wow!!! i can't believed!!!! this is going to be my last journal activity.
Actually i enjoy a lot doing this because i could share some experiences even if nobody reads it i don't care, this was a space to think and write in english although sometimes i feeld like i didn't have enought time to do this i allways liked to learn something diferent. And one of the most important things was that i also have to use my accounting knowledge to do the academic part.
Some other thing that i like about this was checking on my classemates blogs because they have some other interesting things to say.
Finally i would like to say..... leave a comment!!!
miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2008
conversation
Activity: speaking conversation
Last friday i was taking a bus from progreso to merida and i was sitign next to two american girs and sudently a children start to sing for money and they were talking about that children thinks like might be he didn't have parents but i knewed the boy because he is one of my mom's studentes and (might be i was rude but) i told them that he had parents and he was just making money to play video games or things like that. And then the conversation started we continue talking about holidays like they were very exciting about havin thanksgiving out of home and after we talk about school and finaly about tv series.
Reflecction: it was a very good experience because they had diferent acents and make my brain go faster to try to understad all of what they were saying.
Last friday i was taking a bus from progreso to merida and i was sitign next to two american girs and sudently a children start to sing for money and they were talking about that children thinks like might be he didn't have parents but i knewed the boy because he is one of my mom's studentes and (might be i was rude but) i told them that he had parents and he was just making money to play video games or things like that. And then the conversation started we continue talking about holidays like they were very exciting about havin thanksgiving out of home and after we talk about school and finaly about tv series.
Reflecction: it was a very good experience because they had diferent acents and make my brain go faster to try to understad all of what they were saying.
Chuck
activity: whatch a tv serie and write what is it about
I'm posting the video but i didn't saw it whit subtitles, the page that i used to saw it was all in chinesse and i couldn't found the url to post it here so i foun one but is subtitled in spanish
this is the first chapter of the chuck series in which there is a guy named chuck who is a buy more and one day on his birthday he recived an e-mail from a bad friend named bryce in this e-mail he got all the USA goberment secrets and he became the only one to know all of this, then the CIA and the NSA send him two agents that try to kill him until he explain that he is not working for anybody else that he only open the wrong e-mail.
Reflecction : this is my favorite way to improve my listening skils because i watch it every week and i learn diferent acents and words that i didn't knew.
Source:http://tu.tv/videos/chuck-1x01-subs-espanol
I'm posting the video but i didn't saw it whit subtitles, the page that i used to saw it was all in chinesse and i couldn't found the url to post it here so i foun one but is subtitled in spanish
this is the first chapter of the chuck series in which there is a guy named chuck who is a buy more and one day on his birthday he recived an e-mail from a bad friend named bryce in this e-mail he got all the USA goberment secrets and he became the only one to know all of this, then the CIA and the NSA send him two agents that try to kill him until he explain that he is not working for anybody else that he only open the wrong e-mail.
Reflecction : this is my favorite way to improve my listening skils because i watch it every week and i learn diferent acents and words that i didn't knew.
Source:http://tu.tv/videos/chuck-1x01-subs-espanol
phones
activity: read about the history of telephones and write about it
The telephone is one of the most important gadgets that we use on our days. But the telephone history start since 1876 when alexander Graham Bell realized his artefact.
Now on the telephone makes our life easier, because everyone have one and they are very important because the telecomunication increase day by day, the tecnology also increased that now we can talk very fast to people from all over the world or having videophone calls, the comunication betwen people is n0w on one of th most important issues on our days.
Reflecciton: this was very interesting becuase the telephone is something that we use allways and finfing information is very interesting and usefull for my future
source: http://www.telephonymuseum.com/History%201940-today.htm
The telephone is one of the most important gadgets that we use on our days. But the telephone history start since 1876 when alexander Graham Bell realized his artefact.
Now on the telephone makes our life easier, because everyone have one and they are very important because the telecomunication increase day by day, the tecnology also increased that now we can talk very fast to people from all over the world or having videophone calls, the comunication betwen people is n0w on one of th most important issues on our days.
Reflecciton: this was very interesting becuase the telephone is something that we use allways and finfing information is very interesting and usefull for my future
source: http://www.telephonymuseum.com/History%201940-today.htm
Computeres and girls
Activity:
I read a cnn article and afther answered the questions
Computers and girls
From a news story byCNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp
The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology.Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says, "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information."After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University women researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistently rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom. The instructor of this computer lab says he's already noticed some differences. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow."Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls’ computer usage was falling behind boys. Karen Gould says, "The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not because they're too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they're incredibly boring."Purple Moon says it found what girls want, characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, "What we definitely found from girls is there is no intrinsic reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing."The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this, the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.
