Final Reflection

My english progress 2008-2010

This is my last post in English, comparing compositiosn last year I have improved a little.
To write in english has been difficult for me, I have worked very hard in every post. Even thought my difficults I belive my effort has served to improve my English.
I can see my development during first and second Batxillerat.
Firstly the structure of my composition, for example before it's more informal and brief than my last writting.
I don't writter faster because I make use of the dictionary. I can't dispense it. Anyway I make less mistakes.
I use a higher amount of connectors such as 'first of all', 'Firstly', 'moreover' or 'in conclusion or in fact". Also the vocabulary is more rich, and without lots of repetitions.

The second presentation, the topic is more interesant that others because it's my resarch project. My progress isn't visible in the oral presentations because I'm very nervous and I have difficulty. The first presentation oral wasn't good because there were a lot of text in the power point and I read everytime. Now, I think that I have improved my pronunciation, my body language and the fluency.



My English COMPETENCE in 2010


From all my work I don't know to say which is the best written and oral post. From the orals, I choose the last one about my country. Firstly because it had enjoy a lot and I like this topic and I have learnt a lot of things. I didn’t feel nervous, because I was alone and I was very natural.

I want improve my english this summer but I won't have time. Next year I would like to go a different country for practise this language. English is very important to go everywhere!!

LONDON Going out in the capital!!!

London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
I will explain my favourite popular tourist attractions!!

The National Gallery houses has a great collections of Western European painting!!
Art works proceded from 1250 to 1900, we can see work by , da Vinci, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Van Gogh... Entry is free!!


British Museum is famous around the world. It exhibits the works of man prehistoric to actual, include the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, and the mummies in the Ancient Egypt collection. Also the entry is free!

The London Eye is a important skyline!! It is a major feature of London's! It is the world's highest wheel, with 32 capsules, with 10 tonnes, and holding up to 25 people. It's a fantastic moment! all in just 30 minutes!

Madame Tussauds, you can see face-to-face the world's most famous faces, for example Her Majesty the Queen! or Shakespeare, Beatles...

Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen, as well as the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household!!!

Internet

Nowadays young people use Internet for all uses from talking to friends to buy clothes I will talk about social networks like facebook, messenger or metroflog.
For example, the messenger is used to talk to their friends especially young people. It permits you making a conversation and send images and archives. It's fast, comfortable and cheap. Every week I use a webcam which I can see my family immediately because they live far from here.
The facebook is the most used. It's a recent and famous programme. It's a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends. There are a lot of tasks for example:
It permits you talking to your friends, know people's life, playing games, making different tests, put your photos and videos...
Also we use Internet to do classwork
Internet is addictive. My friends are connected all the day. They prefer spend all their time in Internet that to go out.

Pollution

Last week I saw a reportage called "The biggest pollution problem is global warming"

This problem happens when greenhouse gases, such as CO 2 are released into the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing the planet to warm up.
Species living in the sea or rivers are often most strongly affected because water spreads pollution easier than land, and because we often throw our pollution into water

In the institut I learnt that this century is the worst century that our planet has ever known. the plenty of population and consum, industries, factories, new needs..

I don't believe that we have learnt enough to respect our planet because every day the world is more polluted!!

In conclusion, I think that it isn't to late to save the world. Perhaps I am very positive but I belive that we can stop the drought, the pollution, the extinction of some species of animals... We can save the planet. Better now than never

Sara B.G.
Puigmal E71
17487
Ampuriabrava (Girona)


Hi damy!

How are you? I’m very very stressed because I have a lot of exams and homework. Also I work on weekends because I need money to pay car practices, I have five hours and the theoretical expires in July! I have to hurry!!
This year it will be the third time that I will work.
I will work in the restaurant “Bahia” this summer .I will work as a waitress. Also I will study "selectivitat” if I aprove, and absolutely sure go to the parties with you.
I will haven't free day in summer! It's horrible! but of course at the summer is the busiest time for the tourist.
Will you work in the camping "Salatà"? Write me and explain to all!

I’m looking forward to work because every summer there are a lot of experience for me! I will practise a lot English and French because there are a lot of tourist.
I haven't free time but in the nights we will go to discos and beach!
I hope to receive news! See you soon!
Kisses from Ampuria!
XXXX


Sara.B.G.

The TV and serials!

Today I explain my serial favourite. Watching television is one of my most enjoyable hobbies. I believe that the television is important because you can see the news that happend in our world and differents serials, programms and films,
There are differents types of serials for example love, drama, historical, horror, teen, cartoons (simpsons)...
The worst of the serials are adverts.
My favorite serial is "The simpsons", is a american serial that do in Antena 3 every day from 14:00 hours at 15:00 hours. These serial look millions people around the world. It's a satirical parody of a working-class American.
My second favourite serial is "Lie to me" an American television series that premiered on January, 2009. The finality of serial is reaching the truth through applied psychology: interpreting microexpressions. It's very interesting! I learned a lot!

