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.

PET (Preliminary English Test) Practice

 

 

Session 2 

 

Reading:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading4.html

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading_part5.htm

 

Listening:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

 

Vocabulary:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm

Video 2

A JOB YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE FUTURE

Record a for 2 minutes mobile phone video presentation about a job you would like to do in the future.

Say:

• What the job is,
• Why you would like to do this job,
• What qualities or skills you would need for this job,
• What type of reward or job satisfaction you would get from doing this job.

Mention anything else you think is important.

Upload this video to the blog.   You have one week to do this assignment.

PET (Preliminary English Test) Practice

Session 1 

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

Themed Post 3

2018 Have you so far had a good year? (Example)


Write about:
> Good things that have happened in your life
> Situations that did not go so well
> Your achievements in 2018
> Things you did not do / have not done yet / still have to do this year
> Important news / events you would like to highlight
> Any other comments

Wordcount: 230 + 3 comments

It is hard to summarize the year 2018, I think is because it has not ended yet. However, this year has been in many ways a good year. I have been able to do many things that I always wanted to. For instance, I took a wonderful vacation. I visited several cities in Peru.  I learned a lot about its culture and the Incas.

In this trip, I visited Machu Picchu. This is a wonderful place. The architecture, the landscape and surroundings where is located are like a paradise. The houses and temples are built by cutting rocks from the mountains. One can feel the mystic of this place in every step around this city. For this and other reason, Machu Picchu has been nominated one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Another good point of this year was my older child graduation from the university. Today, he has become a biotechnologist. This made me very proud of his achievements. I believe he will be able to become a very good professional.

The things that they did not go well this year are the illnesses among some of my family members. Hopefully everyone has gotten well and today they are back on their feet.

One thing that I have not done yet this year is to finish an e-class that I began few weeks ago. This class is about bonsai, a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years.

Well I hope this year continues its course and ends as a good year for everyone.

Postgraduate Studies

Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future.
Include:

- Reasons to do the course
- Subject(s) you would like to study
- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)
- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)
- Any other relevant ideas

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

- Word Count: 220 words

 

 

I believe the main reason to study a postgraduate degree is to further one’s skills and knowledge in a particular field. At the same time, someone becomes more employable in some fields as well as value and trust after has taken postgraduate studies. Postgraduate qualifications is the only way into certain stages of a career, especially so in academia.

In the private sector, postgraduate qualifications are equally valuable. An MBA, for example, may advance your career in business in ways that nothing else can.
Once one chose a career the prospects of postgraduate qualifications are great benefits. For instance, a postgraduate may begin on a higher starting salary and advance more quickly for some line of work, but for other careers work experience is valued over postgraduate study.
Knowing all of the above, in my case, I went to Hunter College in New York to get my postgraduate degree as a social worker, MSW. This master degree was two year long. I decided to study abroad because I wanted to learn another language at the same time. I also wanted to learn about the services provided to low-income people in a developed country.
After ending my studies I worked and lived in NYC. I worked in foster care, school district for special education to mention some of the fields I worked in.