My English progress and My English competence

My English progress from 2008-2010

I am very happy to end a period of my life. Now, I am going to compare my first written document and my last composition.

The presentation presents a little change. Perhaps, now I don’t abuse of the pictures on the posts because I don’t need disguise my writing. The content, at difference of the presentation suffer a big change. Currently, I am very worried about it. Maybe, because I learnt a lot of ways to realize a good structure that help me a lot to organize my ideas. The vocabulary, as is normal, I learnt a lot of words on these two years. Because of that, I achieve to improve the posts.

If I have to emphasize any point of my progress, I think that I get over a bit my nervous. It is reflected on my last oral presentation. It is true that I was nervous too, but I realize a good work. I remembered about all that I had to say, my gestures are more normal.

Perhaps, my pronunciation is the worst thing that I have. I am very conscious about it, and I will try to improve on the summer. But it is very difficult to me, because as you know, If my pronunciation on Catalan is bad, on English it couldn’t be very difference…

Obviously, I see a personal development in my blog. Perhaps, now the vocabulary that I use is more varied, and the ideas are more clears. But, I think that my best improvement is on the structure of the post. It is because on the class we were working it, and now I am very conscious that this is very important too.

My English Competence in 2010

Currently, I f I have to choose my best oral evidence to show my English level to apply for my university perhaps I choose the last one oral presentation that I did. But, I think that it couldn’t be a good thing for me, because me oral level is very bad…
But, If I have to choose my best written evidence, I’ll choose the BlackBerry post. I think that I select them because I tried to use a lot of specific vocabulary, because is a technologic machine, and the structure of the post is very clear.

Nuclear Power Station

Last week, 11th of March 2011 was a tsunami in the Eastern coast of Japan. This natural disaster produces a lot of deaths. Moreover, the area is completely destroyed and a lot of families had lost all their fortune. Although seems impossible, it isn’t the worst event that happen on there. There is a big consequence of the tsunami. The the nuclear power station of the area, Fukushima is damage. The reactor had risen its temperature. If it succes, It will be a lots of death as a consequence of the radiation.

The entire world is looking to Japan, and is supporting the country. I would like to emphasize the incredible japan behavior. I admire it because I believe that if the catastrophe passes on Spain, the people won’t respect anything. They perhaps would destroy all shops and would steal a lot of thing....

Finally, I want to say that we can’t predict this kind of events, but is very sad that on the 21st century the nuclear power stations aren’t safe about it.

My summer!

Summer is coming, and I want to enjoy it a lot. Because of that I would like to look for a job to have some money. But currently, it is very difficult look for a reasonable job. If I don’t have a job, I’ll learn English. Perhaps, I will go to England some time. I want to do it, because I know that idioms are very important, but too because I don’t like are all summer like a parasitic.

I know that in summer is for relaxation, but the last year, I didn’t work because I want to relax. But, I understood that there are time for all, and it is important earn some money. When I was all day on the beach, and go out every night I felt incomplete.

Because of that, my desire to summer, it is look for a job which allow me earn some money, but have some time to enjoy too.

Although, this summer will be more different than the others. I am 18 years old, and I can drive a car. Because of that, I will go to different places, not only for Empuriabrava and Roses. I would like to go some day to Platja d’Aro to spend all day on there, go to Lloret de Mar at night, and a lot of things. Perhaps, I will go with my friends on a camping some week, etc.

But, the most important. It is the last summer until I’ll go to University, because of that It will be legendary.

Menorca!! :)

“Menorca is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain. It takes its name from being smaller than the nearby island of Majorca.”

But Menorca is my next destination too. When we will finish university entrance examination the students of high school diploma will go it. It will be the end of a long period of our life. Probably, some of us will choose different ways. I hope, a lot of them will be my friends for ever, bit I know that is very difficult. Only, with the most important friends I will have relation. It is the reality.

Because of that, Menorca will be a big memory of my infancy. We will go to apartments on Maó, one of the most important places of the Island. On there, we will enjoy a lot. Our idea consist on be all morning on the beach. When we’ll have very hot, we are going to refreshment stall to drink beer…On the evening, we would like to visit some places of the Island. Finally, we are going to the apartments to get dressed for the night.

Our planning not consists on go out every night to discos. On the contrary, our planning is like the famous commercial of Estrella Damm….


http://youtu.be/hhKpOz4SROE



I want to enjoy a lot of my friends, and end this period of my life to start a new with the best dreams….!

