PONTIFICIA UNIVERIDAD CATOLICA DEL ECUADOR
RAQUEL LOPEZ SOLORZANO
SEVENTH LEVEL
ENGLISH
JOURNAL WRITING II
In these last two weeks we have seen the second unit of the book North Star in class.
This second unit has been very interesting because it has many new words that are very helpful for our learning.
I also think that it was very important to know more about the grammatical rules and the use of gerunds and infinitives.
Something very important that I learned in this unit and that has been helpful for the written exam was the three parts of an essay: the topic sentence, the supporting sentences and the concluding sentence.
In every class of this new level I learn something new like vocabulary and new grammatical structures.
Finally, I would like to say that I think that the topic that we talked in this unit about people with disabilities was very interesting and the way how these people overcame their problems is really admirable.
miércoles, 26 de marzo de 2008
Journal Entry #2
Cristian Mogollon
It has passed one month of classes and it was really hard to me to follow the rhythm. I have to give the best of myself to learn more and try to get the level. There was something good and interesting when we did the excercise of watching movies and then talk about it. These kind of practices help us to learn most vocabulary, expressions, and listening.
During these four weeks we have read five stories from the book "The Eye of Childhood". These stories have been difficult to understand to me because there is a lot of new vocabulary, and expressions. In addition, these are really hard to get involve in the stories because they have some abstraction content. That abstraction has helped me to improve my imagination.
It is excellent that we have to give presentations in class about a topic because we could lose the scenic panic. As often as we will do these presentations we are going to speak more. These presentations are interesting because someone could explain their thoughts or simply something about their major to everyvody.
Talking about grammar we have been remembering how to use properly gerunds & infinitives, adjectives, contrastive stress, and present unreal conditionals in the english lannguage.
Recently we have the oral and written midterm exam, I thought the written exam was going to be easier than the oral exam but it was difficult to do it. It was hard to resolve it because there was almost the whole new vocabulary included.
In fact, the most difficult part to me was the reading. There is something that I like when the teacher said if we do not something even in spanish, we will lose part of our lives or we will unplug from the world. I hope to learn more things and improve everyday.
It has passed one month of classes and it was really hard to me to follow the rhythm. I have to give the best of myself to learn more and try to get the level. There was something good and interesting when we did the excercise of watching movies and then talk about it. These kind of practices help us to learn most vocabulary, expressions, and listening.
During these four weeks we have read five stories from the book "The Eye of Childhood". These stories have been difficult to understand to me because there is a lot of new vocabulary, and expressions. In addition, these are really hard to get involve in the stories because they have some abstraction content. That abstraction has helped me to improve my imagination.
It is excellent that we have to give presentations in class about a topic because we could lose the scenic panic. As often as we will do these presentations we are going to speak more. These presentations are interesting because someone could explain their thoughts or simply something about their major to everyvody.
Talking about grammar we have been remembering how to use properly gerunds & infinitives, adjectives, contrastive stress, and present unreal conditionals in the english lannguage.
Recently we have the oral and written midterm exam, I thought the written exam was going to be easier than the oral exam but it was difficult to do it. It was hard to resolve it because there was almost the whole new vocabulary included.
In fact, the most difficult part to me was the reading. There is something that I like when the teacher said if we do not something even in spanish, we will lose part of our lives or we will unplug from the world. I hope to learn more things and improve everyday.
viernes, 21 de marzo de 2008
JOURNAL 2
Gabriela Moreta Vinueza
VII Level
JOURNAL 2
In that two weeks I practiced new skills in grammar structures also I learned new vocabulary. In the last week I did my oral presentation about March 1st attack in Ecuadorian border, this kind of presentations are very important because I practiced more vocabulary, grammatical structures, and this practice is complete and help me for my preparation to oral exam.
In oral test I was afraid, and I made more mistakes but I was preparing some days ago. My main problem in oral test was that the topics of the tails aren’t interesting for me.
Phonetics strategies are very interesting and important, I have practiced that strategies to try to improve my knowledge.
I reinforced and learned new gerunds and infinitives. In addition, I learned the different uses of that.
However, I think that the most important for me in that two weeks were the parts of a essay, we learned to write topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentences, and the importance of transitions.The eye of childhood in my point of view is complicated because this hind of tales I don’t like.
