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Byron Marmolejo Díaz 1.113.629.058

LUIS ALBERT O MONDRAGÓN QUINTANA 10693895

Robinson Ospino Fonseca 9.268.008

MARIA ELENA GARCIA MEDINA 38.879.127

I n recent decades the world has shown a significant evolution in terms of advances in science, marketing and telecommunications So learning another language like English has become more of a necessity than a pleasure. We as future teachers must be at the varguardia all the innovations that come out, the more we must be innovative so that future students are creative and like what they do. Through this work we propose that language is acquired through nurturing vocabulary strategies we propose then intend to publicize Tip's about learning to achieve positive results in the acquisition of a new language in this case English.

Introduction

Strategies to apply in

Academic English

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia Noviembre 21 2015

support your knowledge by bulding a relational knowledge words engaging you new vocabulary and continually build on your understanding. apply these strategies:

WORD CHARTS Word charts are similar to word walls, except that the words are categorized into clusters. In this particular context, think about dividing vocabulary into three categories: science process vocabulary, content vocabulary, and additional vocabulary, such as connecting words (and, into, through) and descriptive words.

NETWORKS OF WORDS To make a net of words should choose a topic, which will be the key concept or(in the above examples: vacation and hair) then must create ramificationsusing words that have meanings related to the key concept. Thenet of words can be as wide as necessary. It can be usedonly combined with words or images. In the same way you can createsub-classifications as in the following example

have better reading comprehension by applying this strategies.

Scanning: 1) predict the title in small groups and make assumptions of what can be said during the lecture. 2)read the end of the text and imagine what had been said before 3)relate the topic of the lecture to previous knowledge. Skimming: 1)sit students in small groups, set the time to 40 seconds, students will read parts of the text, once the clock hit the 40 second mark, everyone will stop and share what they have understood. 2)same as above, but everyone will read the whole text and then share their comprehension

in short, English for academic purposes helps high Education students get better profiency at using English, foreigners can benefit form taking this course if they want to succeed in an university classroom.

Finally, learners will improve their english langauge skills because they are covered by using a different wide range of strategies as the ones highlited.

Note Taking Strategies

Actively listening to th e speaker and detects phrases such as "The Most Important point ..." , "Remember that ...",

Think, analyze, judge, compare and understand what the speaker is trying to convey; then, in your own words, summarizes the main idea

Improve the way you write your essays. become better at writing by:

Analize: develop a topic sentence

Support: include secondary ideas and details that support your topic sentence

Organize: put your essay in order by creating a logical progression

Academic Reading

Academic writing

Vocabulary Development

Conclusions