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Revista Capital Letter No. 1 Publicada en Junio de 2002 Click en la revista para ampliar visualización: Open publication - Free publishing - More capital letter CONTENT: EDITORIAL WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS WITH THE CAREER? By Vicky Londoño TEACHING: ANOTHER CHOICE YOU HAVE STUDYING PHILOLOGY AND LANGUAGES AT U.N. By Adriana Norato TEACHER'S CORNER THE GREEN MOON FESTIVAL By Lina Rodríguez, Sandra Romero and Francisco Sánchez THE LITERARY PAGE: ALVARO MUTIS NOAM CHOMSKY POEM: ALWAYS ON MONDAYS By Engelbert Martínez MUSIC: AEROSMITH FILMS: STAR WARS - EPISODE II

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 The plot of Episode II is a secret. Not a well kept one, but still a secret. If you're avoiding spoilers, here's the most you probably want to know: It takes place around 10 years after Episode I. Anakin and Padme begin to develop their relationship. We discover more about Padme's family and background. Anakin returns to Tatooine and meets up with Shmi, Watto, Owen Lars, and Beru Lars. We learn the ori¬gin of Boba Fett and Storm troopers. Episode II reveals information about the Clone Wars mentioned in A New Hope. The film is darker than Episode I and is closer to The Empire Strikes Back.Padme and Anakin go off on one adventure while Obi-Wan takes a separate adventure. They all cross paths again in the end.Expect return appearances by Yoda, Mace Windu, Ki-Adi Mundi, MasAmedda, Jar Jar (briefly), R2-D2, C-3P0, and, of course, Palpatine. For its plot, for cultural information we must see this historical film recommended t...

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 In its nearly three decade-long career, Aerosmith has literally been there and back-from a Bos ton garage to the top of the rock heap to a rock-bottom drug-induced haze-and has come out of it all as one of the most durable and successful American rock acts in history.  This song is very important for the group. It was hit parade in 1999. It is part of the album Nine Lifes which joined them together again. PINK Pink... it's my new obsession... yeah Pink... it's not even a question Pink... on the lips of your lover 'Cause pink is the love you discover Pink... as the bing on your cherry Pink... 'cause you are so very Pink... it's the color of passion 'Cause today it just goes with the fashion Pink... it was love at first sight Yeah pink... when I turn out the light And pink gets me high as a kite  And I think everything is going to be alright  No matter what we do tonight  You could be my flamingo  'Cause ...

Engelbert Martinez Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 Always on Mondays,  Mondays in the morning,  Mornings sometimes cold,  Cold like the water,  Water, I take a shower,  Shower to wake up. Wake up! It's time to be ready,  Ready? What for?  To learn, Learning to improve,  Improve my English,  English to be taught,  Teaching will be my job!

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002    In May the 15th, 2002, one of the tenth most important intellectual characters of the current history came to the National University to receive a PhD honoris causa granted by our institution to recognize all his effort and investigation in the linguistics fields.    Chomsky was born in Philadelphia. American politician, philosopher, mathematician, and linguist. He developed the Transformational Generative Grammar in collaboration with linguists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This Grammar has provided the foundations for understanding language acquisition.    His most important works are: Syntactic Structures (1957), Aspects of the Syntactic Theory (1965), and the Cartesian Linguistics (1966).

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 Colombian poet and narrator. He was born in Bogota, but he lived most of his childhood in Belgium. He has been living in Mexico since the 1960's. He was recently awarded the 2002 Cervantes Prize for his contributions to Spanish Literarure. He, still young, begins collaborating in literary magazines.    His first publication of poetry was La Balanza, in 1947, with Carlos Patino's collaboration. Los elementos del desastre (1953) is a book in which his famous character "Maqroll, el gaviero" appears as one of the biggest landmarks in the Spanish lit¬erature of this century. In 1960, he starts a voyage through prose with the text Diario de Lecumberri which was set in a Mexican prison under this name. In 1973, he publishes a novel called "La Mansion de Araucaima", and gathers all his poems from 1948 to 1970 in the book "Suma de Maqroll el gaviero".    In 1983, he receives the Colombian National ...

Lina Rodríguez, Sandra Romero and Francisco Sánchez Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO SAN ANDRÉS AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THERE IS BEHIND THOSE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES? WE ALWAYS THINK IN OUR FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT AND FORGET ABOUT THE GREAT TREASURES THAT THE REST OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY CAN HAVE. SO WE INTENT TO HIGH¬LIGHT SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THESE PARADISE ISLANDS SO THAT YOU FEEL TEMPTED TO GO.    The Green Moon Festival emerged as an alter native to join San Andrés and Providencia with the main stream of the Caribbean culture composed by English, French, Dutch, and Spanish languages.    This festival presents some particular characteristics that make it different from others. One of them is the possibility to join the Afro-Caribbeans and their current cultural expressions. It also integrates the dynamic and live manifestations that make this region be recognized as one of the most inf...

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 LET'S GO! Time: 20min.  This is a two-art exercise that practices writing descriptions of events in a city - using real information - and then, extending invitations. Preparation: Students or you can bring a newspaper in English or other local printed sources about your town that must be translated into English. 1. Explain the first task: Students scan the newspaper for interesting local events. Then, the y choose 3 events and write short summaries about each one. Students should add additional information as appro-priate (e.g. type of events, main characters, ticket fares, topic, etc.). 2. Students work individually, in pairs or in groups to write descriptions of the events chosen. Move around, the group and give some help. 3. Explain the second task: Students share their description by reading aloud. Then, they have to invite others using the information about their events.

BEING A TEACHER, MORE THAN A PERSONAL CHALLENGE... IT IS A SOCIAL COMPROMISE. Adriana Norato Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002    Nowadays the Globalization phenomenon has broken the concept of boundary countries, cultures or even societies, and in this way obliging us to be more competent in several areas as it is the communication field. Multiculturalism is a newborn concept that deals with Education as a way of understanding and respecting new cultures to enrich ours. In this way, learning a second language acquires a powerful and new connotation by which society and individuals are created through the tools that it gives. Thereof, it is possible to say that acquiring a second language has a dynamic character; it determines the socialization and the growing processes of a society.    It means that language is the channel by which we as individuals acquire an identity; then through language it is possible to learn, share and communicat...

Vicky Londoño Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002 Reflection As students of English at advanced level in Philology and Languages we have reflected upon our process since we began the career. Probably some of us did not have clarity regarding the expectations of our studies in English or maybe we do not have them clear yet. For many the idea of be­ing teachers is not the principal goal, for others it could be the best option. Studying English as a career is not a matter of speaking the language as such, it is to know what we really want to do with the career and what the expectations are. Opinion Poll Studying Philology and Languages with emphasis in En­glish covers many fields. Philology as such is a science that studies the languages, their roots, structures and all the meanings that languages express. The study of English and Spanish is one of those fields in which a philologist can be interested in. For some students the expectations of studying Philol­ogy and ...

Publicado en Capital Letter No. 1 Junio de 2002   There was a time when you felt you were unable to do something. Today you surprise yourself doing it." The newsletter you have in your hands is the result of the joint effort of the stu­dents of English basic VI together with their teacher. The idea of a Newsletter began when the students from sixth semester majoring in Language and Phi­lology realized that the school needed an informal way to communicate among them. In this way, it could be possible to share different opinions and expec­tations, as well as publishing information concern­ing the academic community. The objective of this project is to start a Language and Philology school newsletter that can be thought as a window, a channel of communication among language stu­dents and as a way to reflect upon the academic envi­ronment surrounding the school. This collaborative ef­fort goes to show that if people have the will and the drive, it is possible to make dreams come ...