English 4 Section 1 - ICEI

Hi everyone,  I hope you are all well. This is our second to last blog! Today you are going to write about changes that could be made in your career like the new building, curriculum change, new teaching methods, etc. Since I don't study anymore I will list some changes that could be made in the English Program are like adding English Level 5 and 6. Plus we could add Film and Literature Classes in English. I think it would be interesting and fun to have this type of courses since it could improve students' learning of English. Now it's your turn: 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.

Hi everyone, Today we are going to talk about summer plans. To be honest, I barely know what I'm going to do for Christmas LOL. Anyways, I know I will be going to Boston and New York at the end of January for about 2 weeks to visit my mom and that side of my family. It will be really cold, like with snow (probably) and everything. I will be excited to see my cousins, Kylee and Sarah, who live in New York and are basically my younger sisters. I still have some friends from my childhood in that area so it will be nice to see some of them. My mom wants us to go to Cuba :O which would be amazing, especially since there is an American airline called JetBlue, which is always really cheap and they now have a direct flight from Boston to La Habana. Going to Cuba would be a dream come true, so we will see what happens there. I do have to say that I dislike going to the States each time I go. I forget how expensive things are and how racist people are there, but New York is my favori...

Hi everyone, I hope all is well. Today we decided to talk about music. Usually for this post, I talk about Ariana Grande, my favorite singer, but today I will talk about new singers that I have discovered recently. 1. Ella Mai: Ella Mai is a British R&B singer and has an amazing voice. Her most famous songs are Boo´d Up and Trip. Her debut album (called Ella Mai) came out this year and it is really good. She has a duet with John Legend (best male voice ever) and various ballads like Naked that are amazing songs. You should totally check her out. 2. Kali  Uchis is a Colombian-American singer. What is really cool about her is that she sings many genres of music. From pop to to funk, to even bossa nova. Her debut album is called Isolation and also came out this year. She sings in English and Spanish. Her most famous singles are Nuestro Planeta featuring Colombian reggaeton singer, Reykon and Tyrant featuring Jorja Smith. I like her album a lot because it is very differen...

Hi everyone :) I hope you are doing well. Today we are going to talk about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future. Well, in my case, I already have done a postgraduate studies. I studied Latin American Literature and finished in from 2010 to 2014 at Eckerd College in the State of Florida. In 2015, I took a postgraduate course called CELTA - (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) so I could become an English Teacher. I studied in the British-Chilean Institute of Culture in Santa Lucía. I studied part-time: I worked in the University of Diego Portales during the day and studied at night. I'm happy that I did the course and I learned a lot in such a short period since the course was an intensive course that lasted from March to June. Sometimes I consider taking a Master's course, something in Caribbean Literature since I really love that type of literature. I'm sure many of you realized since I use a lot of Caribbea...

H i everybody :) I hope you had a great weekend! Today we are going to talk about your future job. Well, in my case I will talk about what I like about working in the University of Chile. I started working here in March 2016 and I really like it for various reasons. I really like the focus of the English Program. I also really like working in the Campus Juan Gomez Millas because I studied here in 2012-2013 and have many good memories, but also because it is familiar to me.  Another reason that I like working in the University of Chile is the English Program. Although I have some criticisms of the program I really like how they encourage us to focus on communicational skills and not focus on grammar, which I honestly believe is the best way to learn a language: using it with or without errors because practice makes perfect. We also try to make the classes student-centered, which means that the student is the protagonist. Regarding the classes, as I mentioned in the ...

Hi all! I hope all is well and that you enjoyed our film! The film isn't my favorite, but it's a great film. The director, Ken Loach, is one my my favorite directors because he always makes movies about different political and social conflicts. I like how the film is almost like a direct continuation of The Wind that Shakes the Barley even though they were not made with that intention. It is a great perspective of the Irish post civil war era. I liked that the actors all have Irish accents, because it is different from the typical English that students hear in class. About Jimmy Gralton, he was a real person and the film is based on true events. My favorite character was obviously Jimmy hehehe. I think he is a great protagonist and he really cares about people and changing the world. He's my hero! One thing I didn't like about the film was that sometimes it was slow, but in overall I think it is a great film. My favorite scene is when they go to the cottage a...