viernes, 22 de agosto de 2014

THE END

I think it is my last entrance, because I had my last class. So, everything has an end, and it is the end of the English 3. For that reason, I am going to talk about my experience in this course. My first entrance was about my first day of class, my first impression, but It was four months ago. So, How has helped me English 3?

Well, English 3 was a different adventure, because I got an outgoing professor. It was a little hard, since she did not speak hardly any in Spanish. But, I supposed it is part of the learning process she uses to teach well. I saw many topics I had already seen. Nevertheless, I learned someone distinct such as: future perfect, future continuous, the correct use of hard and hardly, the different ways to use the used to, and a lot of vocabulary.
Some topics were easier than others, but for the hard topics, the professor used to do activities to enjoy the subject while we were practicing and learning. The environment has much influence in the learning process, the teacher charge it didn’t use tired but it used be funny. My classmates used to be nice. We used to be so friendly.

The teacher gave us a lot of support since the first day of class. She said, everybody can speak English, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a good pronunciation the important is to communicate. Additionally, during the whole course, she gave us extra practices to do online and improve what we had learned that day. The greatest thing I standout of her, it is the willingness to teach, and the way she keeps the motivation by something simple like a candy.  

She wanted helping people who English was hard. She takes importance to that kind of people, it shows that she have the vocation to be a teacher. Also, she was so responsible. She never came late and she always brought the necessary to give the class.

In the whole course, there was a thing I was disagreeing, it is the final test. I found it a little unfair, because how is going to be possible that all you effort and dedication of the course that you gave, will be it show in a couple of sheets? But, it is not the professor fault. I even talked with her about this situation, and she was in the right because she wasn't who designed this evaluation.

It is time of happy dance !!!


 In general, I got an amazing experience. I learned pretty much. I enjoyed the whole process. I think, an important part of the learning process, it is going to depend form ourselves. How anxious do I feel to learn? How motivated do am I?. The effort I want to give and many factors who the only person that can decide is ourselves. Finally, I take advantage of this blog to give the thanks to the teacher for every candy and every day she spent on us. I close with this sentence, “You get what you give”

lunes, 18 de agosto de 2014

SPORTS

It is a way to enjoy and be healthy. If we talk about sports, we would never end the conversation. That’s why I am going to talk about what I consider the most funniest.

There are a lot of kinds of sports. These were adapted to the weather and environment. There are many sports that they are quite extreme, and others that are less extreme. But the true is that it is funny to eject. So, as there are some sports, we are just going to make mention of many of them.






The water sports are very fresh. Surf is exciting because one gets to be on the waves and to take the control of them. At the beach, you can enjoy water skiing; it will make your adrenaline going up to its maximum level.  Also, we get to do kayaking; it is another extreme sport, but it is more common in rivers. Its principal factor is speed. Yet, canoeing is a more easy-going sport than those and this sport has a wide variety of tournaments. If you don’t like extreme sports, you will like fishing, since you can catch fish without touching the water. It is even perfect to enjoy it with all the family.

Mountain sports change depending if it is winter or summer. You have to go to the up of the mountain to do snowboarding. It is like skateboarding, only without the wheels and falling on the concrete. Also, skiing is another extreme sport that is similar to snowboarding. The difference is that you don’t use a board. Whereas, in skiing you use skies and two gears which support you. Climbing is something you can do also during summer, yet the principal element used to do this sport it is a rope. If you like to take risks, let’s go climbing. Also, hiking is a good way to watch the diversity and at the same time to spend time with the family.

What about the most common sports? Basketball, tennis, volleyball, baseball, and soccer. This last one is the one that makes people feel anxious, cry and many feelings more. Also, it is the sport which people earn the most money. Definitely, soccer moves everybody. Every four years, everybody waits for the FIFA World Cup. People even go to the host country to support their own country. All the TV sport programs talk about at least of 60% of the time specifically about soccer.

Skydiving is an established extreme sport since he has been around for quite some time. This sport consist in jumping from a small plane into the sky, then one pulls the parachute rope and one slows down until one arrives to the ground. As scary as it seems, it has become so popular that many couples get married while they’re skydiving.

