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.

Post 9: CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME 

Write about some changes that could make to your study programme (career).

Among others, think about:

• The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)
•  Workload and length of studies
•  Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)
•  Use of technology
•  Teaching methods

Word Count: 250
Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

 

When I was a university student, I never questioned the study program of my career, but now, after years of experience, I have thought about all the things that could have been better.

To begin with, I think that there should be more practice in a work setting, where you taste the real day-to-day work, in order to learn to solve problems that you face in a regular work day, to learn to develop relationship with your colleagues and your potential customers or clients, to know how to relate to a boss and or other superior individual within the organization. All of the above would have helped me to understand how important the organizational climate of an institution and / or organization is.  Also, it would have helped me to organize my daily schedule in order to accomplish my tasks and or assignments.

On the other hand, I would probably change some subjects within the curriculum or program that today have become irrelevant to my work. In other words, I would shorten the number of courses and of course the number of years to complete my degree. I would like to spend much of this time in the field learning from the real world.  I will add that the methodology then should have been focus on a mixed between theory and practice.

In regards to the facility, in the university where I studied we had everything, from good and comfortable classrooms with high technology, the library was cozy where it was a pleasure to spend time studying, the casino had a variety of choices for lunch and coffee or tea as well as pastries and sandwiches. I do not have any complains about it.

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. 19.

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 sins 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 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.