Los 40 Principales!

Los 40 Principales is a radio program. I like it to comment it because I am always listening his music. Usually they put pop music, and it is my favorite kind of music. At first, I started to listen the program when I was going at school at morning. But, currently I find on them a new form of pass the time. I could say that listen Los 40 Principales is my hobby. If I listen the radio program, I will be happy. Before, I spent my free time at computer, but I was very tired. Because of that, I decided to change a part of my computer’s time by a part of time to listening music. Actually, as I am on the bed when I listen the program I can rest.

Finally I would like to emphasize on a program of Los 40 Principales that broadcast at the morning called “ Buenos Dias Javi Nieves”, it is very enjoyable.

Tro!

Today, I'm going to talk about my dog whose name is Tro.

I met him when I was selling pine cernels in the street, in front of my house, with my brother and sister and some friends.

It was 8 years ago, so I was 8 years old.

We saw a girl who was coming to us, and we started to ask her if she wanted pine cernels, but she didn't come because of the dried food, but because she wanted to give us a dog. As it was normal, we accepted immediately but we had to convince our parents .

We didn't have any problems, and my parents agreed on a "test" night. Tro, the name which I gave to him didn't pass the test because he did willy in the living room, but we adopted him anyway.

Yesterday, Tro was 8 years old, and he has developed a lot, he doesn't run away, he goes out for do willy, he is obidient and the one form or another I think that he understands me.


All the family is happy with him :).

My football teams!

Well, I would like to talk about my football team “AE Roses”. I was playing in there since last year. At first, I don’t like it so much. Perhaps, because I was new on the team, or because my ex-team was fantastic. Currently, I can say that it is a fantastic team too, and my companions are excellent people. Today, I played my last football match with Roses. We won 8-1 and I am very happy because I scored three goals. But, I am a bit sad, because is the end. Moreover, I don’t know if I will play more to football.

The next year, I will go to study at Barcelona and is probably that I won’t have enough time to play it. Because of that I would like mention to the teams where I played. I started to play football on Esplais F.C when I was 8 years old. On there I live a lot of incredible things, but overcoat I met a lot of people that nowadays are my friends. Two years ago I went to play at Armentera F.C, perhaps the best season of my life. I played to football very well, but the most important was some people that I met. On there I learnt a culture of live. Finally, AE Roses, where I was playing this year…

My summer job :(

I am very sad, because I don’t have a job for this summer. Perhaps, it could be very usual on this period of crisis. But, I am not happy because I thought that I had a job.

Two month ago, approximately on March, I talked with the seaport’s director. He is a friend of my father and he said to me that I was taking on. But two weeks ago he rang to me…I didn’t have job. He told to me that the boss had decided that the staff was halved.

I am very sad, because currently it is very difficult to find a job but I am sympathetic and I can’t do anything. If I don’t find a job finally, I’ll learn English this summer. It is a shame because the conditions are perfect. I had a good wage and my timetable was: 8:00h-12:00h and 14:00h-18:00h and one day at week holiday. I could enjoy the afternoon on the beach and go out to drink something. Moreover I turned down a work a few days ago… it never rains but it pours.

Dialogue

- Good Morning Paul, How are you?
-Hello, very well thanks, and how are you?
-Ohhh Paul I 'm very sad.
-Really? Why?
-As you know, on the period that we are is very difficult to life good. But with my wage, I can't pay my factures.
- Currently, my good friend it's a world'crisis where everybody is very worried.
- I know but, as you know, I'm a shepherd, and the problem become since severals years ago when the industrialitzation started.
- I think that you are a .......a.....strong men, and you'll go on. But perhaps, you'll have to realize some changes.
-Remember, that I was working all my life with bees, and I don't know anything more...
-It's not important, you'll have to puss and fulfill your focus. Then your life improve.
- You are right, thank you very much!

EASTER!

Easter is a religious celebration which commemorate the death and the resurrection of Jesucrist. Every year the dates of the celebration change. This year is on the end of April. We, the catalan students are on holidays since 16th to 25th of April.

I believe in God, but I don't realize religious activities, because of that I make the most of my holidays to enjoy at maxium and try to have a rest a littel before the end of the course. But, I will have to organized very well my valued time, because it seems that the teachers of my school don't know that we have social life..

