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Dear students,

I had a lot of fun getting to know more about you by reading your "about me" section of the blog.

It was really interesting to know that...

- Cassia has been dating her boyfriend for two years

- Mariana Reis has a revolutionary personality

- Jose wants to marry his girlfriend

- Natalia has gone to a lot of schools

- Joao practices sports and plays more than one instrument

- Gustavo hates soap operas just like me

- Juliana lived six months in Brasilia and six months in Recife when she was a child

- Guilherme considers himself a stressed out person

- Luciana can't stop talking, even if it is to herself

- Thais wants to be a plastic surgeon

- One of Marcus' passions is English

- Mariana Lara isn't as shy as she seems to be

- Jessyka spent some time working before deciding what she wanted to major in

- Malu likes the same TV series that I do

- Eduardo enjoys watching Mr. Bean

- Julia has lived in Rio and in Juiz de Fora

- Rodrigo wants to go on an exchange program in California

- Herbert lived for a year in the U.S when he was a child

Unit 4 is about body and health. It's a great opportunity for you to practice your listening by watching some U-Tube videos that focus on health tips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ww_xc6WHtA&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6eKaxPU2A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbgT5W266IY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te7WBj5kjPw&feature=related

Dear all,

Here are some important tips for the oral test:

1) Speak as much as you can. Don't be minimalistic in your anecdotes!

2) Connect your ideas when you speak. Don't use truncated and disconnected sentences.

3) Try to use the vocabulary learned in the unit. It's a real plus.

4) Be careful when you ask the questions. Remember to use the right auxiliaries and inversion.

5) Monitor your pronunciation and intonation.

6) If you don't know a word, don't use Portuguese. Use another word; say it in a different way.

7) Be cooperative with your partner.

8) Study especially the anecdotes in the three units we studied.

I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL DO A GREAT JOB!

Go to isabelavillasboas' blog and read the part called "about me". Answer these questions with your friend.

Look at the structure of her post. Does it have an introduction, a body (development), and a conclusion?

What is the main idea of each paragraph in the body?

How many different verb tenses did she use?

Identify the infinitive and gerund structures that she used.

What were some words or expressions she used to connect ideas?

Write a short comment reacting to her profile.