13. WRITING A PROFILE

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UFRN
ESCOLA DE CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIA
PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA
PROFª DRª MARCELA SILVESTRE
PROF. DR. LAURO MELLER
	2012.2
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof. Dr. Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
PERSONAL PROFILES are an excellent way to give information about yourself into an interesting format. In short, a profile is a scrapbook of your life in words.
Follow these guidelines as you're composing your personal profile:
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Condense information / write short, clear sentences. 
Give examples and try not to generalize.
3. Share positive things.
4. Be honest.
5. Take pride in who you are but don't advertise or use your profile to sell or show off.
6. Keep a “balance” between the different sections of your profile, i.e. don't talk too much about one topic and too little about another one. 
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Your profile should contain information about:
Entertainment (Going to the movies, dancing, surfing the net...)
Music preferences (rock, techno, hip hop, pop, forró, etc)
Music
Entertainment
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Eating preferences (Brazilian food, Fast Food, 
Chinese Food, Italian Food...
Sports: (Play) Football, basketball, volleyball, tennis,
(Do) Yoga, Karate, Judo; (Go) Swimming, Cycling,
Work out...
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Personality
EXTROVERT / INTROVERT, SHY
HARD-WORKING / LAZY
PUNCTUAL / NOT VERY PUNCTUAL, ALWAYS LATE
RELIABLE / UNRELIABLE
FLEXIBLE / INFLEXIBLE
CLEVER, BRIGHT / STUPID
WARM, FRIENDLY / COLD, UNFRIENDLY
KIND / UNKIND
NICE, PLEASANT / HORRIBLE, UNPLEASANT
GENEROUS / MEAN
OPTIMISTIC / PESSIMISTIC
CHEERFUL / BAD-TEMPERED, GRUMPY
SENSITIVE / INSENSITIVE
HONEST / DISHONEST
STRONG / WEAK
THOUGHTFUL, SYMPATHETIC / SELFISH
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Family Life
Who do you live with?
With your parents?
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
What are their names, how old are they?
Do you live alone?
Do you live far from your family?
 
Friends
Do you have many friends? 
If so, do you like to hang out with them?
Or are you a more introvert kind of person 
who has fewer friends?
What do you like to do together? Talk about your problems?
Go to the cinema / to the bar / to church?
Play football / Go cycling / Go out for a walk?
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Education
Where did you study on high school?
Did you major in a technical course?
Do you have any extra courses (languages,
computer sciences?)
Why did you chose to take the Bachelor's Course in
Science & Technology (BCT)?
What course do you intend to follow after the BCT?
What are your professional ambitions? 
Religion/ spirituality/
Beliefs
Do you believe in God? 
Do you have a religion (are you a Christian – Catholic, Protestant, Spiritualist -, a Muslim, a Jew, a Buddhist)?
Being a future scientist, do you think Faith and Science are compatible?
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Where would you like to go?
What would you like to do? (Go sightseeing, go to the beach, visit museums, taste different food, go shopping (for clothes / for electronic gadgets / for perfumes...)
Travel plans
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Goals / dreams
Personal
Professional
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Talents or skills 
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PRÁTICAS DE LEITURA E ESCRITA EM LÍNGUA INGLESA Profª Drª Marcela Silvestre / Prof Dr Lauro Meller – ECT - UFRN
Groups or affiliations you belong to;
Causes you are active in 
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