InVeRSiOn...

2 - Nowadays, very rarely do you come across anyone who hasn't been abroad.

3- Only by living in a country where a language is spoken, can you really learn it.

4- Under no circunstances should tourist be allowed to visit the antratic.

5- Not until will you have tried French cusine will you truly know what good food is.

6- Not only did I hate visiting museums as a child but I couldn't stand going into museums.

7- Only recently have I started going on holiday without my parents.

8- Never again will I never go back to that place I went to last year on holiday.

My BLoG!!!!!

Hi everyone,

In this post I'm going to talk about my blogging experience . First of all, I would like to say that I like to write and I love read, therefore, I consider that my blog was a good opportunity in which I could enjoy and learn at the same time. For these reasons, I found very useful the blog because I could develop more skills in my writing and reading comprehension.

Second, I found very interesting the things that I had to write. In my opinion, the topics that I wrote in my posts were attractive. Through these topics, I could learn a lot vocabulary because when I wrote my posts I used web sites about language, my dictionary and the book of our language class (Straightforward).

Third, I think that the main purpose of our blog is that we can develop more skills in vocabulary and can improve our grammar. According to my experience, I would like to say that I could achieve these aspects. In other words, I could notice that I improved a lot my grammar and I learnt new words . In the meantime, I developed creativity in my writing. In my opinion, the blog wasn't a waste of time.

Another important thing that I enjoyed in my blog was about the comments. In my opinion, I found very interesting the idea that we could comment the posts of our classmates because we could express our opinions, ideas and thoughts about the topics. Besides, I think that with my blogging experience I had the opportunity of knowing the thoughts and the points of view of my classmates. The blog was the chance to keep in touch.

With my blogging experience I could improve a lot of things in my English knowledge, and also it was a different way of learning English. I feel glad with my experience because it helped me a lot in my language.

See you.............

My NeXt EssAy "MoTiVaTiOn"

For my next essay I chose the text "Motivation, Where does it come from? Where does it go? (Andrew Littlejohn). First, I chose this article because the title was atractive, and also it talks about languange classes. Motivation is an interesting topic and especially in our career like future English Teacher. I linked the text with my experience of the school that I have been visiting.

Second, in the text you could find examples about the differents years class, for this reason I understood that students had a different level of motivation depending of the year of class (second, third year).

Third, the author talks about the sources of motivation in learning. I found very interesting these sources in order to argument my essay. Something very important that I noticed was the importance of the self-esteem and confidence of the students and how it could affect the motivation of the students. Then, I found very interesting when the author show us the relationship and the influence between motivation and ability and how it could affect the students' motivation. In the text there are a lot topics in order to do a good essay.

Althouhg, you could find many factors that affect the student's motivation in learning language, one of the most important of this factors is how teachers organize their classes. I found very interesting this topic because in my essay I could talk about what things affect the students' motivation and students' participation and how we can improve this.

To end, my impressions of the text are that there are many factors that affect the motivation in learning and teachers have a crucial mission to improve this situation.

BeTTeR ReAd ThAn DeAd...

First of all, I like to read books. I love read books. Recently I haven't read. I don't want to be a liar but I have read only the newspaper and books of the university. To be honest, I would like to read more but also, I would like to have more free time in order to read.

If you ask me what I would like to read? My answer will be the I would like to read a thriller like "Angels and Demons" (Dan Brown). I want to read this book because I read the previous book of this author (The Da Vinci code) and I liked a lot.

Now, I wolud like to ask about Michael Moore. Do you know him?... I believe that you know this director and author. I read of this author books like "Stupid withe men..." and "Fahrenheit 9/11". I found these books very interesting. Probably, they have a political content, however, I liked them.

When I read books, I like to read them in the underground, in the bus and in the night. A book can go with you wherever you want. for this reason, I love the books.....

ArE ScHools KiLLiNg CrEaTiViTy ?

Hi everyone,

When you visit the web site ted.com you can find a lot of interesting speech about science, technlogy, entertaiment, business, etc. In this post, I'm going to talk about Ken Robinson, who says school kill creativity. Robinson makes a entertaining and profound speech about this topic.

I like the speech because Ken Robinson talks about something very essential in the people, the human creativity. But if we think about the creativity, what is going on with this matter in the school? Are schools killing the creativity?. In my opinion, I agree with ken when he says that there are education systems that don't take seriously the creativity. These kinds of system want that students learn to be good workers. The schools and their teachers have tha power to improve the creativity but we can see that they are using this power in order to kill the creativity. When schools don't teach subjects like music, art, dance or something like that, they are refusing that students can develop creativity in their minds.

