Comments for slshallam.com Blog http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles oposiciones-profesores-ingles-temas-practico-programacion Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Commemorating Dickens by Administrator http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2012/02/07/commemorating-dickens/#comment-32 Administrator Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:20:40 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=52#comment-32 The answers to the 20 questions on Dickens: In 1812, the year Dickens was born….. • a) How many novels were published in Britain? 66 • b) What was the literacy rate in Britain? Below 50% • c) What was his father’s job? Clerk at the Naval Pay Office 1. In which towns did he spend his childhood? Portsmouth, London and Chatham 2. How old was he when his family moved to London? 11 3. What happened to him then? The following year he had to work at a blacking business, when he was only twelve. 4. How old was Dickens when he started to work as a freelance reporter? 17 5. What happened to him in 1834? He joined the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle 6. What penname did he use when he joined the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle? Boz 7. How old was Dickens when he published his first novel? And when he married? He was 24 and he married a few days later 8. Was his first novel published before of after Victoria was crowned queen? How was it published? His first novel, the Pickwick Papers started as a monthly publication in March 1836 and finished in 1837. Victoria was crowned queen in 1837. 9. Which novel did Dickens start writing when his first novel was still running? Oliver Twist, in 1837, also in serialised form, like all the others. 10. How many novels did he publish between his first and 1841? Can you name them? He published 4 including Oliver Twist and excluding The Pickwick Papers: Nicholas Nickleby (1838-9), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41), which reached 100,000 copies. He finished Barnaby Rudge in 1841. 11. What did he do then? Are there any records of it? He went to the States with his wife full of expectations for the young republic but came back disillusioned. He recorded all his experiences in “American Notes” in 1842. 12. When was his first setback in terms of novel-writing and how did it materialise? His following novel, Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4) did not achieve the success of his previous novels. 13. In which way is David Copperfield different fron Dickens’ previous novels? It was autobiographical. 14. What was Household Words? What did it have in common with All the year Round? They were both magazines published by Dickens in the 1850s. 15. What were the main topics of Bleak House (1852-3), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1855-7)? And those of A tale of two cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-61) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-5)? Bleak House focuses on the Court of Chancery, sanitary reform, slum clearance, orphans’ schools, the newly-formed Metropolitan Police Force, the emancipation of women… in brief, England at that time. Hard Times also covers social issues together with the cold and loveless attitude Dickens associated with Utilitarianism. Little Dorrit was a denunciation of the government and administration’s mismanagement of the Crimean War. Indeed, he considered “Nobody’s Fault” as a possible title for the novel. A Tale of two cities deals with the French Revolution and the period of terror in France. Great Expectations is narrated in the first person by Pip, the protagonist, as he reflects on the three stages of his “expectations”, starting on the Kentish marshes and eventually discovering the importance of human values. Our Mutual Friend has several plots, the main one of which centres around John Harmor who returns to England as his father’s heir. The novel is a dense, comprehensive account of Victorian society, where materialistic values are paramount. 16. What was the last novel he wrote? What was it about? The unfinished novel Edwin Drood and it was about his disappearance. Following the line set by his friend Wilkie Collins, we can only but guess possible endings to it. He started writing it in 1870. 17. When did he die? In 1870. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHARLES DICKENS, FOR ALL THE PLEASURE YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND THE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE PROVOKED. The answers to the 20 questions on Dickens:
In 1812, the year Dickens was born…..
• a) How many novels were published in Britain? 66
• b) What was the literacy rate in Britain? Below 50%
• c) What was his father’s job? Clerk at the Naval Pay Office
1. In which towns did he spend his childhood? Portsmouth, London and Chatham
2. How old was he when his family moved to London? 11
3. What happened to him then? The following year he had to work at a blacking business, when he was only twelve.
4. How old was Dickens when he started to work as a freelance reporter? 17
5. What happened to him in 1834? He joined the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle
6. What penname did he use when he joined the reporting staff of the Morning Chronicle? Boz
7. How old was Dickens when he published his first novel? And when he married? He was 24 and he married a few days later
8. Was his first novel published before of after Victoria was crowned queen? How was it published? His first novel, the Pickwick Papers started as a monthly publication in March 1836 and finished in 1837. Victoria was crowned queen in 1837.
9. Which novel did Dickens start writing when his first novel was still running? Oliver Twist, in 1837, also in serialised form, like all the others.
10. How many novels did he publish between his first and 1841? Can you name them? He published 4 including Oliver Twist and excluding The Pickwick Papers: Nicholas Nickleby (1838-9), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41), which reached 100,000 copies. He finished Barnaby Rudge in 1841.
11. What did he do then? Are there any records of it? He went to the States with his wife full of expectations for the young republic but came back disillusioned. He recorded all his experiences in “American Notes” in 1842.
12. When was his first setback in terms of novel-writing and how did it materialise? His following novel, Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-4) did not achieve the success of his previous novels.
13. In which way is David Copperfield different fron Dickens’ previous novels? It was autobiographical.
14. What was Household Words? What did it have in common with All the year Round? They were both magazines published by Dickens in the 1850s.
15. What were the main topics of Bleak House (1852-3), Hard Times (1854) and Little Dorrit (1855-7)? And those of A tale of two cities (1859), Great Expectations (1860-61) and Our Mutual Friend (1864-5)?
Bleak House focuses on the Court of Chancery, sanitary reform, slum clearance, orphans’ schools, the newly-formed Metropolitan Police Force, the emancipation of women… in brief, England at that time.
Hard Times also covers social issues together with the cold and loveless attitude Dickens associated with Utilitarianism.
Little Dorrit was a denunciation of the government and administration’s mismanagement of the Crimean War. Indeed, he considered “Nobody’s Fault” as a possible title for the novel.
A Tale of two cities deals with the French Revolution and the period of terror in France.
Great Expectations is narrated in the first person by Pip, the protagonist, as he reflects on the three stages of his “expectations”, starting on the Kentish marshes and eventually discovering the importance of human values.
Our Mutual Friend has several plots, the main one of which centres around John Harmor who returns to England as his father’s heir. The novel is a dense, comprehensive account of Victorian society, where materialistic values are paramount.
16. What was the last novel he wrote? What was it about? The unfinished novel Edwin Drood and it was about his disappearance. Following the line set by his friend Wilkie Collins, we can only but guess possible endings to it. He started writing it in 1870.
17. When did he die? In 1870.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHARLES DICKENS, FOR ALL THE PLEASURE YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND THE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE PROVOKED.

