Writing practice

Go to this web site and do the quiz: 
 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/green-lifestyle-quiz/

Then write about: 

• how much you know about saving the planet from the global warming.
• what you learned from this quiz that you didn't know before.
• and anything that you believe it is important on this subject.

wordcount 200 words 

Post 10: English Language Challenges

• What comments can you make about your experience learning English at university? What about the use of blogs?
• What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
• Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for?

- Wordcount: 260
- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts.

Let’s talk about learning English. Learning this language has been a plus in my life. Many doors have opened in my professional life. I did not learn English in the university. I learned it in an institute in New York. So it is difficult to talk about an experience that I did not have.
However, I believe that this opportunity that it is being given to students today of learning English as part of their curriculum is very good. I wish I had it.  I have to say that I learned to write by practicing and editing my papers at the university. If I had had a blog like this, it would have been much easy to practice my writing. I learned that this language has different ways of writing like Spanish. The most difficult is the academic writing. The blog is a good experience if one takes seriously. It helps a lot to improve the writing skills.
In my case I learn many different things about English every day. I enjoy learning about the different rules and ways to talk and write. I try to expose myself to English every day at least 20 to 30 minutes. I listen to the news in English on cable; I listen to music and talk to my colleagues in English as much as I can.
I believe that one always have to be opened minded in order to improve and learn more about this language that it will be a necessary tool for my career and for any one’s who wants to become a better professional. I say this because English has become the universal language, and most important papers are written in English.

Video 3

An activity you like to do in your free time

Record for two minutes a video presentation in your mobile phone. 

And, then say:

• What the activity is,
• How often you do it,
• Where you do it,
• What the activity involves,
• Why you enjoy doing this activity,

Mention anything else you think is important 

This video must be uploaded in your blog by Dec. 21.

Personal Opinion
(Post 8)

Choose 4-5 of these questions. For each of them, write a 40- to 50-word response describing your personal opinions on the topic.

• What is your opinion about women in the military?
• What is your opinion about the Chilean politicians?
• What is your opinion about violence on television?
• What is your opinion about buying instead of adopting pets?
• What is your opinion about having an exotic pet at home?
• What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs?
• What is your opinion about climate change?
• What is your opinion about cloning?
• What is your opinion about recycling?
• What is your opinion about Immigration?
• What is your opinion about the legalization of abortion in the 3 cases?

Total number of words: approx. 240

Do not forget.  Leave comments on 3 of your classmates' posts 

 


My opinion...

The consensus of the scientific opinion on climate change is that earth’s climate has warmed significantly since the late 1800’s, that human activities; primarily greenhouse emissions are the primary cause, that continuing emissions will increase the likelihood and severity of global effects and that people could manage future climate change impact through intense efforts at reducing further warming.

In my opinion, environmentally-friendly practices seem very difficult, but when you learn about them you realize that are much easy practices that help the environment immensely.

I hope and believe that most people are learning about environmentally-friendly practices throughout their families, TV advertisements, schools, and friends in general. People, today, are aware of the need to take care of our planet.

I can say that I'm somehow green in many of my daily practices such as separating my trash, using public transportation as much as I can, reusing many containers and transforming them into useful utensils in my kitchen, etc.

In my case, I have not joined any eco-friendly organizations mainly because I need to rearrange my schedule to make time to do it. However, I am planning in the future to become a volunteer at Greenpeace.  I believe this organization is one of the most important one in the world. They have been fighting for the environment for many years, for example, the forest, the climate, the oceans, etc. Also, I would like to help to develop more campaigns to protect our city, commune or just the neighborhoods.

In order to reduce carbon footprint, I have been using less spray products in my house, more public transportation, as I said before, and try to eat more raw food so I do not need to use my stove often.

In Santiago, we need more campaigns to raise a higher awareness about the necessity of having a cleaner city. We need a city where the pollution level can be lowered, for instance, by having a better public transport system.  We need many actions to have a better environment in our city.

PET (Preliminary English Test) Practice

Session 2 

 

Reading:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading4.html

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading_part5.htm

 

Listening:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

 

Vocabulary:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm

Themed Post 3

2018 Have you so far had a good year? (Example)

Write about:
> Good things that have happened in your life
> Situations that did not go so well
> Your achievements in 2018
> Things you did not do / have not done yet / still have to do this year
> Important news / events you would like to highlight
> Any other comments

Wordcount: 230 + 3 comments

It is hard to summarize the year 2018, I think is because it has not ended yet. However, this year has been in many ways a good year. I have been able to do many things that I always wanted to. For instance, I took a wonderful vacation. I visited several cities in Peru.  I learned a lot about its culture and the Incas.

In this trip, I visited Machu Picchu. This is a wonderful place. The architecture, the landscape and surroundings where is located are like a paradise. The houses and temples are built by cutting rocks from the mountains. One can feel the mystic of this place in every step around this city. For this and other reason, Machu Picchu has been nominated one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Another good point of this year was my older child graduation from the university. Today, he has become a biotechnologist. This made me very proud of his achievements. I believe he will be able to become a very good professional.

The things that they did not go well this year are the illnesses among some of my family members. Hopefully everyone has gotten well and today they are back on their feet.

One thing that I have not done yet this year is to finish an e-class that I began few weeks ago. This class is about bonsai, a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years.

Well I hope this year continues its course and ends as a good year for everyone.

Video 2

A JOB YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE

Record a for 2 minutes mobile phone video presentation about a job you would like to do in the future.

Say:

• What the job is,
• Why you would like to do this job,
• What qualities or skills you would need for this job,
• What type of reward or job satisfaction you would get from doing this job.

Mention anything else you think is important.

Upload this video to the blog.   You have one week to do this assignment.