Hey!

So this is our last blog. Today we will write about our blog experience.

So in general please say:

 What you think about the experience in general
 How much you feel your writing skills have developed
 What you would like to include in the future
 What else you would like to write about
200 words

This is the fifth semester that I have to write a blog and to be honest I still do not get bored or tired about doing it. In my opinion we just study and work. We are toooo busy doing those things and when we have some free time, most of the time we sleep, watch tv, have quality time with our love ones and hardly ever take some time for us. For me writing a blog it is the time when I have time for mysleft, to think about a specific topic and write about it. Also read my students' blogs and get to know them better. It is really interesting! Also you get to know me better, you now know that teachers do more than just work. I do not know why but most students think that teachers just work, do not have fun! which is really funny. A friend who is also a teacher, he told me that once a student asked him if he goes to the supermarket or if he goes to pubs, my friend said yes, his student was impressed! 

About my writing skills, I have had the chance to practise a lot more and when you have questions it is really good since I feel happy every time I have the chance to help.
To be honest I don't want to include anything else in the future.


Well about something I would like to write about maybe how I see myself in 10 years and also how I used to see myself when I was a little girl.

It was really fun and nice to have you as my students! :)
I really enjoy reading your blogs!!
I had a really good time, you are really good people and students. Hope you have a great second semester and if you need any help please send me an email, I would be more than happy to help you! 

Big hug to each of you!! :)

My favorite animal or pet

My dear students!

Today you will have to write about your favorite animal or pet.
Please include the following information:
Why do you like it so much?
Where does it live?
What does it eat?
Talk also about its wigh and lengh.
Where can it be found?

190 words.

                   My favorite animal or pet

Well to be honest, I think there are many beautiful animals.

But since this time I have to choose I would say that it is the manatee.

Every time that I have said this to my friends they have said; really? manatee? how come?

They are sooooo ugly! and then I said; no, they are not, in my opinion they are really cute.

When I was about 9 years old my father bought a computer. This came with some games included.

I remember that one of the games was about the sea. And there was like a “host”, he used to talk about the different animals that we could find there, what they eat, how long they live and some other specific information. Then there were some games where you have to use the information given. So the host was a manatee! He was so cute, he even sang a song. It was the beach boys song, surfin USA. 

Now some specific information about this animal. They are also called sea cows.  “Manatees have a mass of 400 to 550 kilograms and mean length of 2.8 to 3.0 metres, with max of 3.6 metres and 1,775 kilograms seen. Also females tend to be larger and heavier"

Manatees are herbivores. The places where they can be found are the following:

“Marshy coastal areas and rivers of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (T. West Indian manatee), the Amazon Basin (T. inunguis, Amazonian manatee), and West Africa (T. senegalensis, West African manatee)” 

A subject you enjoy studying this semester

A Subject you enjoy 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 patners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post

Hey!

Well since I am not studying now, I have decided to talk about one of the subjects that I had in 2016. I was studying a Master in Education and during the second semester I had one class that I really liked. That class was English grammar and phonetics versus Spanish grammar and phonetics.

While I was studying to become an English teacher I had 3 semesters of phonetics and also 3 semesters of grammar. I also had 3 semesters of academic writing. That happened about 10 years ago. So when I started with this class I thought lucky me! I have learnt a lot  about these topics so this class is going to be sooo easy!

I couldn’t be more wrong!

It was one of the most difficult subjects that I have ever had!!

All the contents related to English were fine; I mean I had to study most of them again. Because in this class we had to analyze each part of a sentence, describe it, change it and compare to Spanish sentence. That part was really hard. Spanish is much harder than English. Talking about grammar.

For example if we want to talk about habits and routines in English we would say:

I – You- We-They take the bus every morning

He – She takes the bus every morning.

Now Spanish:

Yo tomo la micro cada mañana

Tú tomas la micro cada mañana

El – Ella toma la micro cada mañana

Nosotros tomamos la micro cada mañana

Ellos - Ustedes toman la micro cada mañana

So as you can see in English there are only 2 options while in Spanish we have 5 options.

That is how the verb changes depending on the subject but I do remember that when we want to express ideas in the past in Spanish there were 10 options!

Even though it is my first language, believe me when I say that it was really hard. We had 3 tests and all the questions related to English grammar and phonetics I knew the answers. To be honest it was not that way when I had to work on the exercises that were about Spanish.

Most of the classes the teacher started explaining the contents and then individually we had to work on a handout. Then we compared our answers with a partner. Finally we shared our answers with the whole class. Sometimes all of us made mistakes! And that happened when the teacher asked us about Spanish grammar or phonetics.

Well I really liked this subject because it was a huge challenge, and also I learnt things that I did not know in Spanish!

Career related website/ An expert on your field

Career related website/ An expert on your field

Dear students,

So today you have to choose between these 2 options:

Option 1: Write about a career-related website 

- provide the link

- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.

OR

Option 2: Who is a person/expert on your field 

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

Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post

Word Count: 170

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog. I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to talk about an expert on my field.

Well to be honest it was not easy for me to start writing this blog.

I was not sure about which topic I should choose.