When I was at school, teachers learnt things where I had to memorize knowdlege like formulas, definition, results, etc. I know that is important that students learn theory but they need to practice this theory with another subject where they can think for themselves and can create things or ideas in order to improve their creativity.

I think that Chile has a lot of problem in the children's education, however, schools and teachers know that students have a lot creativity and abilities. For this reason we have to find this creativity in the talents and capacities of the children. It is a difficult work for our education but worth the effort.

With Ken Robinson's speech, we must consider that creativity is very important and essential in the education. Creativity and education have a great importance in the children's learning.

Bye......................

SoMeOnE YoU AdMiRe....

Who is someone I really admire? It is a good question because I think that we have in our mind people that we admire a lot. These people could be a famous actor, a singer, a soccer player or someone of our family.

Well, in my case someone that I really admire in mi life is my mother. She is not an actor or a famous soccer player. She's only my mum and I love them. My mother Soledad. She is so helpful and generous person. She is always doing things for her family, but also for other people. We get along very well. She is completly reliable. I can always count on her. She gives me really good advice. Also, she is totally honest. I can trust what she say. In other words, my mother is absolutely wonderful. For these reasons, I admire and I love her.

See you...

I wOuLd LiKe To HaVe a PeT...

Hello,

First of all, I love the animals, I mean, I love the pets like dogs, cats, birds etc. But also I like wild animals, howewer, will be difficult that in a house we could find a lion, tiger, giraffe. I imagine someone with these of kinds of animals in his home. It'll be crazy.

Well, in my case I would like to say that I have a pet in my house. Actually, this one is not my pet. It is a turtle and his name is "Tatiana". Tatiana is my mother's pet. It is a lazy and bored turtle. You couldn't play or go out with it. For this reason, I would like to have a dog or a cat because they are a pleasing company and could be your best friend. To be honest, sometimes is better trust in a pet than in a person. A pet never tell someone your secrets.....

I hope to have a dog or cat, as soon as possible.....

See you..........

DrEaM VaCaTiOn..

To start, I would like to say that I don't know many places. To be honest, I only know the Litoral Central, Valparaiso, Pichilemu and Bariloche (Argentina). If you ask me, where would I spend my dream vacation? My answer will be that I would like to spend time in Torres del Paine National Park . Some people told me that it is a beautiful place, nevertheless, they would prefer to go abroad. Rome, Paris, London are amazing places but in my case I would like to know better my country. This vacation dream will be unforgettable. I would enjoy the expeditions around the park because in this place I could find a great types of vegetation, rivers and lakes. Besides in this place I would find a wide varety of bird fauna and animals like the condor or puma. The diversity of environments in this place is awesome. Who would I go with? I think that I would visit this place with my family and with some of my friends. The main thing in this dream vacation will be that I would have the best vacation of my life.... I hope that I could visit this place someday.............

EduCaTiOn...

Why is education so important? It is an interesting question because I study English Pedadogy, I mean, I will be a teacher. To start with this topic, I would like to say that education is something so important. To be honest, I think that education is essential in our lives. The schools, the universities, the family, the society are very important for our education because they transmit values, knowledge and skills for our lives. In others words, education is essential for our develop. Howevwer, in many countries education is only for some people because they have to pay for their education. I completly disagree with this idea because I think education is a right. For this reason, everyone must have acces in order to improve their lives and the world.

In my opinion, teacher are essential in the education system and therefore we, as future teachers, must be prepared. The goverments, the society and the teachers must transform our system of education. The important thing is that we must work like community, it means that we nedd to have good relationship, good politics about education and a good teachers. If we want to improve our world, our children, our future, will be necessary work together to improve the education.

LiViNg ALoNe...

I think that is difficult to live alone when you are acusstomed to live with someone or with your family or parents. If true that when you live alone you develop characteristics like to be more responsible or you learn things like cook, do the laundry, organize you time or money, etc. In my case I want to live alone in order to achieve my independence. When you are independent you can decide whatever you can do, in other words, you can take your own decisons.

I still live with my parents. They are always giving a piece of advice and help me in my things.
I feel very fortunate with them because they respect my decisions. I can feel that they don't restrict me. In my case, living alone will be a complex situation. My independence without my parents will be a difficult process but I know this event will happen some day.

I wouldn't like to live alone yet...

DReAmS, DReAmS, DReAmS...

