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The Great Gatsby. Chapter 7
Poster “City of Glass”
By. Yerty and Fran
Writing Test 1
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing regarding the concerning amount of plastic bottles being used on campus and to give suggestions on how to fix this issue.
To tackle this problem I recommend the school installs water dispensers in popular places around campus, such as the casino, near the stairs, or close to the restrooms.
In addition, an environmentally friendly campaign could be started, where the college gives out reusable bottles and promotes their use among the student body. This will not only promote a sustainable lifestyle but also boost the college’s name as an eco-friendly institution.
Moreover, discounts on campus stores, like cafés or convenience stores could be given to students who bring their reusable water bottles. This way we will be encouraging them to participate in the campaign.
I believe these measures will help reduce the amount of plastic bottles being used on campus, and allow meet government regulations.
Thank you for considering my suggestions.
Yours faithfully,
Francisca
Echoes of Silence (Radio Play)
City of Glass
Chapters 1- 5
Listening and Speaking H5 (Video summary)
Listening and Speaking H3 (Image and appearance)
Listening and Speaking H2 (Do you respect others? How?)
Listening and Speaking H1 (Wealth inequality in Chile)
My Language 4 Self-assessment 2023
This semester is a week away from being over already… I really feel like time flew by.
I think I’m getting better at presenting in front of crowds. I don’t get as nervous as I did before when teachers ask me to explain something in front of the class. I still look like a tomato but at least I can somewhat maintain inner peace. So I’m happy with that.
As for my intentions to be more responsible… I can confidently (but not proudly) say that I got even more irresponsible. Every assignment I had to hand in was done at the very last minute, including this one… sorry…
I had every intention of organizing my time and following a schedule, but I don’t even know what happened. The semester started, I took a single breath and now I’m writing my self-assessment.
I’ll keep my hopes up for next semester though, I’m determined to be an organized, responsible person by the end of my university years.
As for how I did in Language in general… I think I did alright. It wasn’t perfect, obviously, and I lowered quite a few grades, but I honestly don’t feel that bad about it.
My favourite course this semester was (surprisingly) Use of English. I had fun learning new things and I liked the way Miss Angelica taught it. My grades were alright, but I definitely could have studied more.
I’m excited to start a new semester (after some long holidays) and learn about many new things.
Class workshop week 16: creating a rubric to assess your e-portfolio
Home workshop week 15: “Digital workshop: my personal reflections”
did not know what to expect from this course once the semester started. I really thought we were just going to learn how to use a computer and a projector… As the course advanced, I realized that was not what we were going to learn at all.
This class helped me to reflect on the proper use of technology in the classroom. I had never really given much thought to it, but the course helped me understand a few things.
The first one is that technology in the classroom is not always negative. It can actually be very beneficial if it’s used properly.
The second thing I came to notice is that you do not use technology just because. You need a purpose for it, and whatever you use must fit your needs and objectives, not the other way around.
There are a few other key things I now know I must consider when intending to use technology in the classroom, which are the guiding principles for teaching with technology. When we saw them, I thought they were kind of obvious. But then I came to understand that they are not, and you have to think carefully about a lot of factors before you choose your technological tool.
The last important element I learned is that technology can help us grasp a student’s attention and make them engage with the class more. With the right tools carefully chosen by the teacher, students can use technology to enrich their learning.
I do wish I had expanded and investigated more on different tools and apps to use in the classroom. I know I stayed in my comfort zone and used the ones I already knew, like Canva and Miro,.Even if I did not use more innovative sites, I guess it is not too late to start looking, and I have a whole lifetime to explore new and useful tools.
Home workshop week 11: applying the TPACK model (With Yerty<3)
TOLERANCE IN DAILY LIFE
Speaking activity:
•Research on Tolerance in daily life.
•In groups of no more than 5, write a scene/situation where tolerance can be put (or not) into practice.
•Record a video following the written script. You can edit your video using canva, capcut, clideo, etc.
•Post your video on your edubogs💋
•Watch and leave a comment on a classmate’s video, reflecting on whether the people in it showed tolerance or not.
Technological knowledge: The use of search engines encourages students to be selective on the information they read and use, online blogs and video editors help students engage more with the activity, while they learn how to navigate on these sites.
Pedagogical knowledge: students learn to use video recording equipment and possibly use video editing software
teachers may provide technical guidance but also emphasize pedagogical strategies for effective communication in a video format, including visual and auditory elements, and presentation
Content knowledge: teachers will start by talking about tolerance, emphasizing why it’s important in our everyday lives. they’ll explain the main ideas and give examples to help students understand.
teaching methods may involve conversations, lectures, and using different learning materials to make sure students have a basic grasp of tolerance.
