Post 1 : My Autobiography

Hi bloggers:  How is it going today? Fine? Good! Today we're going to start blogging and I hope you enjoy it just as I do.  Well, the blog we have for this week is  to  write about yourselves, that is, an autobiography. I can say that personally, I was born in Santiago a veeery  looong time ago. I studied my primary and secondary school in  religious schools. Later I entered Universidad Catolica , where I graduated as a teacher of English and finished a Master in Linguistics some years later. My family is very small: just my mum  and  a younger  sister, who is a journalist. My father died some years ago . My main hobbies are swimming, travelling, watching films, reading  and  clubbing  with some friends. What about you? Include  information about your birth, studies, family, hobbies and any other information you consider important. Use 120 words minimum and don't forget to make comments on three of your classmates' blogs. C U.

Post 9 : Vacations

Hi bloggers: Well, here we are  blogging  about   the last  topic you chose some time ago :VACATIONS. Some of the ones that I most remember are some summer vacations I spent in the south of Chile many years  ago. The place is called Hueicolla , located in the tenth region near La Unión and Osorno on the  Valdivian jungle coast. It was and - as far as I know- still is a very wild place: no electricity,no paved roads, no shops , just some fishermen and their families living there all the year long and some houses that were used only on holidays. We got there by sailing  a steam boat along a river  for about 8 hours   with all the supplies  for a month. It was such an adventure!  Sometimes under heavy rain, some others on sunny days. You could never tell! When you finally got to your destination, a lot of other adventures started: what to cook, how to barter  cigarettes, wine or other things for fish and seafood with the fishermen, since money was not used there. You  had nothing to buy  there! It was a totally different  lifestyle. I liked it so much. Besides, the place was a perfect combination of forests and seaside, so it was hard to get bored. What about you?  Do you have any favourite vacations? If you don’t, what would your ideal vacations be like? Use 190 words and leave comments on 3 of your classmates'posts plus mine too. See you .

Post 10 : Blogging experience

Hi everyone:  As we're getting to the term end, it's time to evaluate experiences, such as : blogging. To me it's really very hard work when correcting and marking your posts, however, at the same time, it's interesting because I can learn quite a lot about each of you: families, interests, personalities, etc. What about you? What do you think about your blogging experience  Did you enjoy it? Why? Why not? Do you think it helped you to improve your English? Why? Why not? What do you think about the advantages and disadvantages of blogging in the English class? What suggestions would you like to give us? Use a minimum of 200 words. Don't forget to post 3 of your classmates and mine too. Good luck!

Post 7 : A career-related website or an expert in your field

Hi guys :  Today  I 'll tell you  about 2 favourite websites I visit almost daily:  www.youtube.com and www.ted.com. I like them because in the first one I can find lots of material for my classes, many tutorials about other things I'm interested in, such as : old films, documentaries, foreign languages etc whereas in the second one, I can find lots of  lectures on very different topics - science, technology, politics,arts, etc given by very important professors, researchers that are quite relevant and outstanding in these days.  What about you? Do you have any favourite website?This week you've got 2 options to choose ONE to  write about. The first one is about a career related website you enjoy visiting. You have to provide the link, describe the website, say how often you visit it, explain why you like it. The second one is about an expert on your field that you admire. Say who he/she is,what he/she has done,why you like him/her, include his/her image. Don't forget to add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs and  on your teacher's   as well .  Use  170 words.

Post 8 : A subject you enjoyed this semester

Hi guys : How  have you been doing? Too much work? We are approaching the term  end , so it must be tiring, right?  I suppose  you've   got to study for all your subjects and try  to pass them all.  I remember in my  experience, the most difficult subjects I had to study was English: , written , oral and phonetics. They had 20 credits most of the  time. So  it was bloody difficult and demanding! What about you? How many subjects have you had this term?   What is your favourite one? What type of subject was it,? I mean, did you have to do practical or theoretical activities? Was it hard or easy? What were the main contents you've seen in that subject? Why did you like it: was it because of the contents?  teacher? schedule? Use 180 words and don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates'posts besides mine too. See you.

Post 6 : Books

Hi everyone :  Today's post is about one of the topics you chose: Books . When thinking about the things I do in your free time, books come to my mind at once. I love reading different things: novels, poltics, history,essays, etc, but definitely my favourite books are novels by Latinoamerican and European writers. In recent years I´ve been very interested in Jose Saramago, the Portuguese Nobel Prize winner. The best book I 've ever read is " Ensayo sobre la ceguera". which  has left  a deep mark in my memory.  Last summer I read another interesting book "Los pacientes del Dr. García"  by Almudena Grandes  a Spanish writer who fantastically can link 4  apparently disconnected stories  taking place in different continents during 50 years, but in the end you can see they're all connected .That's what I call , talent.. What about you? Do you have any favourite book (s)? Why ? Why not?  What are your favourite books? Use 160 words. Don´t forget to leave  comments on my blog and  3 of your classmates´.

Post 5 : My favourite Photograph

Hi   bloggers :  I've got several favourite photos, but this one is particularly special to me , since it reminds me of my best New year's Eve. it was taken  on the way to Venice , Italy on December 31, 1993. I was with some very good Italian friends:  (from left to right, Paco, myself, Luna , Anna and Fabio) .While travelling  in two cars, midnight caught us in the middle of the highway, fireworks were set off and all cars stopped in the middle of the highway, , people you'd never seen before  started to hug each other,, wishing  you a very happy new year. It was amazing !! Everybody took out lots of bottles of any drink and .toasted. . I don't remember who took this picture , but it was a very good celebration.  What about you? Do you like photos? Why?  I'm sure you must have  a favourite picture. Today I'll ask you to  upload  and write about a photograph you like and say who took it? What does it show? When was it taken? Why do you like it? Include any other information you'd like to mention.Write at least 150 words. Don't forget to add comments to my blog and 3 of your classmates’ ones.  C U soon.