Reflecction: it was a very old article from 1998 it was very interesting but actully i think that the girls are as interested as boys on the computers because its a very common and importan on our days.
sourse:http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/computergirls/conclusions.html
I read a cnn article and afther answered the questions
Computers and girls
From a news story byCNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp
The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology.Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says, "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information."After re-examining a thousand studies, the American Association of University women researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls consistently rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom. The instructor of this computer lab says he's already noticed some differences. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow."Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls’ computer usage was falling behind boys. Karen Gould says, "The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not because they're too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they're incredibly boring."Purple Moon says it found what girls want, characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives. Karen Gould of Purple Moon Software says, "What we definitely found from girls is there is no intrinsic reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing."The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this, the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.
Reflecction: it was a very old article from 1998 it was very interesting but actully i think that the girls are as interested as boys on the computers because its a very common and importan on our days.
sourse:http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/computergirls/conclusions.html
jueves, 20 de noviembre de 2008
Disney Party
November 18th is the Mickey's 80th Anniversary!!! the most famous spokemouse in the world is celebrating his first 80th years.
But actually he had become animated six monts before the anniversary date but the disney brothes never got the distriubution deal thas why they celabrate november 18th as the mickey's first apperance on the big screen.
this first apperance was at the Colony Theater in New York City in 1928. this was the first synchronized sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie.
For the disney brothes this was their fist big sucsses, and the start of an endless sucssesful carrer on the entertaiment bussines.
this was very interesting to know because we all know mickey and get knowlege about him is very interesting.
But actually he had become animated six monts before the anniversary date but the disney brothes never got the distriubution deal thas why they celabrate november 18th as the mickey's first apperance on the big screen.
this first apperance was at the Colony Theater in New York City in 1928. this was the first synchronized sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie.
For the disney brothes this was their fist big sucsses, and the start of an endless sucssesful carrer on the entertaiment bussines.
this was very interesting to know because we all know mickey and get knowlege about him is very interesting.
viernes, 14 de noviembre de 2008
how to write a memo
Activity: read the information about how to write a memo and afther write your oun memo
A memorandum It is written in note form and is used to inform or remind people
A memo should contain the following labels: from, to, date, subjet
My memo:
to: Teacher Amber
from: Veronica Gamboa
date: 14/11/08
subjet: Missing class
please teacher as I inform before i'm not attending to tuesday 18th class, please send me the homework whit sara or by email.
Refeccion: this was very interesting because i didn't knew how to make a memo, and this will help me.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/format_and_structure/factsheet4.shtml
A memorandum It is written in note form and is used to inform or remind people
A memo should contain the following labels: from, to, date, subjet
My memo:
to: Teacher Amber
from: Veronica Gamboa
date: 14/11/08
subjet: Missing class
please teacher as I inform before i'm not attending to tuesday 18th class, please send me the homework whit sara or by email.
Refeccion: this was very interesting because i didn't knew how to make a memo, and this will help me.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/writing/format_and_structure/factsheet4.shtml
Paragraph Revision
Activity: Read a paragraph and look for the mistakes. Afther the page would teache you how to change the mistakes
This is the paragraph just as I readed.
Green house effect is one of the phenomena caused by industrial pollution. From the data taken by scientists, our earth has been warming up since the Industrial Revolution. Why does it happen? The factories' emissions have created smog on the atmosphere. The earth's atmosphere becomes like a green house, and the earth and everything inside of it have become like the plants in the green house. The sunlight can pass trough the ozone layer but the heat transferred by the sunlight can not escape easily from the layer of smog and is deflected to earth's surface again.
this is the correct one:
The greenhouse effect is a phenomenon caused by industrial pollution. Because of the greenhouse effect, the temperature of the earth is increasing. According to the data taken by scientists, our earth has been warming up since the Industrial Revolution. Why does it happen? Emissions from factories have created smog in the atmosphere. The earth's atmosphere becomes like a greenhouse, and the earth and everything inside of it have become like the plants in a greenhouse. The sunlight can pass through the ozone layer but the heat transferred by the sunlight can not escape easily from the layer of smog and is deflected to the earth's surface again.
Reflecction: this was very helpeful because there were some mistakes that i didn't notice and it will help me to improve my writting skills
Source:http://eslus.com/LESSONS/WRITING/REV1/LC.HTM
This is the paragraph just as I readed.
