jueves, 2 de junio de 2016

Blog Session nº7

YES! It's the seventh post already, that means the semester is about to end!

For this post, you have to choose only ONE of these  2 options:



A career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

 
You have to:

- provide the link
- describe the website (sections, features,etc)
- say how often you visit the site
- explain why you like the site.


>Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post



A person/expert on your field that you admire.


Say:

-Who she/he is. (short biography)
-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.
-Include his/her image

> About 170 words
>Add comments to 3 of your classmates’ blogs + a comment on your teacher's post.


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A career related website I use all the time is Word-reference.com.
I've even recommended you using it for your posts, as it includes examples of the words as well as discussion about uncertain translation and other expressions.

I visit this website on a daily basis, because as you know, english is my second language too, so I learn new words very often, also to remind myself of the spelling of words I don't use regularly. One of the most recurring situations in which I use this site, is when my students ask me technical words related to their careers.

The sight of this page is very nice in my opinion, it uses soft colors and that usually helps people to relax, also it provides links to different useful sites, as well as dictionaries in several languages that are one click away!


http://img.actualidadgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diccionario.jpg

Now it's your turn.

20 comentarios:

  1. with this class, that page has changed to my favourite too hahaha

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  2. This website is really useful not only for the career but also for the daylife.

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  3. that page has really good translations for some words that you can't find in another translators.

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  4. word refference saves me almost every single day of my life , it´s so usefull when you need to say something and you are not sure about it.greetings

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  5. word refference is a good website, I use it when Im writing my blog, but I usually use google translate even though it is not too good

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    1. It's good to see that you posted even though you didn't come!
      Congrats!

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    2. Oh, of course teacher, I was going to post anyway haha :D

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  6. I think that wordreference saved my life lots of times hahah greetings:)

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  7. I used this website for practice my english and pronunciation( for example to my presentation about the alchemist)

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  8. I used wordreference to write this comment hahahha :(

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  9. That page is so useful in this class hahaha.
    Also is better to use a translator 'cause some translators are not very good

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  10. I used every thursday I don´t know why

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  11. I usually use wordreference when I'm looking synonymous for writing essays but never before to translate words until this english class haha

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  12. before your class, I just used google translate but my favorite turned to wordreference

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  13. I saw a traslation made with google translate, it was awful... it said "The father stolen was a ..." ajajajajajaja now I rather prefer wordreference too

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  14. I'm not very acostumbrated to use this web, but i hate google translator, so i must use wordreference

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  15. I use that website a lot, its fantastic.

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  16. That page is very useful to learn many words in other languages

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  17. Wordreference is very useful for when i dont have a dictionary close to me, I prefer the paper than the computer, but is a good alternative:)

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