PET Practice

Dear Class,

Today you'll complete some exercises so you can practice for the final test, which is very important because it's the one you take to pass Level 4.
Complete these activities in this order:

Vocabulary:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_vocab.htm

Listening:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part2.htm

Reading:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading2.htm

 

And more...

 

Reading:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading4.html

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading_part5.htm

 

Listening:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

 

Vocabulary:

 

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm

 

 

Best,

Belén

Blog Session 9 Instructions

Dear Class,

Please blog about your future job and -i n  y o u r  o w n  w o r d s- answer this:

a) What kind of job would you like to have? Describe
b) What aspects would you consider when choosing your job?
c) If you were asked in a job interview about your strengths and weaknesses, what would you say? 

Write 280 words minimum and as usual, leave comments on at least three of your classmates' blogs.

Best,

Belén

Blog Session 8

Dear Class,

Today is the last time you can choose the topic to blog. In case you need ideas, I was thinking maybe you could write about mapuches, aimaras or about people from Rapa Nui. Maybe there's a topic about Sociology that can be connected with natives in Chile.
Remember to make at least three comments on your classmates' blogs and write 260 words minimum.

Good luck,

Belén

Blog Session 7

How green are you?

This is 2012 and I can’t believe how people are not yet aware of the importance of taking care of the planet we live in. I think people learn about “green issues” at school. Sometimes children learn how to make recycled paper and some others, they have workshops to learn some aspects of recycling. Environmental-friendly practices can be learnt at school and also at home. Since I was a little kid my parents, brother and sister taught me lots of things like not throwing my waste anywhere that’s not a bin.

I’ve always tried to be careful with the waste I produce. I use special bins (usually glass, plastic and organic bins) every time I can. Apart from that, I use water wisely; I learnt that in Chiloé when I was 13. It was only when we spent more tan 2 weeks with a family in Nalhuitad, where they didn’t have tap water. I’m constantly thinking about ways to reduce my carbon footprint and transmitting the information so more people are aware.

I use my bike in the summer mostly. In Winter it’s too cold for me and too contaminated as well but as in Spring and Summer is more windy I tent to think that I’m not breathing so much smog. I don’t have a car so I’m always walking and taking the bus or the tube.

I support Greenpeace but only through the internet. I do that by signing emails requesting more laws or an action to stop some stupid objective of a millionaire company. I admire their mission so I think we should support any eco-organisations if it’s because they want to take care of the planet. I’d love to make tons of copies of “The 11^th Hour”, which is a documentary about the state of the Earth, considering air and water contamination mainly.

I think Santiago is missing more laws and public policies so people learn and participate in solving matters related to the environment.

Blog Session 7 Instructions

Dear Class,

Today you can ask yourself how green you are. Please blog to answer the following:

a) Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
b) Have you incorported recycling into your habits? Describe
c) Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
d) Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
e) What else have you done /would you like to do?
f) What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint? 
g) What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

This time write 240 minimum and remember to make comments on at least 3 of your classmates' posts.

Good luck and try your best!

Belén

Blog Session 6 Free Post

The human brain

I’ve always been interested in how the human body works. One of the reasons to be interested is that I practice sports, so why we sweat, stretch and how we can work out our muscles are intriguing facts about our bodies. Those, among other incredible facts like gestating as to have new generations. Sleeping, dancing, walking and reading are just some of the activities that have to do with the brain.

Biology and Education are closely related if we analyse the brain activity. As a teacher, when we study the way human beings learn, we study Psychology but unfortunately we didn’t study Neuroscience. Therefore, as this science has always caught my attention I wanted to learn more about it. A couple of years ago, because of the Masters programme I was studying, I had the chance to read lots of interesting papers about how the brain works when we read and how the way we stimulate the brain affects our learning process.

The human brain is a complex organ and as human beings we are supposed to be the only ones to know something about the way the brain works. With that skill, Pierre Paul Broca (1824-1880), a French pioneer doctor was able to draw a map of the brain and consequently, he discovered a small area in the left hemisphere, which controls the production of language. And, I guess that 100 billion neurons in our brains* are responsible for language, communication and many other aspects of our lives.

*http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/facts-about-your-brain/7038?image=2

Blog Session 6 Instructions

Dear Class,

This Monday is time for the second free post. You can choose what to blog about and visit this link for more details on how to organise our ideas. You can organise what you want to write with an outline, which is a list of the ideas you want to cover in each paragraph, section or chapter.
Please write 230 words minimum.

http://www.writingforward.com/news-announcements/guest-posts/three-writing-tips-for-building-an-outline
Good luck,

Belén