Learning outcome: By the end of the lesson/activity, students will be able to distinguish situations that require people to put tolerance into practice.
My personal audio upload unit 3: Image and Appearance
Class week 9 workshop: ICT integration activity
Improving your speaking skills.
- The teacher picks a specific topic for students to talk about.
- Students do some research before the class. so as to come prepared to talk about the topic.
- Using the app “Azar” students will individually video call a foreigner and talk about
the topic given.
- Every 10 minutes switch to a new person.
Peer feedback Audio upload unit 2: home participation week 6
My personal audio upload unit 2: Tolerance in daily life
“The U.S. Needs Tolerance More Than Unity”
The 2020 United States election and the ensuing riot are further evidence—as if we needed more—of how deeply divided the country is today. The divisions are regional, ideological, cultural, moral and, some say, intractable. A team of prominent scientists recently warned of the dangers of a new foundational threat to the republic: political sectarianism, or the tendency to adopt a moralized identification with a political group and against another.
In response to this enormous divide, politicians have pushed for greater unity and a return to the bipartisanship of the past. In his inauguration speech, President Biden told the nation that “disagreement must not lead to disunion.” In the midst of a pandemic, economic collapse, political polarization, racial unrest and a climate crisis, cooperation between citizens is indeed more essential than ever. Psychological research also reveals the importance of unity in the form of a shared identity, such as belonging to the same nation, to promote trust and cooperation. However, the focus on unity is also often understood to be an argument for uniformity or assimilation to specific values and beliefs—which is not particularly realistic. In a large and diverse nation, a more practical solution to the current partisan divide is though tolerance of our differences.
Societies have relied on tolerance for millennia, in contexts as varied as ancient India during the Mauryan Empire, the Middle East during the Ottoman Empire, and Europe after the Reformation. In philosophical, political and psychological texts, tolerance refers to granting equal freedoms and rights, particularly to others whose beliefs, values, and actions we disapprove of. As President John F. Kennedy once said: “Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.” Tolerance does not imply compromising our values, beliefs or way of life, but rather allowing others to live life as they wish because our reasons to endure these differences (such as a respect for others’ freedom of expression) outweigh our reasons for objection.
Tolerance functions as a barrier to discrimination. Unlike the goal of unity, tolerance does not involve compliance or social pressure, which can backfire. Instead, by asking us to reflect on internalized reasons to accept that which we disapprove of, rather than demanding people relinquish their deeply held beliefs or values, tolerance mitigates the risk of conflict in a pluralistic society.
Psychologically, tolerance can be difficult because it requires us to hold two seemingly contradictory opinions: disapproval of another’s beliefs, with simultaneous support of their equal right to express these beliefs. It is this psychological dance that makes tolerance difficult to accomplish yet also allows us to live in harmony despite deep-seated differences. Tolerance does not imply neutrality (i.e., no judgment), indifference (i.e., a “whatever” attitude) or relativism (i.e., “anything goes”) toward difference. It simply asks that people engage with differences by weighing our objections alongside reasons to permit what we might personally disapprove of. After all, an atheist is unlikely to persuade a devout Christian to abandon their religion, any more than a Christian can convince an ardent atheist about the veracity of their faith. However, despite disagreement and even disapproval, both can learn to tolerate each other’s beliefs.
Tolerance is what makes real diversity possible. By creating social spaces and norms where we can share our lives and society with people with whom we disagree, it offers room for dialogue, mutual understanding, and recognition of shared and equal citizenship of our opponents, even if we disapprove of their beliefs, practices and values. Tolerance is about respecting other people as equal citizens and human beings, not respecting their viewpoints. Disagreements about our values and beliefs are inevitable, and they are acceptable, so long as we can maintain mutual respect toward others as equal citizens and fellow human beings.
However, tolerance is possible only if we reduce moralization on every point of difference. Moralization refers to the process by which people’s preferences or previously neutral behaviors take on moral meanings. When behaviors such as eating meat, cigarette smoking, premarital sex or religious schooling become moralized, they elicit powerful moral emotions, institutional action against the behavior, and even censure or condemnation from others. Moralization is, therefore, a barrier to tolerance because perceived immorality defines the boundaries of what can be tolerated. Since people consider matters of morality as objective, absolute and beyond compromise, attaching strong moral significance to every point of disagreement and difference makes tolerance almost impossible.
Instead, it takes, for example, intellectual humility (i.e., a degree to which people recognize their beliefs could be wrong), wise reasoning (i.e., understanding the intertwined nature of human life, and knowledge about oneself alongside one’s limitations) or dialectical thinking (i.e., tolerance for seemingly contradictory beliefs) to make tolerance possible. By encouraging people to balance reasons for disapproval against reasons to tolerate that which we disapprove of, tolerance makes dialogue and debate possible.