Hi,

I have a lot of dreams whilst I sleep. They sometimes are nice dreams or nightmares. I always remember my nice dreams. Sometimes they are fantasy because I have dreamt that I can fly and touch the sky. And sometimes they are about my future. My dreams are things that I want to get in my life. Real things. I have dreamt with my own house, my own family, with a life without worries and problems, with my degree, traveling around the world, etc. When you have a dream you can get whatever you want. In my case I have many goals in my life and I hope that in my future I can get my goals. In other words, I can get my dreams.

Nobody can stop dreaming. It is a piece of advice for you.
See you......

DoOmSdAy!!!!

Hello,

What does 2012 mean to you?... It is a good question. Maybe it is a movie. I don't know. In my opinion 2012 means a lot of things. First, I hope that in the 2012 I will have finished my studies in English pedagogy. Second, I will be working like a teacher. Third, I hope to be togheter with my family. However, many people say that in the 2012 is the end of the world. Some of them say that will be the doomsday. Sincerely I don't think so. I think that we must enjoy our lifes. We need to live the present because nobody knows when will be the end of the world or when we'll die. I think that the doomsday or the end of the world can be caused by the man. Wars, Global Warming, pollution, nuclear energy, illness and poverty can be the cause that our world has problem the 2012 or probably very soon.

Think about that.
See you...

PaRaNoRmaL EvEnTs...

Hi everyone,

I haven't lived a paranormal event in mi life. Really, I wouldn't like to live a strange moment because I'm fearful... I'm coward. Howewer, I believe in ghost and UFO. Maybe, a strange events that I lived could be when I saw an UFO. I not sure if it was a UFO but it was a strange things that I have lived. It happened when I was ten. I was in Pichilemu (Chile) with my father and uncle. We were in the dark of the night, walking in the beach. Suddenly, we observed the sky and we could see an luminous object with many lights of colors. During five minutes this object was moving from side to side. Then it disappeared. We were amazed because it was the first time that we saw something strange in the sky. In my opinion, It has been the only strange event that I can tell us. I hope that you like my story. I prefer to see a UFO instead of a ghost.

See you soon...

ThE CiTy Of ThE FuTuRe...

Hello,

Today I going to talk about of a special city. Victory city is the city of the future because in our present there aren't cities like this. It sounds like utopia, however, if this proyect could be realized will be an amazing dream. I think that Victory is an ideal place to live. There are a lot of people that they would like to live in this city until their death. In my opinion it is a perfect place with an great standard of living for people. In this city you won't found problems like air pollution , traffic congestion, acoustic pollution, etc. If people live without these problems they'll live much better and improve a lot their quality of life.

Now reading this proyect, I think that it has a lot forward-thinking ideas. The new tecnology will be essential in this place, nevertheless, I disagree with some purposes. I don't like the idea about that Victory city will require less natural resources. I prefer to live with a beautiful enviroment. Animals, trees, forest, mountains are necessary for our life quality. The inventor of the city is too idealistic. I think that he is creating this place thinking only in himself without and research and opinions of another people.

What will Santiago be like in 2050? I dont know..... However, I'm sure that Santiago won't be the ideal capital of our world or the city of the future. I'm going to answer this question after of 2012....ahhhhhhhhhh

See you........

OnE Of My FaVoURiTe MoViEs....

Hello people,

I would like to talk about a special movie. In my opinion, I think that it is amazing. First, if you ask me what is my favourite film?, I could answer that I like a lot of movies. For this reason is very difficult to choose only one. At least I would like to mention some of this movies. I hope that you know the following movies like Matrix, Forest Gump, The Lord of The Rings, Trainspotting, Ciudad de Dios, Kill Bill, Schindler's List, Dracula, Amores Perros, Babel, etc. I love these movies. However, one of my favourites movies is American History X (1998) directed by british Tony Kaye with Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It tells the history of the repentance against Nazi Ideology, his racism and his violence. It teaches us the importance of the respect and the tolerance. The first time that I saw this movie was when I was in High School. With some of my friends we rented this movie in a "Blockbuster". I saw this film in VHS... that ancient!!! I think that you can learn good things while watching American History X. It is a fantastic movie that you have to see.

See you soon...

FaLLiNg To PieCeS...

Hi everyone,

This is the choir of one of my favorite song. I hope that you like it.

Faith No More "Falling to pieces"

Indecision clouds my vision

No one listens...

Because I'm somewhere in between

My love and my agony

You see, I'm somewhere in between

My life is falling to pieces

Somebody put me together

See you soon...........

