FINAL REFLECTION

We are finnishing our school time, and now it’s the time to see my progress from 2008-2010 and my English competence in 2010, because I would like to see if I improved or not.

1. My English progress from 2008-2010

If we compare my first written document and the last composition, we I can see some differences like the vocabulary, which is very basic and now I use more connectors and richer vocabulary than the starting. In the first written document I didn’t use contractions and I wrote with a big letter’ size, because it took more lines and it was shorter than the last too. Nowadays, I write longer than the first written document because I know more vocabulary and more linking words, for this reason I relation more concepts and I can do a good strucutre in my compositions.

Furthermore, I can see that the last have more maturity on the content, and if we see the blog, we can see the presentation is better than the first, but the first had more gadgets because I’d more time to do it, and now I haven’t got time to my blog...

In conclusion I see a personal development in these documents, because I know more vocabulary, linking words, etc.

If we compare my first oral presentation and my final oral presentation, I see that I improve in my fluency, and a little bit in my pronunciation. I can also see that the last one was spontaneous and so, I didn't prepare it a lot, but my language is better than the first oral presentation, which I prepared a lot and I was very nervous because it was the first time I do it. So, I can say that I see a personal development in my speaking, but I need to improve more...

2. My English competence in 2010

My best oral evidence and my best written evidence

I've chosen these evidence because I see an important improvement; in my best oral evidence I enjoyed a lot doing it and it's an enormous help to me, because if I enjoy when I do one thing, then I learn more. Another reason is that I've chose it because my fluency is a little bit better than the others, and I used a good and rich language and some linking words, which gave it to me more madurity in this oral evidence, like in my written evidence. I have to say that Guillem and me didn't prepare this oral evidence and so it has got something wrong, but I'm sure that if we'd prepared it, we could have had a better mark.

In my best written evidence we can see it's more large than others writtings. I've chose it because I think that I had had an improvement on my level of English since 1st batxillerat, and for example, I can see it in my language, because I was using a basic vocabulary and I could be look up one word in a dictionary for 1 hour (it is ironic ¬¬), but now I know more words and I write one composition in less time. Apart from that, I see more madurity here and it isn't a common topic, so I needed a specific words to writte about it.

Finally, I have to say that I have done such a great work because of my teachers, who are the responsibles of my learning. Thank you! :)

What happened?

As you know, I'm the keeper of F.C. Sant Pere Pescador, and we're finishing the league. This year, the champions are AE Roses, and the other places aren't establish yet, because there is a lot of competence. Yesterday, we played against Llançà, and we won 5-1, but if we would like the second place, Base Roses had to lose.

Well, Base Roses played against the champions (this match is like Barça-Espanyol, because they are in the same city) and we were sure that AE Roses would win, because in the last match which they met, AE won Base for 4-2, and AE Roses is a very good team, it's amazing. What happened? How I said, AE Roses had been the champions, so they needn't be worried about result, but this match is a "derby"...

When we finished the match, our coach said to us that Base Roses had won the match for 6-2, and it was very strange for us, and we were very sad for it, because it was an opportunity to be runner-up! I'm disapoint with it, because in my point of view, this result isn't normally. It could be rig?

Now, they have to play the last match of this competition against L'Escala, who is bottom in this league, and we will cross our fingers because we would like to be the bests, except the first ;)

Barraques'10

Like every year, it’s the time to celebrate the famous Barraques in Figueres.

If we compare the last year with this year, we can see that there are some differences: Barraques’09 were only four days, so there was only a weekend to enjoy them; but this year is better than the last because Barraques’10 last six days and they’re divided in two weekends. Another difference is that this year there are better groups than last year because there is more variety of music, what it means that they’re for all the people. Some examples of the groups that play in Barraques are: “Los delinquentes”, Strombers, Di-versiones,...


Today is the last day to enjoy them and I’m sure I’ll remember them, because last weekend was amazing and today will be better than last weekend and also than yesterday.
Apart from that, I must say that I have had such a great time because of my friends, who are the best!
Now that I’ve the opportunity, I want to say to my friend David an enourmous CONGRATULATIONS, because today it’s his birthday and now he’s 18 years old.

See all of you tonight =)

Bullfighting, a Spanish tradition

Bullfighting is an ancient Spanish tradition and people enjoy going to see the "show". Some people, however, don't think the same.

