3rd term personal reflection

Final reflection

In the 3rd term I learned a lot of things. Everyday that passes I learned something. English is not my language and always learn vocabulary or pronunciation. For example in my last presentation I learned a lot of vocabulary, and during the term I wrote a lot of writings. Now I have more practises to do it. I think its important record our dialogues because my pronunciation is not very well. I’m embarrassing to listen to me. In 2nd term I sited next to Adam in class, an American student, and he helped me. But this term I miss his help, of course. I think this school year was fantastic, I learned a lot and I spend a good moments with friends. We went to Italy, we prepared our graduation’s party and we laughed a lot. The school year has finish! TANK YOU to all people who help me.
I think its necessary say that the portfolio online is a good idea to organize our English task!
I think that I improved with my English task.

Presentation, Do the adverts fool us?

I choose this topic because I think is interesting, because today everybody is victim of adverts.
"Talk to your dauther before the beauty industry does". It is a goos sentence to do a reflection.

Do the adverts fool us?

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Adverts Presentation

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Observation

The presentation includes some recourse. I used images, videos, PowerPoint support to show the presentation. The recourses were attractive and relevant.
At the beginning I was very nervous and I wasn’t looking the audience. I was sometimes reading my notes. But two minutes later I was looking the audience, because I’d more confidence. I did gestures and movements to hold the attention of my listeners. I think it’s a good resource.
My ideas of presentation were organize in order of importance and I used discourse markers to make my ideas more clear.
I didn’t introduce new information to my audience, but I think my presentation’s topic is so interesting. Its important make a reflection about the actually tv adverts. I used internet and tv to look up information. My information was more superficial, because I had fifth minutes to show my presentation.
I always check my grammar to do an oral presentation. I use dictionary to do it. But I’ll improve in my future presentation in use sentence linkers and fillers.
I didn’t pronounce all my words very well. I didn’t check the pronunciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher. During the presentation I changed my tone of voice and I did my speed with some breaks and interruptions.
I’ll improve in my new presentation.

You are your teacher! What mark did you get?? 6.5

An interview to a classmate

In this activity we’ve been doing this interview to a classmate to know more about him. The interviewer uses the questions of The Real You Questionnaire.


QUESTIONS
Present...
1. How are you feeling today?
2. When are you happiest?
3. Name two things which you can’t live without.
4. Are you ever angry or moody? When?
5. What kind of people do you like
6. If you could be anywhere in the world now, where would you like to be?

Past...
7. Have you got a good memory?
8. How did you feel on your first day at his school?
9. Have you ever been to another country?
10. When and where was the best holiday you’ve ever had?
11. What did you do on you last birthday?
12. What music have you listened to recently?

And future...
13. Are you usually positive about the future?
14. Will the planet be a better place in a hundred years?
15. Name one thing which you would like to ban.
16. Make a promise for the future?
17. Where would you like to live when you’re older?
18. Are you going to be famous?

Listen the interview:

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WRITING
Reporting and interview
by Jordi

Laura said that she was feeling happy today, because tomorrow she will go to Barcelona with friends. She’s happiest when she’s out with friends, and she said that mobile phone and her best friend Jorge were two things which she couldn’t live without. She’s not angry or moody ever, because Laura is a happy person. She likes people who’s intelligent, who isn’t innocent and who makes she laugh. If she could be anywhere in the world at this moment, she would be in Los Angeles, because she like this city for his sunny days.

Laura hasn’t got a great memory, and he doesn’t remember the first day at her school; but she remembers her last birthday very clear. She passed a good time with friends and she make a diner with family. Laura has been to a lot of countries, for example she visited Ireland, Dominican Republic and Czech Republic; but the best holiday she ever had was in Italy with friends.

She’s usually positive about the future. I asked if the planet would be a better place in a hundred years, and Laura said that it probably wouldn’t. Laura isn’t going to be famous; she thinks that it’s a problematic life. When she’s older, Laura thinks that she might still live in Girona, because she likes it. She promised that she will study a lot when she finishes this school.


REFLECTION
I think when we’ve doing this activity we practise our pronunciation and the reporter speech grammar. But, also we learned something new about friends. In my opinion is an interesting activity to do in class, because it’s different way to learned English. It was useful to improve our English.

Diary about one week

I wrote a text about one week in my life.

Four years ago, my family and I went to England. We thought that England was a good destination to have a good time and visit British culture. We spent one week in London and we visited a lot of museums, streets, etc. During the holiday we laughed a lot, because my parents didn’t speak English very well. My sister and I couldn’t stop to laugh when my dad asked in English for Buckingham Palace to a policewoman.
In conclusion, the trip was a good experience, my parents learned something about English and I had the best week in my life.

Four weddings and a funeral,

by Mike Newell.

This term we're reading and watching Four Weddings and a Funeral in class. It’s a nice British romantic comedy film.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

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Four Weddings and a Funeral, Free saturday morning
Charles and Carrie


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Trip to Italy

Before the trip to Italy I thought that this will be fantastic; and now, after the trip I think it is a fantastic experience for us. We won’t forget this trip. Also, think that this trip unified the class. We are like a family!

In this trip we visited a lot of museums, monuments, cathedrals… But, I think it is interesting to know about the Italian culture. Not only we visited museums, after that we had free time! We went shopping, ate something, walked in large streets… Italy is a beautiful country. I could repeat the trip a hundred times. An interesting thing is that now I know better some people of my class, because before the trip we didn’t speak a lot.

Swine flu on cnn

How countries are trying to prevent swine flu outbreak



in ZEALAND
How many cases are there? 25 students and teachers may have been infected, now quarantined at home.

in MEXICO
What measures can Mexico Ministry of Health adopt to prevent it? Mexico City has closed its schools and universities until further notice. In addition, bars, clubs, movie theaters, pool halls, gyms, sport centers and convention halls have been told to close until May 5. Troops passed out 4 million filter masks in the city of 20 million residents.

in USA
What states are affected? How many confirmed and probable cases are there? The CDC has confirmed 10 cases in California, six in Texas, two in Kansas, one in Ohio and 45 in New York.
How many high schools have been closed? Where? One school has been closed for a week in Texas.
How many people have been hospitalized? Eight people have been hospitalized.
What are the symptoms? The symptoms of swine flu are fiver, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills, fatigue, diarrhea and vomiting.
Where's the group responsible for fighting against the virus? The CDC is fighting against the virus in Mexico and USA.
What are they doing now? They urged travelers to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico.
Is the virus affecting differently in Mexico and the US? Yes, it is.