FINAL REFLECTION!! / Part 2: My English Competence in 2012

My best oral presentation         My best reflection (redaction)

I've chosen these work because it's the best I have done in my blog. The others were also good, but these have some special reasons to be more than the other stuff.

On the one hand, the oral task I have chosen is the one I made about my research project, and for that reason, I knew a lot of the theme, and I speak more secure. Also, I can show my big project of my birds if I want to send it to a university or work, it's interesting to show that you are hard-working. It was my last presentation, and according to that, I had my best level of english and more practise doing oral presentations. I added a lot of scientific vocabulary in this presentation, and learned it, so I think that my level of english regarding the scientific part.

On the other hand, my best redation is about a reflection of life, and about everyone of us, how life goes on and what are we expected to be in this society. I really love that composition. It reflects so good my mind and what I think, and in my opinion it's good to know it, think it's a good advice for life. I love the structure of this text, because is so mature. It combines rhetorical questions and  its answers, that shows my dominion of the language.

In conclusion, those are the ones that I really love in my blog, and that I really enjoyed doing them. :)

Paula.

FINAL REFLECTION!! / Part 1: My english progress.

I want to began my final reflection with: Ha ha!... I've read my first compsition in November 2010 and I have compared it with my last post, and did the same with my oral presentations. It's a good experience to do, interesting... and funny! I've laughed :).


On the one hand, two years ago I didn't put connectors, all were points, more points, more points, an "and"!, more points... simple sentences! Now I put more connectors, and also I've practised more my oral english, so my english now is more usual and not only the structure of the text, it's more complemented, usually with expressions. My language is now more light, not so hard to read. My vocabulary is more extended, and I know a lot of new words! (Thanks to blog... :3) My paragraphs are now more organized and clear.


On the other hand, my oral presentations have improved so much! I think that my nerves are still there every time I have to talk to a class, but in someway I'm happy of my progress. All the powerpoints I have done... it's sad now to think about it... but anyway, I've had a good time. =) My vocabulary was not so vast, and at the end, I can look to people (eye-contact) without getting nervous and I've learned to structure best my powerpoints and the things I have to say.

Also, I have to add that my life has changed A LOT in two years... I can't realize that... and not only my life, also my mind... I see me then like a little more optimistic, but also innocent. I remember that I was so happy to began batxillerat, because I was tired of ESO and people in class shouting. Now, I'm tired of batxillerat... life is like growing. You always appeal to bigger and bigger worlds, now I am excited with university... :)

Paula.

FINAL REFLECTION OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR:

This year has been specially important for me, because I’ve learned a lot of things. For example, I have a special programme now for upload the podcast in the blog, my vocabulary has improved quite a lot, and my way of thinking has changed (I say this for the questions of the news).

The activity that best shows my level of english I think that it's the podcast because of my pronunciation and also writings, specially news or my world tasks, because I'm interessed in what I'm creating.

The activities that improved my level of english have been mainly the readings, because you practise your vocabulary, the writings, one thing that is always good to do because you have to have a very good vision of what you're going to write, and which words are you going to use, and finally the "my space" posts, when I translate a song. This last activity I think it's really interesting, because most of the music I listen is in english, and then you know what they're saying, and the words are always assimilated.

I have to say that the writings like doing a letter for someone important, an opinion essay, and those things I think they're too mechanical, because you only have to follow some steps, and in my opinion this it's not very useful.

The thing that I like the most are the speakings and the discusses in class, I think that when you speak to someone in english spontaneously, you practise your real english, without diccionary. It would be better if the next year the blog was more qualificated, because it's a lot of work only for one point.

Paula.