It’s also essential that our political leaders and institutions do their part to promote social norms around toleration of differences. This can be done, for example, by national and community level leadership demonstrating a willingness to disagree, debate, and endure differences. Moreover, institutions can establish inclusive social norms with egalitarian citizenship regimes that allow for differences to be expressed, even if these are only tolerated. Such norms can collectively help us learn how to live together despite our differences.
In a nation divided between two almost equally powerful political factions, tolerance is a necessity for avoiding future conflict. Neither side of the political divide is going to vanquish the other, or eradicate opposing beliefs, practices and values entirely. Calls for unity by leaders and institutions are a marked improvement from messages of division. However, tolerance is going to be a more realistic, and more effective, strategy for addressing irreconcilable divisions stemming from ideological, religious, cultural and moral differences that are inevitable in a large, free, pluralistic nation.
Forum unit 1 Background and present challenges
Technology is something I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with. I feel like I know the basics to get around, and I’ve never really tried to learn beyond that.
With this course, I’ve come to realize that I might have to try and get along with technological tools because we’ve seen how useful they can be in the classroom. I might have a bit of trouble in this area because I’m used to doing things in a more “traditional” way, rather than relying on technology for most of my things.
I’ve learned (actually, I am still learning) how to use technological resources in an effective manner so as to be able to fit every (or most) student’s needs. There were many principles that I was not aware of, but I need to consider when I start teaching.
One thing I’m well aware of is that technology is evolving fast, and maybe what I learn and discover now will be useless in 20 years (not in regard of how to use technology in the classroom, I think those principles can be eternal) , so I’ll have to be constantly doing some research to be able to keep up with new developments and find new ways to implement those findings in the classroom. I hope to get used to using digital technologies soon, so this doesn’t become a problem in the future.
The only advice I can think of for my classmates is to get involved with digital tools, do research and experiment with new instruments.
Home week 4 workshop: video summary and websearch
- Digital Classrooms: Allows easy access to class material and interaction between students.
- Create differentiated learning experiences: Students are able to go at their own pace while learning.
- Increase Student Engagement: Introducing new material with interactive activities
- Flip the classroom: Teachers can work as guides, and students engage in collaborative work and are not just sitting and listening.
- Chance to show mastery: Students can have a choice on how to show their learning, making them feel more connected to the class.
- 21st-century skills: In the future, computing skills will most definitely be key to being able to find certain jobs
- Bring abstract experiences with VR and AR: Gives the opportunity to experiment with things themselves.
- Expand classroom walls: Virtual field trips, chat with people across the world. Helps connect students with the world.
- Teach digital citizenship: Students need to learn how to navigate, filter information, and stay safe online
- Promote social sharing of work students create: Allow students to share their work to encourage them to do their best.
- Develop collaboration skills: Learning to work on diverse teams is important. Teachers must provide the tools (material and tasks that actually need collaborative work)
- Develop metacognition skills: Students own their own learning. They build autonomy and self-efficacy.
- Enhance family engagement: Parents can see their kids work.
- Improve teacher practice: Teachers can find and develop new strategies in order to integrate technology into the classroom.
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“Digital citizenship refers to the responsible use of technology by anyone who uses computers, the Internet, and digital devices to engage with society on any level. “
Home Workshop Week 3: Video Quiz
Peer Feedback Audio Upload Unit 1 (Home Participation Week 2)
Class 3 Workshop: Creating a Mind Map
My personal audio upload unit 1: Wealth Distribution
Linking Income, Wealth, and Inequality
Income inequality is one of the defining features of modern economies, including in the United States. According to Coady and Dizioli (2017), “rising income inequality over recent decades is a growing concern for policymakers worldwide” (p. 3). It is primarily determined by the uneven distribution of various material goods. In a market economy, income is distributed in the markets of different factors of production: labor, natural resources, the capital. The degree of possession of these resources determines the nature of the redistribution of benefits, which causes the problem of income inequality. The main reasons for inequality are unequal distribution of property, differences in educational level, skills, work experience, and other essential factors.
Wealth inequality is another prominent manifestation of the difference between various groups of people. Akin and Mirakhor (2019) state that *financialization has incomparably higher effects on wealth inequality compared to income inequality” (p. 108). Compared to income inequality, it has different characteristics, but it also leads to social injustice.
The main hallmark of wealth inequality in the United States is that most property and wealth belong to a small percentage of society. This leads to the fact that the general level of wealth of the biggest part of the population is not high enough. As a result, many people, even with high incomes, cannot afford to own particular objects and live decent lives.
