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  Post    8:  A Subject you've enjoyed 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: 150 > Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post My favorite Subject When I was at University the subject that I liked the most was  Integrated Skills . In the class we had to work alone or sometimes in pairs. The idea of the subject was to learn to write. We had to write about topics in English using a specific (most of the time given by the teacher) amount of words. The spelling of the words was also important as well as the word order and lexis. The point was to get to the exact number of words. I liked this subject because it was the moment when you could feel free to write about any topic that came to your mind. I understand that this subject is dif...
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Blog Post 7: Choice of Two Topics (Choose one of the two) Topic A: Tell us about a career-oriented website you enjoy visiting. Include this information: ·         Describe the website and provide the link. ·         How often do you visit it? ·         Explain why you like the site. ·         Who would you recommend it to? Upload pictures Topic B: Tell us about an expert/person in your field that you admire. Include this information: ·         Why do you admire this person? ·         What has this person done/contributed? ·         Provide a short biography of this person Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post ...
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    Blog Post 6: How Can Your Major Make the World a Better Place Tell us why and how what you study (your major) can make the world a better place. Include this information: ·         How can your major affect the world? ·         How can you see yourself in this process? ·         What makes your major something that contributes to the world’s benefit? Upload pictures Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 150 words   How can teaching make world a better place to live? As I see it, teaching does not necessarly makes a better place to live. There are teaching and teaching. If teaching is oriented for students to become interested in the pursuit of the the true, the good, and the beautiful, then teaching can make our world a better place to live....
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  Blog Post 5: A Meal or Food You Really Like 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 Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post Word Count: 140 words Dinner is the last meal of the day, and that’s one of the reasons why I love it.  Every day I’m home from doing something tiring, such as work, I just want to go home and munch down on food.  Dinner is the meal that I get to do that.  It’s also the biggest meal.  And like I said earlier, eating is one of everyone’s favorite things to do.  What better meal is there than the one wh...
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 POST  4 A photograph. Its story .                                                       This photograph is full of symbolism. There you can see my son with his kinesiology doctor. She is Argentinian and when she received my son he was only crawling with no hope of walking. Everybody told us that he would never walk. However, she said, "do you allow me to use all the necessary tools and methodology to help him? Do you promise not to cry when he may cry? Do you commit to be regular when exercising? "We decided to go ahead because the only thing he wanted was to walk. She helped him to be stronger and positive, to fjght frustration and keep smiling no matter the pain or how tired he could be. The result?: After a couple of years, he finally started to walk by himself without anybody's help. This picture was taken a month ago when my boy gave her ...
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  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 My favourite piece of technology Technology is everywhere. I have different pieces of technology in my house. The one that I like the most is my Ipad. I bought it five years ago when I needed to attend a conference and I wanted to record as much as possible. I use it for saving documents and information in general, I can check and send emails, I can also take good pictures of what I need. I use mainly when I have to go away from my working place. I can be connected and I don't need a laptop for that. It is lighter and more comfortable and I can use it to play when I have some free time....
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  Level 3 - Post 2 (week 4) Why did you choose this career/study programme? 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  > don't forget to leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts and on your teacher's post as well.       EXAMPLE When I was a child, I used to dream of being a truck driver.  Obviously, my parents recommended me to study something with 'more future'. I never understood that. After finishing my secondary education, I had to choose a career. I had a lot of possibilities: dentistry, lawyer, painter, etc. However, something  that I wrote in a copybook when I was in primary school was definite: I wanted to be a teacher of English. Coincidence?, destiny? I don't know. The only thing I am clear about i...
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