Blog 5: My future job

Hi everybody :) I hope you had a great weekend! Today we are going to talk about your future job.

Well, in my case I will talk about what I like about working in the University of Chile.

I started working here in March 2016 and I really like it for various reasons. I really like the focus of the English Program. I also really like working in the Campus Juan Gomez Millas because I studied here in 2012-2013 and have many good memories, but also because it is familiar to me. 

Another reason that I like working in the University of Chile is the English Program. Although I have some criticisms of the program I really like how they encourage us to focus on communicational skills and not focus on grammar, which I honestly believe is the best way to learn a language: using it with or without errors because practice makes perfect. We also try to make the classes student-centered, which means that the student is the protagonist.

Regarding the classes, as I mentioned in the first class, I designed my own curriculum for this course so that you can practice listening, speaking, writing, and reading in English, but also with important social, cultural, and political content.

And finally, I like working in the University of Chile because of my students. I really enjoy spending time with you guys and gals and hope you have learned a lot in my classes. My only criticism is that many times people come late to class.

-What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- What about the salary?

- What major are you studying? 

- Add any other related ideas.

- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.

- Word Count: 210 words

Blog 4 Music

Hi everyone,

I hope all is well. So since we decided to talk about music, here is my post about music.

My favorite singer of all time is Ariana Grande. She is a 26 year-old Pop/R&B singer and has a four-octave vocal range (similar to Mariah Carey who has a five octave-range!). She has four albums, Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetner (2018), and Thank U, Next (2019). I can't decide which is my favorite album, but sometimes I would say it's a tie between Yours Truly and Sweetner, Yours Truly because of it's throwback of 90's Pop/R&B and Sweetner for it's lyrical depth. To be honest, Dangerous Woman I love, but it is my least favorite album because the lyrics are not as deep compared to the others.

Beside her music, I really like her as a person, she is a feminist and very progressive. She always speaks out about issues in the United States such as racism, homophobia, sexism, and gun violence. 

Something that is really amazing about her is that she has whistle-tone register. Here is one of her best examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjzENV7rhhI  and here is her doing it live and one of her best performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGeH483gNOg

In general, my favorite musical genres are R&B/Soul, Pop, Reggaeton, and Trap :)

Here is the album cover of Ariana Grande's latest album:

Now it's your turn:

Write about your favorite artist (singer/band/group) or your favorite music genre:

Say:

Who is your favorite group/band/singer? Why?
What are your favorite songs/albums? 
What genres of music do you enjoy listening to? Why?
Mention anything else.

Remember to comment your teacher's blog and comment 3 classmates' blogs

Word Count: 180 words

Blog 3: Suffragette Review

Hi everyone!

I hope all is well with you :) Today we are going to talk about the film, Suffragette. I really love this film and I think it helps us to understand the feminist movement today.

In general, I really enjoy this film because it's very raw and very real. They don't sugarcoat anything. I also think that i's a very inspirational film.

My favorite characters are Maud and Edith because of their bravery, sacrifice, and their commitment to their cause. I also just love the actress that plays Edith (Helena Bonham Carter).

One thing that I liked about the film is the acting, I think all the actresses and actors were really good. One thing that I didn't like about the film was Sonny, Maud's husband. I think he was a horrible person :(.

My favorite scene is when Emmeline Pankhurst makes her speech in the balcony and the police try to arrest her, but they end up arresting another woman.

Now it's your turn!


Write about:

- If you liked or disliked the film and why.

- Your favorite character.

- One thing you liked about the film and one thing you didn't like.

- Your favorite scene and why.


Remember to comment 3 classmates´ blogs and your teacher´s blog


Word Count: 190