One of the striking features of financial inequality in the United States today is the racial wealth gap. Although the modern world is diligently combating racism, it has not yet been fully eradicated, which causes multiple economic and other social problems. Many complications cause this gap at the moment. These include the insufficient level of education of many people of color, mistrust of employers, low-skilled labor, and other reasons. As a consequence, white people have much more opportunities to earn a high income and acquire wealth.
The problem of inequality can also be attributed to global stratification. This is a phenomenon that is determined by the deliberately different economic and social states of countries. The differences can also include the level of education, cultural development, science, and other areas. Each state is individual and unique concerning each of these aspects. Thus, it is almost impossible to achieve complete equality in the modern world in such a situation. In addition, “those who control the means of production also control and manipulate the social structure” (Thompson, Hickey, & Thompson, 2016, p. 287). One can name rich and poor countries; however, each has characteristics that distinguish it from others. Consequently, representatives of various states are initially in different positions, and it is hard to achieve equality between them.
In particular, global stratification is closely related to economic inequality. Historically, countries are divided into rich and poor, developing and developed. Residents of many small states cannot find decent jobs with high wages. At the same time, people in wealthy countries have many jobs and income opportunities. Thus, this inequality can be noted throughout the whole world’s economic system. To eradicate it, unfortunately, a complete restructuring of society is necessary, which is not possible now. Undoubtedly, the modern exchange of goods and care of undeveloped countries has a significant effect on this issue.
However, the world financial system still needs many adjustments to achieve totally correct and beneficial functioning.
My Goals, Challenges, and Expectations for Language 4
This new semester I have two main goals.
- I want to be able to explain properly and confidently everything we learn in class (or at least most of the subjects)
- I want to gain confidence while I present in front of a crowd (classmates/teachers). I know this is going to be hard to achieve, but I think I’ve been making some progress. I’ve already accepted that my face will turn red, now I just have to learn how to control my nerves before and during my presentations and hope that they don’t make me forget important things.
I hope this semester is better than my last one (it wasn’t bad, it was just not great) I expect to be more responsible and take my classes and assignments more seriously. I want to organize myself and be able to finish things before the deadline starts hanging over me.
My biggest challenge is and probably will always be time. It’s a constant battle that I’m not winning at all, but I have faith in myself (kind of).
I always feel like I blink and suddenly 5 hours have passed, but I’m working on being more aware of the time.
Anyway, I feel like this semester will be a good one. I hope I manage to achieve what I want. And if I don’t, I hope I was at least close to doing so.
History of technology in education
My experience, expectations, and goals
Throughout my academic career technology has been highly present, but I can’t say that I’m an expert when it comes to using it. I suppose I know the basics to get around and survive.
While I was in school and university, I used computers and technology in general, quite a bit. I used Khan Academy, Excel, GeoGebra, Wolfram Alpha, Canva, Google Scholar, and a bunch of other things that I probably won’t need in the future. But as I said before, I only know the basics.
From this class, I expect to learn how to use “useful” technological tools in depth, and my goal would be to be able to figure out how to incorporate them into the classroom.
My Language 3 Self-Assessment
I can’t believe the semester is almost over. It really feels like we just came back from summer holidays.
At the beginning of the term, I said I wanted to be exempted from most of my exams, and that I’d try hard to achieve that. I also said that I wanted to manage my time better and feel confident and comfortable standing/ presenting in front of a crowd. Out of all those things, the only thing I sort of managed to achieve was the last one. I still get ultra nervous and my heart races like crazy, and my face flushes deep red. But I don’t get the urge to cry anymore, so that’s good.
As for the rest of my failed goals, I know it was my fault that I ended up being unsuccessful. I was very lazy during this semester, and you can tell by the grades I got. I hope this motivates me to get better results next time because I know I don’t want to go through the same unnecessary stress.
I can say that for once and for all, I’ll fix my procrastination problem (I think). Turns out I’m not 100% lazy. I went to the doctor, and he told me I have SCT/ADD. Now that I’m aware of it, I’ll start taking some medication the doctor gave me and hopefully I’ll do better with my time management.
Although my semester was not academically decent, I know (more like hope) that the experience of small failures will help me grow and encourage me not to make the same mistakes again.
Vocabulary Journal Unit 4: Dream Places
Audio Upload 20: “The Ambitious Guest”
Misool Resort
Audio Upload 19: “Wild Weather”
Writing – The Ballerina
Audio Upload 18:”The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgard Allan Poe
Vocabulary journal unit 3: Ideas for the Future
Forum Unit 2: noun clauses
Hello:)
In this unit, I can say that I had a lot of fun. Even if I had a bit of trouble with some types of noun clauses, I saw it as a “doable” challenge.
I enjoyed all of the activities we did during class, but I think the one I liked the most was the one where we had to create 16 sentences out of 4 pictures. I know I had trouble with it, but I felt good about myself when I managed to finish it.
