Week 3

This week we learn to write a thesis statement and to refroze it, we need to write a thesis statement for like 10 topics, this activity we do it in pairs, my classmate and I didn’t finish the thesis because we investigate too much and the time runs quickly so we do it for homework.

Then the second day we learn to use conjunctive adverbs and for this, in pairs we use it in a sentence then we did a formal letter use it conjunctive adverbs. It is a useful thing because I always use the same informal adverbs and sometime you need it so is good to know alternatives

Finally on the last day we do a video in teams in which we need to talk about de importance of the English as a Global Language

thesis statement

1. The school uniforms are important for a school because it represents the school's “spirit”. It makes a sense of belonging, promotes discipline and avoids fashion ideas.

2. Trust is a fundamental connection between parents and children because it shows the level of maturity, commitment and responsibility of the child.

3. 33% of teenagers aged between 17 and 24, are most likely to have driving accident under the influence of alcohol because of social pressure, immaturity or depression.  

4. Some of the reasons of why marihuana should be legalized are that helps the country’s economy, has several medical uses, and decrease drug traffic.

5. Some matters concerning the protection of animals right have taken a great impact, and that is because people fight against animal testing, animal abuse and illegal hunting.

6. Some people don´t have other choice than to change to another university, and that depends if it´s from their parents work, an exchange trip or even because they weren't doing good on their previous school

7. Since 2001 the number of endangered species have increased from 372 to 500. There are many organizations that help in this problem such as World Wildlife Fund, The Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation

   

8. Nowadays there is much speculation about the life in other planets. There are many cases without explaining that give us something to think about it like the signal Wow!,

9. Since the greeks, the art has been transcending with the past of time and to preserve it we have  some famous art museums, such as the Louvre, the Gallery of the Academy of Florence and even the Sistine Chapel on which we can find some paintings and sculptures such as the Monalisa, The creation of Adam and David.

10. *  To many people the nutritious food is something that they don’t eat, but these people don’t see the advantages of having a healthy life. Nutritious food help us prevent chronic diseases, increase quality of life and have a proper growth and development.

11.  Living on a campus can be of a great benefit to the student. It can help them by meeting new people, learning new habits, and making themselves more independent.

12. Gambling can have a bad side effect if it´s not controlled. Depending on the person, the result can be beneficial or it can lead to several problems in the economical, social and personal way.

13. The technology is a resource that if it is well used, it can bring us several benefits. There are many different ways we can use them to teach new languages like listening to a radio program, watching a foreign film and hearing videos that may improve our pronunciation.

14. Cosmetic surgery plays a very important role in a lot of famous people around the world. Statistics shows that the five countries who have had the greatest number of esthetic surgeries are South Korea, Greece, Italy, Brazil and Colombia.

15. Learning another language is something necessary for success. Nowadays is escential to know English .Due to this, language has transcended till becoming a global matter.It also helps you to have more opportunities to find a job, to travel to other countries and to have other means of communication.

Week 2

This week was good, on monday we have a quiz, lucky for me I had free time before this class so I could study more and have more refresh the concepts. The quiz had two simple questions but I knew the answers so was easy and I got 100, then we start working with our speeches, the teacher gave us a list of topics and I choose the more simple for mi "The importance of the tecnology in your life", it was easy but I had to investigate a little of it, the hard part was to memorize the concepts, but again like I said before, lucky for me I had one day more to learn it because I the last one of the list; the speech was okey, I think I spoke to fast like always (I always speak fast and stuttering) but I memorize everything which was a good thing. Finally this week was relaxing we didn't have much homework, was difficult to speak to everyone for the first time but with the time it will become more simple.

My learning experience

The first day of class is an exiciting experience, full of emotions and fears. On my first english class I was very afraid because all the english class I had, there was always a friend who support me and teach me when I need it, but this time I don't know anyone, so the only thought I had on my head was: "I'm going to fail"; of course I was joking, but that's the way I was feeling, I was scared.

Fortunately, I came early to class so I had the chance to meet a girl and make a new friend; also the teacher seems to be a nice person so I wasn't scared anymore, the day end well.

In conclucion I hope to pass a good time in this class, I want to learn, improve my english, don't be afraid to speak it and, of course have a great semester.