At the end I have decided to write about an expert on my field. I remember that when I started studying I did not know what subjects I would have. One of them caught my attention immediately. That subject was phonetics and phonology. I had 3 semester of this subject and it was not easy but on my first year the teacher asked us to work with this really nice book, its name is phonetics and phonology, it was written by Peter Roach.

Peter Roach is a British phonetician, he was born in 30 June 1943. He is a graduate of Psychology and Philosophy, after that he studied at Manchester University where he studied teaching English overseas. Then he decided to start his postgraduate studies, the course he took was Phonetics. He also completed a PhD.He retired in 2004.

I really like his book because it helped me a lot when I was a student. I still use it sometimes. When I was a student it was hard to understand the different chapters but now that I read it well it isn’t easy but it isn’t as hard as it used to be.

This is Peter Roach

This is the book that I use, but now there is a fourth edition.

Hobbies

 

Hey!!

Today we will write about hobbies.

What is it?

Where do you do it?

When do you do it?

Do you do it alone or with some people?

Why do you like it?

Remember to post on my blog and 3 classmates :)

160 words

When I was younger I used to play the piano. I took piano lessons for like 5 years! I started when I was around 7 years old. A really good friend of my father was my teacher, she was really good. I have really nice memories, but to be honest I did not see her for a long time. I regret that because then she got really sick and she died a couple of weeks ago. Well as I was saying I started when I was little, then I stopped for a couple of years, then again I had classes, then stopped and then classes again hahaha I just think that this happened because I was a child and then a teenager, so I preferred to do other things than playing the piano. I had classes with 4 different teachers! One of them used to come to my house, I used to go to 2 of my teacher's house and I had classes at Escuela Moderna de Música. Then when I was around 15 years old I started making jewelry, I really enjoyed that but I have not done it for a looong time.  It is sad now to think that I do not have a hobbie!! :(

I used to enjoy making jewelry but since I am so busy now I just stopped. Well if listening to music is consider a hobbie, then I would say that's it! I love to listen to music! When I study, work, take the bus, subway, walk and even when I take a shower. It is hard for me not to listen to music all the time. 

I think that now that I know that I do not have a real hobbie I will start thinking about one :)

My favorite picture

My favorite picture

Dear students!

Please try to answer to the following questions in your blog.

Who took it?
What it shows?
Where and when was it taken?
Why do you like it?


Important! Remember that you have to post your entry but also comment on at least 3 of your classmates's blogs and your teacher.
min. 150 words

Cheers!
                                                            



                                                              My favorite picture

Well this picture was taken in 2009. At that time I was working at Starbucks. 

I was part of the company for a little bit more than a year. Well this picture I know it is not like a “real one” since it is a cartoon, but if you pay a closer look you will find my name on it.

Yes, I am the one who has a broom. All the people that work at Starbucks are called Baristas and between us we call partner. Since I used to be really worried about cleaning and organizing the store all the time. So that is why my friends got me a nickname, Maca aseo y hornato.

This picture in a way represents the way each of us used to be in the store. I really like it because I have so many nice memories about that time of my life. I met amazing people and the customers were so good with us. When I was working there, I used to party a lot with the baristas, every weekend. And sometimes even during the week. It is a bit sad that I only got them on facebook now, I have not seen them since 2011. Now we are all working in other places so we just keep in touch once in a while. I guess that happens all the time. For example when you are at school, you have really good friends. Then you start studying at university and you do not see those friends that much as you used to. When you finish university, it is the same. The friends that you had, when you start working you just talk to them sometimes. It is kind of sad, but it is the way things go. Hope this does not happen to you!

My favorite movie or Tv show

My favorite movie or Tv show

Hey!

Today you will have to write about a movie or tv show.
Think about the following things to include

When was it released?
What is it about?
What genre is it?
Talk about the cast (actors)
When did you watch it?
Who did you watch it with?
Why is it your favorite movie?

140 words

So to be honest it took me some time to start this blog. There are so many movies that I have watched and that I really like!
I had to take some time to think and choose one. At the end I decided to talk about this really lovely movie, Coco.


This movie was part of last year, it is an American 3D computer - animated fantasy film which was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich, he based the story on the concept of the Mexican holiday Day of the dead.

In Mexico the movie was released the weekend before Dia de los Muertos while in Chile was released at the end of last year.

So this movie has won "the awards for best animated movie at the Golden Globes, Baftas, New York Film Critics Circle and Producers Guild, as well as 11 of the animation-specialist Annie awards (including best animated feature)"
Also won at the 2018 Oscars, the awards were Best animated feature and Best Original Song.


Coco has a record in our country, it is the movie that has been watched the most during the last 3 decades!

             Here is a list of the top 5 in our country

1. Coco (2018) – 2.097.000 viewers.
2. Minions (2015) – 2.086.790 viewers.
3. Stefan vs. Kramer (2012)  – 2.086.614 viewers.
4. The Ice Age (2012) – 2.069.905 viewers.
5. Avatar (2009) – 1.653.704 viewers.

