Wednesday 18 March 2020

NOWRUZ 2020

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As Nowruz is approaching I would like to remind you there are three presentations in the blog about the Iranian culture.

The first one related to Farsi Words in the English Language:

10 Words  from Farsi in  the English Langage 
https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/10%20WORDS%20FROM%20FARSI%20IN


The second one focused on Nowruz:

Nowruz
https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search?q=nowruz


The third and fourth ones focused on Maryam Mirzakhani:

Maryam Mirzakhani: Trivia

http://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/MARYAM%20MIRZAKHANI%3A%20TRIVIA%20GAME




http://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/IWD%202020%3A%20MARYAM%20MIRZAKHANI

#nowruz#persiannewyear#iranianculture#hospitalityculture#englishlearning#esl#efl#playandlearn#trivia#farsi#farsiwordsinenglish


 I do hope the Iranian people may celebrate  Nowruz with the usual happiness and joy.
Our best wishes to all of them.

Maribel Miró
March 18th, 2020-

Monday 9 March 2020

MARYAM MIRZAKHANI: TRIVIA GAME








This activity may be done in the classroom either as a reading comprehension, in which the learners involved, after reading it a couple of times, go through the multiple-choice questions and choose the right option according to the text. 
Another way could be a listening activity: the learners are in groups, and a student from each group reads out the first question. Each correct answer gives the group one point. And a third way could be a trivia game: either the teacher reads out the text and, then, the questions or the learners read the text and, then, the teacher asks the questions. 
That is to say, the presentation can be worked 
as a comprehension reading activity, a listening activity or
 a trivia game.
This activity is addressed to the learners of English wishing to learn about Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman ever to be awarded the Fields Medal, the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, and also to intermediate and advanced students of English. CEFR B1 and B2.


I do hope you and your students find it interesting and useful.
Maribel Miró Pérez
March 9th, 2020.

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Saturday 7 March 2020

IWD 2020: MARYAM MIRZAKHANI

 

IWD 2020 : MARYAM MIRZAKHANI                                            


   The post I am uploading today is an homage to one of the most remarkable women of our century. I happened to hear about Maryam Mirzakhany a couple of years ago, while on a family holiday on the island of Kish, in southern Iran. 
Another Iranian woman, a researcher and a scientist I had just met, talked to me about her, and her description of Mirzakhani was so vivid I decided Mirzahani deserved a post of her own. Thank you, dear Neda.
Here it is. 
Soon I will be uploading an activity on this post.

I hope you find it interesting.
March 7th, 2020

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: 


SOURCES

https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/maryam-mirzakhani-a-candle-illuminating-the-dark-d09e90a7c109



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