Hello, everyone! This blog was born from a comment that a student made in class several weeks ago. She said that she had difficulty to express her opinions in writing and, especially, to support her ideas with reasons or arguments. As it is not easy to have debates in class in which everyone can participate as much as they want, I think that a blog can be a good alternative: it will, I hope, give you the opportunity to exchange opinions with all the other students in the course. In this way, you will see a variety of points of view about the same topic, and you will have to support your ideas when someone disagrees with you.
So here comes our first topic of discussion: the blog itself. Do you think that it can help you to enlarge your critical capacity and make your opinions sounder? How? What would you like to see in it? Is there anything else that you expect from it? What?
a blog for sounder opinions
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who is this blog for?
For students of English Language III at the UNLP who want to become more critical and reflective by exchanging opinions with their classmates.
How to use it
Look at the posts and give your opinion about them, but remember that we are discussing topics for academic purposes, so please follow these simple rules:
when you give your opinion, ALWAYS SAY WHY you think so.
BE ALWAYS POLITE.
ALWAYS QUOTE YOUR SOURCES.
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when you give your opinion, ALWAYS SAY WHY you think so.
BE ALWAYS POLITE.
ALWAYS QUOTE YOUR SOURCES.
Do you need help to leave a comment? See http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=42399
Do you need any other kind of help with the blog? Go to http://www.google.com/support/blogger/
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Blog Archive
About Me
- Silvia C. Enríquez
- I graduated as a teacher of English at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata. In the late 1980s I specialised in History of the English Language at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, and I was an assistant teacher in that subject. Since 1991 I am a teacher in English Language III for the translation and teaching courses at the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. I am also at present the Coordinator of Special Courses at the Escuela de Lenguas de la UNLP, where I have taught English mostly in junior and adult courses. I am a member of the Asociación Argentina de Estudios Canadienses, a member of the Executive Committe of the Centro de Estudios Canadienses de La Plata and also a member of the editorial staff of its magazine: Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Estudios Canadienses (RAEC). I am currently doing a post degree course in distance education.
academic information
Here you will find information of interest for trainee teachers and translators at our University.
Our local sites:
Lengua Inglesa III: http://www.freewebs.com/englishlanguageiii
http://languageiii-infoblog.blogspot.com
Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Modernas: http://www.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/fahce/academica/Areas/lenguasmodernas
Escuela de Lenguas de la UNLP: http://www.escueladelenguas.unlp.edu.ar/
Coming events:
Segundas Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación y Prácticas en Didáctica de las Lenguas y las Literaturas. 19 al 22 de julio de 2010. http://www.geise.com.ar/
V Congreso de Tecnología en Educación y Educación en Tecnología. 6 y 7 de mayo de 2010. http://teyet2010.unpa.edu.ar
13.º Congreso Internacional de Promoción de la Lectura y el Libro. 7, 8 y 9 de mayo de 2010. www.el-libro.org.ar
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Our local sites:
Lengua Inglesa III: http://www.freewebs.com/englishlanguageiii
http://languageiii-infoblog.blogspot.com
Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Modernas: http://www.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/fahce/academica/Areas/lenguasmodernas
Escuela de Lenguas de la UNLP: http://www.escueladelenguas.unlp.edu.ar/
Coming events:
Segundas Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación y Prácticas en Didáctica de las Lenguas y las Literaturas. 19 al 22 de julio de 2010. http://www.geise.com.ar/
V Congreso de Tecnología en Educación y Educación en Tecnología. 6 y 7 de mayo de 2010. http://teyet2010.unpa.edu.ar
13.º Congreso Internacional de Promoción de la Lectura y el Libro. 7, 8 y 9 de mayo de 2010. www.el-libro.org.ar
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need help? Links for citation, usage, dictionaries, grammar and collocation.
- Academic writing: CourseWorks
- Citation: rules for citation
- Collocation: the BBI dictionary
- Dictionaries: Cambridge dictionaries
- Dictionaries: Merriam Webster dictionary
- Dictionaries: Oxford English Dictionary
- Dictionaries: Roget´s Thesaurus
- Dictionaries: visual dictionary
- Grammar reference
- Grammar: glossary of grammar terms
- Grammar: Hypergrammar
- Grammar: Longman
- Usage reference
- Usage: Harper Collins
- Writing: free online courses for students
- Writing: unilearning
10 comments:
I think it's a great idea!I hope students take advantage of this resource. Gaby
Wonderful! A democratic "place" to share your opinions with others, including your teacher! Sandra
You see Sandra... we're not that evil, anyway... lol Gaby
I'm very glad that someone has came up with such a great idea. Maybe, by remaining "anonymous", more and more students will find it easier to express their ideas because, let's face it, speaking in fron of the class may be intimidating -especialli if you're shy-. I really hope this possibility will help us improve our english and our "thinking straight"
Lu
Wow! I've just seen my face in the album haha Great idea to create a blog! Like it!!
And yes, I believe this will help us to both practice our argumentation skills and get to know each other a bit more :)
I guess I expect to discuss books, films and/or topics in general.
Evi
It´s great to have a place where you are able to share your point of view about any matter in a "relaxed" way from home and any time you feel like doing it!
Good for the teachers!
Pat
I simply think it´s great and I thank the teachers as it´s the only subject that really cares about students.
I agree with my mates' comments. This is a enormous opportinity for us to debate and discuss different topics and themes regarding (why not!) our examns, class topics and more....
I hope most of the students can take advatange of this blog !!!
Alvaro
This blog's awesome! I've just read the comments and I could sense a great deal of enthusiasm- very contagious, by the way- and it gives us, students, more 'appetite' for writing, which is sth. professors have never done before. Good for you, teachers! Brilliant idea!
I agree with you, mates! This is a great opportunity to discuss about different topics without the exam pressure we have every time we have to write in class... I think we all should take advantage of this and exchange our opinions.
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