Final reflection

Final evaluation of 1st Batxillerat. Answer these

questions:

• Observing your SPACE, can you see an improvement onyour level of English since September 2009? Where, forexample?

Yes, of course. Two years ago I was more immature and you can see it reading my posts. I talked about other kind of things and news. Now, I recognise I’m not very mature but I’m more mature than before.
Also, my older posts are shorter than new ones.

• Which activity best shows your level of English?

I think I’m better at readings and writings and worse at listenings and oral tasks.

• Which activities were really USEFUL for you to improve

your English? Why?

For improve my English I think I need more oral tasks (although I hate it) or listenings because people need to understand people talking in English. Know what is saying and English person is more important than know a lot of gramatic.

• Which activities did you not find useful to learn English?

Why not?

I’m sorry but I think the blog isn’t too much useful. Do writings is good but in the blogs we do too many writings. I also think that watch a film in English isn’t useful because people (me included) are reading the subtitles and, if the film doesn’t have subtitles we don’t undersnat nothing and we watch it at home and in Spanish.

• Which activities did you enjoy doing and would like to do

again next year?

For example I’ve enjoyed doing games and speaking English, or I also have liked to do the book’s exercices. I don’t know why, I like do it.

Barça has won the Champions League (again)

NEW: "Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola made only one false move before his team snatched the Champions League trophy with a dominating 3-1 victory over Manchester United on Saturday.

Guardiola’s preparation and execution for the biggest soccer game of the year were perfect, and the performance of his superstars was enough to blow away English Premier League champion United at Wembley Stadium in London."

FC Barcelona has won the Champions League again. It has won it twice in only three years, it’s incredible.

Now, Barça has its fourth Champions’ cup and I’m sure that the players want more cups and next year they will make an effort to win it again.

It isn’t the only title that they had won. They also have won the Spanish League, the BBVA’s League. And in the second position there is Real Madrid.

They celebrated these two titles with their fans in Camp Nou. I have friends that have gone to the celebration and they said it was amazing. It’s a shame that I live so far. Sometimes I’d like to live in Barcelona to go to New Camp more times to see Barça’s players. I’ve never seen Messi without a TV in the middle, it can’t be possible!

Informal letter

2, Bridge Street

Castelló d’Empúries

Girona

9th April 2011

Dear Sandra,

Thanks for you letter. Sorry I haven’t written to you for so long but I have been very busy here in Castelló. In the last few days we’ve had the final exams so I had to study a lot, but I passed all the exams (I think) so the effort was worth it. Well, this summer I’m going camping with my parents and I want to know if you would come with us.

The camping is great! I have gone there many times and I always have enjoyed it. There are two swimming pools, a football pitch and there is also a volleyball net so if we want we can play volleyball, it’s perfect for us! It’s a quiet and beautiful place and people there are very friendly and funny.

There you are surrounded by nature and all you see is green. There are a lot of mountains surrounding the camping and when you climb them you can see impressive views. You can try some adventurous activities too, like riding a horse or shoot archery. Everything is very funny there so you’ll never get bored.

One more thing – the weather is good but at nights the temperature drops a bit so you must take one jumper.

Keep in touch.

Love,

Núria

P.S. The name of the camping is ‘Camping Pardines’. You can search for some information and photos in the internet.

Opinion Essay

We have almost learnt to respect our world.

I agree with the idea that we have almost learnt to respect the world. In my opinion, society as a whole is aware and now takes more seriously the problem we have with the Earth.

It seems to me that not long ago people didn’t know anything about the pollution and its effects. They only wanted to earn money with their factories and, if the way to earn money wasn’t good for the planet, it wasn’t important. But now a lot of people are aware and they are concerned, I think they are ready to act.

I also believe that politicians have an enormous responsibility. If they don’t act, who is going to do this? People have to make the Government see that the pollution and its effects are a big problem that must be solved.

In conclusion, I would say that if we don’t do anything, we will live happily and carelessly, but the next generations won’t think like us. The next generations might die because of us. We mustn’t act for us, we have to do it for the next generations.

Oral Presentation

Arabic world: Revolution Civil war Sustained civil disorder and governmental changes Protests and governmental changes Major protests Minor protests Nothing )

REBELION IN TUNISIA

This rebellion was the first. After that a lot of countries began to do their others rebelions.

The rebelion began thanks to facebook. A boy made an event where people knew that it would be a demonstration in Tunisia. Almost everybody uses facebook so a lot of people went to the demonstrate.

They protested against the government and they wanted to dismiss their president, Ben Ali. People slept on the floor a lot of days. Anybody could remove them from the square. It was amazing! Protests lasted three weeks more or less. Then Ben Ali left Tunisia.

