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POST 9 >> PERSONAL OPINIONS Opinions What is your opinion about nuclear power? What is your opinion about the feminism movent and its claims? What is your opinion about women in the military?  What is your opinion about Gender Equality and the issues associated. What is your opinion about the legalization of guns? What is your opinion about the immigration situation in Chile? What is your opinion about tatoos? What is your opinion about animal testing? What is your opinion about legalizing marijuana and other drugs? What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called ‘mechoneo’? How do you think the world faces new challenges in the face of the technological era? What is your opinion about cloning? What is your opinion about recycling? What is your opinion about “barras bravas” (hooligans)? What is your opinion about legalizing abortion in some cases? - Choose 4 of these questions and give your opinions about them. - Make comm...

 Post 8:  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: 240 - 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 English 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, I would have liked to study more from...

MY INDIGNATION:  Today we are going to be talking about our personal perspectives. Even IF they might sound a bit controversial for some, it'll be an instance to write about what we believe, needs to have a word and a thought or two. Instructions: Select a topic of your interest, something you are passionate about and express your views freely and cohesively. Write 230 words and make comments on 3 of your classmate's blogs and also on your teacher's blog. Happy Writing. http://www.radiovillafrancia.cl/carabineros-ingresa-a-comunidad-temucuicui-disparando-lagrimogenas-a-escuela-de-ninos#sthash.sXFT4RWh.HPXpdqaD.dpbs http://www.eldesconcierto.cl/2017/06/14/video-fuerzas-especiales-irrumpe-con-bombas-lacrimogenas-en-escuela-rural-en-temucuicui/ My Indignation. Chile is a country of contrasts, we have plenty of landscapes, supposedly all the climates of the globe, social and economic stability. Yet…a monocultural and disrespectful...

POST 6 - POSTGRADUATE STUDIES ·         Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future Include: - Reasons to do the course - Subject(s) you would like to studyi - Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad) - How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc) - Any other relevant ideas - Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post. - Word Count: 220 words For the time being I am a bit overwhelmed with projects so I do not see any chance of coming back to uni to pursue a postgraduate degree, or at least yet. However, in the future I would like to take up on a postgraduate course on Multilingualism and Language Planning because I believe the future of our nation will need people prepared to do research on the topic of how the establishment will allow languages to coexist or will make them extinguish. Language Pla...

Post 5- My Future Job - What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it? - In an office? - Outdoors /indoors? - Would you like to travel a lot in your job? - 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 and on the Teacher's too. - Word Count: 210 words I studied English Linguistics, and I always thought "what would my future job be?". And here I am!! as a youngster I always wanted to have a fun, light, easy going and not too hard to do job, but always wanted to be with people, so now I think I took the best option. From all the many areas I could work in, I always wanted something neither too-much outdoors nor indoors, furthermore I wanted something that would produce some kind of social change, a good important and deep change. In other matters, I wanted to travel, to see the world, to meet strange people, w...

The Best Mistake I have Ever Made. - Comments: leave a comment on your teaxcher's post + 3 on your classmates' posts. - Word Count for post 4: 200 words  I really like the topic you’ve proposed for this post because it’ll allow us to get to know each other more! Having said so, I’ll tell you a story of a very silly and impulsive decision I made many years ago and that, looking at it from now, was in the end a good decision. It was the year 2010, the earthquake and its massive natural and social aftershock had taken place during the first part of the year and being already mid December we were, to be honest, a bit exhausted of all the circumstances of the famous and memorable 2010. Back then, I was living in Los Angeles (as you may already know) and I was working in a couple of universities teaching courses related to my area of expertise; One of the courses I was teaching was a course on Translation Studies for the Translation programme of a well known unive...