Amalia GavinaAuthentic Communication: The Power of Listening You don’t have to be a genius to realize that most of our communication problems are, in their essence, caused by our difficulty to listen to each other authentically. Whether we like it or not, most of us just […]
Amalia Gavina“No voy a poder memorizar estas palabras”, “me cuesta mucho aprender inglés”, “el inglés es imposible para mí”. Estos son algunas de las oraciones que escucho y he escuchado de mis alumnos/as adultos/as. En la mayoría de los casos, estas ideas exponen o representan creencias […]
“You learn something every day if you pay attention” (Ray Leblond) Some say the most important lessons in life are actually really simple ideas, and I believe this is just one example of that. Paying attention to what we’re doing may, indeed, seem unimportant to […]
However unknown they are for most people, character strengths are the building blocks of positive psychology theories. They represent our positive traits, what we as individuals excel at and enjoy engaging in. We don’t necessarily need to be born with them, we could have learned […]
Que estamos en una gran crisis debido al brote mundial del Coronavirus es conocido por todos/as. Con el paso de los días, algunas personas se sentirán cómodas con la rutina establecida y acostumbradas al cambio; muchas otras, sin embargo, encontrarán muy difícil sobrellevar este […]
Amalia Gavina1) Listen to the story and answer the following questions: Where did this story take place? Why were these men gathered? Why did they argue and fight? What’s the moral at the end of the story? How can we apply this to our lives and reality? 2) […]
Casi todos o la mayoría de mis estudiantes adultos que han experimentado algún nivel de dificultad en sus procesos de aprendizaje han tenido algo en común: creencias limitantes acerca de sus propias habilidades como aprendices de idiomas. Suelo darme cuenta de esto a través de […]
Watch the short film Las Galletas and then answer the following questions: What is the short film’s message? What did this woman learn thanks to this experience? Summarise the storyline in one paragraph. . Find five adjectives to describe the woman’s character and 5 for the boy. […]
A) Have you ever touched an elephant? Can you guess what a blind man can say about an elephant and what it looks like? B) Listen to the story and check your predictions. What parts of the elephant did they touch? Why […]
A) What do you consider good or bad luck? What examples do you remember from your own life or people you know? What consequences does this judgement bring to your life? Are they positive or negative? B) Read the following tale and answer the […]