Green house effect is one of the phenomena caused by industrial pollution. From the data taken by scientists, our earth has been warming up since the Industrial Revolution. Why does it happen? The factories' emissions have created smog on the atmosphere. The earth's atmosphere becomes like a green house, and the earth and everything inside of it have become like the plants in the green house. The sunlight can pass trough the ozone layer but the heat transferred by the sunlight can not escape easily from the layer of smog and is deflected to earth's surface again.
this is the correct one:
The greenhouse effect is a phenomenon caused by industrial pollution. Because of the greenhouse effect, the temperature of the earth is increasing. According to the data taken by scientists, our earth has been warming up since the Industrial Revolution. Why does it happen? Emissions from factories have created smog in the atmosphere. The earth's atmosphere becomes like a greenhouse, and the earth and everything inside of it have become like the plants in a greenhouse. The sunlight can pass through the ozone layer but the heat transferred by the sunlight can not escape easily from the layer of smog and is deflected to the earth's surface again.
Reflecction: this was very helpeful because there were some mistakes that i didn't notice and it will help me to improve my writting skills
Source:http://eslus.com/LESSONS/WRITING/REV1/LC.HTM
from Proposed Roads To Freedom
Activity: read the lecture and fill the blancs whit the correct word and finally answer the questions.
Most men and women pass xx1xx life without ever considering or criticising xx2xx their own conditions or those of the world at large. They find themselves born into a certain place in society, and they accept what each day xx3xx, without any thought beyond what the immediate present requires. They seek the satisfaction of the needs of the moment, without much forethought, and without thinking that by sufficient effort the conditions of their lives xx4xx be changed. A certain percentage, guided by personal ambition, make the effort of thought and will which is necessary to place themselves among the more xx5xx members of the community; but very few among these are seriously concerned to secure for all the advantages which they seek for xx6xx. Only a few rare and exceptional men have that kind of love toward mankind at large that makes them unable to endure patiently the general mass of evil and suffering, xx7xx of any relation it may have to their own lives. These few, driven by sympathetic pain, will seek for some new system of society by which life may become richer, more full of xx8xx and less full of preventable evils xx9xx it is at present. But in the past such men have, as a rule, failed to interest the very victims of the injustices xx10xx they wished to remedy.
Adapted from Proposed Roads To Freedom by Bertrand Russell
Refecction: this was a little difficult for me althoug I knew the word, I did't put it correctly in some of the questions.
Source: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/CLOZE/R8.HTM
Most men and women pass xx1xx life without ever considering or criticising xx2xx their own conditions or those of the world at large. They find themselves born into a certain place in society, and they accept what each day xx3xx, without any thought beyond what the immediate present requires. They seek the satisfaction of the needs of the moment, without much forethought, and without thinking that by sufficient effort the conditions of their lives xx4xx be changed. A certain percentage, guided by personal ambition, make the effort of thought and will which is necessary to place themselves among the more xx5xx members of the community; but very few among these are seriously concerned to secure for all the advantages which they seek for xx6xx. Only a few rare and exceptional men have that kind of love toward mankind at large that makes them unable to endure patiently the general mass of evil and suffering, xx7xx of any relation it may have to their own lives. These few, driven by sympathetic pain, will seek for some new system of society by which life may become richer, more full of xx8xx and less full of preventable evils xx9xx it is at present. But in the past such men have, as a rule, failed to interest the very victims of the injustices xx10xx they wished to remedy.
Adapted from Proposed Roads To Freedom by Bertrand Russell
Refecction: this was a little difficult for me althoug I knew the word, I did't put it correctly in some of the questions.
Source: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/CLOZE/R8.HTM
martes, 11 de noviembre de 2008
The big bang theory
This is one of my favorites tv shows i started watching this show about a year ago and it's hilarious, But i have to be honest they talk with a lot of unusual words that some times i don't get the half of it but the half i undestand makes me laugh.
It's about leonard and sheldon two brilliant theoretical physicists but socially inept and they meet a new neighbor penny a stereotypical beautiful dumb blond
i hope you enjoy the chapter as much as i did
this is the pilot, it's just 22 minutes long
Remember that listening english with out subtitules and diferents acents will help you to improve your speaking
It's about leonard and sheldon two brilliant theoretical physicists but socially inept and they meet a new neighbor penny a stereotypical beautiful dumb blond
i hope you enjoy the chapter as much as i did
this is the pilot, it's just 22 minutes long
Remember that listening english with out subtitules and diferents acents will help you to improve your speaking
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