Friday 30 November 2012
English Learning Challenges
Dear Class,
This is Blog Session 10 and it is the last one this semester. Please write about the following:
a) How did you like this subject at university? What about the use of blogs?
b) What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
c) Outside the English Class, how much are you using English these days? Why for?
Wordcount: 300 words
Make comments on at least three of your classmates' posts.
Regards,
Belén
Friday 23 November 2012
Preparing the Final Written Test
Dear Class,
Today you'll complete some exercises so you can practice for the final test, which is very important because it's the one you take to pass Level 4.
Complete the activities in this links:
Vocabulary:
Listening:
Reading:
And more...
Reading:
Listening:
Vocabulary:
Best,
Belén
Friday 16 November 2012
Blog Session 9
Dear Class,
Please blog about your future job and -i n y o u r o w n w o r d s- answer this:
a) What kind of job would you like to have? Describe
b) What aspects would you consider when choosing your job?
c) If you were asked in a job interview about your strengths and weaknesses, what would you say?
Write 280 words minimum and as usual, leave comments on at least three of your classmates' blogs.
Best,
Belén
Friday 9 November 2012
Blog Session 8 Instructions
Dear Class,
This is the last time you can choose the topic so I hope it's not too difficult to choose a theme that interests you.
This time please write 260 words minimum and as usual, remember to make at least three comments on your classmates' posts.
Good luck,
Belén
Blog Session 7
How green
are you?
This is 2012 and I
can’t believe how people are not yet aware of the importance of taking care of
the planet we live in. I think people learn about “green issues” at school.
Sometimes children learn how to make recycled paper and some others, they have
workshops to learn some aspects of recycling. Environmental-friendly practices
can be learnt at school and also at home. Since I was a little kid my parents,
brother and sister taught me lots of things like not throwing my waste anywhere
that’s not a bin.
I’ve always tried to be
careful with the waste I produce. I use special bins (usually glass, plastic
and organic bins) every time I can. Apart from that, I use water wisely -at least I try. I
learnt that in Chiloé when I was 13.
It was only when we spent more tan 2 weeks with a family in Nalhuitad, where they didn’t have tap
water the moment I realised about the importance of using water wisely. I’m constantly thinking about ways to reduce my carbon footprint and
transmitting the information so more people are aware.
I use my bike in the
summer mostly. In Winter it’s too cold for me and too contaminated as well but
as in Spring and Summer is more windy I tent to think that I’m not breathing so
much smog. I don’t have a car so I’m always walking and taking the bus or the
tube.
I support Greenpeace but only through
the internet. I do that by signing emails requesting more laws or an action to
stop some stupid objective of a millionaire company. I admire their mission so
I think we should support any eco-organisations if it’s because they want to
take care of the planet. I’d love to make tons of copies of “The 11th
Hour”, which is a documentary about the state of the Earth, considering air and
water contamination mainly.
I think Santiago is missing more laws
and public policies so people learn and participate in solving matters related
to the environment. Our society needs to learn environmentally friendly practices so we can live more as a community.
Blog Session 7 Instructions
Dear Class,
Please ask yourselves how green you are and write about the
following:
a) Where do people learn about environmentally friendly
practices?
b) Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
c) Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
d) Have you joined or supported any eco-organizations? Why/Why
not?
e) What else have you done/would like to do?
f) What have you done to reduce your carbón footprint?
g) What’s missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?
Write 240 words mínimum and remember to make comments on at
least three of your classmates’ blogs.
Best,
Belén
Friday 19 October 2012
Blog Session 6
The human brain
I’ve always been interested in how
the human body works. One of the reasons to be interested is that I practice
sports, so why we sweat, stretch and how we can work out our muscles are intriguing
facts about our bodies. Those, among other incredible facts like gestating as
to have new generations. Sleeping, dancing, walking and reading are just some
of the activities that have to do with the brain.
Biology and Education are closely
related if we analyse the brain activity. As a teacher, when we study the way
human beings learn, we study Psychology but unfortunately we didn’t study
Neuroscience. Therefore, as this science has always caught my attention I wanted
to learn more about it. A couple of years ago, because of the Masters programme
I was studying, I had the chance to read lots of interesting papers about how
the brain works when we read and how the way we stimulate the brain affects our
learning process.
The human brain is a complex organ
and as human beings we are supposed to be the only ones to know something about
the way the brain works. With that skill, Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880), a
French pioneer doctor was able to draw a map of the brain and consequently, he
discovered a small area in the left hemisphere, which controls the production
of language. And, I guess that 100 billion neurons in our brains* are
responsible for language, communication and many other aspects of our lives.
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