PORTFOLIO by Mateo G__ https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5 Made with charisma en-us 2019-09-04 16:40:26 UTC 2026-01-03 07:14:14 UTC hello@padlet.com WRONG IDEAS ABOUT LANGUAGE mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/380018678 Date: 28/06/19
*Summary:
When we talk about language we take for granted some features that people have made us believed are true  but is not so. The main two misconceptions about language are:
-Language can't be studied like anything else because the object of study is the same as the tool, that is the language itself
- Language was not invented by humans to communicate  but the communication is inherent to humans.

*Questions:
- Why language cannot be studied like anything else?

- Which is correct?
a. thanks to we have language we communicate
b. we invented language to communicate

*Something that drew my attention:
The fact that language is even more complex, singular and outstanding than every element that can be studied.

*What else I'd learn about this?
I'd like to learn and understand the third misconception.

*Research question:
- exactly how the language was invented? 


]]> 2019-09-04 16:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/380018678 THREE KINDS OF GRAMMAR mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/380076437 Date: 04/09/19
*Summary:
Grammar consists of the sound and sound patterns, the basic units of meanings (words) and how to combine them to form sentences with the desired meaning.  We use grammar in three ways:
Prescriptive grammar: is a set of rules about language based on how some people think language should be used.
Descriptive grammar: is knowledge that people have in their brains about a certain language
Teaching grammar: is related to how we use the knowledge that the students already have about a language in order to learn another different.

*Questions:
-Why prescriptive grammar is bound to fail?

- What is grammar?

*Something that drew my attention:
The fact that prescriptive linguists say how language should be spoken only to have economic and social benefits shocked me.

*What else I'd learn about this?
I'd would learn how to teach grammar and going deeper in it.

*Research question:
- why the speakers of a certain language have too many accents and different words that mean the same? ]]> 2019-09-04 18:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/380076437 MORPHOLOGY mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/382863718 Date: 11/09/19
*Summary:
Morphology is a field of linguistics which studies the internal structure of words ( how are they formed) in order to classify them according  to some specific features.
Morphemes are the minimal units of meaning. They can be free or bound. Free morphemes are those ones that can stand alone and still having meaning, on the contrary bound morphemes cant work alone.
There are two kind of free morphemes: lexical and functional.
Lexical morphemes are those ones which have sense by theirselves such as nouns, adjectives and verbs. Lexical morphemes are considered as an open class because we can normally add new lexical words.
Functional morphemes simply modifies the meaning of a word and we cant add new lexical words so they are considered a closed class.
On the other hand, there are two kind of bound morphemes too: derivational and inflectional.
Derivational morphemes are used to create new words, such as: less in meanig-less or ness in empty-ness.
Inflectional morphemes are used to indicate aspects of te grammatical function of the word such as: ing in work-ing or
ed in work-ed.

*Questions:
-Why the functional morphemes are considered as a closed class?

- What's a morpheme?

*Something that drew my attention:
I like so much the fact that every person can create words using some specific morphemes.

*Research question:
- why we don't add more functional morphemes to our language?


]]> 2019-09-11 17:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/382863718 QUIZ CORRECTION mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/402904993 *Choose three words in the article used in the design of the test and explain it's word formation process.

-AWESOMESAUCE: The best lexical phenomenon that explains the formation of this word is compounding, because it joins two totally different words in order two create a new term.

-RANDO: We use clipping to form the word random, because is a short form to describe someone random.

-MACGYVER: This word is an eponym because was created based on the name of a person.


]]> 2019-10-26 17:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/402904993 MODALITY mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/402928345 INTRINSEC MODALITY:
Is used to express permission and necessity   

EXTRINSIC MODALITY: Is used to describe prediction or possibility. 

All modal verbs have both intrinsic and extrinsic uses. For instance, an intrinsic use of the modal verb can is in talking about permission
EXAMPLE:
Extrinsic: you can use my phone if you want.
Intrinsic: Paris can be very cold in winter.]]> 2019-10-26 20:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/402928345 MULTI WORD VERBS mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/411591692 Verbs composed by several words are called multi-word verbs. There are two main types of this verbs: prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs. There are some features that difference them from each other.
PRASAL VERBS: have the main verb and an ADVERB particle, they can be/or not separable, they can have/or not complement
Ex:
She turned on the heater/she turned the heater on

You will have to wake him up in the morning/Don’t worry, he will wake up

PREPOSITIONAL VERBS: have the main verb and PREPOSITIONAL adverb, can never be separated, always have a complement after the preposition
Ex:
She sat on the heater
I enjoy listening to music.