VII Level
JOURNAL 2
In that two weeks I practiced new skills in grammar structures also I learned new vocabulary. In the last week I did my oral presentation about March 1st attack in Ecuadorian border, this kind of presentations are very important because I practiced more vocabulary, grammatical structures, and this practice is complete and help me for my preparation to oral exam.
In oral test I was afraid, and I made more mistakes but I was preparing some days ago. My main problem in oral test was that the topics of the tails aren’t interesting for me.
Phonetics strategies are very interesting and important, I have practiced that strategies to try to improve my knowledge.
I reinforced and learned new gerunds and infinitives. In addition, I learned the different uses of that.
However, I think that the most important for me in that two weeks were the parts of a essay, we learned to write topic sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentences, and the importance of transitions.The eye of childhood in my point of view is complicated because this hind of tales I don’t like.
martes, 18 de marzo de 2008
Journal writing
José Solano de la Sala M
Level 7
I think vocabulary is the most interesting thing that I learned in this course because I learned a lot of synonyms and expressions that I can use in many sentences.
The big advantage of know many words I think is that you can express the things you want in a different way or with other words that in some case are more elegant or more appropriate for the main idea or from the context of the sentences. Other advantage of know many words and vocabulary is that you can talk with more secure and it will help you to be understand by the other persons who are hearing you.
The vocabulary are going to help you more in your writing if you know vocabulary and have in your head a long list of words and their meaning you can use this words in the way you want , you can write all the things that you imagine without problem. This list of words maybe are going to help you when you need to write a letter to an important international company because you are going to know the correct words and you can change some informal expressions from others more according to the letter.
Level 7
I think vocabulary is the most interesting thing that I learned in this course because I learned a lot of synonyms and expressions that I can use in many sentences.
The big advantage of know many words I think is that you can express the things you want in a different way or with other words that in some case are more elegant or more appropriate for the main idea or from the context of the sentences. Other advantage of know many words and vocabulary is that you can talk with more secure and it will help you to be understand by the other persons who are hearing you.
The vocabulary are going to help you more in your writing if you know vocabulary and have in your head a long list of words and their meaning you can use this words in the way you want , you can write all the things that you imagine without problem. This list of words maybe are going to help you when you need to write a letter to an important international company because you are going to know the correct words and you can change some informal expressions from others more according to the letter.
miércoles, 5 de marzo de 2008
JOURNAL WRITING
PONTIFICIA UNIVERIDAD CATOLICA DEL ECUADOR
RAQUEL LOPEZ SOLORZANO
SEVENTH LEVEL
ENGLISH
JOURNAL WRITING
Personally I have learned a lot in this new level. This level has many new and interesting things than the past levels. In the other levels I only saw grammar, but now the classes are more didactic. In this moment I can speak, write, listen and read much more than the past levels.
In class I have seen very interesting topics and these topics are very real. Also, the book is totally different than the other books that I have used in the past levels; the general context of the book is really good.
The topics that we manage in this course are really excellent For example; In the first unit I think that the topic of the news was very interesting.
The advices that the doctor gave to people in the story were very healthy for me, because I’ve always seem news; but it is true that you get stressed by so many problems that they focus.
Now I think that 3 to 4 hours per week is enough for watching news it´s very important to be informed of everything that happens every day in our country and the world but sometimes there is nothing we can do and this only generates us a stress day and we are worried all day long.
The second unit was very interesting too; to know that many people with physical limitations are excellent athletes, they overcome their problems and keep achieving their goals. It is a great lesson for the rest of people who have excellent health and we do not do anything that inspires the rest of people.
All this and much more is what I have learned in this new course.
Finally the vocabulary in this level is more advanced than the past levels.
RAQUEL LOPEZ SOLORZANO
SEVENTH LEVEL
ENGLISH
JOURNAL WRITING
Personally I have learned a lot in this new level. This level has many new and interesting things than the past levels. In the other levels I only saw grammar, but now the classes are more didactic. In this moment I can speak, write, listen and read much more than the past levels.
In class I have seen very interesting topics and these topics are very real. Also, the book is totally different than the other books that I have used in the past levels; the general context of the book is really good.
The topics that we manage in this course are really excellent For example; In the first unit I think that the topic of the news was very interesting.
