Phil News 11 - Phil Young`s English School

Newsletter # 11 • Daytona, Florida, USA • July /7/2014
Carta do Phil
Hey Y’all Students,
You guys are better than my generation in so many ways. We often read things about the “young
people of today not knowing as much, or being as much, as our generation when we were young.”
Waal, my contact with you guys on this trip, as well as with students on previous trips, has once again
dispelled these “holier than thou” judgments. The generational bola vai pra frente, não pra trás,
forward, not backward. There is a thing called evolution, and the tendency is for generations to
successively get better. You “guys” on this trip, you “young’uns”, have a lot to be admired for - from
your relaxed body language to your “sereno” way of talking and being. Furthermore, on one
occasion, I was so pleasantly surprised to hear accurate answers to a few of my questions about the
history of Brazil, and the beautiful indignation of one of you who shouted out to your colleagues who
didn’t know the answers, “Don’t you even know the history of our country?!”.
It is my generation of adults who have not taught you some things, or, rather, in many cases, have indeed taught some of you
to “hate” history and other related subjects. I know that I was taught, here in the United States, by my collection of teachers,
to hate history. Now it is a hobby of mine. Yep, I read it for pleasure now, in spite of the way my grade school, high school
and college teachers taught it, almost all of them.
I was not too surprised recently to learn from a talk by American historian, David McCullough, that 70% of American high
school history teachers do not even have a college major (“area de concentração”) in history. The math and science teachers
are generally qualified, but not the ones in liberal arts (“ciências humanas”), the subjects that make us think and develop a
critical sense – it is easier to manipulate lambs than lions. The way most liberal arts courses are taught doesn’t prepare us
students even to differentiate between a good and bad donut, much less between a serious political candidate and a blatant
cynical opportunist.
Some of you have great history teachers, and intellectual parents. I had neither, but they loved me – that’s the most important
thing. Later on, in Brazil, with my friends, I started learning and liking history and other related subjects, and thus recovered
from my hypnotizing “education”.
Here are the lyrics to a song that I love, by a singer that I love, Bobby McFerrin, accompanied by the great cellist, Yo Yo Ma.
Hush Little Baby, is a traditional song that we sing to children here in the States. I am sending you all the you tube link,
below. Assim, you can watch and listen to it if you’d like, or even learn and sing it if you have the time.
Hush Little Baby
Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring is brass,
Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass.
And if that looking glass will break,
Papa's gonna buy you a chocolate cake.
When the chocolate cake you eat,
Papa's gonna buy you a puppy sweet.
And if that puppy, puppy won’t bark,
Papa's going to buy you a horse and cart.
And if that horse and cart break down,
Papa's going to buy you a big toy clown.
Hush little baby, don’t you cry,
Mama’s going to sing you a lullaby.
Here’s the You Tube link of “Hush Little Baby”, with Bobby McFerrin and Yo Yo Ma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GczSTQ2nv94
Abrassos,
Phil
Carta do Magdal
Principais Testes de Inglês que você poderá fazer para obter a sua certificação internacional
Existem vários exames de avaliação de proficiência em inglês para não nativos. Quatro são de grande
abrangência e reconhecimento internacional: o TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), o TOEIC
(Test of English for International Communication), o IELTS (International English Language Testing
System), e o CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English).
O TOEFL e o TOEIC, utilizados pela Phil Young’s English School para medir a proficiência de seus
alunos, são os dois exames norte-americanos mais conhecidos. O TOEFL é administrado pelo Educational
Testing Service (New Jersey) e o TOEIC por uma subsidiária. O TOEFL tem como objetivo principal avaliar o inglês de
quem pretende ingressar em universidade dos Estados Unidos ou Canadá, portanto, com vocabulário e textos mais voltados a
temas acadêmicos, ao passo que o TOEIC, criado posteriormente, é mais indicado para quem quer comprovar proficiência em
inglês voltada ao mercado de trabalho. No Brasil, o exame norte-americano Michigan também é conhecido, não tendo
entretanto o mesmo reconhecimento no plano internacional.
O IELTS e o CPE são os dois exames britânicos mais conhecidos. O IELTS tem um objetivo semelhante ao TOEFL porém é
de responsabilidade da University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), um departamento da University of
Cambridge (UK), em conjunto com o British Council, e predomina na Inglaterra, demais países do Reino Unido, Austrália e
Nova Zelândia.
O CPE é o mais avançado de um conjunto de 5 exames criados para avaliar diferentes níveis de proficiência em inglês,
também de responsabilidade do UCLES. Embora o CPE também sirva para comprovar proficiência em inglês de candidatos a
cursos superiores no Reino Unido, seu objetivo é mais genérico, procurado muito na Europa por aqueles que querem
demonstrar proficiência em inglês voltada ao mercado de trabalho. A série completa de exames é:
KET (Key English Test) - Cambridge Level One
PET (Preliminary English Test) - Cambridge Level Two
FCE (First Certificate in English) - Cambridge Level Three
CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) - Cambridge Level Four
CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) - Cambridge Level Five
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Interviews – by Upper Advanced 1 Students
David works at the cafeteria in Embry Riddle. He's been working here for 12 years and he has
seen a lot of Phil Young's groups in these years. Born in Philadelphia, the supervisor lives in
Daytona to practice his favorite hobby , surfing. When asked about giving some piece of
advice for our group, he says that "hard work pays off" and that "you don't have to work hard,
but smart".
By Lais Salgueiro
Jackie, an employee at Embry Riddle, is always smiling and making jokes. Even being a
mother of 3 children, Jackie considers all 2,000 students as her kids too, as she feels so
connected to them. She was born in Ecuador, specifically in Manabi, a costal city. She tries to
speak a little Portuguese and likes to make us Phil students more comfortable.
By Alrick Pettersen and Giulia Contieri
If you have been to the cafeteria, you probably have met Dorothy. Always smiling, she serves
breakfast. She is from Miami and has been working at Embry Riddle for about 12 years. When
I asked her what her secret to be so kind was, she told me we have to do, whatever it is we do,
with pleasure. Dorothy has kids of her own so she feels like the students' "big mother". Besides
that, young people give her energy. She also said foreign students are usually more respectful
than Americans, surprisingly.
By Lorenza Gioppo
Pictures
Students after Brazil’s game
On campus
Daytona International Speedway
Islands of Adventure
Islands of Adventure
That’s all for today, Folks. Phil News.