My English competence in 2014

First of all, I think it’s a difficult task to choose the best post and the best oral presentation, because every post is different, with different personal views…

If I have to choose my best post in my blog maybe this will be a post called Corruption infootball. First, I think it’s a current topic, because in our country we can see every day news relationship with corruption in football or in politics, so I wanted to show my personal view about this. Te elements that make this post different from the others are this current and specific topic and then the vocabulary and the grammar. Maybe vocabulary and grammar aren’t the most important elements because I have done some posts with the same level if I talk about the linguistic elements, but in fact, these make a fluent and mature post.

Finally, I think with this post I have done a critique about our political and economic system and this make it significant.

If I have to choose my best oral presentation this will probably be the ones that we talked about smartphones. I did this oral presentation with Roger and David and we talk about specific gadgets of this device and the effects that these have to the society. I have chosen this because we introduce some technologic vocabulary and we used a correct grammar. Moreover, I think was a current and interesting topic, so all the classmates were attentive. In my opinion, this is an important element because you are talking to one audience and you have to have the audience awake and concentrate.

To sum up, I think we had a correct pronuntation and, in general, we were watching all the time our classmates. 

My English progress from 2012-2014

My first post of batxillerat was the email to teacher called Introduce myself and the last one is If I knew backthen… In my opinion, it so easy to see the differences in this to posts. First of all, I can talk about my grammar and syntax because at the beginning of first batxillerat I wrote short, easy and simple sentences and now, I think I write long sentences with subordinates. Another thing is the use of connectors. This is for me the most important and the most clear, because connectors transform a complex post in a fluent post and this became more mature. In fact, there is another element that makes a write more mature, and this is the personal development. If you have a progress in this topic and you talk about interesting and current topics, like news, you will have a better a blog. And that’s my case, because at the beginning of first batxillerat I talked about football or music, and now, at the end of second batxillerat, I talk about economy or politics that appear in news.

My first oral presentation in batxillerat was the Freestyle football soccer beach, which I did with my classmate David, and the last one is called my TDR. Between these two oral presentations I can see a lot of differences. First of all, I can talk about the vocabulary and the grammar that I used in my oral presentation, that was so simply if I compare with my TDR oral presentation, because in this presentation I talked about a specific and science topic, which was demography, geography and history. Another thing I have seen is the eye contact. In my fist oral presentation I was so nervous but in the last one I was calm and quiet, because since there we have done a lot of oral presentations and we have practised it. And the last thing and maybe the most important ones is the pronuntation that makes an oral presentation more fluency. Watching and comparing all my posts I have seen and improvement, and this makes me feel satisfied. 

If I knew back then...

Dear Jaume,

I know you are going to have a new life, because highschool changes it. Maybe you can think highschool is like the education you have recieved until now, but, sincerely, there is another way to work and the relationship with teachers is so different.

At the begining you have to be afraid, everybody feels this, but time puts everybody in their place and when you will do 3rd of ESO you will probably see things more clearly. My advice is simple, but it works. So, my suggest starts with respecting your teachers, doing the homework and studying for the exams because this is the main reason you will go there. However, you have to remember the human part because you would probably find friends or spend good times with some classmates. 

So, enjoy this six-year time because this probably will be so grateful to you. You know that everybody can have a bad day, and, sincerely, you will have these feeling a lot of times, for the stress of the exams and things like that, but I can confirm the result is really positive.

I hope you will enjoy it,

Yours,

Jaume

Nets hit 15 3-pointers to knock off Heat in Game 3

This morning has fallen defeated Miami for the first time this season in the playoffs against the Brooklyn Nets. Miami trailed a run of six wins and no losses (4 victories against the Charlotte Bobcats and 2 against the Brooklyn Nets ) .The victory of the Nets is due largely to great success in the triples that have had tonight. They have gotten 15 of 25 triples. The fifth longest streak in the history of the playoffs by pulling at least 25 triples.

Joe Johnson, who led Brooklyn got 5 triples and finished with 19 points. While Mirza Teletovic basket over 4 triples and finished with 12 points. Shaun Livingston also developed well in the game.And LeBron James had 28 points for his team .Wade another 20 points. But not avail. Brooklyn, coached by Jason Kidd, left with a 19-point lead late in the third quarter. The series is now 2-1 in favour of Miami, but Brooklyn has the chance to tie the series in the next game that is also played in New York.

Vocabulary:

Faze: desconcertar.

Snap: trencar

Pull: tirar

http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400556276

Eurovision 2014: The best reaction from Twitter after Conchita Wurst's song contest victory

Yesterday was the show called Eurovisión and this is a championship between all the European countries. These countries have a representative that has to sing and then the other countries have to vote. At the begging this show was so important to all the countries and this give standing, but these last years the quality isn’t the same and it’s more funny than serious.

This year in particular the winner was an Austrian girl called Conchita Wurst. Untill here, all is clear, but the peculiarity is this girl has beard, and when I say beard is beard and not three or four furs. Maybe there is a part of our society that think a girl can has a beard and things like this, but on the social networks the other part of society has gave support to this girl. This is a good news because this shows that there are tolerate humans in our society.

Vocabulary:

Drag: arrastrar.

Performer: artista

Queued: fila

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eurovision-2014-winner-conchita-wurst-3525515

Liverpool old boy Carroll: Reds deserve title and I'll give my all against Man City to help

Andy Carroll, British striker, wishes wholeheartedly that Liverpool, his former team, winning the Premier League, after twenty years of drought without a title in the domestic competition. In the short time that Carroll played for Liverpool, he made ​​many friends. Especially Steven Gerrard, the captain of the team. Carroll believes that after leaving the skin Gerrard leads the team deserves a reward. 

The British striker, told the press, said that he would give everything to score a goal against Manchester City to bring a little more to the title to Liverpool. The match between West Ham and Manchester City are going to be played on Sunday at 16:00. At the same time of day they will also play the Liverpool vs Newcastle United. Stay tuned, because the Premier can has champion this same weekend.

Vocabulary:

Gatecrash: colar-se a

Aback: cap enrere

Hitman: assassí a sou

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-old-boy-carroll-reds-3523211 

'Barrister cost my wife £600 an hour': How to get divorced without the big legal bills

This news deals with the option to have a low cost divorced and how to get it. First of all, I have to say I really enjoyed reading this news, because talks about an interesting and current topic.

This man talks about his case in particular and he said that his divorce was about 15000 pounds. He was so angry and he decided to explain how to get a low cost divorce. In my opinion, he has done a good job because talks in detail of all the fields that can supply a divorce, especially the legal field.

In my opinion it’s so silly to pay money to get a divorced. Two adults have to have the capacity to talk and control the situation and, obviously, with respect. But I understand too that there are a lot of situations and sometimes it’s impossible to argue with the other member of the couple.

Vocabulary:

Barrister: advocate

Split: separ-se/trencar-se

Stuck: “atascado”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2625122/How-divorced-without-big-legal-bills.html