Introduction

August 14, 2015



Welcome to this course and to this blog!

This blog will be a useful tool for you to practice your English skills and a way of communication not only between you and the teacher but among you.

The first activity you will do here is to introduce yourselves. Please, write down in comments who you are: what do you study? how old are you?  where are you from? what are your hobbies?  what do you do in your spare time? What are your weaknesses in English? and what do you want to achieve in this course?

I hope you find useful this blog as much as I find it!

Your English instructor!

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28 comentarios:

  1. My name is Victor Daniel Jaramillo, i'm studying systems engineering, i'm seventeen years old, i'm from bello city, i like to listen music, to programme computers, and that's what i do in my spare time, my weaknesses are the listening and the speaking, and sometimes grammar, i hope improve in that along this course.

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    1. Hi, i think that to help you whit the listening you can watch tv series or movies in english whit the subtitles on, that help very much.

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    2. Hi Victor i'm Mauricio, i think that you can improve your weakness in listening watching to movies or series in englis, if you can understand them you can also try with subtitles, have a nice day Victor.

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  2. Good afternoon everyone my name is Carlos Mauricio Franco Rendón i live in Buenos Aires with my family, i'm studying control engineer i'm 17 years old and i'm from Medellín.
    In my free time i like to play soccer with my friends, read books, watch series and specially listen to music, thats my best hobby, sometimes i like to hang out with my friend too.
    Talking about my weaknesses in english i think that i have specially a weakness in the vocabulary i have to learn more about phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions.
    In this course i want to learn a lot of vocabulary, i like to talk fluently and to listen better the native people and if i can learn more about grammar too.

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    1. Hi Carlos, you can improve about your vocabulary, reading english books, or watching subtitled movies(subtitles in english obvious), and you can improve your speaking participating on our classes.

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  3. Hi, my name is Andres, actually i'm a student of petroleum engineering, i am 21 years old, i am from Pasto, i like to do some bmx, sleep, eat, i love eat, i like very much listen music, draw, cook, walk whit my dog, men i love my dog, it is my best friend.
    I spare my time in sleep, that's something awesome, also i watch some tv or videos on youtube, go to the cinema, go out whit my friends, read some book.
    I think that my weaknessses in english is that i don't know the rigth way to use some verbes depending of the time or the action that i or someone else is doing, some times talk whit other people is a little difficult.

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  4. Hello, My name is Sahory Torres, I'm studying Chemical engineering, I'm 18, I from Maicao-La Guajira. My hobbies are waching tv, listen to the music.
    In my spare time I like learn english and sleep. My weaknesses in English is my vocabulary is very limited. In this course I want to achieve get more vocabulary, talk more fluid. Bye.

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    1. Sahory, is great that you want to learn more, you can also read child books or try to lisent a lot of music in english, that always help and is funny too.

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  5. My name is Mariana Montoya Gómez, Im 17 years old and im in second semester of biologycal engineering.Im from San Luis, (i was born there) that is a town near to Cocorná, going for the hightway Medellin-Bogotá.But I also have been living in Rionegro most of my life. I like to swimm, and I was training it for a cople years, I like read , sometimes,I love draw, but i like most go to the scout group. Im a scout girl for the group 213 in Rionegro.
    I have problems with my writting skills,more in grammar and with speaking too, because i dont think first what i wanna say. I hope to improve my english skills and i want to learn about my new partners. I want to help my partners to better their skills.

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    1. hi, i know a program that may help whit the grammar, is duolinguo, i think is pretty good

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    2. Hi Mariana, I think you have a so good pronunciation. I hope to speak like you soon.

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  6. Hi... My name is Natasha, I study Environmental Enginner, I am in 10th semester
    I hope to learn very much in this course, mainly I want to improve my vocabulary and my pronunciation. These are my weaknesses.
    Thanks!!!

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  7. Hi partners.

    My name is Julian Hincapié, i am study architecture in the National University in second semester, i´m twenty years, i´m from Medellín and my favorite hobby is to draw in the computer.
    In my spare time i like to play soccer with my friends, My weakness in english is that i don´t know to speak fluid and i have many mistakes of grammar.
    I want to achieve in this course :
    -First, i can complete the course.
    -Second learn more about the grammar.

    Thanks

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  8. Hi , my name is Santiago Hincapié, i'm 20 years old, i'm from envigado and i live there, i study construction.
    I like to draw, to read, to lisent music.
    In my spare time i like to play videogames.
    My weaknesses in English are writing as the top one and listening a little bit.
    I want to learn more vocabulary.

