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  Post 6: English Language Challenges What comments can you make about your experience learning English at university? What about the use of blogs? What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this? Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for? - Wordcount: 260 - Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts. Let’s talk about learning English. Learning this language has been a plus in my life. Many doors have opened in my professional life. I did not learn English in the university. I learned it in an institute in New York. So it is difficult to talk about an experience that I did not have. However, I believe that this opportunity that it is being given to students today of learning English as part of their curriculum is very good. I wish I had it.  I have to say that I learned to write by practicing and editing my papers at the university. If I had had a blog like this, it would have been mu...
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POST 5: CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME  Write about some changes that you could make to your study programme (career) . Among others, think about: The curriculum (the subjects you have to study)  Workload and length of studies  Faculty facilities (buildings and infrastructure)  Use of technology  Teaching methods Word Count: 250 Leave comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts. My study programme     When I was a university student, I never questioned the study program of my career, but now, after years of experience, I have thought about all the things that could have been better. To begin with, I think that there should be more practice in a work setting, where you taste the real day-to-day work, in order to learn to solve problems that you face in a regular work day, to learn to develop relationship with your colleagues and your potential customers or clients, to know how to relate to a boss and or other superior individual within the org...
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  Post 4: Personal Opinion Choose 4-5 of these questions. For each of them, write a 40- to 50-word response describing your personal opinions on the topic.   What is your opinion about women in the military? What is your opinion about the Chilean politicians? What is your opinion about violence on television? What is your opinion about buying instead of adopting pets? What is your opinion about having an exotic pet at home? What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs? What is your opinion about climate change? What is your opinion about cloning? What is your opinion about recycling? What is your opinion about Immigration? What is your opinion about the legalization of abortion in the 3 cases? Total number of words: approx. 220 Do not forget.  Leave comments on 3 of your classmates' posts      My opinion... The consensus of the scientific opinion on climate change  is that earth’s climate has warmed significantly sins...
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  Post 3: My future Job 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 / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why - Add any other related ideas. - Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts. When I think of a job in the future, I think of a job that can give me a lot of time to spend with my family and friends. A job in which pays enough money to travel and allow me to go to different places around the world. Then I can learn about the different people and their culture as well as their history.  I think of a job that I can make my own schedule where I do not need to go everyday for eight or more hours. I imagine this job in an office where I also have a nice view and good lighting. I imagine an office with brilliant light that illuminates my entire space and makes cheerful too.   If this jo...
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Post 2: The Best Holiday/ Concert ever You should choose one theme and mention: Holidays: - when it was                                                                  - where they went - how long it was - people they went with                                             - things / activities they did - why it has been the best so far - any other relevant info Concert : - when / where it was      ...
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 Level 4 - Intermediate: Post 1                            A COUNTRY I'D LIKE TO VISIT     - Which country would you like to go to? Why? - What do you know about it? - What would you like to do there? - Would you like to study/work/live there? Explain. - Upload pictures - Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts - Word Count: 160 words    I have always dreamt to visit India. India is a very different country from my country of origin. There is a country with a very special mystic due to the immense number of different religions practices and the enormous number of gods and goddess revered. It seems that everyone in India has a profound mystic life that attracts me. It is also an important country for me because I have always admired Mahatma Gandhi and his non-violence practice. As far as I know, India is also a big country. The culture from the south a...