Blog Session 8 Instructions A subject I've enjoyed this semester

Dear Class,

This time, please write about your favourite subject this semester. 

Among others, include:


a) Name
b) Describe what you do in classes
c) Mention the main contents you have seen
d) Explain why you like the subject

Word Count: 180
Make comments on 3 of your patners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post.

Best,

Belén

Blog Session 7 Instructions

Dear Class,

Today you have to write about a career-related website OR about an expert in your field.

If you choose the first possibility, please include:

A career-related website

a) Say how did you discover it.
b) Why you use it for.
c) Two reasons why you would recommend it.
Also, provide the link to your career-related website.


But if you choose to write about an expert in your field, include the following:


a) Mention two contributions to your area of studies.
b) Explain his/her importance nowadays.
c) Say how you found out about him/her.
Also, provide a picture if possible.



Write 170 words minimum.

Remember to leave a comment on 3 of your classmates' posts every time you write in your blogs.



Good luck!

Sample Post Blog Session 6 Free Topic

Documentaries

I really enjoy watching films as well as documentaries and documentaries unlike films are meant to document some aspects of reality. A couple of friends have created their own documentaries so I’ve seen what it takes to actually complete one. I like documentaries because I think we can learn a lot about so many different things in a more dynamic way. Also, I like documentaries because as a translator, I can work subtitling a film and that’s an interesting job to have.

There's a documentary I'll always remember: “Nanook of the North” (1922) even though it’s not my favourite one, it’s an interesting documentary considering the year it was filmed and also, it’s considered to be the first anthropological documentary film ever. There you can see the life of Inuit Eskimos, Nannok and his family.

What I really like about documentaries is that they’re non-fictional motion pictures so we should see real life and real experiences. I don’t have one single favourite documentary but here I leave the link of the latest I watched about Chiloé and the disaster there and in the X Región after the "read tide":

https://vimeo.com/173189909

Also, if you're interested in green issues, please watch "Before the flood":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a07su4S3bN4

And if interested in Chilean documentaries, please watch “La batalla de Chile” by Patricio Guzmán or any documentary by him like "El botón de nácar" and you can also check this blog if you want more information:

http://documentaleschilenos.wordpress.com/

Blog Session 6 Instructions Free topic

This is the second time you can choose what to write about.
In 160 words you can write about how busy your week has been, how busy you're in general, about the problem in Chiloé and in the X Region in general, the "NO + AFP" strike last week or about anything else that interests you.

Remember to make three comments minimum after you read your classmates' posts.


Best,


Belén

Sample Post 5 My favourite photo

A photograph

To choose one photograph I like it’s not possible because I love colours but I also enjoy black and white. There are so many choices; photographers round the world have always been “making” photos. I definitely prefer black and white and I miss going to the dark room and developing my own film and pictures.

One of the photos I will always remember was taken by Luis Poirot, a well-known Chilean photographer. In this photo you can see Chilean song-writer, actor, singer and activist Víctor Jara, killed in 1973 by Chilean military officers. That day Víctor and Luis were near Cerro Blanco, in Recoleta. They were trying to obtain a photo for Víctor’s new album cover. Here we can see part of the complete photograph. I found this darkish copy on the internet but it’s not the photo I have on my wall at home -or the postcard version of the photo I was given.

In the portrait I have, apart from Víctor Jara holding his guitar, and the old lady behind him, there’s a boy to the left, next to Víctor, and the boy is looking at the camera. You can also see the entire guitar Víctor is holding. One more difference between this picture and mine is that Víctor is not looking at the camera.

This photo was taken in 1969. According to Luis, the photographer, this photo wasn’t authorized by the Communist party, so Víctor’s new album cover for “Pongo en tus manos abiertas” was the one – you might have seen- with two open palms.

Last but not least, I really like this photo because Víctor Jara is in it and of the various photos where Víctor appears, this one is my favourite portrait of him. I admire and respect everything he was and did.

Blog Session 5 Instructions

Dear Class,

This time you have to choose a picture you like to write about it.

Say:
a) who took it
b) what it shows
c) when it was taken
d) why you like it
e) Upload it too

Add any other information you'd like to mention in 150 words minimum. Don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates blogs.

Good luck,


Belén

Sample Post My favourite piece of technology

I must begin by saying I do have a love/hate relationship with technology. Talking to my friend Chris who’s working in Yemen through Skype is fantastic, but at the same time I think it's not necessary to give technology an incredible amount of importance in your life.

In terms of technology, what I use the most is my laptop, my mobile phone and my camera but I also use mp3 players a lot. Last week I lost the one I got three years ago so I’m planning to get a new one as soon as I get paid.

I like mp3 players because of their size, you can carry them everywhere you go and some of them have very original designs as well. I use my mp3 every day mainly because I can listen to music. Also, it’s useful to keep my favourite family pictures, all the files I need for work and my studies, and videos of course.

I can imagine my life without an mp3 but now that I’m used to this piece of technology, I think I’d need something similar, specially to continue enjoying music!