Fiveteenth reflection

February 27th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: XV
Topic: Discussing Past Performance/Inventions

In this class we practiced the speaking and fluency, we discuss inventions, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as their contributions to humanity.

1.- What did we talk about in class?

 Because we talked over that the simplest inventions are the best, for example the bicycle. We spoke about its qualities and benefits.

2.- New Vocabulary 

Really I didn't use new vocabulary but I practiced the vocabulary that I learned in this course.

3.-Examples and sentences

• Studying before of you will present a test is the best option to succeed in the course. 
• Sometimes university life is complicated.
• If you don't know to drive by car it could be dangerous.

Reflection: 

I feel happy because I can appreciate my progress in this course, and at the same time I can see that the learning in the past It has served me. But I can't trust myself, for that reason I will review my previous notes to not forget what I learned. 
In the meantime, I'm see exercises on this subject.

Fourteenth reflection

February 23th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: XIV
Topic: My dream office presentation

In this class, I presented to my classmates and teacher how I would like my dream office. I felt very nervous even though I was studying hard. At the end I did it well, but I forgot a point of the rubric.

• What aspects did you take into consideration to design your dream office?

The aspects that I took to design my dream office were the supplies and equipment needed for me to work, my tastes and the facilities for my comfort.

• How did you prepare yourself for your presentation? 

I made a draft to guide me in this I put sentences to help me. And I practiced my presentation with the help of an online english synthesizer.

• Any new vocabulary used?

I didn't use it. Because I used all the vocabularies learned from remedial II.

• How do you know that your office is going to be like the one that you desingned? 

I don't know. Maybe my future office will not be what I want. But I will do my best to make it comfortable and ideal for working well.

Reflection:

Speaking activities are very difficult for me, because I still think in spanish and not in english when I speak. Therefore, I will practice more my speech, vocabulary and fluency, with that, I will feel more secure and I won´t fear when I speak in public. 
And I should listen podcast to fine tune my listening and thus improve my speaking.

Thirteenth reflection

February 22th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: XIII
Topic: My dream office

Today in my class, I made more exercises about the superlatives and I learned a new topic. I did a draft where I described how would it be my dream office and my job.

• What was challenging about designing your dream office?

The biggest challenge for to make the design of my dream office was to find the words correct to describe my ideas.

• Were you creative when designing it? 

Yes, I was. Thinking about how my future work life will be and how my future office will be, excites me.

• Did you enjoy designing your office?

Yes, I did.  Because I designed it the same as I imagined it.

Reflection:

I learned this topic last semester, so it was a little easier to understand. However, this time is focused on business, so I think I will have to practice this topic for this area. 
And in the meantime I'm practicing my talking about the text that I did.

  

Twelveth reflection

February 15th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: XII
Topic: Comparatives, superlatives, as...as

In this class I learned about the comparatives, superlatives and as ... as forms. Continuing with the previous theme, the activities carried out were related to the professional field. Comparing workshops, technology and more.

•  Mention the rules of both structures

The teacher taught us the rules and structures.

Comparatives:

 When are short adjetives is added to it 'er' and 'that' after the adjetive. If it ends with 'y' is removed 'y' and you added ''ier''.  Finally, if the adjective ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, the last letter is repeated and 'er' is added.

When are long adjetives is addded to it 'more' before the word and 'that' after the adjetive.

When are irregular adjectives the adjectives change completely, for example: Good-Better.

 Superlatives:

 When are short adjetives is added to it 'est' and 'that' before the adjetive. If it ends with 'y' is removed 'y' and you added ''iest''.  Finally, if the adjective ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, the last letter is repeated and 'est' is added.

When are long adjetives is addded to it 'mots' and before the adjetive you add 'the'.

When are irregular adjectives the adjectives change completely, for example: Good-the best.

As...as

You used 'as...as' to you can show that two things are not equal using not + as + adjective + as.

• Writte 6 examples

1. Mathematics isn't as difficult as english because the english is another language.
2. The weather is as hot in Acapulco as in Cancun. 
3. The wine of Peru is more delicious than the one of Brazil.
4. The ice skating is funnier than football.
5.  He think that the beach is the best of world.
6. We say golf is the least boring.

• From the mistakes you made, how can you make improvements in the future?

I think that I'll should to practice more exercises about this topic, I still confuse  the ''as..as'' form and the negative form the superlatives and comparatives forms.

Reflection:

I'm going to do the exercises done in class again and I'll planned to practice in the British Council exercises about this topic because in spite of I learned this structures I realized that I still have a lot to learn from this subject and that I can use it efficiently in my future job. That is why I will perfect it.

Eleventh reflection

February 13th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: XI
Topic: Comparing offers

In the class of today, I learned about how comparing offers. I did activities on the comparing online stores and physical stores.For example, I studied about the difference between online store and traditional shops.

• I leard new vocabolary as:

1.  Goods
2. Discout Included in the price
3. Delivery charges
4. Save money
5. Advantages of a products
6. To place an order

• How I can use it?

I think in my work area I can use to offer my clients the best option over money. Or to talk to my colleagues in my future work.

•  How can I improve the use of this vocabulary?

I feel that I should practice more with this vocabulary and I will write examples using these words to improve my skills.

Reflection:

This topic was new for me. I believe that I improved in my english comprehension because I could understand many sentences, however I should practice more in my grammar and vocabulary, because sometime I once forgot the words that I knew. And I'll practice this topic using situations about my career for the future.

Tenth reflection

February 10th, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: X
Topic: Job offer (Unit 1-2.)

• How I felt giving my presentation

I felt very nervous. I was practicing my presentation and I felt safe but when I was my turn my security was gone.

•  Why is it important to give presentations?

It's important because in the labroral life the presentations are a factor necessary; especially in my career.

• Did it help you for future purposes? (be honest) 

Yes, it did. These practices will help me in my future purposes, since my career is directed to the international business environment, which means that in the future I should give my presentations to foreigners in English.

(In this picture you find tips for giving a presentation in english made by me)

Ninth reflection

February 2nd, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: VII
Topic: Leisure activities (Unit 2.)

• Importance of learning new vocabulary

Learning new vocabulary is very important in order to have better ways of expressing oneself in English.

• Vocabulary lerned

1. Stand
2. Knitting
3. Hopeless

• Examples using it 

1.  He can't stand the onions in his dishes.
2.  She wants to practice knitting
3. When I finished my English test I had hopeless, but when the teacher gave me my test I felt happy

Eighth reflection

February 1rt, 2017.

Carolina´s Reflections: Journal of my Remedial III Course H1003

Reflection: VII
Topic: Gerunds and infinitives (Unit 2.2)

• Mention the difference of this grammar structure.

The difference between the two structures of grammar is that in one the verb is used with gerund and the other is not.

In the first form, 'ING' is added after the verb, only when one of these verbs is used before:

1. Like
2. Deslike
3.  Hate
4.  Can´t stand
5. Not mind
6. Love
7. Enjoy
8. Avoid
9. Finish
10. Stop 

Its structure is:

Subjec + verb + verb + ing + complement

Whilst, in the other form don't added ING after the verb when you use the others verbs, but the second verb is put in infinitive form.

Its structure is: 

Subjec+ verb + verb in infinitive (to) + complement

•  Write four examples

1. She likes running in the morning because it relax her.
2. We want to eat in a italian restaurant.
3. You don't mind respecting the rules 
4. He needs to encourage his teammates 

 

• Write the new vocabulary learned and revised in class

1. Reliable
2. Pressure
3. Cope
4. Skill