The advices that the doctor gave to people in the story were very healthy for me, because I’ve always seem news; but it is true that you get stressed by so many problems that they focus.
Now I think that 3 to 4 hours per week is enough for watching news it´s very important to be informed of everything that happens every day in our country and the world but sometimes there is nothing we can do and this only generates us a stress day and we are worried all day long.
The second unit was very interesting too; to know that many people with physical limitations are excellent athletes, they overcome their problems and keep achieving their goals. It is a great lesson for the rest of people who have excellent health and we do not do anything that inspires the rest of people.
All this and much more is what I have learned in this new course.
Finally the vocabulary in this level is more advanced than the past levels.
what we learn in the in the class
Well, we were talking about news, specially the place that we can find news. How the news are affecting us. How we can know about the live of the artist, pops star, president, also about some thinks that are happen in the word, in the country. How the news can impact to the people. What news are the people more interested, like for example, they are more interesting in information about politician, because the people are more interested in the economy of their country, for me hat is important, because when we are looking for some news, we need to find some words that we can’t understand, for example: unfaithful, witness, we can know the main idea, topic sentences, controlling idea. How we can answer some questions. Also when we read, we follow some sentences in active And the was changing to passive, and also we can learn more about a lot of structure the past, because all the events was happened a long time ago. The future also, because. When they are talking about climate. They prognostic what is going to happen the next day or these day with that, and that’s way I said that I learn in these time in the course.
martes, 4 de marzo de 2008
Journal Writing
José Solano de la Sala
Level 7
In this English course the first thing that I learn is vocabulary, y learn some new Word that I didn’t know that exist, I think it is good because I can talk with other people in a different kind of conversation, this new word help me to express the things that I want to transmit to other people more clear. Another advantage that I could say about learning new vocabulary is that I can understand more serious conversations or in a more common situation, I could understand in a better way the English movies.
On the other hand, I think that this course is helping me to create a different prospect about English, it means that I have another perspective of English now because always I took English classes to the slight one, I never practice and pass always I use the English that I learn in the school to pass my other English course but now I have to put more attention because I have some difficulties with the new vocabulary that I never heard. Another advantage of the speaking form of this level is that you began to familiarize with the sounds and for this reason you can understand more quickly the conversation, and you began to improve your pronunciation to.
For the writing I think these class of homework’s are going to help us to correct our mistakes, because in my case I have a very big and bad problem, I write some words like it sounds and it is incorrect because if you don’t put a letter in a word you are changing the meaning of the sentences and the person who is reading your composition isn’t going to understand the main idea that you want to transmit.
Finally, I think that the histories that we have to read are going to help us to improve our grammar, it is like Spanish if you read a lot you began to improve your grammar, punctuations, use of prepositions and articles, etc. and this histories are not bored so I think we can read one a week like we are doing at the moment without problem.
Level 7
In this English course the first thing that I learn is vocabulary, y learn some new Word that I didn’t know that exist, I think it is good because I can talk with other people in a different kind of conversation, this new word help me to express the things that I want to transmit to other people more clear. Another advantage that I could say about learning new vocabulary is that I can understand more serious conversations or in a more common situation, I could understand in a better way the English movies.
On the other hand, I think that this course is helping me to create a different prospect about English, it means that I have another perspective of English now because always I took English classes to the slight one, I never practice and pass always I use the English that I learn in the school to pass my other English course but now I have to put more attention because I have some difficulties with the new vocabulary that I never heard. Another advantage of the speaking form of this level is that you began to familiarize with the sounds and for this reason you can understand more quickly the conversation, and you began to improve your pronunciation to.
For the writing I think these class of homework’s are going to help us to correct our mistakes, because in my case I have a very big and bad problem, I write some words like it sounds and it is incorrect because if you don’t put a letter in a word you are changing the meaning of the sentences and the person who is reading your composition isn’t going to understand the main idea that you want to transmit.
Finally, I think that the histories that we have to read are going to help us to improve our grammar, it is like Spanish if you read a lot you began to improve your grammar, punctuations, use of prepositions and articles, etc. and this histories are not bored so I think we can read one a week like we are doing at the moment without problem.