My FaVouRiTe SoNg...

Hello,

Firstly, I would like to say that I love the music. I like a lot of kind of music but one of the style of music that I'm always enjoying is the rock. Well, I like the classic rock (The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc.), latin rock like Los Tres, Soda Stereo, Los Prisioneros, and another kinds of rock like grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam), metal rock (Iron maiden, Metallica), and alternative rock like Faith no More, Rage Againts the Machine, Radiohead, etc.

I could say that one of the most favourite song is "In Bloom" of Nirvana. I always have this song in my MP3 and never erase its. His sound is wonderful because the musicians and singer (Kurt Cobain) of this band were amanzing. They played very well their instruments and the voice of the singer was awesome. The lyrics of this song is short and easier. This song has a lot of power in his sound. I remember that the first time that I listen to this song was in the 90's when I was in the school. It is older but a good song. I like many others songs however I cannot stop listening to "In Bloom" of Nirvana. I hope that you know this song......

See you......

TaLk, TaLk, TaLk ...

Hi everyone,

This is my record about crime...
I think that crime is a interesting topic at the moment because in our country we had a lot problem about this matter...

(Coming soon you could watch the video. I will upload this as soon as possible)

See you...

BRaiNsToRm.....

Crime

Vandalism
Rape, Rapist
Shoplifting, Shoplifter
Murder, Murderer
Mug
Burglary, Burglar
Laws, lawyer
Break the law
Victim, Guilty, Innocent
Police, Prison
Judge, Judgment
Witness
Sentence, Fine, Capital punishment

School

Private, State
Education
Students, pupils, well-behaved, disruptive, disobedient, unnethusiastic
Teachers, easy-going, unapproachable, strict, lenient
Classroom
Playground
Discipline, rigid, relaxed, poor, non existent
Bullying
Punishments, severe, light, effective, ineffective, unfair
Teaching methods

Friendship

Best friend, close friend
Friendly
Relationship
Good and bad moments
supportive behavior
Affection
Get along
Share
Trust
Faithful
Unconditional
Disscus, problems

Personality

Behavior
temperament

Shy, selfish, arrogant, dishonest, insensitivel, envious, impatient,
impulsive, jealous, lazy, lonely, proud, resentful, pessimistic, self-centered

Calm, cheerful, energetic, creative, sympathetic, tolerant, patient,
sociable, responsible, reliable, humble, optimistic, honest, generous
sensitive, modest

Rudeness

Bad behavior
Bad habit
Offensive act
Bad manner
Vandalism, Hooligans
Inconsiderate, disrespectful, impolite, rude
Offensive, disrespectful, insolent

ReViEw Of CLaSSmAtE's BLoG

Hello everyone,

I would like to talk about a classmate's blog. I had to review and then I wrote about what things I liked or didn't like in the blog. Also I had to do comments about colors, layout, posting, pictures etc.

Well, the blog that I chose belong Fernanda Inostroza. Fifi's blog has a lot interesting things. If you have time,I would like to recommend that you could visit this blog. Firstly, Fifi's blog have a nice layout where you can find pictures about her and her pet. I can note that she loves animals about all dogs. Besides, she has a post about a complaint in relation with law for animals. Maybe she is a member Greenpeace jajaja. The pictures, post, comments are things that I liked too much. the ideas in the blog are very clear. Also Fifi's blog has very interesting post of her classmates and friends. I think that Fernanda has been doing a good work in her blog and I hope that you can know Fifi's blog. Finally, guess what? I didn't find things that Fernanda needs to change, I believe that she has a fantastic blog...

Fifi's blog is one of my favorites....

See you....

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Pimp Fifi's blog's

BBC SITE!!

I think that internet sites are very interesting and these are more interesting if you could learn something about them. This is the case of BBC site, that in my opinion it is not like the typical sites to learn English in which you don't really learn anything.

The first thing that I did when I visited BBC website I was to look at things about pronunciation, because this semester I have "Phonetic" in the univeristy and I'm really scared about that, so each time that I look at something related to it I have a look at that. I really liked it, because it is very useful to people like me- I have an awful pronunciation and talk is not my strength. Really I was a lot of time looking at it. It has a many videos and quizes to practice what you learn there.

Also I looked at a lot of material to help teachers to prepare their lessons.
On the other hand, I looked at a recipe "lemon potatoes" because I like to cook, but really woudn't like prepare that because I don't think it is a tasty dish. I prefer barbecues!!!

