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Post 10 (10-11; last one): English Language Challenges

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LAST BLOG SESSION: Post 10 (10-11): 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 and also on your teachers'. ____________________________________________________________ L earning languages seriously and taking responsibility for the process is always something intense and at times, it can get to be a little discouraging or even, one may feel one's not making big progress. All those are fears, I believe, because just by having the great conviction that one's going to learn and working on it eagerly, will prove that with a little bit of patience a human person can learn anything she or he wants to. The ...

Post 9 (10-11) CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

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Changing the Study Programme LEVEL 4 - Post 9 (week 12) CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME Write about some changes that could be made 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 and on your teacher's as well. __________________________________________________________________________ There are many things I would have changed from my study programme back when I was studying Linguistics, and even though I think all the things I studied have been of great use all these years, I believe there are even more issues and topics I would have liked to revise. First thing, I had several history courses, all of them were related to (obviously) Anglo-Saxon history and only one about national reality,...

Post 8 (03-11) Summer Holidays

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LEVEL 4 >> Post 8 >> week 11 --- Summer Holidays Write about your plans or ideas for the Summer Holidays. Among other things, you should write about: > Places you are going to / would like to visit > People you are going to / would like to be with  > Activities you are thinking of being part of - Comments: Leave a comment on 3 of your classmates posts and also on the following sample post - Word Count for post 8: 240 words Sample: I am looking forward to Summer Holidays because for me they are the best break, they're so good to get some relaxation and also, those days are a good opportunity to make the best of the spare time. This year in particular, my plans are very very flexible. In the first place I'm planning to stay home for a week or so, because I need to clean out everything and tidy up some areas of the house. Then, I'm planning to travel down south, just to visit and also I am eager to visit a friend of mine who'...

Post 7 (03-11) Themed post: MY HOBBIES

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Hi Guys. Today we have decided to talk about our hobbies in 230 words. Include: - What hobby(ies) do you have - When and who with do you practice it. - How you got to it. - Downsides and benefits. - Anything else important. _________________ EXAMPLE:           Crochet. It was a dull day and I had got in touch by some people wanting me to teach English in private. After a talk or two I learned they did not really want to talk English but rather they wanted to be able to talk about products they produced because they were facing a summit abroad and they needed to be able to at least sell the products, so then I started squeezing my brain on solving how to manage and helping those people learn in the least amount of time possible. These people were in the textile industry but particularly they were in the wool business, yup, that's right, they were knitters and they did marvelous things with crochet. I knew nothing at all about anything related and ...