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  Post 6: A subject you’ve enjoyed studying this semester Write about your favorite subject this term. Among others, include: > Name > Describe what you do in classes > Mention the main contents you have seen > Explain why you like the subject > Word Count: 180 > Make comments on 3 of your partner’s' posts    My favorite subject   -My favorite subject at school was English. I have always wanted to learn another language and since I had a good English class and a good teacher, I felt in love with this subject.  I learned grammar, writing, pronunciation rules and I also learned to listen to different English people who are from many English speaking places and or countries. The latter I’ve learned through music, movies and so on. At first I didn't know how important is to learn English and how useful has become in my life. It has allow me to communicate with people of different nationalities that I‘ve met throughout my life, to rea...
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  Post 4: A Photography you like Write about a photograph you like. Say: Who took it What it shows When it was taken Why you like it Upload it too Include any other information you'd like to mention. Write at least 150 words.And three comments.   We took this photography about three years ago when we took a trip to Turkey. We went to Turkey to visit some friends. This photo is one of the most beautiful landscapes of Istanbul.  This picture shows the Bosphorus which is a narrow, natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. One can also see Hagia Sophia (Sancta Sophia in Latin), one of the most famous mosque in the world because of its history. Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum. You can still see many pictures of Christian’s saints and crosses. Another interesting thing in this photo is the ferries docked. These ferries are taken ...
  WEBQUEST 1 First, take a look at this video about London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFRR0zC70-0 1.     What is 135 meters high ? 2.     How many glass capsules does it have? 3.     What can you find opposite on the other side of the river? 4.     What is in the Palace of Westminster? 5.     What can’t you do in the parks? 6.     In what year was the Battle of Trafalgar? 7.     How can you get to the Tate Modern Museum? 8.     What is the name of the cathedral?   LONDON TRIP ORGANIZATION: You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip. Here is a list of things you want to do while you are there.   Follow the links and fill in the table.   Half Day Outings (activities that require less than half a day) London Eye http://www.londoneye.com/ The British M...
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  Post 5: Career Related Website OR An Expert on your Field  For this post, you have to choose only ONE of these 2 options: Post 1 (Instructions). Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting. You have to: - provide the link - describe the website (sections, features,etc) - say how often you visit the site - explain why you like the site. >Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs >Word Count: 170 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post 2 (Instructions) Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire? Say: -Who she/he is. (short biography) -What she/he has done. (examples of their work) -Why you like her/him. -Include his/her image > About 170 words >Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs     My favorite psychologist Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian Holocust survivor, neurologist...
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  Post 3: My favorite piece of technology Write about your favourite piece of technology Say: What it is. When you got it. How you use it. How often you use it. Why you like it. What life would be like without it. - 140 words minimum. - Include a picture. - Comment on your teacher's post and 3 of your classmates’ blogs. My mobile phone   It’s amazing but since I bought last my mobile phone I’d say seven years ago,   I feel it as my most loyal companion of all. I use my mobile phone for many things, call and chat with my friends and colleagues write e-mails, as an alarm clock, to take out food, among other things, but what I enjoy the most is reading the news, especially the international news in English. Every day I use my mobile phone, I think I never count the times I use it but I know there are a lots. What I like the most of my mobile phone is its size, it is not small but at the same time not big at all. It’s easy to handle and us...
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  Post 2: Why did you choose this career/study programme?  Write about: - your dream jobs when you were a child - other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university - what made you decide in the end - your experience at university until now - the kind of job you would like to have  > word count: 130 words  > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.   My Career     In this post I want to talk about the reason I chose my career, and later my dream job. I remember when I was in school I loved English. My English teacher was a good teacher and I became her assistant. She usually asked me to go with her to other classes to help her students. So when I finished high school I decided to apply to the English program at the university. I never thought of another option. At the university, I had a great experience with my professors and cl...
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Post 1: My autobiography - Who am I?   This have to include: - Birth info - Studies info (elementary/high school/ univ) - Family Info - Hobbies - Others... (pics for example) > Number of words: 120 (minimum) > Make comments on three of your classmates posts + a comment on your teacher post as well. I am Myriam Gac and I was born in Santiago, Chile. At elementary school, I studied at Escuela Experimental República del Ecuador in Santiago center. Later, I completed my high school education at Liceo 7 de Niñas in Providencia. I studied sociology at Universidad de Chile. I also obtained a master degree in social work from Hunter College in New York. Later I studied to become an English teacher in New York City College. My first job as English teacher was at my elementary school, I taught students from 7 and 8 grades.  I started to teach in Universidad de Chile in 2007 at the faculty of business and economics. Currently I’m living in La Reina wit...