Since in order to write today’s post you can choose either ONE of two options, I have written two sample posts to guide your writing (See below).
I also included a set of useful phrases you can use to write about the topic you choose.
Post 1 (Instructions).
Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.
You should:
- provide a link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.
Make sure you add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ posts.
-Word Count: 170
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Post 2 (Instructions)
Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?
Say:
-Who she/he is.(short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image
Word count: about 170 words
Remember to add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ posts
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The BBC learning English website.
Whether you’re a student or a teacher, you should visit BBC Learning English. To me, it’s one of the best sites to look for different kinds of information related to teaching and learning English as a second language.
But it’s not only about learning, it also has lots of articles related to culture. It’s a great site where students can do exercises, read pieces of current news, practice their listening skills, improve their pronunciation, and even have fun playing games, watching videos or chatting with people from all over the world.
If you are a teacher, you also have lots of options, for example you can download up to date material for your classes, that you can adopt or adapt, get new ideas to improve your lessons or exchange information with other teachers.
Some of its regular features that Ilike include, among others,: “Words in the News”, which contains written and video stories; “Express English”, in which people are asked about their opinions on different things -Each week there’s a new topic and the interesting thing is that you can also join the conversation; “Quiznet”, which gives you the chance to increase your vocabulary on different topics; and I also like “6 Minute English”, a short radio programme that helps you improve both your listening comprehension skills and your vocabulary while you learn about an interesting issue.
I like this site because everything in it has been carefully done by very professional people, it’s very user-friendly, so you can find things easily, and everything is interesting and down-to-earth, I mean , it is related to real life. For all these reasons I visit this site on a regular basis and I strongly reccomend it to you. The address to this website is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
USEFUL PHRASES:
Career related site:
If you are interested in ................, you should visit ......
If you are a .............. student, make sure you visit .....
A great site for ...... students is ................
Are you interested in ...............? Well, you must have a look at .....
This site has many interesting features, like .....
" " " " " sections, such as/for example .......
The section/feature I like/enjoy the most is .....
My favourite section/feature is ......
I usually visit/clock on ...... on a regular basis/almost every......./once-twice-three times a .....
I like/enjoy/love this site because ...../for its wonderful-amazing-remarkable-well designed ......
An expert that I admire
“What a great activity! It’s interesting and fun to do”. This is what I usually say when I see English text books that have been written by Penny Ur. But Penny is more than an experienced text book writer, she´s a remarkable English Language Teaching author who has helped teachers develop their teaching skills, that is to say, she teaches teachers to teach.
I don’t know much about her personal life, all I know is that she is Israeli or American and that she studied at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. I also know that she has travelled extensively giving conferences worldwide and has written lots of papers, which are very teacher-friendly, I mean, it’s very easy to understand what she is trying to communicate and her tips are really helpful.
Some of her most prominent books, among others, are: Five Minute Activities, A Course in Language Teaching , and Grammar Practice Activities. When I was studying in London I used one of her books, which was called Proficiency in English, if I remember well.
Although her books are more concerned with the teaching of grammar than on improving your communicative skills, I like her because she is able to teach structures in an interesting and meaningful fashion, which is something that not many writers are able to do. Finally, there are writers concerned with Teaching English as a Foreign Language who have written long, boring and hard to understand papers. Instead, she has written short and clear documents that say more than a million pages.
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An expert in my field:
I really admire...
I take my hat off to...
A remarkable/An important person in the field of ...... is .......
Mr/Ms ............... is probably one of the most .............. in the field of/related to ........
He/She is famous for ............ing (writing/doing/having /etc)
One of the most important things he/she has done is ........
He has (also) contributed to ...... (the field of ..../areas of ..../the developnet of...)
I like/admire .... because/since ...
I feel grateful to ... for his/her useful/interesting/invaluable ....