An important thing is that journalists couldn't leave the country and mosts of them tried to follow the Tunisia news and show them to us, but it was difficult because the government didn't allow it.

Now, the army is ruling, and Tunisia'll become a democracy.

Conclusions

These countries seem modern, but they aren’t. There are very traditional countries and they don’t accept many modern things. Young people tries to avoid this.

Friends

Sandra

I met her when I was seven or eight years old. Our brothers have the same ages and I met Sandra because our brothers were friends. Sandra and I live in the same neighborhood and in this neighborhood there is a park. I met her in that park. I went with my brother to the park and there were Sandra and her brother. Our brothers began to play football together so Sandra and I began to play with the dolls together. Since then we have been best friends.

ANDREA

I met Andrea because she was a Sandra's friend. When we were doing Primary School I didn't meet her but when we started the high school we went to the same class. We became friends but I didn't talk a lot with her. It was in the second course when our teacher said that I will sit next to Andrea. During the course I sat next to Andrea. It was a fantastic course! Andrea and I became best friends because we laughed a lot in classes and we did a lot of silly things.

Podcast

Polly: Oh, sorry I didn’t realize… Well, I’m sorry to disturb, it will be better If I go home.

Tania: (shouting to Polly) : Wait, come here! (speaking to Jamie) : what has happened with her?

Jamie: what are you saying, she is only my friend!

Polly: so, last night it didn’t seem so.

Tania: Jamie, you are a liar! I never thought that you could do a thing like this…

Polly: But, what’s going on?

Jamie: No, nothing don’t listen to her, she’s crazy.

Tania: Crazy? How can you say that to your girlfriend?

Polly: girlfriend? Jaime, you told me that you were single.

Jamie: Well, Tania and I had argued and I was angry with her. And when I saw you last night, all my problems disappeared. I wanted to forget everything for a while and you made me feel good.

Tania: (to Jamie) Okay, I have understood. And you, Polly, enjoy him, but now you know the way he is. Be careful. (Tania slapped

Jamie, and went to the door). Fuck you!

Polly: Jamie, are you OK? She is completely crazy!

A film I like.

The film is about the first generation of mutants. Charles Xavier and Magneto are still young and they form a group of mutants that fight against Sebastian Shaw (another mutant who wants to kill all the humanity because he thinks people will kill them in the future). The two groups of mutants fight in the middle of the almost Third World War in Cuba Island. Finally, Charles and Magneto’s group kill Sebastian, but the film doesn’t have a good end because Magneto leaves the group.

Opinion:

I liked a lot this film. I a little bit freak and I like all these type of films (X-men, Stars Wars, Harry Potter, The lord of the Rings…).

I went to the cinema to see it and I suppose that the special effects are better than if I had seen the film in my house, but it was great!

I have to say that it isn’t the best film of X-men saga because in my opinion, the best film is the third one.

I also have seen that the film has some mistakes, but they aren’t important.

The comming of summer

At last summer has arrived. Well, it isn’t summer now, but because of the weather it seems that it’s summer.

I only have three more weeks of high school, but in the two final ones I have an exam every day. This is a “shit” but when I’ll finish these weeks I’ll be free! Summes, summer, summer, I need it!

I don’t know what I’m going to do then, maybe I’ll watch TV the whole day, but I won’t need to study.

The bad thing is the reserch project, I have to do it on summer and if I want a good mark I’ll have to work hard, but I’ll have a lot of days to do it. Anything will destroy my summer.

I would like to work these holidays, but I know it won’t be possible. I’m only sixteen and supermarkes or shops want older people. I want money to buy new snowboard clothes, and they are very expensive so I need a lot of money.

Well, maybe I’ll work with my aunt, but it’s not sure. It’s difficult to find work in these days...

But if I don’t get a job, it won’t be the end of teh world. I will buy the clothes the next year.

CLARA'S 17

Last Friday we celebrated Clara’s birthday in her house. The house was full of people, we were about thirty people.

We had dinner together althought I arrived later because I was training in Olot. We ate pizza and bread with tomate (a tipical catalan dish).

Later we gave the presents to Clara. We gave her an enormous box and into it there were other smaller boxes. But in these boxes there weren’t any present. They only had a note that said what had to do Clara to get the present. She had to do many things like touch boys’ backside and discover which was the backside of Eric (her boyfriend). It was so funny!

After that the party begans. We had music, alcohol, friends, good weather. It was perfect!

On teh morning we woke up early and we cleaned her house. We also mended the broken bench (we broke it at night). Finally, everybody went to their house and we slept until night.