HI!
Today is time to reconsider all the work I have made during this second trimester .
First, I recognise it weren't my best months, and as a consequence my marks are lower. A lot of worries have join , and they have join with puberty so I usually have my mind in others worlds. I don't want to use these as an excuse because I'm enough old to responsible myself and it's my fault not knowing how to organise.
English has never been an easy subject, its a other language so it isn't enough to study only one part of it. However, I'm quite surprised of some of the listening we have made, I know our level has raised and I though I wasn't going to been able to understand some words, but it really shocked me when I realise I could understand most of the things I heard, not only in the records, The explanations and the conversations with the support native teacher were not very complicate to understand . It's the only thing I'm proud of, in fact.
Reading it's also something not really difficult to me, perhaps because I love reading and although for some people the English book is something unnecessary I really appreciate it, it sees us how English is written, the style of the authors and in what way some words can be use. Also I believe is really good for our minds, we are getting used to new lectures and with thinking we understand the words, at least I don't need to translate all the sentences. In this limited three months we have read two Allan Poe's tales (The Red Dead and The Pit and the Pendulum) such a famous writer and it was so cool to read him in his native language, in spite of this wasn't the case but some translation are horrible.
There are some skills were I'm comfortable in, but there are others, like grammar and speaking where I have to improve. I'm not very self confident and I don't study as much as I need so in mostly of my exams I doubt a lot, I'm never sure if what I wrote is correct even although somethings I really worked them. I need to practise more and start doing the exercises earlier so in case I have doubts I can asked my teacher next day. It's true that grammar is getting complicated and not it's not only study what we have seen in the main unit. it's time to change my mind and try to see this in other perspective. English on of the subjects I most worry to not study it only for the exams, learning other languages will help me and my generation to find a job easily, so whatever I learn know it's something I'll be already prepared in a future.
Speaking isn't based in study it hardly (well you need to know grammar to structure good the sentences) but for me pronunciation is so important, knowing all the grammar isn't going to help me if I don't know who to pronounce correctly. for that I try to copy the way English people speak, hear everything (or as much as I can) In English and pay attention of how my teacher pronoun words.
And finally Writing. I love writing (as you can notice) but it's the same problem as in grammar, I'm never sure about my writes, I have so much ideas during the exams that I always doubt, but I love to see myself expressing in other languages. Sometimes is quite upsetting not finding the exactly word that mach, but I believe it's improve our capacity to search for new ways to say the same!!!
To sum up, I need to work more and it will be the only way to improve myself, I must do my best every time and of course, does means I have to focus, to concentrate and to invest all my energies in only one thing. I always end my trimester disappointed with myself, but it's the first time I feel I can get better, I'm sure next trimester I will be more motivated!!! I will try to rock it!!
Hey! this doesn't finish yet. English subject is not only grammar, vocabulary, speaking listening and reading!! It has a very participative part: the projects. Projects are always very stressful for me because I really love to do them what means they should be perfect. This term we have made one about Gothic literature (related with Poe tales) and behind it we've put a lot of work that at the end have worth it a lot it, I'm so proud of how my classmate and I have summarise the information. You can click here to watch it!!!!!
In the bilingual programme, apart of having more hours than the other classmates without it we have another two subjects in English : P.E and ICT. In P.E we have learnt a lot , mainly in nutrition, one of my favourites topics and one of the less explained by my last physical education teachers! So I 'm very happy with the new information I got!! Also I've learnt a lot of vocabulary rationed with sport.
ICT it has been based in projects all the time. I have lost the number of new thing I have learnt. Now I can use free photoshop version to edit my version, drawings.., whatever I want! I also learnt to use Access and Inskipe tow programmes really useful. it's a pity that our computers don't work as they must because we could have done amazing things...
Finally I want to apologise, I should post this earlier but my computer crashed and I couldn't did it till know!!!! Also I must have to post more often and I don't have any excuse!!
See you soon and happy easter!!!!