One I found especially hard, was a home participation where we had to write noun clauses about our classmates. I couldn’t come up with any, so I had to look for examples and tried to recreate them.
I know I still have to practice a lot, but so far I feel pretty confident with what I have learned. https://www.albert.io/blog/noun-clauses/
Audio Upload 17: “Things Are Serious If You “Cross the Rubicon””
Audio Upload 16: “Putin Wants Nuclear Weapons in Belarus”, “Italy and Russian Gas”, and “Skewer in Boy’s Head”
Vocabulary journal U1: Diversity
Audio Upload 15: “Horror Films”
My goals, challenges and expectations for language 3
My second year started, and I am back with the same goals, challenges, and expectations.
My goal this semester is to get exempted from all my exams (or most of them, because I have come to realize this semester is going to be a lot harder than the last one). I will work hard and try my best to achieve it.
I also want to gain confidence in my own abilities and feel comfortable standing in front of an audience (starting with a small crowd hopefully, something like my classmates). I want to be able to speak fluently and not let my nerves control what I say.
I know it will be hard, but it is something I believe I can achieve.
Time has become my worst enemy at this point because I’ve yet to be able to manage it correctly. As always, it does not mean I will not try to fix my horrible habit of doing everything at the very last minute.
Last year I tried hard to follow my schedule and had little success, which is a bit discouraging. Still, I´ll keep working on it.
I don´t think I have any specific expectations, aside from achieving my goals.
My Language 2 Self-assessment 2022
This semester is almost over, I really feel like everything went by really fast
and I didn’t achieve any of my goals. Not fully at least. As I mentioned in my “My goals and challenges for Language 2”, one of my goals (and the hardest one to achieve) was to manage my time properly, and hand in my assignments at a decent hour so I won’t be rushing to finish them.
I’m 100% sure I didn’t fix my bad habit of leaving things for the last minute, but I did try, and I’ll keep working on that.
Another goal I had, that I believe I didn’t achieve was to be able to explain what we learned to someone else.
Maybe I’m lacking confidence and I get a bit nervous, that’s why I can’t fully explain everything.
My last goal was to enjoy my semester. I feel like it flew by, and I can’t really remember most of it. I know it was a peaceful term (for me, at least). I never felt overwhelmed or full of assignments/tests.
We got to experience Pinpalooza for the first time, and it was really fun.
I hope we can do something even better next time.
As for my motivation, it’s stronger than ever. I know this is what I want to dedicate myself to, and I’ll work harder to be able to become the best teacher out there.🙂
Home recording Unit 4: Interaction B1 style part 3
The Flatmates Episode 132: Childhood Traumas
| Dentist: | Now the receptionist told me you’re a bit frightened of dentists. Is that right? |
| Khalid: | Yes I’m terrified actually. |
| Dentist: | Well I hope I can change your mind about me! So first of all, let me ask you a few questions about your dental history. |
| Khalid: | OK, if you think it will help. |
| Dentist: | I’m sure it will. Now can you remember your first visit to the dentist? |
| Khalid: | Yes, I was only young but I had to have a … a filling. |
| Dentist: | And why was that? |
| Khalid: | I ate lots of sweets when I was a boy. You see, I’ve always loved sugary things. |
| Dentist: | Go on. |
| Khalid: | But the dentist didn’t explain anything. He switched on the drill and when that horrible noise started, I just started screaming! |
| Dentist: | That sounds awful. Did the drill hurt you? |
| Khalid: | No, it didn’t. But I was scared it might. |
| Dentist: | Ok, that’s good. Anything else you’d like to tell me? |
| Khalid: | No, that’s all. |
| Dentist: | Ok, don’t worry. We’ll be telling you what procedure we’ll be following |
The Flatmates Episode 123: Painting and Decorating
| Helen’s Dad: | The shelves look great Khalid. |
| Khalid: | Thank you. I enjoy working with my hands. I miss doing practical things like this when I’m studying all the time. |
| Dad: | Well, I have an idea which might suit us both. |
| Khalid: | Really, what’s that? |
| Dad: | I hear you’re not going back home over the holidays. |
| Khalid: | Er, yes. It’s too expensive and my family doesn’t celebrate Christmas in Bahrain anyway. |
| Dad: | Well, I was planning on doing some redecorating on one of my other flats while my tenants were away for Christmas. |
| Khalid | Oh yes? |
| Dad: | I could really use another pair of hands. Of course, I wouldn’t expect you to work for free. What do you think? |
| Khalid: | I´d love to. I’ll think about how much it’ll be after we’ve done the job. |
| Dad: | Of course! |
| Khalid: | When do we start? |
| Dad: | The tenants are leaving this weekend, so how about we start next week… Monday? |
| Khalid: | No problem. 🙂 |
Home recording Unit 3: picture description B1 style part 2
Home recording Unit 3: Interaction B1 style part 3
Home recording Unit 2: picture description B1 style part 2
Home recording Unit 2: Interaction B1 style part 3
The Flatmates ep.101: Smoking in the Loo
| Tim: | Hurry up in there. |
| Khalid: | I’ll be out in a minute. |
| Tim: | Oh, it stinks in here. Khalid, have you been smoking? |
| Khalid: | Yeah but just a quick puff. |
| Tim: | It doesn’t matter how tiny it is, you can’t smoke here. |
| Khalid: | Why not? It’s not as if I’m smoking in the kitchen or the sitting room where is everyone. |
| Tim: | Rules is rules mate. Cigarettes aren’t allowed and that’s that. |
| Khalid: | It’s just cos you haven’t got a job, you’re hanging around the house spying on me. |
| Tim: | I’m not. I’m just trying to save you the grief of the health lecture from Nurse Alice! |
| Khalid: | Thanks Tim. I’ll put the kettle on for us both, OK? |
The Flatmates ep. 96: Babysitting
Alice: Well it’s almost bedtime. Time for you to go upstairs.
