SELF-EVALUATION ABOUT ORAL PRESENTATION.

Last friday, in English class, I did the oral presentation about my research project. So, in this entry, I want to comment a little bit how I did it and the aspects I have to improve it.

 

Regarding to how it was, I have to say that I hate do oral presentations. I hate it because I'm so shy and I don't like to speak in public. This year there are a lot of people in class who have a hight level in English, this fact makes me feel more insecure about my English because I know that I don't have a very high level. That fact also make me feel more embarrassed. But I know that I have to learn to speak in public.

 

I also have to say that, If we compare this last presentation with the others, I have improved. I think that I have improved the body language a little bit. I know that it isn't the best, but I remember that last year I couldn't look at people. Although I have improved a bit, I have to keep trying to improve this aspect. That's why the next term I will try to do another extra oral presentation. If I can do it, I will try to do the oral presentation without notes, so I will be able to focus in the body language.

 

Another aspect that I have to impove is the pronunciation and fluency when it comes to speaking. But I’m sure that most of my mistakes are due to shyness.

 

In conclusion, I know that I have to improve a lot of aspects when I do an oral presentation, like pronunciation, but I think that I have to work hard in the body language, which is is produced by shyness.

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRIES TO VISIT

In this blog I said a lot of times that my biggest dream is travel around the world. love watching videos on youtube about trips and places to visit and things to do before you die, but I have to do a lot of things related to school and I can't look at photos and videos about this. That's why I decided to do this entry, because I can do homework looking for information about something I like. So in thi entry I put four countries that I want to visit in a future. There aren't my four favourite countries because my dream is visit all the countries in the world and I think that all the places are so beautiful to visit them.

 

1. Germany.

This country has very beautiful cities. Last year we did a school trip to this countri to visit some concentration camps and we also visit some citis like Munich. So we could see a lot of monuments and the artistic and architectural style. I liked a lot the landscape of the city and, of courswe, I loved th typical food of Germany. But Germany is so biggest and I only could see one city of there, that's why ina future I want to visit another cities and villages of Germany like Berlin, another beautiful citt that have a lot of history.

 

2. France.

I love this country. When I was little I went to Paris and I also visited Disneyland with my family. But I was so young and I don't remember the city of Paris or the theme park. That's why I want to go back.  Apart from the capital, I also want to visit the villages of France because many people who have visited it and they say that them are very beautiful.

 

3. Great Britain.

I know that isn't a country, but in this island there are a lot of cities that I want to visit, like Scotland. Next month of April I will fulfill a dream because we will go to London in a school trip. I'm so excited for the trip and I'm looking for information about London. I want to know the essential places to visit because we will stay there for four days and in this short time we will not be able to visit all the town. A lot of people who went there, says that is a very beautiful city but a little bit expensive.

In a future, apart from visit all the Great Britain I also want to go there a few months to learn English, because another dream is speak very well this language.

 

4. Italy.

I have to say that I went there for twice and I loved all the places I went. Two years ago I went in a school trip and then last year because all my family gave me the trip. When I was there I visited Rome, Tuscany and some villages near to the Tuscany. But as I said with the other countries, Italy is so biggest, so I wanto to visit other cities like Venice.

I also want to say that I love languages.  Italian is a language that I also like very much, so I would like to learn it

FOUR ONLINE NEWSPAPER TO LEARN ENGLISH.

As all students of second of batxillerat know, we have to summarize and comment on English news to improve it. That's why I have decided to do an entry in the blog sharing and commenting a little bit the webs that I use to do this school work. I think that this entry can be very useful for those who are learning english like me. Last year in the same english blog I wrote some ways to learn this language and, how I said, read english is the best way to learn it and improve it. Besides if we read news we learn formal english and that's very useful because this language has become essential in all aspects of life. We need know english for everything: work, travel... So this are the webs that I use:

 

1. Daily news. http://www.nydailynews.com/

This is the better web to do the work school I said before. It combines all kinds of news. That is to say, that there are funny news and not just news of tragedies and politics. I totally recommend this newspaper because there iare a lot of variety of news where you can choose and it is more fun, if you like the news.

 

2. CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/1.320.1/static/unsupp.html
3. BBC. http://www.bbc.com/news

 

I decided to put these online newspaper together because I think the same of these two. These are the ones that I use least because they are news of politics and in general the news of america, for that reason, they are much more serious and complicated. Although they are heavier to summarize, they are very good for learning formal English, That's why I try to summarize some in the blog every quarter.

 

4. News in levels. http://www.newsinlevels.com/

That is the last newspaper I share in the blog. I have to say that I found this page days ago and at the moment I haven't used it, but this one is very good to learn English because the same news you can see it in three different levels. I think that this term I will use it a lot Because there is a lot of news on different topics.

TYPICAL BRITISH DISHES.

Next 4th of april the students of second of Batxillerat will go to London. I'm so excited about the trip and I want to start looking for information about London. That's why I think that is a good idea start looking for information about the city and I'm sure that one of the most important thing that we have to do, when we go to a trip, is taste all the typical dishes of the city we visit. So, in this entry, I show you five typical british dishes that I hope I will taste when I'm there.

 

1.      Toad in the hole.

 

That’s the first dish I show in this entry and I know it has a very strange name but it looks so delicious. As I could read, this recipe combines the two typical ingredients of British cusine:  sausage and Yorkshire pudding. regarding to the Ingredients and method of preparation that's a very simple dish. The trick is Serve it with some sauce, puree or vegetables.

 

2.      Steak and ale pie.

 

That's a perfect dish for the cold winter days. This is made with steak and ale pie. Basically, it consists of a crusty dish from the outside and stuffed with Guinness, meat and cheese. This one also looks so delicious.

3.      Yorkshire puddings.

 Although it looks like a sweet dessert, this is a salty accompaniment for any dish. It also is a simple dish, make it like cupcakes but It's main ingredients are meat and Yorkshire pudding.

 

4.      Homemade cream scones.

 

I love the desserts, both eat them and cook them, that's why I wanted to look for some recipes from there and I've found this one. As I could read, this dessert is perfect to eat in tea's hour, I hope to try it with tea because there is nothing more typical of there than drink tea with some dessert. From this five typical dishes, I think that this one is which I love the most.

 

5.      Welsh cakes.

 

To finish this short list of dishes, I choose another dessert that it also looks so delicious.  This is another dessert to accompany with tea, But, in this case, I have read that it is better to accompany it with strong tea. I have to say that it is the second one in the list that i love the most and, obviously, it also looks very delicious.