Final exam (PET) practice

Remember. The final exams will be on the 12th of November.

Use the following pages to practice exercises similar to those in the final evaluation. 

Reading:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading4.html

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading_part5.htm

Listening:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part3.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part4.htm

Vocabulary:

http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm

10th post - feedback

1. First you need to comment on at least 3 of your classmate's blogs. 
2. You need to complete the evaluación docente. 
3. Complete the blog activity for this week. Details below:

> What comments can you make about your experience learning English at university? What about the use of blogs?
> What aspects of your English need to be improved and how do you plan to do this?
> Outside the English class, how much are you using English these days? What for?

- Wordcount: 260
- Make comments on 3 of your partners' posts.

Ninth post

Have a look at this link. What does if tell you about the world and climate change?

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2014/sep/23/carbon-map-which-countries-are-responsible-for-climate-change

In your blog write about the following

- Where do people learn about enviromentally friendly practices?
- Have you incorporated recycling into your habits? Describe
- Do you use a bike or your legs instead of a car?
- Have you joined or supported any eco-organisations? Why/Why not?
- What else have you done /would you like to do?
- What have you done to reduce your carbon footprint? 
- What's missing in our society/Santiago regarding this issue?

Number of words: 230
Don't forget to make comments on at least 3 of your classmates posts. 

Eighth post

2014>> Have you had a good year??

Write about:
> Good things that have happened in your life
> Situations that did not go so well
> Your achievements in 2014
> Things you did not do / have not done yet / still have to do this year
> Important news / events you would like to highlight
> Any other comments

Wordcount: 250

Well, it's already October. I've already been sunburned and the winter snow in the mountains is quickly melting away. Another year is coming to an end. 

This year has been really good. I feel really proud of what I've achieved. Recent years have been kind of crazy, very enjoyable but emotionally tiring. However, this year has been good in a more controlled way. It started when a good friend came to visit from Germany and we travelled Patagonia together. Then my 71 year old Uncle came out to stay for a couple of weeks and we spent some good quality time together. In the winter break I got to see Uruguay for the first time, and it was amazing, and in September I finally got to see Concepcion.
 

I've continued to give English classes at the University and I feel this has gone well. I've also started to work with the IELTS exams which have been exciting and also rewarding; I think I've learned a lot. 

As for the not-so-well, there's not a lot to tell. My social life has changed so it's been quite hard balancing time between my old social commitments and my new social commitments, but that's life. I also want to practice and improve my Spanish and I've been a bit lazy with this. I suppose I should include that under 'still have to do this year'. 

As for important news, there have been more babies (not mine). And I quit smoking which was great. 

The big question for me now is, what next?

Seventh post - Free choice

This week you have been given a random subject (by one of your classmates).

220 word minimum.

+ 3 comments!

PET level Practice

In today's class we will be using the following links to do some exercises that will help you prepare for the end of semester test. Click on the links below and work through the exercises at your own pace.

PET (Preliminary English Test) Practice

Reading:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/reading1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_reading2.htm

Listening:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part1.htm

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_listening_part2.htm

Vocabulary:

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_vocab.htm

Sixth post - Free post.

You have chosen to write about this story

http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2014-09-24&PaginaId=8&bodyid=0

Write the main details of the story
Why this is interesting to you?
Any controversial issues?
Give your personal reflection or opinion?

220 words

Fifth post - Future job

- What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?

- Outdoors /indoors?

- Would you like to travel a lot in your job?

- In an office?

- 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

- Word Count: 220 words

It's difficult to say which job I'd like to have. I think that's because I love doing so many different things in life, I would be happy working in any of them. I think my ideal job would be to have a house in the country where I would grow my own food and cook and also teach students part-time. I'm a bit of a hippy and I love nature. I want to have a big garden near to a forest and a lake where I can go and forage and fish and only buy the minimum of things. 

I love teaching. I think it's important and I enjoy doing it, but I would prefer to have that as one activity as well as others. Maybe I could be a house keeper and teach private class once or twice a day. That sounds nice. 

