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Real Life Skill          A  Carlos has a blog. Read his profile. Then complete your profile.
         Starting a Blog in English


          You can use a blog to      Carlos's Profile                      Your Profile
           practice reading and
                                                   Carlos
           writing in English.       First name:  ------�                  First name:
                                     Last name:   -----� ....              Last name:
                                                   Alvarez

                                     Email address:                        Email address:
                                       l£im!1Q@�b.heinle.co """' m ....  ____
                                     User name:    CarlosA
                                     Birthday:     June 23, 1989
                                     Gender:      IB] Male D Female                     D Male D Female
                                                    ----�--'
                                     City:         Valencia
                                     Country:     .. _S .. - _ _ ___ �__.   Country:
                                                      ain
                                                     P-
                                      Name of my blog:                     Name of my blog:
                                                    .,...... ____ .._,
                                       What's up, Carlito? ___ __.



                                   B  Go to one of the websites below. Click on create a blog.  Use your
                                      information from A to start a blog in English.
                                      www.blogger.com       www.wordpress.com

                                   C  After you create your blog, follow the steps below.

                                      1  In your blog, write in English about your favorite computer or video game.
                                      2  Give your writing a title.
                                      3  When you finish writing, click publish or post.
                                      4  Write a short email to your friends to tell them about your post.





         What do you think?


                          1   Do you use your computer a lot? How often?
                          2  Today, there are many popular websites for meeting people (for friendship or
                              love).  Is meeting  people online a good idea? Why?














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