First of all, Saturday 16th of April I will celebrate my birthday with my friends, but after the party I 'll try to finish all my homework by wednesday. Then I will read during the week three books: Decline and Fall, Mirall Trencat and Nietzsche. Finally, I hope that I could study by my next exams at weekend 23th.

Moreover, I play at football team, and this week I have to play two football matches, because I have one outstanding. As you can see, I have a lot of things to do, but I don't have enought time.

Because of that, my last solution is pray that everything turns out all right.

All we have to do is learn to cultivate the sun

The fossil fuels are resources not renewables. Some day, it will be dying out and we will have to look for some correct solution. If we think, we will find a solution. We need to use a renewable energy.

As everybody know, the sun is a perfect solution, because the energy that provide is very big. Because of that, all we have to do is learn to cultivate the sun. With them, we will live with energy until the Earth finished, because without sun, don't exist the life like we know...

The solution seems very easy, but there are a lot of complications. First of all, we have to invent a new form of store big quantity of solar energy, because nowadays is insufficient. Second, we have to call for everybody to try to realize a big change on our lives to get it. Because there are a lot of people who have a lot of interest against the topic.

Because of that, we'll have to start a new project on the area of education for instill to everybody this spirit of change. If we don't realize this big effort, we won't keep up our quality of life.

Formal letter

128 C7Requesens
Camany
17495
World Nuclear Association 12th April 2011
PO Box 958
USA
W1X 54K

Dear Mr Ritch

I am writing in order to explain some different point of view about the problem of nuclear power station on Japan. Moreover; I would like to offer to you some solution.

First of all, I think that everybody has to k now what really happens in there. Currently, nobody knows what kind of problem happens. Then we will decide a social-economic plan to achieve repair the nuclear power station. Second, it is very important to realize several medical test to all people who ask form it Finally, we will have to think about a solution to get that this kind of catastrophe do not happen again.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

Javier Gorzona.

Blackberry

“BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999. BlackBerry functions as a personal digital assistant with address book, calendar, memopad, and task list capabilities.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry

Blackberry is very popular on the mobil’s phone because of his applications. But, I think that the best app is Blackberry Messenger, a multimedia chat which allow to talk with all blackberry’s propietor. Because, is a way to talk with your friends free.

A lot of people, think that BB is a kind of whim and is not indispensable. But I want to discuss this point of view:

First of all, on 21st century all of people have a mobilphone, and I think Why not a Blackberry? Because is better, or perhaps because is more handy than the others.
On other hand, BB at difference of everybody’s thought, this machine is more cheaper than other mobilphone with connection. Because, perhaps you have to pay some euro more because of internet, but thanks to BB Messenger your mobil bill is lower.

Afterwards, I would like to talk about the handling of BB. As you know, since few years ago, tactils phone become very famous. This aspect is one of the difference between BB, which is not tactil. Perhaps better, or worst.It depends of anybody. But I have to realize a recommendation: If your fingers are fat, you won't write well.

Funny dialogue

Points of the dialoge:

- Victor Rosillo love Justin Bieber!!
- GYM (good body) is important for summer!
- Arunas can't do push ups with one hand.
- Pep Esteve is the stronguest of this group.
- Vistor pretends to be like CR7 (Cristiano Ronaldo), and Arunas like Victor Rosillo.
- All of us are a caspers like the majority of spanish poblation.
- Arunas is the freakest boy I never met!!!! (He don't know yet but he dance like a old robot).
- What could be doing with this conclutions?

Conclution:

We need find a girlfriend!!!!

INDIVIDUAL COMENTS:

Personally, I am disagree with some of this points. I don't love Justin Bieber, I only talked about his cut hair, but however Pep were delirious. Pep Steve isn't the stronguest of this group, he only have more developed muscles because he alwais is on the gym.

I think that the funniest point is that Arunas is a freakest because is true and he doen't know anything. Another funny point is that major part of poblation is a ghost. Personally, I think that in particular boys. We are always presume about something.

Finally, to sum up, I have to admite that we need a girlfriend to express our feelings, but overcoat to mature!

Podcast

Oral presentation

Transcription:

Hello everybody, I’m Víctor Rosillo and I’m going to talk about my research project. The topic is anemia.