When I was little, my favorite cartoons were" Candy candy" and "George" Now I prefer cartoons for adults like "American Dad"or "South Park".

New: why do we sleep?

A recent study may have an answer why do we sleep?
We need around eight hours sleep and babies need 14 hours. Animals as pythons,
and bats are at over 18 hours a day. Sleep is necessary to function well.
The University of Los Angeles, made a study of the sleep times of differents animals.
First of all, migrating birds, can survive long periods without sleeping.
Coinciding with the animals that are more difficult to survive.
In general sleep helps make best use of limited resources
For example In humans recover the energy used, and we can act appropriately.
Study says people who sleep eight hours minimum has more lucky and beauty than others! Sleeping is very positive!

Interesting countries

BRAZIL...!!
I'll talk about sports,language,music, food... of my favourite countries around the world.
Brazil's food; their diet includes meat,rice,beans,cheese,and eggs. Lunch is the most important meal and brazilian use a very common recipe. Her name's Sarapatel. It consists: the liver, heart, fresh blood of pig is mixed with tomatoes, peppers, and onions!!
The famous dance is the Samba. It's the national beat. I love to see samba dancing .
In brazil speak Portuguese, I only know in this language this: "tudau" and "ate logo" means, goodbye and see you soon.
The national sport is football.

I did my report on India when I was ESO and I learned lots of cool stuff on the Indian's country. I choose the country because there is a city with my name. Sara's city is in westhern part.
For me it's very interesting! Most Indians in the northern part of India do not eat meat at all and some don't even eat eggs!! They are brahamns.
Indians in the southern parts of India do eat meat but different families don't eat certain kinds according to the kind of religion.
The traditional marriage in India is when the parents of the bride chose a man to be her husband. New Years also is one of the biggest holidays in India.
Is when the native Indians clean out their house's to invite their god to enter and cleanse them of all sins they have done during the year. The children in India wear uniforms and the kidnappers know if is a kid in the school or if it is just a normal kid.

Indian flag. It represents the union of the 16 states the middle of the flag is chakra

Opinion essay: The influence of Psychologists on our society

Every time more people go more often to psychologists. They are people who try to help people that have problems.
Psychologists have a lot of influence on people because we can find them everywhere like hospitals, schools, in the business companies and police.

Firstly they can solve our problems,they are well considered by the society because they help people and can be the answer to our psychological necessities.
The image of the psychology has changed, In the past, meant you were a big problem like to be crazy, they were not very well considered.

On the other hand I think go to the psychologist to know more about myself.

In conclusion, It's true,the psychology influences our society. I think that we have psychology dependence.It's a good way to meet and live better!

Teenage Pregnancy

My sister had a baby at the end of last year. She is eighteen years old. Life may be problematic for a teenage mother and her child. One consequence of teenage pregnancy is to drop out of high school. When education is interrupted, a teenage mother has difficulty to find and keep a job. My sister dependent on my family and on public assistance. The last week I read that a child born to a teenage mother had 50 percent more likely to repeat a course in school and drop out before finishing high school. I don't want this future for my niece!
About 4 in 10 teenage girls become pregnant at least once before age 20 a lot of developed countries it's very surprising! I have been thinking about what it means to raise a child who has no father. I am terrified. I suffer a lot about this topic.
I couldn't imagine not having a dad. We don't know where is the father but life continous, and the most important is to give a lot of love!

News: Most valuable brands

The global recession has affected the world brand names. According to a recent report of University of California.
Some cars, motocycles, luxury product, clothing, manufacturers have been seriously attack by the economic downturn.
Coca-Cola is currently worth $68bn. Its benefits haven't suffered drastic change,
Car companies, such as BMW and Toyota, along with Harley Davidson motorcycles, have diminished the value of their brands.
Also some luxury firms, like watchmakers Cartier and Rolex, and Armani clothing.
The consumers don't value expensive things they want to cover their basic needs when times are hard.
Meantime firms with relatively cheap products as McDonalds fast food and Kellogg's cornflakes, for example. their brands have suffered recession.
But Google, thanks to the search for bargains online, it has benefited.

According to the report, the world's five most valuable brands are Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft, General Electric and Nokia, unchanged from last year.

News: Disappearing languages

UNESCO means United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
This institution confirms that more than two thousand languages of the world's six thousand languages are in danger of extinction.
About five hundred are spoken by less than thousand persons. Every time that a language die, the UNESCO says the world loses valuable cultural heritage. UNESCO says government action is important if the world want to preserve its linguistic diversity. One thing needed is that people must be proud to speak their language to ensure it survives. For example in 2008, Alaska's last native speaker of Eyak died, he and her language.
The eyaks wanted to to save her people's heritage but it's late. And also only three people speak ma tike, an Australian Aboriginal language.

UNESCO says the phenomenon of dying languages appears in different regions and diverse economic conditions.