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So here are our Extensive Reading recommendations of the day:
- VSO UK - got (several) five minutes to spare? Then check the 'LIfe changing stories' section of the site as well;
- Pick this one if you believe in taking action, in doing something - and also if you don't (you might as well end up changing your mind!);
- Finally, the link you were all anxiously waiting for, starring David, The Historian!
Needless to say I'll be anxiously waiting for your uploads, with summaries of and/or comments on the articles, right? Oh, interesting vocabulary's also very welcome.
Well...let´s try a comment, despite the teacher´s pressure!
ReplyDeleteI´ve found some interesting points in the "Top 11 Reasons to Take Action".
Here in Brazil we don´t have the habit or opportunity to have volunteers work in hospitals or schools, for example. It would be really useful for who is finishing the high-school to explore career possibilities, since they currently attempt for a graduation they barely know about (although they think they know enough about it). In the end, many of them ends up changing their choice, after seeing how the course really are.
This is a good article that may convince someone who wants to help people, but lacks that encouragement to start. Nevertheless, the people who park their lazy "@*$" in front of the TV will never even finish to read that!
Just a comment about the item 7, "To fulfill graduation requirements". What a useless item! You need to be VERY lazy to give up your graduation because you don´t want to do your volunteer work in order to graduate!
I hope there is at least some interesting vocabulary in this long text!
The article: “How graduates can stand out from the crowd” is very motivating and gives important tips. The tip title as “Break the mould” can be very useful in our task of writing a covering letter. ;)
ReplyDeleteYesterday I was reading some articles for a college work and I founded a very attractive one about volunteer work. If you have time it’s worth reading: Becoming an Older Volunteer: A Grounded Theory Study.
References: Janet Witucki Brown, Shu-li Chen, Linda Mefford, Allie Brown, Bonnie Callen, Polly McArthur. Becoming an Older Volunteer: A Grounded Theory Study.Nurs Res Pract. 2011. Available on:.
Hello everyone... So, as I have said in one class, I have never written in a blog before. This is my first experience in this comunication vehicle. Thus, please, don't expect so much of me!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I would like to comment about the volunteer site attached above (VSO UK). As physiotherapist I have been doing several volunteer works since my first year of my undergraduate course. In the first one, I worked at Vibração and helped one professional to look after children with a huge range of musculoskeletal diseases. Although I hadn't had any specif subject in my university about it, the simple fact of helping someone brought me the feeling that I was in the right profession and it was that I would like to do for my entire life. Reading one of the "Life changing stories" in the site (Five minutes with Carmel Bradwell), I realized that her feelings working in Uganda as a teacher volunteer was the same ones I felt that time and I have been felling nowadays when I treat someone without expecting any kind of reward. The simple act of helping someone is worthwile.
Now, doing a link with was said by Felipe and with the text called "Top 11 Reasons to Take Action", I completely agree that in Brazil is quite difficult to get a volunteer job in some specific places such as hospital and schools, mainly if you are in the highschool. However, after starting the undergraduated course I thing that many doors become opened. We just need to have wish fo doing something! I have already participated in some constests and have realized how important volunteer works are. Even if it is not in your specific field it is always worthy having experiences in diferent things.
Finally, i'd like to cite one expression written in the text cited above. The sentence is the follow: In the wet season the road conditions (where actual roads exist) are very dangerous and certainly not for the faint hearted. I'd like to highlight the meaning of the expression "faint hearted". When something is not for the faint hearted it means that something is really dificult and need a lot of effort to be done.
I hope I had contributed for this blog. See you!
I especially liked this tip: “…should be descriptive and specific, but also pique your reader's interest. ..” “Try spicing up your covering letter with a headline such as "Three reasons to hire me" to draw in your reader”’.
ReplyDeleteIf you are writing a letter, so the first thing that calls attention is the language used. If the writing is poor the employer will stop reading it.
So I concluded that writing is the first step to stand out from the crowd.
I have also watched a short video about: "what makes a great cover letter?" in this link: http://pt.englishcentral.com/video/16991/what-makes-a-great-cover-letter
It does not talk something different from we talked in our classes,but complements. But I thought this sentence interesting: "It’s a letter that is going to go into the “keep” stack as opposed to the “defer” stack".
In the website there are more videos (http://pt.englishcentral.com/videos#).
I also hope I had contributed :)