Ellie: I don’t want to go to bed. I want to stay down here with you.
Alice: Well you know I’d love to have your company.
Ellie: Then let me stay down and watch TV.
Alice: Ellie, I don’t think that’s such a good idea. You have to get up for school in the morning.
Ellie: School? I hate school!
Alice: I’m sure you don’t.
Ellie: I do. I hate school and I hate bed. You can’t make me go upstairs.
Alice: Oh I think I can.
Ellie: No you can’t. You’re not my mummy. You can’t make me do anything. I hate you!
Home Recording Unit 1: Picture Description B1 Style pt. 2
GOALS, CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS (L&S)
The Flatmates ep. 83: The Rent
| Helen: | Dad, Khalid likes the room, and he wants to move in, but he wants to know if you can knock a bit off the rent. |
| Helen’s dad: | Helen, you know I can’t allow it. Everybody has to pay the same. |
| Helen: | I know dad, but we put the advert in the Gazette for 2 weeks, and he’s the only person who’s anywhere near suitable. It’s going to cost a fortune if you have to keep advertising. |
| Helen’s dad: | But why couldn’t you find anybody through the ad? |
| Helen: | I don’t know dad, I can’t make people call. All I know is, Khalid’s just right for the room, but if you want him to move in, you’ll have to let him have a discount. |
| Helen’s dad: | Well, I suppose I could let him have a small reduction. But what are you going to say to Alice and Tim? |
Picture Description
In this picture, we can see a girl trying to get out of what seems to be a river.
She appears to be having a bit of trouble due to the rocks that we can see in the foreground.
As I stated before, behind this girl we can see a big river, and in the background, there’s a forest and a few fallen trees.
The girl is wearing black jeans, a sleeveless top and a black headband. She’s barefoot, and she’s holding her gym shoes in one hand. I suppose she’ll put them on once her feet are dry.
My challenges, goals and expectations
A new semester has started and even if I wasn’t fully ready to come back, I still felt excited to begin this new period.
I don’t think I’ve set any specific challenges to “complete” this semester, but I’d like to get exempted from all of my exams (I guess that counts as a challenge
).
As I stated in my past self-assessment, my goal this year is to have control of my time and be organized, in that way I won’t be rushing any assignments.
Not to be pessimistic, but I don’t think I’ll achieve my goal. Not this year, at least.
It doesn’t mean I won’t try, but I’m an incredible procrastinator (I’ve been working on it but old habits die hard I guess) so it’s going to be hard to get where I want to be in terms of organization and following my schedule.
Another goal I have is to learn as much as possible and be able to understand well enough to explain it to somebody else.
And last but not least, to enjoy my semester. I feel like I didn’t get a kick out of my last term, and I intend to do so now (not forgetting my duties)
As for expectations, I wish to maintain my motivation to become a teacher (I don’t think I’ll have any trouble with that but one never knows
)
To be completely honest, I don’t really like to expect things. I just hope for the best and the same applies now:) I want this semester to be good for my classmates and I.
My First Self-assessment:)
It’s a bit crazy to think that the semester is about to end. I feel like our first day was just a bit ago, and looking back I can say that it has been an amazing period.
I clearly remember my first day. I wasn’t really nervous, I guess it’s because it wasn’t my first “first day” of university, so I kind of knew the drill. I wasn’t really worried about making friends, I don’t know why, but I was a hundred per cent sure I was not going to talk to anyone that day, so I didn’t think about it enough for it to bother or make me anxious. Contrary to what I thought was going to happen, I did talk to a lot of my classmates that day, which was nice.
