Hello dear students, in today's blog session I'm going to express my
thoughts about one of my favourite albums. This album is called "Vientos
Modernos" and belongs to the Chilean Hardcore punk group of music
"S.I.A". This album was released in 2003 and it was one of the best sellers’
albums in those years.
When
I first listened to this album I felt quite motivated, because of songs' rhythm
and motivating but at the same time depressive lyrics. This work was the
beginning of big changes in the music scene, as to the hardcore music is
concerned.
This
album reminds me of my adolescent years, in which with a bunch of friends used to
go to these big "tocatas", and the whole idea was to have the most
amazing time while listening to this kind of music. Another important
thing about these events was that I always bumped into old friends or ex-girlfriends,
and at the end of every “concert” we ended up being a huge group of people
singing and jumping.
After twelve years, I continue to listen to the same music and every
time I start listening to this specific album I fill myself with positive
energies, happiness, and old good memories with friends, and of course my first
love relationships.
Your written piece should include:
- The name of the song or album
- The name of the band / singer
- A little of background of the band / singer
- How did you feel when you first listened to it?
- Some positive / negative memories about this song / album
- Something more you want to add.
* Remember: Try to organize your ideas into different paragraphs.
Use as many connectors as you wish.
Be careful with the punctuation.
* Wordcount: 200 words.
* You can add here the link if you want us to listen to your choice.
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
THE BEST HOLIDAYS/CONCERT I'VE HAD
You should include the following ideas...
- when / where it was - the artist/the band you saw - a bit of info about the artist - describe the atmosphere during the event - describe how you felt and why you enjoyed it - any other memories about it
Wordcount: 180
Hello dear students,
This time I'm going to write about one of the best musical performance I've ever seen. This concert was about 10 years ago and it was here in Santiago, especifically at Victor Jara stadium. I went there with a couple of friends to see a great band called "Millencolin", they're from Sweden and they have visited Chile at least four times, but that's was the first time they played here; Moreover, another band I liked came on stage, so it was quite a fantastic experience not only for me but for my friends as well.
As I mentioned before, this band is from the city called Örebro, in Sweden. They have recorded lots of albums and even though they are from this country, they sing in English. Their style is similar to "punk" music, but a little bit softer.
As people who attended this concert were all fans, the atmosphere was totally special and motivating to all of us. For this reason, I was quite excited about being there having this amazing experience and listening to the songs with which I grew up.
To sum up, it was a great experience being with a bunch of friends of mine and I think one of the best memories I will always have about this is that I went to their first concert and afterwards we drank a couple of beers...
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
THEMED POST N°1
A FAVOURITE ARTIST / PIECE OF ART
*Write about your favourite artist or your favourite piece of art.
You'll need to say the following:
- The name of the artist. / The name of the piece of art.
- What kind of artist is she/he? / Who did the piece of art? When did you see it for the first time?
- Describe his or her work. / What does it represent for you?
- Why do you like him/her? / Why do you like it?
- Do you have any good memories about your choice? Tell us more
*Wordcount: 170
* Add a picture of either your favourite artist or the piece of art.
Today I'm going to write about my favourite artist.
He is a very well-known painter from the XVI century. Moreover, he was
sculptor, architect and inventor, among other occupations, and his name is
Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted amazing paintings, which are very famous
nowadays; for instance, “The last supper” and “La Gioconda” or “Mona Lisa”.
His work is very complex, and for me
it is the best way to describe it. He had a detailed knowledge about a wide
variety of subjects, such as anatomy, light, botany and geology, his interest
in physiognomy and the way in which humans register emotion in expression and
gesture, his innovative use of the human form in figurative composition, and
his use of the subtle gradation of tone.
I really like
him, firstly because he was not only a good painter but also he was a person
who could think beyond the normal things that people usually thought back in
those times. Secondly, he created different and amazing masterpieces. Finally,
I would like to say that one of the memories I've got about Leonardo is related
to the book called "The Da Vinci code", which tells about different mysteries
around his work.
Sunday, 5 April 2015
A COUNTRY I'D 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
Hello everybody!! This time I'm going to write about a country I'd like to visit. One of the countries that I'd really like to go in the future is Scotland. I believe it's because I've always felt a certain connection with its culture and history. I really enjoy reading and knowing everything about Scottish history, and I really admire the way they have built this country keeping all their ancient customs.
If I go there some day, one of the first things I will do is to visit all the castles near the Highlands, which you only have the chance to see by watching movies or pictures, because I think they are amazing old buildings that are still there despite the ages. As a second thing I would do while visiting this amazing country, it's to taste their traditional food called "haggis". And finally, I'd walk through the streets while listening to its traditional music coming from the "bagpipes" and trying to understand the Scottish weird accent.
I'd really like the idea of going there as a teacher of English and work at their schools or Universities, but I think it's quite difficult to do it, since its mother tongue is English or maybe as a Spanish teacher. That's why I think for the moment I'd go there just for travelling around the different cities and towns.
I hope this dream comes true some day in the future.
According to our today's lesson (Wednesday 1st), I leave this video here for you to watch it again if you want. Please leave a comment showing what are your thoughts about the languages around the world, specially those that are known for you!! Do you think that, apart from learning English, you could learn German in your life?
