Praxis News November : New Teen Addictions

Have you ever had an addiction?
Why do you know it is an addiction?
Is it difficult to control an addiction?
What kind of addictions do you know?
Why a young person is easy to fall in an addiction?
What would you do to prevent that a young person fall in any addiction?
Is the idleness a good starter for any addiction?
Why addictions are so difficult to eradicate?
Are most of the addictions for a young person lacking of control from his/her parents?

Praxis News November : New Methodology

From now on we are going to do them with the following format and methodology. In order for you to participate more efficiently.
1. Greeting and welcome.
2. Work on glossary and pronunciation.
3. Read the article.
4. Reading comprehension: you will read and write about the article.
5. Opinion questions: The teacher will ask very open questions.
6. Open questions on the subject. Closed questions to guide and help beginning students.
7. Conclusions: written and read.

Praxis News November : Horoscope

What is your sign?
Do you Know any about your sign?
What is the sign that you are compatible to?
Do you read the horoscope daily?
Do the things that the horoscope says ocurr?
Is it a waste of time reading or paying attention to the horoscope?
Is it a topic for women?

Praxis News November : Monthly Lesson

For this month We continue working with new idioms and new words to improve your vocabulary the idea is use in a phrase, be creative!

Praxis News November : Thanksgiving

Do you have any tradition like this?
If you or your couple have a family tradition you or your couple try to avoid it?
Do you respect other people traditions?
Is it important has tradition like this?
Do this kind of thing gives more values to the society?
What is the most common tradition for Colombians?
Do you go to church during the easter or you travel?

Praxis News November : English

Why are you learning English?
Why English became the language most used in the world?
What languages compose English?
Is Colombia A bilingual country?
The people learn other language for culture or necessity?
Can a person learn by him/herself?
Will you learn other language after learning English?
China is growing economically, Do you consider that everybody must learn chinese in a future?

Praxis News November : Friday The 13th

Are you superstitious?
Why the people are supertitious?
Is it true that bad things happends this date?
What do you do in a date like this?
Do you believe in witches and curses?
Do you know any case of Witchcraft?
What do you do if a black cat runs in front of you?
Do you have a lucky charm?
Do you pray before leaving your house?
Are you fatalist?

Praxis News November : Business Online

One of the biggest business in the last 10 years has been related with internet. web pages like hotmail, facebook, google among others have been very succesful.

Do you buy goods on internet?
Do you check promotion or e-mails promoting products?
What do you prefer more buy in a shopping center or in a web page?
Must be honest a business that only runs on internet?
Have you ever sold anything on internet?
Would you create a web page in order to get money?
Do you have a good idea to run your own business on internet?
How would you promote your e-business?

News Paper Activities : Mr Frank's tip

Flying sometimes is a problem because of the reservation:

write down 10 lines with the most common situation or things that you need when you are booking a flight.
write down 10 lines with the tipycal problems when your booking a flight.

News Paper Activities : Artist of the month

Red Hot Chilli Peppers

is it your favourite musical group?
do you know any song of this group?
what do you know of this group?
Would you dare to sing this song?
how often do you listen to music?
What is the genre that you don't like?
do you sing?
how do you consider yourself as a singer?
would you participate in Xfactor?
what kind of peolple participate in this kind of programms?
if you had the opportunity to set up a group what kind of music would you play?

News Paper Activities : Editorial

We are talking in this part about punctuality

how punctual are you?
is punctuality important for life?
do you arrive 5 minutes before or less the appointment ?
a puntctual person has more opportunities than an unpunctual one?
do you like to wait for a person when is late?
how long would wait for a person?
is disrespectful when someone arrives late?
what is your reaction when someone arrives late?
when you arrive late to a place or an event do you apologize?
is it right to enter to a place if you are late?
do you try to convince a person to let you in to a place when you are late?

News Paper Activities : American Football

Do you like to watch sports?
Do you practice any sport?
What is the best sport for health?
Would you like to learn how to play any sport?
what is the national sport?
Do you like contact sports?
what do you know about American Football?
do you that there is a league of american football here in bogota?
would you be an american player?
why?

News Paper Activities : Bogota

This article about metro in Bogota.

Is it a good idea to have a metro in Bogota?
what will it be the benefit for the city and for the citizens?
would we have to pay more taxes for the construction of it?
what do you consider is the problem of transportation here in bogota?
if you were part of the solution would you let your car parked all the time and take bus for helping the city?
do you agree with all day for plate restriction?
do you consider that the goverment should reduce car taxes?
do you know what car pooling is?
would you car pool if you had the opportunity?
what is the best mean of transportation in Bogota?

News Paper Activities : How to cook

this reading is about a chicken with curry recipe.

What is your favourite food?
how often do you eat it?
do you know how to cook?
what do you know how to cook?
would you cook it for us?
who cook more delicious men or women?
why do you think so?
would you like to cook the recipe in praxis news?
would you cook for us?
do you like spice food?
why mexicans like spicy food?
is it very spicy for you taste?

News Paper Activities : Reports

in this article there are 3 stories about 3 important guys who have done things for the human kind.

Do you know any aditional information about one of theses guys?
in your personal who is one of the most important of these 3 ones?
do you use or enjoy one of the inventions of theses men?
would you like to be a famous person?
what area would you like to outstand?
how creative are you?
if you had the possibility to create or invent something, what would you do?
would charge for your invention?
is it right to get charge for new technological things if it is for regular use?
do you consider when a person is famous, this person would has problems?
would you like to be a famous person?