                                            _______

14. Appropriate use of humor                                                                                _______

15. Positive attitude                                                                                                _______

16. Open-mindedness                                                                                             _______

17. Ability to take intelligent risks                                                                          _______

18. Overall wellness                                                                                                 _______

19. Desire for personal growth                                                                               _______

20. Listening skills                                                                                                    _______

21. Interpersonal communications skills                                                                _______

22. Public speaking                                                                                                  _______

23. Written communications skills                                                                         _______

24. Ability to bend                                                                                                   _______

25. Empathy                                                                                                             _______

26. Ability to give                                                                                                     _______

27. Goal setting                                                                                                        _______

28. Ability to read with understanding                                                                  _______

29. Ability to understand and apply mathematical concepts                               _______

30. General Knowledge                                                                                           _______

31. Appreciation of visual and performing arts                                                     _______

32. Ability to provide effective and appropriate leadership                                             _______

33. Ability to appreciate and accommodate diversity                                           _______

34. Ability to collaborate effectively with a variety of people

       and personalities                                                                                                          _______

35. Ability to use technology                                                                                              _______

Provide complete and thoughtful response to the following prompts.

36. If I were describing myself to someone who´s never met me,

       I would say ____________________________________________________________.

37. Other people see me as __________________________________________________.

38. My most positive characteristics are ________________________________________.

39. The qualities I like about myself include _____________________________________.

40. I find it easy to do the following things ______________________________________.

41. My main strength is _____________________________________________________.

42. The things I value most deeply is ___________________________________________.

43. During my lifetime, I hope to accomplish the following goals ____________________

_________________________________________________________________________.

44. When I face a problem, I _________________________________________________.

45. When I am upset with others, I ____________________________________________.

46. I am most confident and secure when _______________________________________.

47.  I hide my ability when ___________________________________________________.

48. I tend to feel insecure when _______________________________________________.

49. The most difficult thing for me to do is ______________________________________.

50. My fist impressions of people tend to be _____________________________________.

51. Most people think I ______________________________________________________.

52. When I don´t like people, I tend to _________________________________________.

53. The quality I dislike about myself is _________________________________________.

54. My number of priority to target for personal growth is _________________________

_________________________________________________________________________.

55. If I were a historical personality, I would be __________________________________.

*Jensen and Kiley Self-Assesment Tool

Me encanta la música, como a la mayoría de las personas, y pienso que escuchar nuestras canciones favoritas en inglés, con letra incluída, tipo Karaoke, puede ser de gran utilidad para el aprendizaje de dicho idioma, además de ser muy divertido.

Por ejemplo, si en tu clase de inglés estás viendo Future Tense WILL, y el Modal Verb COULD, con la canción "Unintended Love" de Muse, puedes identificar  practicar, y reforzar su uso de una manera práctica y significativa para ti, además de aprender nuevo vocabulario.  Veamos...

"Could" tiene dos significados diferentes.