In my opinion, bullfighting is very dangerous because people can get hurt or even die practising this activity. Moreover, there is a lot of violence and aggresion during the bullfight.

On the other hand, I think that killing animals or making them suffer isn't an intelligent and nice thing to do. I can't understand how people enjoy watching animals dying in front of them. Furthermore, I disagree with the idea that bullfighting is a Spanish tradition which can't be lost. I think that we have a lot of nicer traditions in our country and we can really be proud of them. Finally, I believe that this tradition is able to make that people will be more aggresive, and it will be very dangerous!

As a conclusion, although some people supports this tradition I think that it should be vanished and we should protect these animals of being killed in the middle of the bull ring, but it seems to me that it will never die...

Certanly, could you imagine that a person was killed by a bull every day? NO! So, STOP IT, PLEASE!

Dialogue

Today we have the pleasure to speak to one of the last sheperds in this country, called Antonio, who thinks that his profession is dying out, and we're going to see some differences about their way of life now and before.

Pau: Hello Antonio! Today I would ask you something about this profession that is dying out; well, what do you think it's happening?

Antonio: Hi Pau! Yeah, I think that nowadays there aren't any shepherds and farmers because teenagers say that it's such a bad profession and so, they couldn't be happy living with a lot of animals and "shit".

Pau: But... if you do it, do you think that your profession is the best of all?

Antonio: No! I don't say that! For me, it's a good job because my parents taught me the best side of this world, and the best form to do it; and for this reason I work with lot of love.

Pau: So... do you think that one of the reason that produced this "killing" is the little information that the boys have?

Antonio: Yes, of course! I think that another reason that produced this "killing", like you say, (Laughs) is the construction of roads, so it's the same to say the destruction of fields. It's one of the most important differences in the way of my life now and before.

Pau: Okey Antonio... I hope that your profession will never die out, and in a near future, we will speak about the "resurrection" of this profession. (Laughs)

Antonio: See you soon Pau!

Gazpacho

Hi guys!

Today I'm going to explain one of my favourite Summer soup, which is the famous "Gazpacho Andaluz". I choose this recipe because my family comes from Andalusia, and it's one reason that I love it. Gazpacho is a Spanish cold tomato soup which is the perfect starter to a Summer meal, and it's perfect for hot days. It's easy to make and although ingredients may vary according to region, but I'm going to explain the basic recipe. All we need is it: one kilo tomatoes, onion, green pepper, cucumber, a small cup of olive oil, vinager and 200 grams of bread from the day before, soaked in water.

First of all, we have to put the tomatoes, onion, pepper, cucumber, vinager, oil and bread into a liquidizer (if you want to dilute it, add a glass of water). Then, we have to put the mixture into a bowl,add salt and pepper and leave the gazpacho to chill for at least an hour. Finally, we have to serve it in soup bowls, with the portions of diced tomatoes, pepper, cucumber, onion, croutons,... on the table, so that everyone can add them to their bowl as they prefer.
Certanly, if you want to eat it straight away, you can put some ice cubes in to cool it down. Gazpacho, how I said, is a Summer dish which is meant to hydrate and cool down your body, so the colder the better!

Well, I hope you enjoy this recipe and you will be able to do it in a future :)
See you soon *

Las Dunas

There are 144 campgrounds in the area of Girona and 40 % of them are first class, and one of them is "Las Dunas", which I'm going to work this summer, like the last two years. I work in the supermarket, and I like it because workmates are very friendly, and I enjoy a lot with all of them. On the other hand, in this site we have to work really hard and the timetable isn't very good, because we start at 08:00 and finish at 20:00, and we have free time at one'oclok to four o'clock, so we can enjoy a lot the summer...

In my opinion, one of the best things to work in a camping is that you can learn lenguages, because you have to speak the foreigner's language if you would like understand and complain him.

In this modern and well-stocked supermarket we can find: fresh fruit and vegetables, meat products, cheese, frozen food, as well as a great selection of wines and champagne, toiletries and kitchen items. Into this supermarket we can see a bakery, where there are crunchy bread, rolls, croissants and a great variety of cakes are made every day.

Now, in the next video, you can see a little adverstise of this campground, and if you would like to visit it, you will find a few kilometres after the village of St. Martí d'Empúries, next to discotheque called "Hot Fata".