Lookin Back

Well, we have arrived at the end of the term and it is time to look back and see everything we have been through and the things we have learned. 

When you are learning a new language, it is important to see how you have improved, because it is something that you get better while the time. It is not an easy task but thanks the block we should have done during the course and also during the last year we can see easily how this improvement is. 

When I look back to the first post I wrote in my blog I see a big difference between them and the ones that I do now. Apart from a change in how they are I also see a change in the structure of the blog, I mean, in how I do now the post or the topics I chose to talk. As well I have noticed an improvement when I write, for example, now I found easier to write in English and I need use dictionaries less. 

So I think it is thanks to the practice that has helped me to improve my level of English. 

In our blog we have to do different activities, we have to summarize news, or do reviews from books or films and make your-says, it is express your opinion and talk about one topic you like and find interesting. My favorite activities are the reviews and the your-says. I like them because I can choose the topics I prefer and then say what I think about. I also like do reviews because I enjoy watch films and then talk about them and also say my opinion. 

Then I think these activities are the best to improve your level of English because you try to explain something with your own words and with your own point of view and I think this is a good way to get fluency. And at the same time give your opinion it’s important as a way to express what you think and a way to learn how express ideas and yourself better. 

At the other side, there is the news. It is the part I hate the most for two reasons: the first is I find very difficult to search for a new which interest me. The majority talk about the business world or something like that. The other reason is that I don’t like very much make summaries. But anyway read in English is also a good way to learn the language and to get new vocabulary. 

A part of doing our blog, during the course, we also have to do oral presentations in front of all the class about different topics. We organize for groups and we have to develop one topic. This forces us to investigate about something new, learn new words, improve our pronunciation and talk in front a group of people. 

Then there is the grammar book which we work during the course. It is to learn how the grammar works and how speak well, but I think that it goes no further. To learn to use well the grammar structures, you should practice talking and not doing exercises about fill the gaps.  

This year, at the end of the term, we have started a new “project” that it has never done. We are trying to collect money for Nepal and we have thought to do a charitable concert. All we participate in it doing different tasks and organizing it. I think it is a very good work to end the school year which everybody can enjoy it and, what is more, we are doing it for a good cause.

To finish I would like to wish a good summer for everyone and I hope to see you next year! Bye-bye Batxillerat, I’ll see you next course!