A new kind of extreme sports are surging more and more, one of those being parkour. Parkour consists of running while doing stunts. Normally, this kind of sport isn’t dangerous; however, depending on the action or complexity of the stunt, it might be a risky thing to do. Nevertheless, this sport has become so popular that movie directors hire them to do stunt work. Let me show you a video:


The important thing here is that sports are activities that people enjoy doing. It also keeps people out of drugs. It is a good way to spend our time.


jueves, 7 de agosto de 2014

PASSIVE VOICE



I am a student like you. Last class we learned the passive voice. That is why I am making this kind of “tutorial”. I think it will help you if you are in the same situation.
It is not as hard as we believe. It is the same as in Spanish language. You need to follow the structure and you will do it very good. It is divided into two types, actives and passives. So, let me show a box.

ACTIVE
PASSIVE
SIMPLE PAST
Jhon bought a new car
A new car was bought by John
SIMPLE PRESENT
Jhon buy a new car
A new car is bought by John every year
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
Jhon is buying a new car
A new car is being bought by Jhon
Present Perfect progressive
Jhon has  bought a new car
A new car has been bought by Jhon
PAST PERFECT
Jhon had bought a new car
A new had been bougth by Jhon
PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
John has been buying a new car
A new car has been bought by Jhon

                            
I made this box for an easy learning. So, you can see that in the Active sentences, the verb is different by the time it is (simple pasta, simple present, present progressive, etc.).  

The subject and the object change the order. In actives, the subject is going to be first. In passives, the subject is going to be at the end.

Nevertheless, in the passive voice the verb always is the same, that‘s why you ever must to use the verb in past participle.

Also, the verb to be change look at the box en you can notice it. I hope you get it clearer than before.

It is a practice I made in website.



My recommendation is to practice. In the internet you can find a lot of pages to practice this. Some web sites are better than others, because sometime show a mistake only for a letter that you didn`t add.  So, don`t feel afraid if you don’t get a hundred percent. I will give u many pages to practice and to get an extra explanation.

- http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/passive1/index.php
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/passive.htm
- http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
- http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-exercises.html


Finally, I do want you get it completely clear. Look this video.


miércoles, 6 de agosto de 2014

TRAVELING

D o you know where are you going to travel for your next vacations? Well, if you yet don’t know. Costa Rica will be a good option. It is considered one of the 25 countries with most biodiversity. Costa Rica is located on Central American. It is between Panama and Nicaragua. There is 51.100 km² of area. Also, Costa Rica has a lot of biodiversity with more of 360 kinds of species. There are many beaches, volcanoes, rivers and mountains to enjoy. So, you can come to Costa Rica and enjoy the culture, food and a peaceful surrounding. Come on to know the happiest country in the world.

D o you like rainforest and animals? Costa Rica is home of monkeys, snakes, sloths and almost 900 types of birds. Costa Rica rainforests has comfortable “senderos” to delight the amazing view. You can walk among its spectacular high treetops. Furthermore, Incredible
Volcanoes such as Miravalles, Arenal, Turrialba, Irazú and Poás. The last one has seven craters.

All the volcanoes are surrounded of beautiful vegetation. Even, you might meet the majestic Lake Arenal near the Arenal Volcano. Moreover, some of these places are cold but, it is not a problem take pleasure in Hot springs. Hot springs are perfect to relaxing. You might enjoying it while see the environment.

Impossible don’t make mention of the delicious beaches. Costa Rica has nearly 300 different beaches, many of them especially for surfing. The boat tours are good for see dolphins or another kind of marine animal. The diving will be an unforgettable experience.

Which activities would you to do? Do you like extreme exports in the air? Canopy and
bungee will be to your liking. Canopy you can feel the air and the adrenalin while cross a wonderful rainforest. On the other hand, Bungee will make you feel that you are falling direct to a river but, a special rope will prevent it.

Besides, if you prefer the water, to practice rafting and kayaking in our rivers would like you. This Country has special rivers to do it. Otherwise, surfing and kite surfing will do that you enjoy in a different way the Costa Rica's beaches. This and others sports take part of the activities that you can do if you come to Costa Rica.

Additionally, this country is popular for the party environment. The people who live in this country, they really like the parties. It is part of be a Costa Rican. 

LET ME SHOW YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL COSTA RICA IS !



IT IS AMAZING, ISN'T IT?