Blog Session No.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: 250
- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts.

*REMEMBER TO SEND THE VIDEO TALK NO.2 TO MY EMAIL! javism90@gmail.com 

Video Talk No.2!

Video 2:  A Journey

Record a 2 minute mobile phone video presentation* about a journey you would like to make in the future.

Say:

>Where you would like to go,

>Who you would go with,

>Why you would like to make this journey,

>What things you would like to do on the journey.

>Mention anything else you think is important.

DUE DATE: December, 22nd until 22:00 hrs.

Remember to send it to my email: javism90@gmail.com

Blog Session No.9! Some reflections...

Have you had a good year, so far?

Write about:
> Good things that have happened
> Situations that haven't worked so well
> Your achievements
>  A subject/course that you have enjoyed this year
> Other things you want to mention


Wordcount: 250 + 3 comments + a comment on my post. 

This is my year so far...

This year has been the most intense so far, I lived very difficult moments, and situations that I will never forget.
First, this is my first year as a teacher, I mean oficially, so all the experiences and situations that I lived this year being a teacher have been pure knowledge and a learning process for me... Second, I lived a very difficult situation with my family, I think the most difficult that we had ever lived before, and third I've been living a lot of personal and internal processes and that had been very stressful for me....
Despite the fact that this year has been very difficult for me, I've lived very nice situations, I made a lot of new friends, I met a lot of new people and I realized who is there for me and who is not there... I met incredible students and kids who make me laugh every single day.... 
Since I'm not studying I don't have a favourite subject or course, but I do have a favourite class, administration 11th grade class.... They were so far the best class ever, I shared a lot of funny and interesting moments, we learned from each other and that is the most important thing... But of course I will never forget my class, my ninth grade, they were my class, my first class so I have a special affection for them. 
To sum up, this year has been the most intense ever... Even though I had incredible moments, This is a year that I would never want to live again... 

Blog Session No.8!!

Today you have to write about your plans or ideas for this summer.

Among other things, you should write about:

> Places you are going to / would like to visit
> People you are going to / would like to be with in summer
> Activities you are thinking of being part of
> If you are planning to work/study in summer

- Comments: Remember to leave a comment on my sample post + 3 of your classmates posts.
- Word Count for post 8: 240 words



So... This is my example...

I have two months of vacations just like you! So I have so many plans for this summer but I'm not sure if I can do all of them... In the first place I wanted to go to the Caribbean with a friend, but we checked the prices and it was sooo expensive and we decided to call it off; then we thought about going to Brazil and we couldn't find any good prices for a touristical package. Now I don't know where are we going but I was thinking that Peru is a very good option; cheap and beautiful.. I reallly like the north and its landscapes so I think is a really good option. 
Going abroad is not the only thing that I want to do, since I have two months, of course I'm going to sleep a lot and go out a lot with my friends and family, I have to be very well rested to start classes again on march.
I love watching movies and series so I'm gonna spend most of my time watching these.
I'm not thinking about studying right now, but sometimes my job sends us to some classes in summer, but I'm not sure if this is actually going to happen.
Well.... The only thing I know is that I want to sleep and rest most of my time because this year has been extremely exhausted for me and I deserve some days of peace and relax. 

Blog Session No.7!

Themed post no.3: Favourite TV series.


My favourite TV series by far is Friends; I've seen a lot of series thanks to Netflix, but Friends is definitely my loved one!
I know is a very old TV series but is just that I can't get enough! This TV series lasts 10 seasons with about 24 episodes per season and I've watched this for I don't know... I lost the count! I know the dialogues and I always laugh about the same jokes and I even have a favourite character... Rachel! She is so funny, a bit shallow, shopaholic and with a crazy love life, maybe we all have an inside Rachel in our minds.
This TV series is from the 90's, the plot talks about a group of 6 friends and the relationships that they have created through the time, it is a comedy based on their lifes and all the adventures that they lived. This TV series has two main settings, one of them is the apartment in which Monica and Rachel lived together, and the other one was the coffee place called "Central perk", everything happened in New York, even though sometimes their adventures and crazyness took them to some other countries like London.
At the end this group consolidated their lifes, some of them got married, Ross and rachel had a daughter together, Chandler and Monica got married and adopted twins, Joey was too inmature to commite with someone so he of course stayed single. The last episode was very sad... I didn't want to finish!!! I've been wondering if the producers would like to make the reunion with an 11 season this time!

Blog Session No.6!

How Green are you?

That's my question to you this week. You have to write a post including:

- Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
- Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
- Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
- Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
- What else have you done /would you like to do?
- What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint? 
- What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

>> Number of words: 220

This is mi example...

I think that to define ourselves as "green", we need to have a habit during our lives... I'm not sure if we all are green or if we all have green attitudes, because we can't avoid using the public transportation, or using some not eco-friendly products, but I think we can all be green people by doing some little things. 
Nowadays is very important being green, or environmentally conscious, our planet is suffering the consequences of years and years of not recycling or using the wrong products, so is part of our minds today being or trying to be green.
I've never supported any eco-organisations, but I try to do some things that I think they may help the environment: I try to not mix glass with paper, or cans with paper, I do not toss trash, at least not on the street, I would love to have a bike so I could go everywhere not using a car or the public transportation but I don't so I'm forced to use the subway or the bus.
I would love to have an orchard, so I could eat my own fresh and organic fruits and vegetables. I think those kind of things are missing in our society, being more conscious about the environment and just look at the consequences we are dealing with these days, I mean climate change, global warming, all those are the consequence of the carbon footprint and the damage that the humanity has caused. We should ride bikes, have or own orchard, stop using plastic botles, start recycling more and take care of our planet which is our home. 

Blog Session No.5!

Hello my dear students! Today dreaming is for free! And we will think about "Our Future Job".

Your post will contain: 

- What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- In an office?

- What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why

- Add any other related ideas.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on my post.

- Word Count: 210 words

So... Here is my example....

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a teacher, or something related to it. But When I was 16 I had this idea of becoming a teacher. Nowadays is something that I really enjoy when I'm doing it, but somethimes I have the feeling that I will not be here for long, I mean, I would love to study again some kind of masters or Phd; at this moment is very soon to start, but in a couple of years I will totally do it.

My area or field in English had always been Linguistics or something related to the acquisition of a second language, so I imagine myself in some years studuying this abroad and then teaching this at some uni in some continent. 

I imagine my job as a very quite and funny kind of job, I'm not an office person, I prefer to be moving around, I can't stay at the same place for long time, so changing classrooms is the closest thing that I have to be moving around. 

I notice some time ago that I'm totally in love with travelling and seeing new places, so if my job involves travelling around the globe, I'm in! 

On the other hand, I been always very friendly with kids, so sometimes I have ideas related to working at primary school and even kindergarden; children are amazing! The way they learn and the creativity they have is out of this planet! So working with them could be even funnier than travelling around! 

So... Now is your turn to dream about your future job! :)