miércoles, 7 de julio de 2010

My blogging experience


Hello, I hope you are well, my name is Natalia, and today, I will talk about my experience with this learning space.
First, I'll tell you that the idea of this project was that the students were able to obtain a better English language.
Second, is for this that every week we had to write about some aspect of our life, the topic always was put it for our teacher, these were: the big Earthquake; my favorite vacation place; the person who I admire, my best friend; my favorite piece of technology; my favorite festivity and my favorite photograph?
Third, the development of the activity should be in class.
After of presenting the situation I will analyze each point, my experience was the following: when I started the activity I was afraid because in that time I thought that I couldn’t fulfill with the expectations, because I usually don´t practice the language. This was a disadvantage. On the other hand I think that in many aspects I could beat my writing form in English. For example now I can write many ideas in a short time and in many situations I speak in English suddenly.
Related to the second point I believe that is very beneficial for us to practice English language in continuous form because this is the only way in that we can learn a practical knowledge. Class to class we wrote about some event of our lives. For me, the first topic was sensitive because when was the big Earthquake I almost lost my house, I was bad! However, today I am fine.
The topic that I liked me was “my best friend” because for me the relationships are the most important in our lives without my friends I would be very unfortunate. In second place, I liked me “my favorite photograph”; in that case, I like too much this art because as I said in that blog the photograph allows keeping pictures of your life. Also the photograph that I choice it was a beautiful memory.
The development of the activity was very dynamic and this is essential because you can understand the grammatical when you write about yourself or in other case when you learn more vocabulary describing situations.
My experience with the blog can be summarized as follows; for me it was a challenge in many aspects, but the most important is my fluency when I write. I believe that I don´t have many vocabulary yet. This is a sad situation for me, but I know that I can learn it.
The blog´s class was very important for me because I think everything that I have learnt; it will be useful in the future, because, in my future job I need be connected with a lot a person, maybe, is possible that these people also speak English. I want to study abroad, knowledge gives me this class all week will be useful when entering a foreign university. Also, a lot of texts that I will read in my career are in English. This class helped me a lot; also, I hope to read texts in a good way.
My general conclusion is that, in many ways the class was useful, but above all when we could speak about us in other language.

That's all, thanks miss Zagal! :)

jueves, 24 de junio de 2010

My favorite photograph


Hello,
Today I will speak about my favorite photograph, that aspect is very interesting for me because it is something that I like me too much.
In first place I have investigated about the history, characteristics and purposes of photography, for example I know her as an art of moving pictures by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium.
This is wonderful.
In second place I choice a photograph that it was taken by my boyfriend one day when I went to his house. That day we registered our expressions in happy moments, because I believe that the moments are not repeated.
I like photography because she has a special feature it is bring to the present part of the life that sometimes you lived.
In my photograph the image is the following, my boyfriend and me when we were in his house shared our best moments, for example, we saw a movie, he introduced me his mother and he spoke about his secrets. The image was taken in the room next to his bed.
This photograph reminds me of a very special day in that we enjoy each other. Such moments make me well and I hope to repeat this picture many times in my life. My boyfriend has been the most important person in recent times when I've been wrong

jueves, 17 de junio de 2010

My Favorite Festivity


Hello, today I will speak about my favorite festivity
My favorite festivity is Christmas,
On December 25th of each year I celebrate that date with my family, it is the only moment when we are together. It is always in the house of my father's mother because it is a tradition.
On December 24th is my birthday, but it is not remembered because it is Christmas, yet I enjoy it because I'm with my family.
That day each part of my family arrives with their gifts, that isn´t the most important, but it is part of American tradition. My uncle Juan Carlos is the person who distributes gifts(he is Santa Claus)and my Dad plays Christmas music. However, the most important person in that event is my grandmother because she organizes the general aspects. We like to drink "cola de mono" and to eat "pan de pascua".
Last time it wasn´t very pleasant to celebrate Christmas because my godmother was mugged and she was very shocked. But then we shared the same scenes typical of this date.
It's selfish, but at Christmas I would like to celebrate my birthday nothing more, but everyone thinks only of its traditions. I like to stay with my friends to celebrate my birthday, but that my parents did not allow me.

jueves, 3 de junio de 2010

My favorite piece of technology


Today my topic is: My favorite piece of technology.

My favorite piece of technology is my “mp3” this object is a gift that my father gave it to me. This gift was the best gift in that time because I love listening to music, in special when I travel.

I use my mp3 in different moments, but most usually when I need to feel good, the music is a pleasant form to relax.

In my life I use too much my mp3 because for me it is essential to develop the emotional part, I mean, the music is an important aspect of the life because it allows us to explore our feelings.

I like my mp3 for different reasons; the first is, I don’t like the music of the radio, the second is I prefer to clasify my music in each style, for example; pop, rock, folk or others. And finally it is a practical object thanks to its size.

Without my mp3 my life would be boring specially because I need to listen to music and it would be repetitive but it is my truth, for me the music is the best that the man could do. In this art the imagination is developed in its best form as in every kind of art.

jueves, 27 de mayo de 2010

My best friend

Hello, today I will speak about my best friend;
My best friend is Carolina:
I met her when I was 12 years old, the place was the Lyceum Nº Javiera Carrera in Santiago. We started a new stage in our lives...
The first day of class she sat down in front of me and thanks to it I met her.
We began the best friendship.
I consider her my best friend because with her I have lived my best and worst moments. She has been an important person for me when I have cried and laughted.
My best memory with Carolina is when we went to Quinteros with the rest of the class. In that trip I could know new things about her.
The activities that we have done together are: on the one hand go out to different places that both like, for example: the museum. And on the other hand to dance, to talk, to listen to music and to share clothes.
The most important is that we cheerish our friendship.

jueves, 13 de mayo de 2010

The person who I admire


Hello today I will speak about the person who I admire. In this case she is called,
Emma Goldman:
She is an anarchist writer who was born the 27th of June in Lithuania and she died the 14th of May in Canada.
Emma lived her first stage in Lithuania, but when she was 13 years old Emma and her family traveled to San Petersburg. Two years after she traveled to EE.UU where she met Alexander Berkman. In general the life of Emma had a lot of experience because her ideas in that time were revolutionary.
Goldman became a writer on anarchy philosophy and she was a magnificent contribution in topic as: fights against the abuses and arbitrarinesses of the Liberal State. In other aspect she represented a vanguard supply for the feminist ideas.
Some books of Emma were:
Anarchim and Other Essays, The Social Significance of the Modern Drama, My Disillusionment in Russia, My Further Disillusionment in Russia, Living My Life(her biography) and Voltairine de Cleyre.
I admire Emma because she was a valiant woman who learned of her own experiences. She did not study in any University but thanks to her influence she studied in different universities. She understood that in the life the persons must be consequent with the saying.
I believe that in the society it is necessary to live according to your own ideals because without them the world will not see the true changes.

jueves, 6 de mayo de 2010

My favorite Vacation Place

My favorite place to go on holidays is the beach, because in this place I can relax myself.
In the beach, There are some the following characteristics:
In my opinion, for example, it is quiet, relaxing, varied, possesses diverse climates arround Chile and it is a different place for the persons who lives in the city of Santiago.
The place where I go on holidays is in the central littoral, near Cartagena. This place it is called San Carlos.
In this beach, my grandmother has a house. This situation is excellent because when my family and me travel we have a place where to stay. We travel by car.
I like the place, but it has some problems. This beach is solitary and often in the grandmother house´s has been broken into.
The house is far from the administrative centre and the police always arrives later.
And finally I have a good experience, but I would like someday to go with my friends because my family isn´t funny for me.