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Prof. Gilberto Berríos
Associate Professor
Universidad Simón Bolívar
http://www.usb.ve
Valle de Sartenejas
Caracas
Venezuela
Phone: +58 (212) 906-3780
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This is a public access page where I post materials that I think are useful for students in Simon Bolivar University's English for Science and Technology (EST) reading comprehension program.
My links
1. The Mnemosyne Project: Download a spaced repetition software (Mnemosyne) to help you memorize vocabulary
2. Gil's EST Cards for Spanish Speakers: Use this with Mnemosyne to learn 1081 words in science and technology
3. The functors from The Bare Naked Lexis: This Word document has a list of function words (i.e., words such as prepositions, conjunctions, articles)
4. This video by Prof. Noela Cartaya tells you how to learn vocabulary by using Leitner's hand computer (in Spanish)
Classes
2012 ID1112 Section 02
2012 ID1112 Section 23
Activities
Borrowed activities
English Irregular Verbs
Homographs
My own activities
Bad Breath + Microwave Ovens
Car Parts - Word and Definition
Common verbs in EST
False cognates
Gil's EST Cards for Spanish Speakers (1K)
Gil's EST Cards for Spanish Speakers (2K)
Gil's EST Cards for Spanish Speakers (AWL)
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Quizzes
Borrowed quizzes
51 Basic Past Tense Verbs
Comparative or Superlative
Miscellaneous structures
Focus on Reading
Focus on Reading Ex. 24: Identifying the head noun
Focus on Reading Ex. 25: Understanding the form of compound nouns
Focus on Reading Ex. 26: Understanding the meaning of compound nouns
Focus on Reading Ex. 40: Thinking about linking word role
Focus on Reading Ex. 41: Choosing time and sequence linking words
Focus on Reading Ex. 42: Choosing addition and contrast linking words
Focus on Reading Ex. 43: Choosing the correct linking word
Focus on Reading Ex. 69: Reviewing organizational pattern indicators
My vocabulary practice quizzes
1K Word List Practice Quiz (2 minutes)
1K Word List Practice Quiz (4 minutes)
1K Word List Practice Quiz (5 minutes)
2K Word List Practice Quiz (2 minutes)
2K Word List Practice Quiz (4 minutes)
2K Word List Practice Quiz (5 minutes)
Academic Word List Practice Quiz (2 minutes)
Academic Word List Practice Quiz (4 minutes)
Academic Word List Practice Quiz (5 minutes)
All-list Vocabulary Practice Quiz (2 minutes)
All-list Vocabulary Practice Quiz (4 minutes)
All-list Vocabulary Practice Quiz (5 minutes)
All-list Vocabulary Practice Quiz (ten minutes)
All-list Vocabulary Practice Quiz (twenty minutes)
Sample questions for ID1111
Sample questions: Choosing a definition from the dictionary
Sample questions: Understanding compound nouns
Sample questions for ID1112
Sample questions: Cause and effect
Sample questions: Chronology
Sample questions: Placing chronological information in the correct order
Sample questions: Process
Sample questions for ID1113
Sample questions: Abstracts and book reviews
Sample questions: Summarizing "Spores in space"
Sample questions: Summarizing "The Doppler Effect"
The Universe: Some vocabulary
Sample quizzes
Sample quiz for ID1111 (2011)
Sample quiz for ID1112 (2011)
Sample quiz for ID1113 (2011)