]]> Comment on About by Paloma http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/07/about/#comment-31 Paloma Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:51:28 +0000 http://vikrant-testing-site2.info/wp304/?page_id=2#comment-31 Yes, Juan, but how? when I post a comment my URI comes up... I suppose I'll have to give this blogging business some time to learn more about it... for the time being I only want to be able to post things which I hope are of interest and useful. Yes, Juan, but how? when I post a comment my URI comes up… I suppose I’ll have to give this blogging business some time to learn more about it… for the time being I only want to be able to post things which I hope are of interest and useful.

]]> Comment on Commemorating Dickens by Administrator http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2012/02/07/commemorating-dickens/#comment-30 Administrator Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:23:48 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=52#comment-30 Juan, Idon't know much about blogging. A message comes to my intray when there is a comment and I just go and say OK... I guess now that the Ministry has decided to keep the old temario I will have more time to learn... Any suggesstions or ideas are welcome. Juan, Idon’t know much about blogging. A message comes to my intray when there is a comment and I just go and say OK… I guess now that the Ministry has decided to keep the old temario I will have more time to learn… Any suggesstions or ideas are welcome.

]]> Comment on Commemorating Dickens by Administrator http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2012/02/07/commemorating-dickens/#comment-29 Administrator Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:11:23 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=52#comment-29 Thanks, Juan. I'll be posting the answers today! Thanks, Juan. I’ll be posting the answers today!

]]> Comment on About by Juan Ignacio castro http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/07/about/#comment-28 Juan Ignacio castro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:15:46 +0000 http://vikrant-testing-site2.info/wp304/?page_id=2#comment-28 I'm doing it right now! Nevertheless, I guess that, as you are the administrator in this blog, you're the one in charge of allowing people not to give any url... I’m doing it right now! Nevertheless, I guess that, as you are the administrator in this blog, you’re the one in charge of allowing people not to give any url…

]]> Comment on Commemorating Dickens by Juan Ignacio castro http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2012/02/07/commemorating-dickens/#comment-27 Juan Ignacio castro Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:48 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=52#comment-27 This is a great quiz!! Charles Dickes was/is a great writer and he deserves the best thing we can do with a novelist: always and continually read his works!! Congratulations on your blog, Paloma! Greetings! This is a great quiz!! Charles Dickes was/is a great writer and he deserves the best thing we can do with a novelist: always and continually read his works!! Congratulations on your blog, Paloma! Greetings!

]]> Comment on Topics 12 & 13 by MARIA http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/16/topics-12-13/#comment-25 MARIA Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:31:51 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=37#comment-25 It's ok, Paloma. Thank you. It’s ok, Paloma. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Topics 12 & 13 by Paloma http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/16/topics-12-13/#comment-24 Paloma Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:33:53 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=37#comment-24 Thank you very much Maria! Sorry I have this a bit quiet, but I'm busy with the corrections. I'll try and get the others to cooperate too. Actually I was working on multilingual competence during the holidays and have found some other documents on the same line. Will be uploading something on the ELP for teachers Thank you very much Maria! Sorry I have this a bit quiet, but I’m busy with the corrections. I’ll try and get the others to cooperate too. Actually I was working on multilingual competence during the holidays and have found some other documents on the same line. Will be uploading something on the ELP for teachers

]]> Comment on Topics 12 & 13 by MARIA http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/16/topics-12-13/#comment-23 MARIA Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:00:27 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=37#comment-23 Hello everybody! I would like to share a document with you. It is about intercultural competence and I have found it useful. I hope it's useful for you too. This is the link: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Guide_dimintercult_EN.pdf María Hello everybody!
I would like to share a document with you. It is about intercultural competence and I have found it useful. I hope it’s useful for you too. This is the link:

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/Source/Guide_dimintercult_EN.pdf

María

]]> Comment on Inglés Volumen Práctico. Comments by Paloma http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/2011/12/13/ingles-volumen-practico-comments/#comment-11 Paloma Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:09:55 +0000 http://slshallam.com/oposicionesingles/?p=15#comment-11 For our students we have uploaded a text on Alan Sillitoe, connected to one of the texts for analysis and translation in the Volumen Práctico. All the best for 2012 For our students we have uploaded a text on Alan Sillitoe, connected to one of the texts for analysis and translation in the Volumen Práctico. All the best for 2012

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