tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91074108102737252592024-03-08T03:43:18.124-08:00Cybele's Blogcybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-13487468114967373932009-10-31T06:09:00.000-07:002009-10-31T06:09:50.685-07:00Alan Poe's Poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs32/f/2008/236/f/2/Annabel_Lee_by_MirrorCradle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs32/f/2008/236/f/2/Annabel_Lee_by_MirrorCradle.jpg" vr="true" width="276" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>ANNABEL LEE</em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em></em></span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
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</div></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>(by Edgar Allan Poe - 1849)</em></span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was many and many a year ago,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a kingdom by the sea,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That a maiden there lived whom you may know</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the name of ANNABEL LEE;–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this maiden she lived with no other thought</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Than to love and be loved by me.</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">She was a child and I was a child,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this kingdom by the sea,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But we loved with a love that was more than love–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I and my Annabel Lee–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coveted her and me.</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And this was the reason that, long ago,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this kingdom by the sea,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A wind blew out of a cloud by night</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chilling my Annabel Lee;</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So that her high-born kinsman came</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And bore her away from me,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To shut her up in a sepulchre</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this kingdom by the sea.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Went envying her and me:–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In this kingdom by the sea)</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And killing my Annabel Lee.</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But our love it was stronger by far than the love</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of those who were older than we–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of many far wiser than we-</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And neither the angels in Heaven above,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nor the demons down under the sea,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can ever dissever my soul from the soul</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:–</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her sepulchre there by the sea–</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her tomb by the side of the sea.</span><br />
</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-78124686129702565642009-10-31T06:03:00.000-07:002009-10-31T06:03:05.554-07:00Celebrate Life<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">CELEBRATE LIFE</span></em><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">(Unknown Author)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;"><em><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Think freely</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Practice patience</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Smile often</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Savor special moments.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Make new friends.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Rediscover old friends.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Tell those you that you love them.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Feel it all deeply.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Forget the problems.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Discard concerns</span></em><br />
</div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Share. Immerse yourself. Get unrestricted.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Flowers.<br />
Keep a promise.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Look for a rainbow.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Look at the stars.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">See beauty in everything.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Work hard.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Be wise.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Try to understand.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Set up a time for people. Creat a time for you.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Laugh at will. Spread joy.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Risk. Go beyond. Meet new people.</span></em><br />
</div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Try something new.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Decrease your pace.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Be more flexible.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Believe in yourself. Rely on others.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">See a sunrise. Listen to the rain.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Cry when you feel like. Believe in life. Have faith.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy the uncertain.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Confort a friend.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Have good ideas.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Allow yourself to make some mistakes. Learn from them.</span></em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrate life</span></em><br />
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</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-69461023425517302322009-10-31T05:58:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:58:27.380-07:00My Childhood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://prizinhadesigner.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/kids-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://prizinhadesigner.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/kids-01.jpg" vr="true" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>MY DISTANT CHILDHOOD</em></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><em>(Written by Cybele)</em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">My distant childhood</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">many years ago,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I was child,</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I dreamed with a rich life, in a</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">big house and more good things.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All great…</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But now, find out that this</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">things are not essential in our</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">world.</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our relation with God and our</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">family are really important…</span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think also that our relation</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">with nature is beneficial because</span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">God is present on it.</span><br />
</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-57467950871741582882009-10-31T05:50:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:50:32.005-07:00Lord...<span style="font-size: large;"><em></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">GOD</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Grant me the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Serenity</span> to accept the things I cannot change...</em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: #a64d79;">Courage</span> to change the things I can and <span style="color: #a64d79;">Wisdom</span> to know the difference.</em></span><br />
</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-41032710243033983602009-10-31T05:41:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:41:53.037-07:00Abstract...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Learner Rights and Language Teaching</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;"><em>Hector HAMMERLY</em><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><em>Simon Fraser University, B. C., Canada</em><br />
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<strong>ABSTRACT</strong><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Based, in part, on the work of earlier scholars, the paper discusses the issue of students' needs and rights in terms of language learning. These rights are regarded as inherent to human beings and include five categories: (1) The right to curricular choice (including the right to chose a language or language skill); (2) the right to the conditions that make success possible (including qualified teachers and programs); (3) the right to be fully helped during the program (including systematic guidance, adequate feedback and access to linguistic resources); (4) the right to enlightened, balanced teaching (based on intelligent eclecticism); (5) and the right to continuity for linguistic maintenance (avoiding interruptions in their studies).<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">KEY WORDS: learner rights; linguistic rights, foreign languages,teacher education, autonomy. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>The whole article can be found in the folowing link: </em><a href="http://rle.ucpel.tche.br/php/edicoes/v1n1/hammerl6.PDF"><em>http://rle.ucpel.tche.br/php/edicoes/v1n1/hammerl6.PDF</em></a> <br />
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</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-5502186473945541102009-10-31T05:33:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:33:58.407-07:00My Way...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U5HBV416zFg/R1HyCK6ct1I/AAAAAAAAAiI/lRYNJZXa9Fg/s1600/Blog_O%2BAmor%2Be%2Ba%2BEstrada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U5HBV416zFg/R1HyCK6ct1I/AAAAAAAAAiI/lRYNJZXa9Fg/s400/Blog_O%2BAmor%2Be%2Ba%2BEstrada.jpg" vr="true" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;"><em>(by Frank Sinatra)</em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And now the end is near<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And so I face the final curtin<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend, I'll say it clear<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll state my case of which I'm certain<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've lived a life thats full<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've travelled each and every highway<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and oh much more than that<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did it my way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Regrets I've had a few<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But then again too few to mention<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did what I had to do<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And saw it through without exemption<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I planned each chartered course<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each careful step along the by-way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And more, much more than this<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did it my way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, there were times<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm sure you knew<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I bit off more than I could chew<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But through it all when there was doubt<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I ate it up and spit it out<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I faced it all<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I stood tall<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And did it my way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've loved, I've laughed, and cried<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've had my fill, my share of losing<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And now, as tears subside<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I find it all so amusing<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To think I did all that<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And may I say, not in a shy way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh no, oh no, not me<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did it my way"<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">For what is a man, what has he got?<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If not himself then he has naught<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To say the things he truly feels<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And not the words of one who kneels<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The record shows I took the blows<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And did it my way<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, it was my way<br />
</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-65701978308173715282009-10-31T05:28:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:29:08.525-07:00Life Lessons<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>"Learning never ends.</em></span><br />
</div><span style="font-size: large;"><em>There is no part of life that does not contain lessons.</em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>If you are alive there are lessons to learn".</em></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Unknown author).</span><br />
</div>cybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299694443581320310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107410810273725259.post-86202334036836814452009-09-12T06:24:00.000-07:002009-10-31T05:44:08.616-07:00Life begins...<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fotoplatforma.pl/foto_galeria/3934_Kopia-Kopia-7042.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.fotoplatforma.pl/foto_galeria/3934_Kopia-Kopia-7042.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 247px; width: 370px;" /></a><br />
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