First entry of diary
During this two weeks I have learned how I must make an essay with all parts and each of this in the correct place. Also I'm learning new things that I haven't learned in previous levels, for example I'm learning about some rules to improve my pronunciation.
I'm also a little confused about the vocabulary, because in this course we have to learn a lot of new words and phrases, but I'm secure that I will learn all this with some time.
Also we're reminding some structures learned in previous levels, for example passive voice. I think this is very good because we are learning new things and at the same time we are revising and practicing structures and grammar that we must to know.
I'm also a little confused about the vocabulary, because in this course we have to learn a lot of new words and phrases, but I'm secure that I will learn all this with some time.
Also we're reminding some structures learned in previous levels, for example passive voice. I think this is very good because we are learning new things and at the same time we are revising and practicing structures and grammar that we must to know.
diary
My Diary:
Ana Gabriela Imbaquingo.
I believe that in this English class I have tried to improve my english and this includes that I have tried to stop being afraid to talk in public, because this could get really hard, I m also trying to speak fast and fluid so I can have a coherent conversation.
The writing was getting kind of difficult, because the last time I practice was 2 years ago, when I took and English course, but with the assignments and classes that I m taking know, I m being able to remember what I re learve and writing and speaking is getting easier and easier every time and that’s a good thing.
Even though in listening they talk very fast when I hear it replay is easier for me. But I always have to listen again to fully understand the conversation.
I think that I m in an intermediate level in this class and I feel good because we have just started and we have more things to learn.
In class you can learn a lot because I hear the students when they interact and when the teacher corrects us that s a way of improvement.
This is the first time that we learn speaking, listening and the exact pronunciation of the words and with exercises, the pronunciation gets easier and accurate.
Ana Gabriela Imbaquingo.
I believe that in this English class I have tried to improve my english and this includes that I have tried to stop being afraid to talk in public, because this could get really hard, I m also trying to speak fast and fluid so I can have a coherent conversation.
The writing was getting kind of difficult, because the last time I practice was 2 years ago, when I took and English course, but with the assignments and classes that I m taking know, I m being able to remember what I re learve and writing and speaking is getting easier and easier every time and that’s a good thing.
Even though in listening they talk very fast when I hear it replay is easier for me. But I always have to listen again to fully understand the conversation.
I think that I m in an intermediate level in this class and I feel good because we have just started and we have more things to learn.
In class you can learn a lot because I hear the students when they interact and when the teacher corrects us that s a way of improvement.
This is the first time that we learn speaking, listening and the exact pronunciation of the words and with exercises, the pronunciation gets easier and accurate.
lunes, 3 de marzo de 2008
First Entry of Diary
FIRST ENTRY OF DIARY
So far, in these two weeks I learned to interpret photographs. Also I learned to predice what will happen. For exmple in our course we discussed a princess Diana’s picture.
In focus on ready I learned to make predictions, interpret quotation and analize the purpose of text. In this part I reviewed vocabulary for comprehension next reading. After that I understand the text very well, identify main idea and some details about the text. In focus on vocabulary I practice vocabulary , definitions of words and use adecuate vocabulry and ideomatic expressions.
In focus on writing, I wrote a letter to a newpaper aditor explain how our life has changed for the media.
Also I wrote a paragraph about a response to reporter using words for example: keep something to oneself, around the clock, fair game, etc using vocbulary, grammar that I learned in this unit.
In grammar, I learned passive voice, also I made exercises of passive voice , for exaple:
This english couse is being taught by techer Uquillas.
In focus on listening I listened some audio records, but I had a litte of difficulty for listening, it was very confused.
So far, in these two weeks I learned to interpret photographs. Also I learned to predice what will happen. For exmple in our course we discussed a princess Diana’s picture.
In focus on ready I learned to make predictions, interpret quotation and analize the purpose of text. In this part I reviewed vocabulary for comprehension next reading. After that I understand the text very well, identify main idea and some details about the text. In focus on vocabulary I practice vocabulary , definitions of words and use adecuate vocabulry and ideomatic expressions.
In focus on writing, I wrote a letter to a newpaper aditor explain how our life has changed for the media.
Also I wrote a paragraph about a response to reporter using words for example: keep something to oneself, around the clock, fair game, etc using vocbulary, grammar that I learned in this unit.