My biggest fear at the time was getting lost and being late to class because even if I had been on campus a few times, I definitely could not navigate through it. I had to get help from a random girl, who was nice by the way.
I ended up being late anyway because there was a lot of traffic that day. (o.o)
Overall, I felt prepared and highly motivated to start this career. After three long years of studying something I was not passionate about, I was super excited to do, and dedicate myself to something I knew I would love.
During this time, I’ve had so much fun learning new things and working on perfecting concepts I was already familiar with.
Our teachers have been nothing short of amazing. Ever since the beginning of the semester, they have treated us with respect and kindness, motivating us to learn and investigate ourselves, and not only teaching us their respective subject but also showing and helping us how to teach them ourselves, which I’m very thankful for.
Although I have not been the most responsible one out there, I think I did pretty good on my assignments and homework. I know I still have a long way to go for me to be fully in control of my studying habits, but I’m working on it. (I believe sending homework every week has been a great way to keep myself focused on the subject, and work on those necessary habits, even if I sent them last minute almost every time)
The course I had the most trouble with was definitely “Use of English”, even if I did good on it, I feel like I could have done way better. So next time I’ll have to study harder.
The semester is not over yet, but I’m excited about what’s coming next. I truly hope I learn a lot of new things, be it related to a certain subject or learn things about “life”.
How to Stay Healthy
What should you eat to stay healthy and strong?
- Drink black tea or coffee every day.
- Use cinnamon instead of sugar.
- Eat 1 handful of nuts every day (raw nuts)
- Incorporate purple foods into your diet.
What activities should you do?
- Walk at least 10 minutes per day.
- Sleep more.
- Reach out to 1 friend a day
The Greenhouse Effect
The increase in our CO2 emissions has taken a horrible turn for our planet. With the amount of carbon dioxide we produce (and other gasses), especially in big industries, we have created something we call ‘the greenhouse effect’ that makes our planet grow hotter and hotter every time because the gas doesn’t allow the sunrays to leave the planet. This affects our lives directly, because if the temperature rises, glaciers start to melt, increasing the ocean’s water level, which results in near coast towns or cities getting flooded.
It also affects the weather, it makes it more extreme and we end up with heavier storms or snowfalls, longer droughts, etc.
The extreme drought also makes it harder for farmers to grow their crops and forces animals to shift their homes to other places that have the proper conditions for them to live in.
The increase of CO2 also harms our health, because when big cities increase their temperature, smog starts to arise. And long term exposure to smog can result in asthma, lung cancer or heart diseases.
One way to battle the greenhouse effect is to replace fossil fuels and use clean energy instead, like hydropower, wind power or solar energy.
I also think that opting to use public transportation, rather than your car. Or carpooling, instead of travelling just by yourself is also a way to help, as small as it sounds.
The Flatmates ep. 75- Paul’s explanation
Flatmates
The Flatmates ep. 58- A Complaint
Isabella Simpson as Tim
Francisca Domínguez as Customer
Isabella Simpson as Customer
Francisca Domínguez as Tim
Letter to my friend
Dear Sandra,
Thank you for reaching out! It was so nice hearing from you again.
You wanted me to talk to you about my favourite day of the week, and I came to the conclusion that it’s Saturday.
Saturday is the only day where I can fully relax and not have to worry about classes or homework. I usually hang out with friends. We go out to eat and drink something, we walk around the city and talk about our week, or we go to the beach and lay on the sand for hours.
I also visit my grandmother’s house on Saturday’s, where all of my family gets together: cousins, uncles and aunties. I have a big family, so when we gather for tea time, we actually have to use the dining table.
Now it’s your turn to tell me about your favourrite day!
Lots of love,
Francisca.
Describing a Picture
My University Experience
When I enrolled in this career, I was sure it was what I wanted, but my nerves were getting the best of me, I did not know what to expect from the lessons and my classmates so a week before our classes started I was getting cold feet.
On my first day I was really blown away by both, my teachers and fellow students. I did not expect them to be so welcoming and nice. Coming from a class of 150 where teachers and professors barely knew our names, to a place where our teachers not only adress us by our names, but they also asked about our interests and got to know us.
As for my new friends, I love that we’re a small group. It’s a lot easier to make tight knit bonds with everyone and the preassure of being correct when you participate in class dissipates, because it feels like no one is judging you, and we are all learning together.
In relation to the university itself, I can say that I’m not a fan of the never ending halls. Although it’s pretty easy no navigate through them.
The classrooms are nice and comfortable, we normally make a semi-circle with our chairs so we can all see eachother.
My timetable is also very nice, maybe because it’s my first semester but I’m glad. I have most of my classes one after the other so I never have to wait long periods of time to get to the other, and four out of five days I get to go home early, so I have the rest of my day to study or just lounge around.
