Enjoy!
Raffa
mercoledì 27 febbraio 2008
domenica 24 febbraio 2008
E-tivity 3
Being my first approach to this nowadays very widespread way of communicating with people, I'd say it didn't go that bad. Once you understand how it all works (although I think I'm still far from that) you even enjoy it. Most of all when you fully realise that it can be a chance of using English you had never come to consider.
The fact that many people read what you write makes you definetely more aware of mistakes. In fact, I pay much more attention if I know someone is going to read my posts, especially if my teacher is included. Obviously, I also read other people's posts so that whenever they use new words, I can write them down and I'm going to remember them more easily because I can associate them to a specific context.
As everything takes place on the internet, we have the chance to make the most of what this source offers, that is an incalculable number of stimuli and sources to learn new words and know more about the English "cultures". Just think about youtube or the e-books on google: whenever you need to practice your listening or reading skills, you just need a click on your computer. Blogging becomes part of all of this because you can access these sources much faster, share them with others (and use theirs) and keep training with your writing.
The fact that many people read what you write makes you definetely more aware of mistakes. In fact, I pay much more attention if I know someone is going to read my posts, especially if my teacher is included. Obviously, I also read other people's posts so that whenever they use new words, I can write them down and I'm going to remember them more easily because I can associate them to a specific context.
As everything takes place on the internet, we have the chance to make the most of what this source offers, that is an incalculable number of stimuli and sources to learn new words and know more about the English "cultures". Just think about youtube or the e-books on google: whenever you need to practice your listening or reading skills, you just need a click on your computer. Blogging becomes part of all of this because you can access these sources much faster, share them with others (and use theirs) and keep training with your writing.
E-tivity 2
As the wild wild web is really packed up with every sort of blog, it wasn't an easy task to find websites which could look both interesting and helpful at the same time. In the end, this is what I've come up with:
- http://www.politics1.com/ : like we all know there's al lot going on in the US because of the presidential elections and I thought it might be interesting to find out what Americans say about it. This blog is not just made up of comments but also of up-to-date information about the latest results of the campaign.
- http://www.cinemablend.com/ : and now something a bit more relaxing. This blog is not only about the latest films across cinemas but it also provides much much more like news, forums and comments on the newest DVDs. I suggest that you take a look at it if you are somehow interested in cinema or simply curious to now what's coming up on the market. Have fun!
This tour around the blogosphere made me understand that blogs have some features in common: they are written in a very personal style and the language used is very close to spoken and everyday English. This seems quite natural to me, as people who write for themselves and others aim at being immediately understood by their readers and try to appeal to them through a conversational style.
The use of links is essential to all bloggers who want to share more than just words and need to make reference to other websites or to different kinds of material (like podcasts).
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