5th International English Language Teachers Conference.

It was a nice experience in Piura. This international conference helped me to reflect on teaching practice with the language teaching tendencies. On the other hand, it let me to learn  from different teachers around the world. Thank you so much Mr Jaime Ancajima, UDEP and new friends from Piura. 

Happy Teacher´s Day!

Always give your best, and the best will come ...

UGEL 02 - ENGLISH WORKSHOP 2018

In UGEL 02,  we developed a workshop focused on the new curriculum for the EBA given by MINEDU. This workshop was planned, monitored and supervised by the authorities of UGEL 02 (Miss Ketty and Mr. Cirilo). On the other hand, the Regional Leaders were in charge of the activities during the workshop. The objective was to elaborate: the curricular diversification, annual programming, learning units, class sessions, evaluation instruments and educational materials/resources for the English area in EBA.

TESOL Convention 2018

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The History of Mother´s Day

Yesterday, I was surfing on the net and I found an article about how the celebration of mother’s day began, this article was written by the historian Katharine Antolini of Virginia Wesleyan College.

“…The idea dates back to the 1850s when women in West Virginia organized into Mother’s Day work clubs that worked to reduce infant mortality and improve sanitary conditions for mothers and families. During the Civil War, these groups also cared for wounded soldiers from both sides.

After the war ended in 1865, women planned Mother’s Friendship Day picnics in an effort to bring Union and Confederate loyalists together, urging them to promote peace. “Battle Hymn of the Republic” writer Julia Ward Howe started a “Mother’s Peace Day" around this time, which encouraged mothers to support antiwar efforts on behalf of their sons´ wellbeing.

Many of the Mother's Day work club events were organized by Ann Jarvis who lost nine of her 13 children before they reached adulthood. After her death, her daughter Anna , held the first Mother’s Day observances in 1908 to honor her. Cities across the country adopted the trend, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson named the second Sunday in May a national holiday.

Jarvis fought for full credit for founding Mother’s Day, a battle that consumed much of her time and money and eventually left her poor, blind, and living in a sanitarium at the end of her life. She died in 1948 at 84 years old. This woman, who died penniless in a sanitarium in a state of dementia, was a woman who could have profited from Mother's Day if she wanted to…”

7 Cosas Beneficiosas del café para tu salud

En el último año en particular, ha surgido una avalancha de estudios que sugieren que el café puede tener beneficios para tu salud.

Tomando de manera responsable y moderada (entre 3 y 4 tazas al día), el café tiene importantes beneficios para la salud como los que te mostraremos ahora:

1.ESTADO DE ANIMO

Incluso puede mejorar nuestro estado de Ánimo.

El riesgo de depresión fue 20% menor en mujeres que tomaban 4 tazas según un estudio de Universidad de Harvard.

2.ENERGÍA

Toma de 3 o 4 tazas de café antes de tu entrenamiento y tendrás un mejor rendimiento.

3.HIGADO

Tomar 2 tazas de café al día aparentemente protege el hígado de enfermedades como la cirrosis.

4.MEMORIA

200 mg de cafeína, la cantidad de 250 ml mejora la memoria a largo plazo según un estudio reciente.

5.CORAZÓN

200 a 300 a mg de cafeína al día mejora el rendimiento del corazón, mejorando el flujo sanguí­neo durante el descanso.

6.NIVELES DE AZÚCAR EN LA SANGRE

Reduce los niveles de azúcar en sangre, disminuyendo, a su vez, el riesgo de sufrir diabetes de tipo 2.

7.ANALGESICO NATURAL

Te alivia del dolor de cabeza. Al igual que la manzanilla u otras infusiones tienen este efecto, el café también lo causa.

Dato importante:

Para las mujeres embarazadas

Expertos han dicho que niveles moderados de cafeína no han encontrado tener un efecto negativo en el embarazo. La definición de moderado puede variar de 150 mg a 300 mg a day.

Así que ya saben, a tomar café!!

*[Amazon discoveries]*

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/amazon_discoveries