Writing destroys memory and weakens thought

Before writing ever existed, knowledge was transmitted through oral discourse. Teachers gave classes, parents taught their children, and it was all done through spoken language. There was never a problem, people just focused on what they were hearing and tried to commit it to memory. The introduction of writing changed many things, methodology being one of them. From then on ideas were written down and conserved for future use. Knowledge had taken on a material form. This was seen in a negative way by some, arguing that our brains would become lazy and our memories destroyed. While there may be some truth in the aforementioned statement, our brains do not become the slugs that it implies. Furthermore, we can strenghten our knowledge base and have it in our hands and at our disposal at any given time. Reading a text a few times will help us understand and withhold its knowledge in a far more efficient manner than by simply listening to it once or twice. In conclusion, the drawbacks to writing are compensated and surpassed by its advantages.

AN ACADEMIC TEXT

AN ACADEMIC TEXT IS FOCUSED IN A SPECIFIC AREA. IT HAS THEORIES AND PRACTICES. IT IS USED AS A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS, ACCORDING TO THE AREA IT USES WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS RELATED WITH IT.

PWE. BRAINSTORM

TOPIC.
The Montessori method.

AUDIENCE.
Preschool and elementary teachers and, foreign language students.

WHY AM I INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC?
As a preschool teacher I'm very interested to know deeply what the Montessori method is.
I think this topic is really interesting and for us, as foreign languages students it could be enrich our pedagogy competence and also it to be useful for teaching. This is a very related project with my profession, because this method is based in the well use of good materials around you and it takes account the children as a human being and its purpose is that the children learn through senses, and also enjoy the acquisition of their knowledge.
This method maybe could change teachers minds.

CROSS WORD PUZZLE

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D.They way suggested for students to respond to their peers rather than orally.
F. Both correcting each other.
L. What is developed through positioning s.s.to write their critiques from a strong knowledge base and having them respond in writing to their peers work.
N. Data which give references of sources.
Q. What you need to prove you are right when criticizing.

ACROSS

1. The result after correcting comments from peers.
3. The structure you need to have for making critiques.
14. What might be used in order to build arguments.
17. What you express when you supposedly find mistakes.
19. The essence of what is created to be recognized.

Exquisite corpse

Fahrenheit 451is a movie that show us a future society in which all reading matter is forbidden and the fire department's job is to police the citizens who try to keep books in hiding.
One of the main characters is Montag an obedient fireman whose job it is to burn books which are illegal possessions and Clarisse a young school teacher whom Montag meets and plants the first seed of doubt in his mind.
I think the movie has a very well narrative structure because from the very beginning it is showing what it wants to transmit, that is to say that the director showed every scene in an organize way focusing the audience in the central topic.
Fahrenheit 451 takes place in an unspecified future time.
I think that the message that the director tries to show us with his futuristic work of fiction is how important books are to humans and how a world without them would be, filled with fear and worry.

MWP- being a second language thinker

As a second language student one the ever main goals since I started was to become a real second language thinker; as I used to say by that time: "to think the way I do in L1"( mother tongue). To reach a level like that assures any learner to succeed in any language skill, because doing that he/ she had created a strong basement which will permit them to use L2 (second language)naturally. But how to create such a level? It seems an easy to answer question, since any unaware learner might think that any learning activity involves a second language thinking process, which is partly true due to the fact that any student is using second language thoughts when they are dealing with an exercise , specially those that requires a second language expression; however many times the answer or second language expression starts being constructed in mother tongue, which retards the process of being a natural second language user. Therefore a more accurate answer requires a more complex process that includes long hours of practicing, furthermore "using"the language in a natural context which forces learners to produce instant responses to add fluency to the conversation they are having, in order to sound likewise natural.

Franklin Alvarez

exquisite corpse

Fahrenheit 451 is a movie that tells us a story about the extinction of the reading practice because of the technology. It shows us how passionate to reading a person can become. Montag and Clarisse, the main characters, hold a love to reading based relationship which leads him to get away from the system he was immersed.
Although the movie was filmed long time ago, it shows a futuristic setting anywhere on earth. The technical aspects of the film are quite influenced by the time it was shot.