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  9. Hi everyone! I'm Wendy Patricia Orozco Centeno. I'm 23 years old. I'm studying Geological engineering. I'm from Cartagena but I have lived on Barrancabermeja last eleven years. My hobby is to colect rocks and minerals. In my spare time, I like to colect rocks, to read stories and novels, to watch TV series or movies, to cook, to swim, to hike and to listen music.
    My weaknesses is pronuntiation in English. I really want to achieve my pronunciation because I think English is so important and I want to learn more vocabulary too.

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  10. My name is Manuel Santiago López Guererro, i´m studying Geological Engineering in the National University of Colombia. I am 19 years old, i'm from Villavicencio-Meta and now i am living in Medellín. I love travel! it's the best actividad for me. But i like another things how: The photography, read good books, learn english and other languages. In my spare time i play with my guitar. I think that my weaknesses in English is the pronunciation, i'm working hard to be better. In this course i want improve my english level to travel for many countries and speak well.

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  11. i.m Javier Ceballos, i am studing mechanical enginiering, i am 25 years, i live in Pasto, my favorite hobby is travel and take photografies, in my free time i visit to some friends and i clean my house, and i guess that my principal weakness, i wish learn the structure by the basical english

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    1. hi javier, I am julián, and also i like the photografies, i think that Pasto is a beatiful city, and we all learn many.

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  12. my name is moises garcia,i from barranquilla i living in medellin, i study animal production, i am twenty four years old, i like to play soccer, i like to read comedy, I like to listen music.
    in my spare time to work with my family, and i surf the internet go to visit youtube, whatssapp, gmail, google.
    my weeaknesses in english is the speaking,listening, writing, reading. i like to learn english. make exercirses all the days of speaking, listening, vocabulary and writing.

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  13. Hey! my name is Juan Felipe Mejia, im from Monteria and im 20, im finishing my carrer at the UN so i can start working as an architect.

    Well, speaking about me, i like spending time outside and hangout with my friends.
    I like boxing and watching the fights on saturdays. i hate healty food so i guess a salad for me is kind of an insult, so leave me alone with my steak.

    I guess my weaknesses are speaking and grammar, so i hope i can get better at that.

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  15. sebastian Bacca Gonzalez14 de agosto de 2015 a las 15:21

    my name is sebastian i study zootecnia in 6th semester i am 21 years old i live in medellin whit my mother and my sister i like riding the bicycle and play soccer i want to learn very much english is a few difficult for me

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  16. Hi! my name is Breiner Beltran, I am studying of Minas engineering, I am 21 years old, I am from valledupar, I have 4 years living in Medellin, my hobbies are listen music and see movie, my spare time are play soccer and swining , my main weaknesses in english are pronunciation and listen, I want to learn strategies that help me correct these weaknesses.

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  17. Hello! my name is Andry Barrera Del Toro, i am studying management engineering, i am from Valencia Córdoba, I am twenty one years old, my hobbies are read books, listen to music, going shopping with my friends, share with my family, sleep, learn new things, enjoy the good thing of the life,learn of all.
    I difficult to speak English, I will strive for that weakness becomes a strength.

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  18. hello, I am julián arrubla, I stady economics, i from caldas antioquia and I live there........ I have 21 years old, in my free time, i love walking in the countryside and as well I like listen salsa music.
    I have many dificults in the english languague, because, I don't speak nother, is very dificult to think in english, my pronunciation is very bad,
    well the speak and the listen are together so i don't listen very good.

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  19. Iam Carlos perez, I live in the mota, but I from Amalfi antioquia, i'M 25 years old, i have stady animal husbandry, in my free time I like play play estatin and go to the farm the weekends. My hobbies are eat ocean food, drive speedy a cars and listen music. In the moment i have enjoy because i wainting a baby whit my girlfriend.
    My weaknesses are speak, grammar, vocabulary, modal expressions and development my listen.
    I want learn much english
    Good afternoon

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  20. Hello, my name is Sofía, I am student of arquitecture. I am 17 years old. My hobbies are listen to music, play basketball, working out, study, pass time with my friends, have fun, and I love animals.
    My weaknesses in enligsh are speak, grammar and vocabulary.
    My expectations in this course are to speak fluently and I want to learn how to learn english by myself.

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  21. hi, i'm Juan and i study petroleoum engineering, i'm 18 years old. i like to listen music, play electronic sports, play basketball an football spend time with friends and i like the horses.

    my weaknesses are vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening, my expectations in the course are to improve my weakneses and if is posible speak normaly with native english people.

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