PET Practice

Dear Class,

This is the second and last time you can study for the Final Written Test using these links. Remember you can also study by completing the activities in www.plataforma.uchile.cl


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_part4.htm

Vocabulary:

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

Best,

Belén

Blog Session 11 English language challenges

Dear Class,

This time you have to write about the English language and the English class. Please write about the following:

a) How did you like this subject at university? What about the use of blogs?
b) What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
c) Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for?
d) Any other comments?


Don't forget to make three comments and write 270 words minimum.


Best,

Belén

Blog session 10 2013: Good & bad points

Dear Class,

I invite you to think about this year so far... Have you had a good year?

Please write about:

a) Good things that have happened in your life
b) Situations that did not go so well
c) Your achievements in 2013
d) Things you didn't do/ have not done yet/ still have to do this year
e) Important news/events you would like to highlight
f) Any other comments

Wordcount: 270 words + 3 comments

Good luck,


Belén

Preliminary English Test PET

Dear Class,

Here you have some links for the PET Practice sessions. Please complete all the activities in the links to practice for the Proficiency Test in December.

Reading:

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

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

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

Listening:

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

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

Vocabulary:

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

Best,


Belén

Sample Post 9

Learning and teaching languages

After reading about different methodologies not only to learn languages but to learn in general, I feel more motivated to continue teaching Spanish and English. There is nothing new in saying that we all learn in different ways but this is especially true when we learn languages. One more thing that is not new about humans is the fact that events in life, can define who we are and what we like or don’t like.

I can say that the idea of learning languages was first triggered by a Russian family living in Santiago. I was 7 or 8 years-old the first time I heard a language different from Spanish. At home, I had heard French and English before but it wasn’t fluent because my father and mother studied those languages at school. They couldn’t speak French or English; however they knew how to pronounce words, phrases and questions.

Speaking fluently in a language that is not your mother tongue is to be able to expand the limits sometimes we create for ourselves. Some people learn languages easily than others and some other people never learn a foreign language but; considering how many and how different we are, learning a foreign language could be a very good idea if we want to travel,  and if we want to meet people. Apart from meeting people, when we speak one or more foreign languages we can understand more cultures. So, the way people think, act, what they believe in and the language they speak can help us learn more about us and our limits.

Going back to Russian, I can’t say I feel frustrated because I don’t speak it fluently because I haven’t been studying it they way I need to. Even though I have nobody to practice Russian with, I really want to learn something else that’s not numbers 1 to 10, days of the week and personal pronouns; so one day I can talk with Russians or with people who speak it as a foreign language, like me.

Blog Session 9 Free Post

Dear Class,

You're free to choose the topic one more time. This time please write 240 words and don't forget to make three comments.


Best,


Belén

Blog Session 8 How green are you?

Dear Class,

This time please write about the environment we live in...

Mention:

a) Where do people learn about environmentally friendly practices?

b) Have you incorporated recycling in 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? / What else would like to do?

f) What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint?

g) What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

Write this post in 240 words minimum and don't forget to make comments on at least three of your classmates’ posts.

Best,

Belén