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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

My Common Miatakes

1.-  My Mistake was writing "people is" and should be "people are" because " is" is  for singular and "are"  for plural.

ex 1.-  Those rings are very expensive.

ex 2.-  My classmates are very generous and polite.

2.- I have problems with the use of will-future.

will-future - Use

The will-future is one future tense. There are other future tenses, like the going to-future, the Present Progressive, the Future Progressive/Continuous and the Simple Present.
We use the will-future:

1) Future actions happen without the speaker's intention (birthday, weather, etc.)

The sun will shine tomorrow.
Peter will be 15 next Tuesday.


2) Predictions, assumptions (I think, I hope, I'm sure, I'm afraid)

I think Sue will arrive in Paris at 6 pm.

3) Spontaneous actions (not planned)

Hang on! I'll have a word with you.

link: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/will_future_use.htm

3.-   I have problems expressing and requesting opinions

Ways to ask for opinions

Do you think...?
What do you think about...?
What's your opinion of...?
How do you feel about...?
examples:
Do you think i´m a good person?
How do you feel about your brother´s marriage?
Expressions to give opinions
I think...
I feel...
I don't think
In my opinion,...
If you ask me,...
Examples:
In my opinion, you are a very good player.
I think you should train more.
Link: http://www.topics-mag.com/language/give-opinions.html
4.- Sometimes I have problems reading instructions before writing.

  1. Pre-reading
    • Preview structure of text
    • Examine assumptions about topic and author
    • Make predictions

  2. Reading
    • Actively reading the text
    • Asking questions
    • Annotating and note taking

  3. Rereading/Prewriting
    • Reviewing the text with the assignment in mind
    • Locating material in text that might help write the paper

  4. Prewriting
    • Organizing material for the paper
    • Analyzing the rhetorical situation of the assignment (audience, purpose, intention)

  5. Drafting
    • Writing the first draft of the paper
    • Making decisions about content, structure, and language

  6. Rewriting
    • Reviewing and revising the paper
    • Proofreading the paper
    • Checking paper against source texts for accuracy, correctness, and fairness
link: http://academic.udayton.edu/crc/faculty/ReadingWritingProcess.htm

5.- Determiners 

what is a determiner?

The determiner is an important noun modifier which contextualizes a noun, often in terms of quantity and possession. Determiners in English precede a noun phrase and include demonstratives, possessives, and quantifiers.

examples:
- this is my new laptop
-Those kids are bothering me.

Portfolio task, section 3 task 5

Pucón, the summer paradise


This little city located in the south of a long country named Chile, offers you a lot of options to enjoy summer as much as you can.

This is at the lakeside of "Lago Villarica" , where you can swim, get tanned and play a lot of sports liike beach volleyball.

Something really special about Pucón, is the "Volcán Villarica" a really beautiful landscape where you can go for expeditions and for long walks.

But if you don´t like exploring, you can go to the centre of the city, where you can find a lot of leather shops and also well-known ones.

Finally, I had come here for more than 5 times and of course I´m coming again to this wonderfull city.
Portfolio task, section 2 task 2

I´ve heard that a lot of people are not happy with the new leisure center, and someone has to fix this. There are a lot of problems, starting with all the empty locals you can find.

 Another huge problem here is the security, in two weeks there have been more than 20 thefts to cars. Another story are the thieves at the stores, more than 30 people has denounced that someone did pickpocket them.

I think you should get more companies to open stores here, so the centre isn´t so empty. Another good idea would be to open a food court, because even the people that works in the centre doesn´t have where to eat. And of course hiring more guards for every shop and for the parking lot.
Ari Perrot

Monday, August 19, 2013

Task 3, Section 3

Surprise Party

Three years ago,  at the 4th of may, was the birthday of my best friend Vicente. This time he wasn´t going to celebrate it, so I decided to organize a surprise party for him.

He has a lot of friends so it was very difficult to invite all of them, but finnally with a lot of invitation and facebook, I did it.

That day I had to go shopping, I bought a lot of food and beverages, also baloons, confetti and stuff like that.

Finally, at 8`O clock we were more than 50 persons hiding in his living room. When he entered  we turned up the lights, at the moment that he saw us, was very surprised and amazed.

After that, we had a very good time until 1 O` clock, that the last guest left the house.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Portfolio task, section 1 number 3

To: RenatitoCabrera@hotmail.com
Subject: Sports Competition

Hi Rena,
What´s up?

I´ve got to tell you something really important, I´m going to participate  on a Rugby competition. I need a 15 players team, and the matches are of 12 minutes by side.

I am going to train 4 times a week at the gym so I can improve my shape, and also rugby trainings on the weekends.

The best thing, is that if I win I´m going to be able to meet Richie McCaw :)

Greetings,
Ari
Portfolio task, section 2 number 5

The tackle that changed the match

Yesterday afternoon I was watching a very interesting Super Rugby match between Chiefs and Crusaders. I was really enjoying that match, watching how Crusaders usually win. At 75 from the 80 minutes the  Crusaders were winning by 5 points, but suddenly Chiefs started making a very good play, almost reaching Crusaders in-goal.

When the fullback of The Chiefs was going to get into the in-goal, the wing of the Crusaders stopped him with a high tackle, making him lose the ball.

I think this is unnaceptable because an IRB certificate referee should awarded a penalty-trie instead of a knock-on, I think that the Rugby Union organization should consider watching the "video ref" in every trie situation.
Ari Perrot
Portfolio task, Section 1 number 5.


Dear Vicente,

Someone told me that you want to become a television presenter, let me give you some tips. First, you have to go to a TV studio, so they can evaluate you and give you the work. Also is very important to stay calmed in the interview.

Maybe you are going to find difficult the fact of being interviewed by four people at the same time. But dont worry,  I know you are going to be succesfull because of your personality and your good speaking skills.
Greetings,
Ari