Cast

Image	Personaje	Original Actor	Dubbing actor
	Miguel	Anthony Gonzalez	Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo
	Héctor	Gael García Bernal
	Ernesto de la Cruz	Benjamin Bratt	Marco Antonio Solís
		Antonio Sol (canciones)
	Mamá Imelda	Alanna Ubach	Angélica Vale
	Abuelita	Renée Victor	Angélica María
	Mamá Coco	Ana Ofelia Murguía	Elena Poniatowska Amor
			Rocío Garcel (canción)
		Libertad García Fonzi (niña)	Lucy Hernández
	Papá	Jaime Camil	César Costa
	Mamá	Sofía Espinosa

Well about my experience watching this movie.

I went to the cinema with my 3 sisters (they are older than me), my 2 nieces and 5 nephews I am going to tell you their names and how old they are.

Patricia is 46 years old, she has 2 children. Nicolas (11 years old) and Matias (9 years old)

Paola is 43 years old, she has 2 children too. Camila (9 years old) and Gabriel (6 years old) then Claudia, she is 41 years old and she has 3 children. Joaquin (7 years old) Trinidad (5 years old) and Cristobal (3 years old).

I went with all of them to the cinema! We had a really good time. When we left the place we talked about the movie and my sisters, nephews and nieces loved it.

I just loved everything about it, the music, the story, etc. It really caught my attention. 

If you have not watched this movie yet, PLEASE DO!!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! :)

My favourite piece of technology

What's your favourite piece of technology?

HEY!!!

Today we are going to write about your favourite piece of technology. A piece of technology could be anything! From your mobile phone to a website or a domestic device at home (a TV, console, fan, etc)

Here is a list of ideas for you to follow. You can use these ideas or your own. Your text should be minimum 140 words long.

- What your favourite device is
- What brand it is
- How you got it
- Why you like it
- Things you can do with it
- Things you can't do with it
- Have you ever lost it? How did you recover it?
- Would you like a new version of it?

Well I think this is the easiest question I have ever had to answer!!!

My favourite piece of technology is my phone.

I am pretty sure that most of you will say the same hahahaha.

So please do not copy my arguments :O

SInce I am a 90's teenager I have had many devices. walkman, CD player, camara, phone etc.

But it is sooo nice now a days to have all those things in one! I just love it!

The one that I have now it is a ZTE Blade a511. I got this phone 14 months ago, I am counting the days to get a new one. To be honest I do not like it that much. I have had many problems whith this phone but I have to wait for 4 more months in order to get a new one. The thing is that I have a contract with Entel so I just have to wait until it ends and get a new one, a different brand. I got this one because I did not have to pay for it. I have never lost it, I mean sometimes I cant find it, but I ask someone to call me hahaha

Before if I wanted to listen to music I had to have an mp3 player, if I wanted to take a picture I needed a camera but now it is soooo easy. The only bad thing is that the battery does not last as much as it used to. But that would be the only bad thing, it is so good to be able to even send

e-mails! Now that I work and study it is so useful to be connected all the time.

So these are the reasons why I choose this device as my favourite piece of technology.

Why did you choose this career/study programme?

Why did you choose this career/study programme?

Hey!

So today we will talk about why you are studying Odontology.

Well since I have already finished my studies, I will tell you the real story of why I decided to become an English teacher.

Cant wait to read your blogs to know why you chose this career.

          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

Do not forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.

                     Only the truth 

           and nothing but the truth

Well to be honest when I was about to finish school I wanted to study  soooo many different things. The options at that time were music teacher, chemist and pilot, yeah pilot!!

So when the time came and I had my results my father asked me what I wanted to study and since he could tell that I was all over the place he said: Sorry but I won’t pay for your studies this year, you have to think about it and next year you can start. Of course I got really upset but now I can tell that it was the best idea ever!
When I was 10 years old, I remember that I was on holidays with my family in La Serena. So one day I was listening to music on my walkman and I listened to a song which I really liked. This was in 1994 so there was no Shazam, if you wanted to know the name of a song or artist you had to wait until the song was finished and hope that the name would be given at the end, sometimes this didnt happen.
I got the group-s name, it was The Backstreet Boys. As most of teenagers I loved the BSB I still love their music but I am not in love of Nick Carter or any other of the members hahaha
At this point I guess you should be asking yourselves Why my teacher is talking about the BSB? at the end believe me that you will understand....
Well so the year after I finished school, I decided to work as a babysitter and also studied at a Preuniversitario.
One day, one of my sisters that works as a flight attendance took me with her to New Zealand as a birthday gift. There I met a guy, his name is Daniel. So it was kind of a summer love and when I came back I still had feelings for him. I went to see him during that year 4 times and we started dating. 

We talked about our future together so I thought, well why not to study something related with English. I love teaching and I love the Backstreet Boys so there you go, that’s why I am an English teacher now hahaha. I know it isn’t the best reason but now I cannot see myself doing something else.  While I was studying I always thought I would teach little kids but when I finished my studies I got a job offer for teaching adults. I liked the idea of trying something different so here I am.

                                        I LOVE WHAT I DO 
                                                   AND 
                                        I DO WHAT I LOVE

  

                      The lucky guy :)

                    Backstreet Boys' concert

Some students that I have had                                       during these years