In grammar, I learned passive voice, also I made exercises of passive voice , for exaple:
This english couse is being taught by techer Uquillas.
In focus on listening I listened some audio records, but I had a litte of difficulty for listening, it was very confused.
First entry of diary
Mauro Vargas C.
When we started this new level I have a new view of leraning english, because at the moment we had to practiced founded topic sentence and controlling idea in some paragraphs that hel us understand better not only words but also all the text.
It's difficult record the new vocabulary in some expression what I never use before, I think I need more practice; the most difficult to my is Passive and Active Voice because I can't recognixe what I have to put in the gaps.
When I write I have some mistakes with my puntiation but I try to be better in my different essays and the teacher and the book Nort Start help us with his examples and exercices to practice new vocabulary.
I need practice my skills when I listen because when for first time I heard the CD's of listening of this course I could hearded a few words but I couldn't undertand big parts of the conversation because they talk faster for me, and the unique solution is more and more practice because the second listening I did recognize more text.
When we talk, we practiced using contarctions and we have to differ the sound in "same words" but with different pronunciation and meaning, and we practiced the pronunciation of words with "th" specially because there are need an special form of use of the tonge.
When we started this new level I have a new view of leraning english, because at the moment we had to practiced founded topic sentence and controlling idea in some paragraphs that hel us understand better not only words but also all the text.
It's difficult record the new vocabulary in some expression what I never use before, I think I need more practice; the most difficult to my is Passive and Active Voice because I can't recognixe what I have to put in the gaps.
When I write I have some mistakes with my puntiation but I try to be better in my different essays and the teacher and the book Nort Start help us with his examples and exercices to practice new vocabulary.
I need practice my skills when I listen because when for first time I heard the CD's of listening of this course I could hearded a few words but I couldn't undertand big parts of the conversation because they talk faster for me, and the unique solution is more and more practice because the second listening I did recognize more text.
When we talk, we practiced using contarctions and we have to differ the sound in "same words" but with different pronunciation and meaning, and we practiced the pronunciation of words with "th" specially because there are need an special form of use of the tonge.
domingo, 2 de marzo de 2008
Journal Entry #1
Cristian Mogollon
During these two weeks in the seventh level english course, Ihave learned and remind many things. For example, to myself it has really hard to learns how to pronounce some words. In most of the cases we just pronounce the word without hearing the difference between one word and other. Words like eat and it, these and this, and sheep and ship have a different sound context. For Northamericans is difficult to understand what latinamericans want to express. So that it is needed to improve our pronunciation.
In addition, I have reminded grammar structures like active and passive voice. The passive voice structure is very important and useful to people because anyone can tells stories, tales, news reports, and express better ideas.
Futhermore, I have improved my vocabulary with this new teacher. That has been excellent because with more vocabulary everyone could modify the language that is learning.
I think it is good to read an english because we could develop our imagination and learn new vocabulary, grammar structures, expressions of the foreign language. The eye of the childhood is the book that we are readin right now. It has been hard to urderstand because has methaphors and english expressions.
During these two weeks in the seventh level english course, Ihave learned and remind many things. For example, to myself it has really hard to learns how to pronounce some words. In most of the cases we just pronounce the word without hearing the difference between one word and other. Words like eat and it, these and this, and sheep and ship have a different sound context. For Northamericans is difficult to understand what latinamericans want to express. So that it is needed to improve our pronunciation.
In addition, I have reminded grammar structures like active and passive voice. The passive voice structure is very important and useful to people because anyone can tells stories, tales, news reports, and express better ideas.
Futhermore, I have improved my vocabulary with this new teacher. That has been excellent because with more vocabulary everyone could modify the language that is learning.
I think it is good to read an english because we could develop our imagination and learn new vocabulary, grammar structures, expressions of the foreign language. The eye of the childhood is the book that we are readin right now. It has been hard to urderstand because has methaphors and english expressions.
Diary
These two weeks of English have been a little difficult for me. The books are different but better. I think I am learning a lot, especially I am improving my vocabulary and pronunciation. The teacher is demanding, which is good for the level at which we are. I have really enjoyed the discussions we had in class. These debates help us learn the rest of peers and to practise the language. I have always had trouble with grammar, that is why I want to try to learn more grammar.
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