Blog post 1 - Set up & Why you chose this career

Hi Students

Welcome to our first blog post.

Today we are going to get started on our blogs. Everyone will create their own blog as well as follow my blog and your classmates, so that we can comment on each other's posts. 

Blog Assessment
Blogs are 20% of your final grade. There will be 6 blog post assignments. There are 2 ways they are graded:

1. Blog post task completion. (50% of blog assessment grade)

• Full >> 7 (completed the post by the end of the day assigned)
• Partial >> 4 (If you completed the post but after the day it was assigned)
• Not done >> 1

For example, if you complete all 6 blog post assignments you will obtain 42 points which is a 7.0.

2. I will choose 2 of your blog posts and assess each of them according to the following criteria - Task, Lexis, Grammar. (50% of blog assessment grade)

3 points>>
Task: All aspects of the task are very well handled.
Lexis: Excellent use of lexical resources
Grammar: Grammar is excellent and almost error-free

2 points>>
Task: The task is sufficiently handled
Lexis: Good use of lexical resources /Coherence generally well handled.
Grammar: Grammar is adequate despite minor errors

1 point>>
Task: Some details of the task are missing or erroneous
Lexis: Some problems with word formation and usage. Occasional lapses in coherence that hinders clarity of message
Grammar: Grammar is weak with noticeable errors

0 points>>
Task: Writing is unrelated to task
Lexis: Incorrect or erroneous lexis usage (or flaws in coherence) that hinders communication of message
Grammar: Too many grammar errors to convey message

In this section, the maximum score for each post is 9 points, which equals a 7.0 grade.

How to create a blog 

There are many different platforms to create your blog. I am using Blogger. It is easy if you have a Google account because it is one of the apps in the Google menu. 

Here is a link on how to create a blog on Blogger  

Instructions 

1. Create your blog.
2. Send me an email with a link to your blog.
3. Make your first blog post by following the instructions below.
4. Comment on my post and 3 of your classmates.

The topic for our first blog is - Why you chose this career. Use the points below to help you organize your ideas. 

• your dream jobs when you were a child.
• other career options that you had at the moment of applying to university.
• what made you decide in the end.
• your experience at the university until now.
• the kind of job you would like to have.

word count: minimum 130 words

Leave comments on 3 of your classmates posts try to find something in common. Also, comment on your teacher's post.

Below is my example.


When I was a child I wanted to be a pediatrician. I don't know why! Maybe because I thought that I wanted to work with children and help them.

When I was a teenager I began to think about other options. There were so many things that I wanted to do that I thought choosing just one would be difficult. I thought about journalism, art, psychology, architecture, travel and hospitality, etc. In the end, I chose to study psychology because I thought that it was a general topic that could be useful in a variety of jobs.

My experience at university was one of the best times of my life. I went to a university in another city and lived with other students, many who are still very good friends of mine. I was really interested in my classes and all of the learning experiences.

After graduating I worked with people with developmental disabilities for a few years before I decided that I wanted to live abroad. I then decided to take a teacher training course in order to teach English. Since then I have had a variety of jobs within my field. Looking back, I am happy that I chose to study psychology because it is still relevant to what I am doing now.