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UPN'S CULTURAL EXPRESSION

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Welcome to this blog I invite you to take a look at this NEW VIDEO. According to UNESCO, the term ''Cultural expressions" is related to those expressions that result from the creativity of individuals, groups, and societies, and that have cultural content. On the other hand, Cultural diversity refers to the manifold ways in which the cultures of groups and societies find expression. These expressions are passed on within and among groups and societies. Cultural diversity is made manifest not only through the varied ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, augmented and transmitted through the variety of cultural expressions but also through diverse modes of artistic creation, production, dissemination, distribution, and enjoyment, whatever the means and technologies used (UNESCO, Glossary). In this sense, Cultural expressions could be found among groups and societies whose members share similar experiences and beliefs. Thus, educational...
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HOT POTATOES JQUIZ- SURVEY UPN'S STUDENTS

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Welcome UPN'S TEACHERS. I invite you to take a look at Hot Potatoe exercise and survey. I would love to know how enrolled are you with technology through some simple questions. I will appreciate your help and interaction. ELT QUIZ Index => ELT QUIZ Languaje assessment (Basic concepts) Choose the correct answer Show all questions Previous question   Next question What is a test?   ?     Is a central unit in many sillabuses, textbooks and classroom learning experiences.   ?     Is a method of measuring a person's ability or knowledgfe in a given domanin.   ?     Is a communicative pedagogic strategie which carry out a set of language activities.   ?     Is part of the notion of language assessement For the realisation of communicative intentions, users/lea...
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THE CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES DEPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS

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It has long been known that educational system has sought to homogenize teaching, in such a way as students are viewed as a standard generic, as equals in their way of learning.    Another problem has been the tendency to evaluate quantitatively, since many times it has become one of the traditional mechanisms. Metáfora de la educación For this reason, it is important to bear in mind that each individual is a distinctive set of talents, abilities, and limitations which must be known and  identified in order to address students' concerns in a comprehensive, positive and practical way.  In this sense, what teachers fr equently find into the classrooms are individual variations. Bearing this in mind, the Theory of Multiple Intelligences (proposed by Howard Gardner) is one of the many ways we have to identify those variations. In this way, Gardner (1983) asserts that there are many types of intelligence (biopsychological potentials to solve problems...
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