Final reflection

My English progress from 2012-2014 and my English competence in 2014

This is my last post and it’s time to see my improvement along these two years, from 2012 to 2014. To see my improvement I’m going to compare my first written document with my last composition, and also my first oral presentation with my last one. Moreover, to show my English competence I’m going to choose my best writing evidence and my best oral evidence.

My first post in the blog was “The animal in me” and I have read it again and it is really embarrassing. I had written it three years ago and comparing my first post with my last one, I have to say that I have improved my writing skills. I think I didn’t realize that the connectors exist. Another difference is that I used to talk about boring and ordinary topics. I have noticed that I have improved over the years in grammar and vocabulary, especially with the adjectives. If I’m honest I didn’t know which my best written composition is, but if I have to choose one of all my post, that would be “Four ways to give your brain a break”.

Regarding my oral presentation improvement I have to say that I feel more confident in front of my classmates, although I need to practice my pronunciation and my tone of voice. I have to say that I hate doing oral presentation because I felt insecure and incompetent but if I have to choose my best oral presentation I would choose “Pau Casals a Prades” (my TDR) because it was my last oral presentation and I was extremely happy doing it.

All in all, I can’t finish my last blog without mention the advantages of writing this blog. At first, someone could think that writing a blog is a way of wasting time, but I can confirm that it have helped me to improve my may to explain my point of view and to increase my knowledge of English.

If I knew back then

Dear Tura,

You are going to start High School and you are going to spend six years of your life there. So keep calm and carry on. You will learn many things along those years, you will met new people, new teachers… but remember, you also have to enjoy the moment so don’t get stressed and keep your mind positive. Maybe you will think this step on your life is too hard for you, but it isn’t!

You are going to start a new life, so take care about the decisions that you will make in the future and let others help you.

If honest, every single day you are going to wish you dropped out of the school and went away. But you have to know that High School is just a “little“ step to prepare you for the future. Your teachers are going to help you and teach you. And if you pass all the exams and you learn all the stuff that your teachers teach you, you could be proud of yourself and also you could start a new chapter of your life.

Good luck and remember to enjoy every moment.

See you soon,

Tura

If I knew back then

Dear Tura,

you are going to start High School and you are going to spend six years of your life there. So Keep calm and carry on. You will  learn many things along those years, you will meet new people, new teachers… but remember, you also have to enjoy the moment so don’t get stressed and keep your mind positive. Maybe you will think this step on your life is too hard for you, but it isn’t!

You are going to start a new life, so take care about the desicions that you will make in the future and let others help you.

If I’m honest,every single day you are going to wish you dropped out of the school and went away.but you have to know that High School is just a “litlle”step to prepare you for the future. your teachers are going to help you and teach you. And if you pass all the exams and you learn all the staff taht your teaches teach you, you could be proud of you rself and also you could start a new chapter of your life.

Good luck and remember to enjoy every moment.

See you soon,

Tura

XXOO

NOMOPHOBIA: THE BIGGEST PHOBIA IN THE WORLD?

-          - Amy, can you hear me? Hello?!

-        -   Oh, sorry Jane! I’m talking to Jake about the new TV show on MTV.

-         -  That sounds interesting but can you talk with him later? I’m here, next to you to talk and to have a conversation!

-        -   Sorry, that is true! But first let me check my phone for missed calls or messages.

-        -  Amy! You have nomophobia! You have fear of being apart from your phone; you are constantly topping up your battery life and using it in inappropriate place, like now! Why can’t we have a conversation? Why do you never turn your phone off?

-        -  I have a problem, I think.

-        -   Do you think so?...  Don’t worry. I’m going to help you. First of all, turn it off.

-        -  Why? No, no please.

-         -  Turn it off. You have met me, not Jake.

-          - Ok, but what if someone phones me?

-         -  That person can phone me. Don’t worry Amy, people used to live without phones and were also happy!  

Jane

I absolutely thing that this video, which is based on a true story, deservers being watch by everyone. It talks about a young girl called Jane who “had” a baby when she was 18. Jane is a single mother and she goes to school and also she has to take care of her daughter. This situation is really difficult for her but she loves her daughter and she would sacrifice everything for her.  The other mothers criticized her for having a baby being so young but the thing is that they don’t know the truth. The truth is that Jane one day was walking along the street and she saw a bag on the floor. She opened it and insite there was a baby. That baby became her daughter but she decided to keep it in secret.

That video shows how cruel could be the society because in this case, all the mothers criticized Jane without knowing the truth and they are harmed her and her daughter. 

Things to stop doing to yourself

I have just read an article written by Marc and Angel which expose a list of 30 things to stop doing to yourself. I really enjoy reading it and for that I have decided to talk about it. Also I recommend you to read the whole article because it is amazing and also it helps you to improve your view about life. If we stop doing all these things I’m sure that people will have a better life. 

Most of the things written in the list are obvious and also everyone has heard them at least once but it is important to remember them daily. Some of them are: stop spending time with the wrong people, stop running from your problems, stop trying to be someone you’re not, stop being scared to make a mistake, stop rejecting new relationships just because old ones didn’t work, stop worrying so much, stop being ungrateful, stop lying to yourself, stop trying to compete against everyone else or stop being jealous of others. These are the most common ones because as I said before, everyone has heard them and try to stop doing once in live.

But I would bring out some of the ones which I have never thought them that I should stop doing to myself. The first one is to stop putting your own needs on the back burner, the second one is to stop trying to hold onto the past because you can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one. The third one is to stop thinking you’re not ready And last but not least, we have to stop trying to make things perfect because perfect things don’t exist. 

Thai commercial

This is a emotional commercial video which pretends to show us that money can’t buy the most important things in live. This video talks about one guy who helps other people doing little things like helping a woman with her wheelbarrow to cross the road or giving bananas to an old woman. He gets nothing for doing that, he does it for free. The people who see him helping others don’t understand why he is doing all these. He is a good man, he hasn’t much money and he doesn’t want to be rich. At the end, we can see all the little things that he had done, and helped to improve other people lives.  And that is what makes him happy.