Blog Session 9 Sample Post

Every year I stop to think about everything that's happened because my good friend Kari, shared with me "the New Year's resolution" tradition and I liked it. So, to write your New Year's resolutions you need to reflect about what you’ve done, family, friends, your job, goals, love, etc.

So far, I can say I’ve had a good 2015 and the best thing that happened this year was welcoming our baby boy home! Also, we’re in a new flat and everything’s worked out well in terms of neighbours and the neighbourhood itself.  I know this is a cliché but it’s true for me: my most important achievement was having Santiago, our baby boy and everything around him and my partner has been great!

Blog Session 8 Sample Post

My summer plans are not clear yet and this is not the time I usually rest because I also work as a tour guide. If we travel in the summer, I’d love to visit the south, maybe cities near Chaitén or more little islands in wonderful Chiloé! I like the north, the central part and the south of Chile but I think in our summer is best to go south because it’s the time of year when rain it’s not that much like in winter. Wherever we decide to go, it’ll be our family: my partner, our baby boy and me but if we go to Chiloé, maybe we’ll spend some time with some members of my family.

Something that we really want to get started through our tourism business is the idea to offer some of the tours we have to immigrants. This way, we can help them learn about Santiago and the different neighbourhoods in this big city. We also want to teach immigrants Spanish but that’s more long term because we need time to find a place and time for the classes.  

In our summer, the summer time in Chile, I usually work because that’s when more tourists come. Although I have to work, I’d like to study what I can’t during the year like languages and more specifically this year: sign language. We want to be more inclusive and offer tours for blind people and deaf or hard of hearing people, so we work with a sign language interpreter but it’ll be fun to learn sign language! The Chilean version though because there are different versions in every country, don’t understand why but that’s the way it is.

Blog Session 10 English language challenges

Dear Class,

How are you?

This is the last post and it's time to reflect a bit... Please write about the following in 260 words minimum:

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

Remember to make comments on at least three of your classmates' posts.

Best,


Belén

2015 Some reflections Blog Session 9 Instructions

Dear Class,

How are you?

This post corresponds to the one from last week. Please write this post in 260 words minimum and include the following:

Have you had a good year so far?
What good things have happened?
What situations haven't worked so well?
Your achievements
A subject/course that you have enjoyed this year
Other things you want to mention

Don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates' posts.

Blog Sample 8 Instructions

Dear Class,
Today, please think about the summer and write about your "Summer Plans". Include the following and write it in 250 words.
a) Places you're going to/would like to visit (Area, regions, etc.)
b) People you're going to/ would like to be with in the summer
c) Activities you're thinking of being part of in the summer (Camps, volunteer work, etc.)
d) If you're planning to work/study in the summer (Where, how long, new/old job, etc.)
e) Add any other relevant info.

Don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates' posts as well as in mine.

Best,

Belén

PET Practice

Dear Class,

You're not writing a post today but practicing for the Final Written Test you have to sit for in a few weeks time.

Please use these links and complete all the activities about reading, listening and vocabulary:

Reading:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading2.htm

 

Listening:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part2.htm

 

Vocabulary:

 

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

Best,

Belén

Blog Session 7 Instructions

Dear Class,

How are you?

This time, again, you can choose what to write about. Use your creativity and imagination to choose.
Please write in 240 words and don't forget to make comments on three of your classmates' posts.

Best,

Belén