  
]]> 2019-11-15 01:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/411591692 MY PROCESS mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/411618412 I consider that Structures and functions of the English language is one of the most interesting and important subjects of the career because is truly required to understand how a specific language works in order to learn that specific language. 
Firstly, I think I understood every topic of the subject, but maybe I probably would get confused explaining the linking verbs.
Secondly, the morphology (morphemes, free and bound) is the one that had more value for me because thanks to it  we can create new words and keeping alive the language.
Finally, I consider that every topic that we have learned in this subject is so important to our objective as a english teachers: teach a new language in a right way. But, how can we teach a foreign language using those topics? Easy, we've learned which are the rules to create words, we have learned how to put those words in a specific order in order to make meaningful sentence, we have learned how the words are classified and how they work in a sentence. So, taking into account that all of these processes before mentioned are the main important features of producing language, we can teach a new language. On the other hand, I think that the speaking way of presenting the tests is also important and meaningful in order to develop our skills as a future english teachers. The homeworks by groups also are important to develop our teamwork skills because we live in a world that it's mandatory to be socially functional not only individual.


]]> 2019-11-15 03:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/411618412 QUIZ CORRECTION (2ND TERM) mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/415953208 - Tense: past/ Aspect: Perfect / Person: 1st /Number: plural*
A/ We hadn't worked today because of the protests
ED in worked indicates the past tense and the HAD indicates the perfect aspect

- Tense: past/ Aspect: continuous / Person: 3rd /Number: plural
A/ They were buying some clothes 
ING in buying indicates the past continuous and the WERE indicates the tense





]]> 2019-11-25 01:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/415953208 COMPOUND SENTENCE mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/416091226 A compound sentence is that which has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction 

EXERCISES: 
-Your mother phoned this morning but she didn't left a message
-I can leave now or I can stay stay for another hour
-Jim built his own house as well he designed himself
-I don't know what happened to him nor I don't care 
-My new assistant can type very well but he hasn't much experience with computers

-You can give some advice or your colleague can
-We got ready to get on the train but iI didn't stop 
-No one was in when whe called, so we left a  message
- We didn't want to get late after film so we went straight back
- The old lady was nervous because/for she wasn't used to strangers calling late at night. 
- I've always wanted to live in the country but my parents prefer to live in town.
- The letter has been lost or the postman has delivered it to the wrong address.
- For a moment the top of the mountain was visible and the a cloud covered it.
- Jane was a successful career woman but her mother wanted her to be a housewife.

]]> 2019-11-25 11:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/416091226 COMPLEX SENTENCE mateogonzalez537 https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/416097621 iWhen we join two or more simple sentences, we are making a complex sentence. We can use these conjunctions to make complex sentences: after, as soon as, when, since, as, that, if, so, etc.

EXERCISES:
- 1.8E: CAUGHT BY THE HEEL!
Mr Boxell was just shutting his shoe shop at the end of the day
when a man in a well-cut suit walked in and asked for an expensive pair of shoes. There was something about that the
man walked that made Mr Boxell suspicious. He felt as if he had
seen him before somewhere, and then remembered that he had -on TV! The man was a wanted criminal! The man tried on a few pairs of
shoes before he bought a pair which Mr Boxell strongly recommended. 'They're a bit tight,' the man complained. 'They'll stretch, sir,' Mr Boxell said. As Mr Boxell had expected, the man limped into the shop next day to complain about the shoes. As soon as he entered the shop, he was surrounded by police. Mr Boxell had deliberately sold the man a pair of shoes that were a size too
small, knowing he would return them the next day!

-1.9D:  A SORT OF HUMANBURGER
Even though it's difficult to find work these days, Joe Dobson has just given up his job. They
were surprised when he announced this at the Job Centre ' because, after a lot of effort, they had found Joe a jab at at a Hamburger Bar. As Joe wasn't highly-qualified, this hadn't been easy. Yet Joe resigned, even the job was easy and quite well-paid. 'What did you have to do for your money?' the young woman at the Job Centre asked. 'Strange as it
sounds,' Joe said, 'I had to dress up as a hamburger and stand outside the restaurant.' 'A sort of
humanburger?' she suggested. 'That's right,' Joe said. 'I had to stand between the two round halves of
a bun, .while I was "disguised" as the hamburger filling, covered in tomato sauce. The
uniform was wonderful, because I looked good enough to eat. The manager was pleased
with me, since I attracted a lot of customers.' 'So why did you give up, Joe?' the young woman asked kindly.  because ' Joe said, his voice breaking slightly, 'students kept turning
me on my side and rolling me down hill!'

-WYSIWYG /w~z~wrg/
We create new words all the time. We have to do this in order that may express new ideas. Perhaps the strangest word which has
come into the English language recently is 'wysiwyg'. I was so
puzzled by this word that I kept asking people what it meant,
but no one knew. Last week I found it in a dictionary. It is not
as peculiar as had thought. It comes from
computers. This is what it means, in case you want to know: 'What You See Is What You Get'. This means that what you see on your
screen is what you get ' when you print. Now I discover that
everyone knows this word. The other day I was in my favourite
restaurant and ordered sausages. They were such small
sausages that I complained to the waitress. She just smiled at
me and whispered, 'Wysiwyg!']]> 2019-11-25 12:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mateogonzalez537/7p1zxy8t02n5/wish/416097621