I choose this topic because is on the scientific area, that I am and I would be the next year. Because I would like to study an engineer.
Moerover, I choose this topic and no other cientific topic because on my famili there are some people who suffer the disease. On specific Iron deficiency anemia. And I thought that it could be a good idea learnt some thing about it to help their of the best way as possible.

My objectives are: the study of anemia, the study of the iron deficiency anemia, and the determination of iron on a medicine against the illnes on the laboratory by two techniques.

The theory part of my project is about the anemia in general.
Anemia is a blood’s disiease that decrease in number of red blood cells. On this situation the hemoglobin, one of the most importants components of the red blood cells, can’t do it his main function which consist on: carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.


The main cause of anemia may be classified as impaired red blood cell (RBC) production, increased RBC destruction and the blood loss.

To treat the disease, first you’ll have to know what kind of anemia is, the cause and the seriousness of it. Then the doctors will chose the best treatment.
The objective of the treatment is increase the quantity of oxygen that the blood can carry.

To fulfill the objective, first the patient will change his diet. If the change don’t found he’ll have to use some medicines. On an extreme situation the surgery can be the last solution.

When I finished the theory part, I did the practical part. To realize them, first I use the spectrophotometry. Consist on the quantitative measurement of the reflection or transmission properties of a material as a function of wavelength.

First, I prepared solutions of different concentration. Of 2,4, 6, 8 and 9 milligram per liter. Then I determinate the absorbance of the solution and with them I made the king straight. Finally I determinate the absorbance of the problem solution and I fix the quantity of iron on a medicine against anemia.

The result it was very good. We determinate 102,6 in front of the 105 milligrams determinate by the prospect of the medicine. This small difference can be causes by a red layer that cover the pill, or because of the bad and imprecise quality of the laboratory’s material.




Afterwards, I used the redox tritation. are based on a redox reaction between an oxidizing agent and a reducing agent( the iron)

The result of iron on a pill that I determinate was 96,9 milligrams. I suppose that this error could be cause another time by a bad material.

Finalized the research project, I can say that I fulfill my objectives. And I didn’t suffer any setback. Moreover, I think that the experience is very positive because of now I can say what is anemia, and I have learnt to use two different technical of determination, but overcoat I learn to use the laboratory’s elements.

I think that the research Project helped me a lot to consolidate some aspects of chemistry that I did in class, and to learned a lot of new things.

Finally, I can say that the project give me a small idea about the laboratory‘s chemist, which can be very useful on my imminent future if I decide to do an chemistry engineer the next year.


Opinion:

This is my second oral presentation of the year. Because of that I hope that everybody could saw an improvement. I used a lot of resources: A PowerPoint, and a lot of pictures which helps to me to do a better presentation.
As you can see on the video, I was very nervous like the other time, but I think that I was looked all the time at the audience and I didn’t read my notes because I wanted to hold the attention on my topic and not on me.

I can say that the structure of the exposition it was the correct because was very important to me on my research project. The ideas were in order and correctly links. I say that some of the audience was interested on my topic, anemia. I believe that I used a rich and scientific vocabulary because it was very necessary to talk about the disease.

In spite of that, I think that the pronunciation was very bad because of I was very nervous, and because If I am realist I don’t know talk well in English. I would like to improve my pronunciation but I think that is very difficult for me If I won’t go to England or similar.

Finally, I have to put my own mark. At difference of the other presentation that I think that I deserved a low mark, on this time I believe that I get a 7,5. I will improve the next time a littler more. 

News holidays!!

This year, Maragall a catalan politician has changed the school calendar. We started the school one week earlier, but we’ll have one week holidays on February. A lot of people don’t like the idea and criticize the change.

Somebody argue that they can’t look after their children or that it is a big unforeseen. Somebody say that it is a stupid thing because on the white week the majority of people can’t go to anywhere because the economic crisis.

Actually, I think contrary to other. I prefer to have one week of holidays on February than a few days more on summer when you are bored of holidays. I say, that this week is a perfect opportunity to revise about the next tests that we will have and an opportunity of be relaxed after a stressful period of exams.

Because of that, I think that we have to enjoy with the white week, and if someone don’t like it, he have to take the bull by the horns and try to enjoy it at maximum.

Sufre Mamon

Sufre Mamon is a very famous song of Hombres G, a Spanish pop rock band formed in 1982. The band consists of the singer, David Summers, Rafael Gutierrez and Dani Mezquita the guitars, and Javi Molina the drummer.

