List of blogs

Hi everyone. Here is the list with your classmates´ blogs so you can have a look at them.

Remember to make comments on three blogs every week.

Cheers!

nicoleeeeg.blogspot.com
pablotomasbustamante.blogspot.com
felixmartinbernal.blogspot.com
lazybonesdos.blogspot.com
lulumarilum.blogspot.com
anniitachocolate.blogspot.com
ignaciocarrasco123.blogspot.com
awy0012.blogspot.com
toxoplasmossis.blogspot.com
victoria-rr.blogspot.com
yankoblumen.blogspot.com
sinrenunciar.blogspot.com
gabomagno.blogspot.com
http://inglesheando2012.blogspot.com/
azulfranela.blogspot.com
pacitaaaa.blogspot.com
 http://sofielenaherrera.blogspot.com/
http://sofiachocolate.blogspot.com/
sweetpiasosfactory.blogspot.com
dulcementta.blogspot.com
trinytrinitiium.blogspot.com
http://sofielenaherrera.blogspot.com/

http://danielug.blogspot.com/

http://nicoleeeeg.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-last-blog.HTML


rikardinadventures.blogspot.com

Video 1

Hi everyone!

For those who were not present in the first class, here are the instructions for your first video.

Send it to my e-mail account lucasaraya@gmail.com during this weekend, ok?

Video 1:

A PRESENT YOU RECEIVED

Record a for 2 minute mobile phone video presentation* about a present you received as a child.

Say:

What the present was,

Who gave it to you,

Why they gave it to you,

How you felt when you received it.

Mention anything else you think is important.

My ideal job

My ideal job would be a simple but interesting job: painting houses.

I used to paint houses when I was younger, that way I would have money to buy records, go to gigs (tocatas) or simply buy some beer for me and my friends.

I did this during summer because I didn't have to study or do important things. I only needed a day to paint a whole room. I only asked for some water, something to eat and a stereo or a cd player so I could have time to think, listen to music and do some excercise.

I would really like to do this now because I spend too much time in front of a computer or standing in front of lots and lots of people. I need some quietness from time to time. That's why I think that painting houses would be ideal for me, because it is a simple job I could do on my own, just relaxing and doing something nice and important. I would only need to be patient and to concentrate on what I'm doing (mixing colors, spreading the paint on the wall, paying attention to every little detail, and the like).

Finding a job as a house painter wouldn't be really difficult. Making a living as a house painter would be difficult since I have to pay a lot of bills. I think I could get along with it for a while, although it might be hard to buy all the things an english teacher can buy 8you know, electric guitars, expensive cars, etc.).

Another ideal job would be as a tour guide in San Pedro de Atacama. I love the desert and would have the chance of working for a few hours and then just spending time with my sandy friends, the dunes, the mountain and the wind.

Maybe someday I will chance my lifestyle to see what happens.

You never know....

Hey!

My name is Lucas Araya. I am 32 years old and I am an English instructor.

I studied Linguistics and Literature at the Universidad de Chile and now I am currently working at the university and other institutions.

After I finished highschool in 1999, I lived Australia for a while. I didn't know how to speak English, so I had to learn by practicing everyday, using real language. My model was television shows. I used to watch cartoons and sitcoms. That is how I learned English. Very basic but it worked. I worked as a cleaner in a second-hand-objects shop. They let me take one record/vinyl every week. That's how I started my record collection .

I came back to Chile and started to study in the Linguistics and Literature programme. In 2005, I returned to Australia. This time I was part of an exchange students program. I had a really nice time there. I met people and saw many different things such as museums, concerts and natural landscapes.

Once I was back in Santiago, in 2006, I started working as an English instructor. I have been doing this for seven years, and every year I have the chance of meeting new and interesting people.

I love music. I really enjoy listening to music, playing music, speaking about music and dreaming about music.

I also love cooking, trying new kinds of food, traveling, riding my bike, reading and movies.

I really love fallafel. It is a chickpea dip. It's very common in the arabic cuisine. I ate falafel for the first time in 2011 and since then, I started a ritual: I have a falafel sándwich everyweek. I am a vegetarian so falafel is Paradise to me.


I think that people can be forever young if they do the things they really love.

I hope we can have a good time in class.

Cheers!

Lucas