In general, I think that BBC website is a good page to learn English because you can find there a lot of topics which include explanation, listening and quizez. Also I think it is a good option to complement the lessons that you have in the university...


Well, time's up
I have to go... See you then!!!!!

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Correction

BBC SITE!!
I think that internet sites are very interesting and these are more (interesting)Repeat word if you could learn something about them. This is the case of BBC site, that in my opinion it is not like the typical sites to learn English in which you don't really learn anything.

The first thing that I did when I visited BBC website (I) was to look (at) things about pronunciation, because this semester I have "Phonetic" in the univeristy and I'm really scared about that,( . ) so each time that I look at something related to it I have a look at that. I really liked it, because it is very useful to people like me- I have an awful pronunciation and talk T is not my strength. Really P I was a lot of time looking at it. It has a many videos and quizes to practice what you learn there.

Also I looked at a lot of material to help teachers to prepare their lessons.
On the other hand, I looked at a recipe "lemon potatoes" because I like to cook, but really woudn't like prepare that because I don't think it is a tasty dish. I prefer barbecues!!!

In general, I think that BBC website is a good page to learn English because you can find (there) a lot of topics which include explanation, listening and quizez SP. Also I think it is a good option to complement the lessons that you have in the university...


Well, time's up
I have to go... See you then!!!!!

AboUt EDuCaTiOn....

Dear Minister of Education,

I'm writting to exprees my dissatisfaction with the goverment in relation to new law about education (LGE).

Firstly, I disagree with this proyect because it didn't finish with problems of education in our country. This proyect continue with profit in education and also forgetting the real problems of a school. Secondly, I don't understand how people who work in the House of Law (Senate) and in the Goverment approve laws that don't change in nothing the inequality between public and private school. Today there are a lot of differences in resources, learning, quality and thigs like that in system of education and these point were the big problem of the former law (LOCE). I disagree with a lot of things of the law but one of the most importants is about article 46 of this proyect. I want to complaint about that because the article of the LGE approves that anyone professional can teach in the school. Dear Minister,a person who teachs in school need to have studies in pedagogy. We know that a good teacher needs to know pedadogy and needing to know teach. A teacher not only must be professional in their career.

I hope this matter receive your attention because there are a lot of people againts this law. Also I would like that you can think about the real situation in education and can improve some points of the law.

Best regards

Sincerely
Andres.

WhAt I do at EaSter.....

Hello, I'm going to talk about what I did at Easter. In my case, Easter is the time where I can spend time with my family. Easter should be time of reflection about the death of Jesus, but it depends of our beliefs. In this Easter, I spent time in my house with my family. I tried to relax and forget my problems. Also, I visited the grandmother's house, where I could see my relatives. We had a big lunch where could share and talking a lot. The important thing was that I could enjoy time with my family.....

Bye.........

InTeRviEW...

Hi everyone,
I want to show you an interview about things that you disapprove about aspect of Chilean Culture.

I'll be waiting commentaries about that.
See you soon

Name of the video :My Interview
Main character : Fernanda Inostroza
Interviewer : José Andrés
Duration: 1 min. 50 sec.
Qualification : every spectator
One Oscar nomination and two Cannes nomination

Questions:

Do you think that Chilean people have a good culture?
Do you believe that Chilean people have bad manners?
Could you give me an example about things that you disapprove about Chilean Culture?

BBC site

Hello, I would like to talk about of the web site of BBC that I visited in my class of English Language. Well, you know that internet is a very interesting place where you can find a lot of information and learning things. BBC site is the case. It is an amazing place for students and people that want to learn english and another things. I'm an english student and for this reason I found the web site very useful.

In my case, I liked too much because I could find links about listening and pronunciation. Also I found quizzes, dialogues, videos, exercises of vocabulary and grammar and things like that. Also you can find information about news, recipe of cook, sports, weather and alot of interesting things that you will enjoy in this web site.

I recommended this web site, and if you have time, I hope that you can visit this site and learning things about english.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

AbOuT MySeLF.....

Hi...everyone, I would like to write a lot of things about my person. First, My name is Andrés. I'm a student of English Pedadogy and I enjoy learning about my future career. About my hobbies, I love the music, the sports and eating like everyone. I have a amazing family, and I love them. They are my life and supporting. I have dreams and goals and I hope to achieve them someday. With these words I hope that you know about a simple guy that live in these world and society.

Before to say goodbye, like future teacher I would like to give an advice to everyone; "We aren't mere observers in this world, we are actors and for this reason we can change our world"

Goodbye
And see you......