My experience altogether has been really nice, I hope I can continue to enjoy just as much on my following years.
A Life Experience
The Flatamates ep. 49- The Quarter-Finals
Did you know that…?
The Flatmates Ep. 41- Tickets for Lunch
José Miguel as Tim
Francisca as Customer
| Tim: | Yeah and just tidy up that display now. Oh good morning madam. |
| Customer: | Hello. It’s nice to see you on this side of the counter for a change. |
| Tim: | Yes, I’ve been promoted. I’m an Assistant Manager now! |
| Customer: | Oh does your ambition know no bounds? Congratulations! |
| Tim: | Thank you. Now how can I help you today? |
| Customer: | It’s more about how I can help you. I’ve got the option of some World Cup tickets and, quelle suprise, football bores me silly. Would you care for them? |
| Tim: | I’d love them! But I could never afford them. |
| Customer: | Well, that’s where you’re wrong. Just keep a gal company over lunch some time soon and they’re yours for nothing… |
José Miguel as Customer
Francisca as Tim
| Tim: | Yeah and just tidy up that display now. Oh good morning madam. |
| Customer: | Hello. It’s nice to see you on this side of the counter for a change. |
| Tim: | Yes, I’ve been promoted. I’m an Assistant Manager now! |
| Customer: | Oh does your ambition know no bounds? Congratulations! |
| Tim: | Thank you. Now how can I help you today? |
| Customer: | It’s more about how I can help you. I’ve got the option of some World Cup tickets and, quelle suprise, football bores me silly. Would you care for them? |
| Tim: | I’d love them! But I could never afford them. |
| Customer: | Well, that’s where you’re wrong. Just keep a gal company over lunch some time soon and they’re yours for nothing… |
Get Organised and Do Well on All Your Subjects
The Sneaky Leprechaun
This story is about a sneaky leprechaun that likes to steal from other people.
His next big plan is to steal the leprechaun king’s pot of gold. To achieve this, he needs a team, so he rounds up who he thinks are the perfect partners to execute this.
His first associate is his fairy neighbor who will be very useful because she can fly, which makes her the perfect escape route.
His second and last partner is the ogre that lives down the street. He is big and tall and would be able to carry the pot of gold.
They train hard day and night to be able to fool the castle’s security and accomplish the plan without any mishaps.
Such hard work is worth it because they manage to carry out the whole plan without messing up. They were not busted. The ogre takes the pot of gold out easily.
The king’s guards realized that the pot of gold is missing, so they start looking around for the culprit, but no one is able to find who stole it, because the three thieves have already disappeared from the leprechaun land, and they are now happily living in the lizard land.
Written by
Yerty Cabezas and Francisca Domínguez
E-mail for my friend:)
Dear Isi,
It’s been a while since we last wrote to each other. I wanted to let you know that I finally Started university. I’m studying English Pedagogy and I’m loving it so far. Everyone’s been really nice and welcoming.
I wanted to tell you about my new friend, Alexandra. She has curly, black-ish hair, and wears glasses just like me. She’s also really nice and fun to be with. With her easy-going personality I doubt anyone could not get along with her.
I’m super excited about this new friend and I’d love it if you two met. So, I was thinking that maybe us three could meet up sometime this weekend. I’ll let you decide the place so you’re comfortable.
Let me know as soon as possible what day is best for you, so we can set the date.
See you soon,
Fran:)
The Flatmates Ep.24- The Stockroom
Poster of myself:)
The Flatmates- Episode 12: After the Film
Michal: Well that rom-com was much better than I expected. It was really romantic. Thank you.
Alice: Oh, it was my pleasure.
Michal: Would you like to do it again – go out on another date with me?
Alice: Another date? Michal, that wasn’t a date we were on there.
Michal: It wasn’t? Oh, I thought it was.
Alice: No, we’re just good friends.
Michal: Yes, we are good friends and I’d like us to be better friends so I’m going to ask you: would you like to go out with me?
Isabella Simpson as Alice.
Francisca Domínguez as Michal.
Isabella Simpson as Michal.
Francisca Domínguez as Alice.
Episode 1: At the airport
Isabella Simpson as Helen
Francisca Domínguez as Tim
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Isabella Simpson as Tim
Francisca Domínguez as Helen
Something About Me
Hello, my name is Francisca Domínguez, I’m 21 years old and I decided I wanted to
become a teacher last semester when I was helping little kids with their maths
homework. I chose english because it’s the subject I’m most familiar and
comfortable with.
I live in Concón with my parents, my 4 siblings and my dog.
I like spending time with
my family and friends, playing the piano, knitting and embroidering, although I’m
not that good at it.
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