Thursday 4 FAU

Today I´ve asked you to write about an ideal job on paper. Once you´ve finished that task, please answer the following mini-post: Write about a song you are listening to at the moment. Say: Who it´s by, What genre it is, When you heard it for the first time, Why you like it, Mention anything else you think is important or interesting. Try to write at least 100 words. Leave a comment on your teacher´s blog and on the blogs of 3 classmates.  The song I have been listening to recently is Little Foot Big Foot by Childish Gambino. It´s a R n´B infused rap song with an amazing video. I guess I like the production of the song and the amazing choreography in the video. I first heard it about 2 months ago. I like it because it´s a catchy tune with a fun video (a special kind of humour). I think there is a definite message behind all the Childish Gambino videos that try to show modern reality and how it can impact poor, especially black, people in America. I like most of the Childish Ga...

This has been a busy semester for me so far. I usually teach 3 English courses and an a cross-curricular elective n Manga & Anime which I participate in with FAU Academic Diego Vallejos However, this semester, I started teaching a pilot of a new CFG FAU called English for Work Purposes. Also, for the last 12-months I've been the coordinator of Home Working (teletrabajo) in FAU.  The English for Work Purposes course has been very time consuming because I'm creating all the materials from scratch and trying to teach career-related content to students from the 4 careers in FAU. I enjoy doing this sort of thing but I think I'm going to get a teaching assistant or do some co-teaching next semester. The teletrabajo work was very busy in August and September but it's been a little quieter since fiestas patrias.  On a personal note, life in general has also been busy. It was my wife's birthday in September and her sister visited (she's from Santiago but she lives in...

 Hi Blogheads! I just read the article ¨Herd of tauros to be released into the Highlands to recreate the aurochs effect¨ by Patrick Barkham. It was published in today's Guardian. The main theme is the introduction of an animal in the wild to improve biodiversity and ecotourism by a company called Trees For Life. Basically, some bull-like animals called tauros will be released in a rewilding zone near Loch Ness in Scotland. They are similar to ancient animals called aurochs that became extinct. The tauros have been bred to be docile towards humans. This project is similar to other projects in other European countries such as the Netherlands. The key argument is that this move will be beneficial for the natural environment. The article includes quotes from Steve Micklewright, the chief executive of Trees for Life. The article includes some photos of tauros. I would recommend this article as I think rewilding is an important topic as it helps our natural environment and quality of lif...

 Visit The Guardian newspaper (https://www.theguardian.com/uk) Choose an article. Fill in the worksheet your teacher provides. Link the article you read in your post and upload a screenshot/mobile photo of the article. Leave a comment on your teacher´s blog, and the blogs of at least 3 classmates.

A school teacher I remember was Mrs Burrows, who was my first English teacher when I moved to school in England. I was born in Wales between Mold and Buckley, but I moved to Chester, in England, when I was 6 years old.  I don't really remember any of my teachers in Wales but Mrs Burrows made a big impression. She was always jolly. She smiled a lot, and I remember her as a very gentle person. The main thing I remember from the English classes is the stories she used to tell us. Her and her husband had lived many years in China working as missionaries and she loved to tell us about her travels and experiences.  I also remember we read short stories and poems in class and then worked to create our own stories and poems. It was a long time ago but I distinctly remember being very proud of a poem I wrote about a leaf. I can't remember how many years Mrs Burrows taught me but it can only have been 2 or 3. Unfortunately, her and her husband died in a car crash whilst on holiday in It...