"Japanese learning English"

It is a completely different form as we learn English but I think that it could bring very good results, Chinese people are very intelligent so they must have a good reason. I think that it is excellent that this method has two purposes because as the same time you are improving your English, you are working out. You are training both mind and body and I think that this is great!!! The only think I know that I would never forget what it means; “take anything you want”.
WOW, I think that it is easier to learn English than Japanese. I don’t want to imagine how it would be learning Japanese!!!! I guess I will continue practicing my English.

You can watch the video: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1VY4b9IQQ

"Horror in Austria"

In a very small city of Austria a man kidnap his daughter for almost 24 years. He also raped her and had 7 children with his own daughter. The name of kidnapper is Josef Fritzl he recognize all of his acts and meanwhile the case is investigated he is in prison. The seven children were found with psychological problems and with skin problems because they have never seen the light of the sun.

"My favourite place in Chile"

Chile is a beautiful country with a wide variety of landscapes. The north of Chile is very different from the south. In the north of Chile you can find arid vegetation and in the south you can find green fields and many lakes and rivers. I have visited many places in Chile, seven years ago I went to the north of Chile and almost every summer my family and I try to escape to the south of Chile. The place that I have enjoyed visiting the most is Pucon. Maybe it is because its landscapes and the wide variety of activities that you can make. Pucon is located in the IX region, near the Villarica`s lake. The last time I went to Pucon was 4 yours ago. I went with my family and we rent a beach cabin. We went for two weekends and we had a great time. I remember that we went everyday to the beach and also almost every night to the casino. We also tried everyday to take for a walk and know more places. If you come to Chile, you must visit Pucon!!!

"The Commitments"

“The commitments” is a very diverting story of how a band was formed and dissolved. I must say that I am a big fun of movies, so I enjoyed watching the movie in the class. I believe that the movie was more like a musical because it focuses much of the time in songs and in The Commitment’s gigs. I think that the movie emphasize too much about the music, and as the same time it misses parts that are essential to know more about the characters and their development in the story. When I watched the movie I could realized that I imagined most of the scenes and the characters were very similar as I thought.
Reading the story of “The Commitments” was very fun. I can’t think why I enjoyed more reading the story than watching the movie. Maybe it is because I enjoyed the story and the developments of the characters through the story.
In general the movie was pretty similar as the story in the book but we can also notice some differences. Most of the differences are at the beginning and at the end of the story. The most important difference is when at the end of the movie, “The Commitments” were totally dissolved and in the book Jimmy tried to reform the group. We can also identify that the way that the story is told is different. The story is told most of the time by a narrator and in the movie the story is told by Jimmy as the most important character.
To conclude, I must say that I prefer reading the book rather watching the movie. Commonly I prefer watching movies than reading books but in this instance, I can truly say that I loved this story because I felt that I used my imagination and I could prove it when I watched the movie.
I recommend “The Commitments” and also to make this kind of activities because we can practice through three of the most important skills, reading, listening and writing. I really enjoyed this activity. I think that it is a good idea to have this kinds of test where most of our abilities, in our second language, are evaluated.

Global warming!!!!!!!

Nowadays it is very common to talk about global warming. Everyone talks about it, in the news, at school, on the internet, etc.
Global warming is an important topic that everybody should know about it and be conscious of it. In the lasts few years, the temperature of the world has increased because human beings don´t have any conscious and has been acting against our own planet. People need to know what affects our planet and stop doing things that increases high temperatures. If we think maybe this problem is not going to affect us directly, but we must be aware of our children and our grandchildren´s environment, because they will probably suffer this problem.
Here you have a link to a web site that can informed you more abour Global Warming!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming

"BBC World Service Learning"

Oh!! This site is great, I have never explored it that much, so I didn´t imagine that it was so complete and useful. The site contains too much information that can be useful for teachers and also for learners. Teachers can easily prepare a class with the wide variety of quizzes and games that this web site provides. Also learners of English, as a foreign language, can practice the four essential skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This web site is very entertainment for all likes. For example, you can read the news or you can be informed about the last events in sports and also you can check the weather. The main thing is to learn while you are having fun. You can also learn about different topics and also current events from all over the world and meanwhile practice reading, you are learning new vocabulary words. Every section contains information that is very useful to practice and be in contact with the language.

After I have explored this web site, I think that I will use this web site to practice my English and also to have fun. I will recommend it for all students of English and also for anyone that want to know more about things that are happening around the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Talks Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

I think that this talk is very interesting and also very entertaining!!! He is a very intelligent man and he know how to make people motivated. He says things that are very true. Children are very creative but schools dont lend them to be creative. Schools only wants to follow patterns and a schedule, they don´t allow children to act differently or to show them new ideas. As future teachers we must promote children´s creativity!!!

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66

My favourite web site!!!!

I

am a big fan of facebook. I started to use this web site 4 months ago. One of my best friend told me that there was a new interesting site. I didn´t want to be the onlyone without facebook, so I opened an account. At first I didn´t know how to use it, but now I can manage it very well.

I visit facebook almost everyday and maybe sometimes twice. I think that this site is very interesting because you can do many things. For example you can watch the photographs of every contact that you had add. Also you can have instant messages and a lot of applications that have a lot of fun. This applications can be from sending gifts to poke someone. I really like this site because you never get bored of it.

Facebook is a site that has been very successful, I have met new people and through its quizzes I have realized many things about my own life. I recommend this site for anyone that like having friends and also to people that spend too much time in the computer. Life wouldn´t be the same without facebook because there are many users that everyday visit it and they are already used to it.

http://www.facebook.com/

"What he did seems inhuman"

Pregnancy is one of the most beautiful moments for any woman. Being pregnant is something natural that must have cares and the support of the father.

I was very impressed when I read the article, because I can´t imagine how men can act so aggressively, when women they are supposly in love with, are pregnant. I have always known that men can be very aggressive and abusive but I didn´t know that during the pregnancy, men become more vulnerable to partner agression. I think that when a couple decide to have relations they must be aware of all the things that it involves. Expecting a child is one of the most beautiful things that anyone can live, so noone can´t act against it. If the woman decides to have her baby, the father must accept her decision. There are many cases where the father doesn´t have any relation with his child but he doesn´t try to kill him or anything similar. It´s so inhuman that men act aggressively or giving the mother abortive pills, only because they don´t want to have a baby. If the father can´t have the baby they must accept the decision of the mother and also the opportunity of his own child to live.

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/women/story/0,,2270135,00.html#article_continue