I do like travelling, but not for work. As long as I can get there on my bike then I'll be happy. Even more fun would be if I lived somewhere snowy, I could go to work on skis. 

I don't want to work in an office either, unless I'm there to give a class. Offices are too sterile and small. They're so depressing and the people there look so unhealthy, slowly poisoning themselves with bad coffee and a lack of daylight. 

Fourth post - Free post - Favourite artist

This time you've chosen to write about your favourtite artist.

I will let you interpret 'Artist' but make sure you include the following.

• Name
• Short biography
• Your first experience with this artist
• Why you like them
• Favourite works of art of theirs
• Description of piece
• Why you like it

210 words

Third post - Holiday or Concert

This week you have a choice. Choose one of the following options.

Holidays:

- when it was
- where they went
- how long it was
- people they went with
- things / activities they did
- why it has been the best so far
- any other relevant info

Concert:

- when / where it was
- the artist they saw
- a bit of info about the artist
- describe the atmosphere during the event
- describe how they felt and why they enjoyed it
- any other memories about it

• Wordcount: 200
• Include 
• 1x As long as
• 1x 2nd conditional
• Leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts. 

Class blogs

Camila
Jose
Diego
Milenka
Rocio
Benjamin
Catalina
Camila Lazo
Alex
Daniela
Gabriel
Fernanda
Diego Maturana
Iveth
Pilar
Juan
Benjamin Arenas

Second post - Free post - Cartoons

OK. So you have democratically decided to write about cartoons.

Please include ALL of the following

• How often you watch cartoons. Why?
• What was you favourite cartoon as a child. 
• Characters
• Setting
• Why you liked it
• Do you think watching cartoons is only for children? Why?
• Any other information. 

180 words. 


Here is my example

Cartoons

I'm not a big cartoon fan. I don't think cartoons are as important in the UK as they are in Chile. All of my friends here talk about Goku and I have no idea what they are talking about. In the UK cartoons, especially manga style cartoons are a bit nerdy.
   However, as a child there were lots of cartoons I watched. I particularly enjoyed Popeye and Road Runner. There were others that were more obscure too like Moomins.

   Moomins is a cartoon made in Finland. Its about a fictional family of Moomins. They are kind of like White hippopotamus. There is a Daddy, a Mummy, some children and some friends. The friends are an angry girl called Mai and a wandering boy called Snufkin.

   I like it because it was always so mysterious and strange. They lived in quite a scary world with long winters and strange beasts. The different characters represent different personality types and most shows have some sort of message. It's quite enigmatic.

   I still watch it sometimes. I have friends from Finland so I often talk to them about it. I watch it when I'm bored at home, most of the episodes are on YouTube.

   My favourite character is Snufkin, maybe. He is the romantic travelling type who has no responsibility. I also like Mai because she's so devious.

Here's a link to an episode in Spanish. I really recommend you watch it, especially if you are a Psychology or Anthropology student.  

First post - A country I would like to visit

- Which country would you like to go to? Why?
- What do you know about it?
- What would you like to do there?
- Would you like to study/work/live there? Explain.
- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts
- Word Count: 160 words

There are lots of countries I would like to visit. The truth is, I prefer to visit places where I have a specific reason to go there, that could be a friend, something I want to see or a specific activity I would like to do. 

   Of course I would love to aimlessly wander the streets of Thailand or India but for me some sort of connection is important so my first choice would be to visit Finland. 
   For some reason, more by accident than design, I have quite a few friends in Finland and they are all lovely people so I'd like to see the country that has made them that way. Finland also has the best education system in the world so I'd love to talk to people about that. It also has incredible winters, lots of snow and cold which is something I'd like to experience. They are also the world-experts in saunas which sounds good to me. Historically the country is also very interesting, it shares a border with Russia which has affected it's culture and history a great deal. 
   I would like to live there for at least a few months. I think it's impossible to really experience a place if you don't have some sort of interaction with it, so having a part-time job would be great.