English 3 - Autumn 2023

  Blog Post 4: Choice of Two Topics (choose one of two) Topic A:  Tell us about a meal or food you really like. Include this information: What is it? (describe it) How is it made? Why do you like it so much? How does it impact your health? Upload pictures Topic B:  Tell us about a photo (or image) that is meaningful to you. Include this information: What does it mean to you? Why does it interest you? What is the story behind the photo? Upload the photo Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 150 words The Story of a Picture The story of a picture This might look a bit naive but , let me tell you, it is alcohol!, it was taken at a pub in Paris, in a bar across from Place Vendome.  I was with friends and we wanted to see the non-romantic and alternative side of the city. This picture is a portrait of the memories I have from on of my best holiday ever, and even though I haven’t had many superb holidays, because most of time I prefe

    Blog Post 3: My Favorite Piece of Technology Say what your favorite piece of technology is.  Include this information:  Why is this your favorite piece of technology?  How do you use it/What do you do with it?  How does it affect your life?  Would you recommend using it? Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 140 words ___________________________________ The Apple Without The Worm I  am going to tell you about something that happened many years ago, around 2010. For some time, I was quite disconnected from all society. I spent 6 months without a mobile. Back then, I had started working for a telecommunications company and I had to be on the phone mostly all day long, and that's why I decided, in the end, to get rid of the "cell-phone". Time went by and some day I had an urgency. I had to hand in a very, very important document, but with the rush, I left it over my desk at home, and the

  Blog Post 2: Why did I choose my major? Say what you study and why you study it.  Include this information: ·           What was your dream job as a child? ·           What other study options did you have? ·           What made you decide on this major? ·           How has your experience at the university been until now? Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count:  130  words ______________________ Example:  I studied English Linguistics, and I always thought "what would my future job be?"… And here I am!! I always wanted to have a fun, light, easy-going and not too hard to-do-job, but always wanted to be with people. From all the many areas I could work in, I always wanted something neither too-much outdoors nor indoors. Furthermore, I wanted something that would produce some kind of social change, a good, important and deep change. In other matters, I wanted to travel, to see the world, to meet strange

  Blog Post 1: Who Am I? Introduce yourself to the class in this blog post. Write a short autobiography. Include this information: Who are you? Where are you from? Tell us a little about yourself Tell us a little about your family, and hometown Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 120 words Example: I was born far south, well, not so far, just 510 km south from the capital. My home city used to be Concepción, where in 1985 I was born; but when I was 5 years old, my Father got a job in another city so we had to move to Los Angeles. Los Ángeles is a small city, at about 180 km from Concepción, it's a service and pulp-industry town, and it is also the capital city of the Bio-Bio Province. The city is surrounded by very green landscapes and because of the pulp industry, the surroundings nowadays, are covered with pine trees and eucalyptus, which are used for the production of the raw material used to make paper

 Estimadas y estimados estudiantes del Curso de Inglés 3, Semestre Otoño 2023: En este blog se estarán dando las indicaciones para la escritura del Blog de este semestre. Semanalmente se estarán subiendo las instrucciones y un ejemplo de lo que se debe escribir. Instrucciones para los blogs: Cada sesión de blog, debes: 1- revisar el blog del profesor,  2- leer las instrucciones y leer (y comprender) el ejemplo que se entrega como modelo, 3- comentar el post del profesor con un comentario breve (no más de dos líneas) que dé cuenta de que el ejemplo se leyó y que fue comprendido. 4- Procede a escribir, siguiendo las instrucciones, y antes de subir tu entrada de blog recuerda revisar asuntos ortográficos y de redacción (proofreading), 5 una vez subido el post, debes ir a los blogs de otres 3 compañeres, leer sus entradas y comentar sus escritos. (esto es parte de la evaluación. 6- tendrán 48 horas para subir sus entradas, desde el momento en que se les informe que una nueva actividad de b