This song talks about a boy who is in love. But the girl of his dreams is with his enemy. Because of that he is very angry and decides to recover his love and revenge of the rich and posh boy. It seems the typical romantic song, but it is very especial for me, because is the first song that I listen on a party.

Because of that, when I want to remember last periods of my life I listen it. Actually, I don’t like it so much the song, but as it has a special meaning for me I consider it my favorite song. A different way to be happy by an instant.

Arsenal

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was proud of his team few days after they bounce back from defeat by Birmingham when his team won by 5-0 against Leyton Orient in their fifth-round FA Cup. He wants to show to everybody that his team is very professional and is very concentrated on his job.

This kind of events shows of why Wenger is one of the better managers of the world and he will achieve a new record of years training Arsenal. It is a good example to all of football clubs and to everybody who wants to realize something on his live, because not falls in down when all coming bad is very difficult.

Personally, I am a football fanatic and I think that this kind of managers whose are a lot of years on the same club that characterizes the English football the better way to train football players to try to win a lot of trophies. Because of that I consider the Premier league like the best championship of the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9412397.stm

My own idiom

I want to reflect about my own idiom which says that “ A Leopard can't change his spots”. The sentence has a clear meaning. Nobody can change who is he.

Currently, we live on society where appearance is all. I think that it is a big problem because a lot of people pretend to be who they aren’t. They are capable of change their own personality to try to like others. But they don’t think that the most important thing of life is to be happy, to get it, you have to be who you are, because if you don’t do it always you’ll have to do some things that you don’t like it.

I am conscious about the society where I live, and I want to like to others too, but I always be very conscious who I am, because to be happy not consist to be perfect. Consist on enjoy everything that we have on life, and try to fulfill our dreams. To give it, is very necessary to be happy with us.

Moreover, I am disagree about a famous idiom which says that “appearances can be deceptive” when is refers to people, because I thing that somebody can’t try to change him, but always with the time they fall over by the truth.

Because of that, remember that “ A leopard can’t change his spots”

Try to be happy.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese football player who plays on Real Madrid C. F and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team. He is the most expensive football player in history. Real Madrid bought him by 96 millions€ from Manchester United.

Moreover, Ronaldo is the best football player in the world. Because of that, he is an idol to a lot of children but to a lot of women too because of his perfect body. As you are thinking, Ronaldo is one of my favorites football players not only because his football abilities, but by his way of be.

A lot of people think that he is a bighead and that he is a hypocrite but I always think about the possibility of be like him. I think that the majority of us, if we are like Ronaldo, we will be more bigheads than him.

Because of that, in some way I like his personality because I understand that be one of the best football players of the world, be very rich and handsome it could be a little reason to be some overbearing.

Finally, I would to say that humility is one of the best things that I look for on a friend or couple, but I wanted to excuse him about the criticism that he has received.

Carnival!!

Carnival is coming, and the next weekend will start in Roses. Like every year, we hope that it will be a great party. This year I will go with my friends dressed of gangster. The costume is very ugly and everybody is upset, but I think that the most important consist on pass a good time, and the costume is unimportant.

I have to admit that every year the costume is ugly too, but we had enjoyed a lot. I have to admit too that every year the weather is very bad, and rains very often. This year, the TV presenters have announced that on Friday will rain again. Because of that I am upset because I hate the rain, but I cannot do it anything.

I want to remember someone carnival that I passed. I emphasize on three years ago when I started on go on carnival parties at night, because with this celebration I started to go out. But my best memory of the celebration is when I was very little and I went at elementary school. We were dressed every year of one way, someday we went to school on a costume, another with the pajamas and a lot of different ways.

Finally, I want to wish that this year it will be better than the others years and we will enjoy a lot.

Human rights are not respected. Perhaps it's time to do away with them

Human rights are rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, and doesn't depend on the area, the skin's colour or the religion. As they are not respected on all planet, I think that we have to do something about the problem.

First of all, we can change some article which we don't believe indispensable. Later, we can establish some new article if we believe that could be important.

Moreover, the most important countries like USA, Canada and China have to look forward that this law, the Human Rights are respected by everybody.

As you know, currently exist so many countries that not respect those rights, but I think that we can't give up. If we push and focus our own objective, we will help to a lot of poor people.

To sum up, I would say that human rights are not respected on some areas around the world, but are respected on a lot of countries. Because of that, we have to continue looking for some good solution.