SELF-ASSESMENT

1 What can I do that I couldn't do before?

This year I´ve learned a lot of culture, with the English Week I´ve learned to talk freely to strangers and I´ve revised a lot of Grammar.

2 What do I like most? 

What I´ve liked the most this year was going to Ireland for one week enjoying the stance with my friends and at the same time practicing my English.

3 What do I do well?

I think that this year I´ve improved a lot my writing skills and my speaking.

4 What am I confused about?

I´m not confused about anything.

5 What do I need help with?

I think that I don´t need any help with the things that we´ve learned.

6 What do I do in English outside the class?

Outside the class, I listen to all the music that I like, all the series and almost all the YouTube videos that I watch in English, and I´ve taken the Cambridge First Certificate exam.

7 What do I need to improve?

I need to keep studying English a lot because sometimes I make dumb mistakes.

8 What did I learn about culture?

This year I´ve learned specifically a lot about Irish lifestyle and traditions.

THE LOST WORLD

GLOSSARY (only words I didn´t know before)

Approached: To come near.
Request: Ask to do something that you want to do.
Nodded: Shake the head in an affirmative expression.
Plateau: A land area having a level surface raised much higher above nearby land.
Skeptical: Inclined to have doubt or doubts.
Forgive: To grant a pardon for (an offense); absolve.
Pinnacle: A high peak or top of a mountain, esp. one that is pointed and thin.
Hatchets: A small, short-handled ax with one end of the head in a blade and the other in the shape of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
Poisonous: Full of or containing poison.
Half-ape: A medium of an ape.
Shook hands with: Say hello with the hand.
Ape: A manlike animal similar to monkeys, with long arms, a broad chest, and no tail.
Chief: The head or leader of an organized body.
Weapons: An instrument or device used for attack or defense.
Spears: A long wooden shaft with a sharp-pointed head of metal or stone attached to it.
Clerk: A person employed to keep records or perform general tasks in an office, etc.

TRADITIONAL FOREGIN SPORT: KENDO

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IRELAND TRIP JOURNAL

PRESENTATION

UNIT 6

GLOSSARY

Accessory: something added to a machine or to clothing that has a useful or decorative purpose.
Belt: a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or for decoration.
Earring: a piece of jewellry, usually one of a pair, worn in a hole in the ear or fastened to the ear by a clip.
Handbag: a small bag for money, keys, make-up, etc., carried especially by women.
Necklace: a piece of jewellery worn around the neck, such as a chain or a string of decorative stones, beads, etc.
Ring: a circular piece of jewellery worn especially on your finger.

[👎👎 I could have done better, 👍👎 Not too bad, 👍👍 I know it well ]

GRAMMAR

Present simple passive👍👍
Past simple passive👍👎
Used to + infinitive👍👍

LISTENING

Culture video: Canadian Sports👍👍
Interactive video👍👍
Inventions👍👎
Rules for basketball👍👎
Burgers👍👍

READING

Cleaning up the fashion industry👍👍
Tried and texted by you👍👍
Maple Leaf Sports👍👍
Household appliances, past and present👍👎
The windy path to success👍👎
The environmental effect of computers👍👍

WRITING

Bike facts👍👍
Irish project👍👎
How green are your gadgets?👍👎

SPEAKING

Abby👍👍
Irish project👍👍

CULTURE

Canadian sports👍👎
Fashion industry👍👍

PROJECTS

Ireland👍👍

MY DIARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

I´ve revised the passive voice and I´ve learned more about the conditionals.

MY OPINION

I´ve found this unit a bit more complicated than the past ones.

UNIT 5

GLOSSARY

Arrest: If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.
Black Market: illegal trading of goods that are not allowed to be bought and sold, or that there are not enough of for everyone who wants them.
Case: a particular situation or example of something.
Evidence: one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true.
Interview: a meeting in which the police ask someone questions to see if they have committed a crime.
Suspicious: making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong.
Trap: a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape.

[👎👎 I could have done better, 👍👎 Not too bad, 👍👍 I know it well ]

GRAMMAR

Past Perfect 👍👍
Relative Pronouns👍👍
Modals of Deduction👍👎

LISTENING

Interactive Video👍👍
The men who stole identities👍👎
Culture Video: An American Police Officer👃👃
Practical English👍👍

READING

Katie Frye, Private Eye👍👍
The Great Impostor👍👎
In the eyes of the law👍👎
Supergran to the rescue👍👍
Useless criminals.com!👍👎
Photographic Evidence👍👍

WRITING

Crime👍👍

SPEAKING

Abby👍👍
English Week👍👎

CULTURE

American Police Officer👍👍
Stupid Laws👍👎
Stupid Criminals👍👍

PROJECTS

English Week👍👍

MY DIARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS

I´ve learned a lot of new useful vocabulary.

MY OPINION

I´m I´ll be great at this exam.

UNIT 4

GLOSSARY

Burst out laughing:  to suddenly start laughing.
Gap: an empty space or opening in the middle of something or between two things.
Gesture: a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea or feeling.
Misunderstanding: an occasion when someone does not understand something correctly.
Nod your head: to move your head down and then up, sometimes several times, especially  to show agreement, approval, or greeting, or to show something by doing this.
Shake your head: to move your head from side to side, in order to express disagreement, sadness, or that you do not want or believe something.
Scroll: to move text or other information on a computer screen in order to see a different part of it.
Stream: to listen to or watch sound or video on a computer directly from the internet rather than downloading it and saving it first.
Swipe: to move your finger over the screen of a mobile phone or tablet in order to move onto the next page, choose something, etc.

[👎👎 I could have done better, 👍👎 Not too bad, 👍👍 I know it well ]

GRAMMAR

Present Perfect / Past Simple 👍👍
During / From...to 👍👎
Present Perfect with ever, never, just 👍👍
Subject and object questions 👍👎

LISTENING

Band 👍👍
Customer Service Agent 👍👍
Culture Video: Drums above the world 👍👎

READING

On your travels 👍👍
Nigerian Talking Drums 👍👍
Informal e-mail 👍👍
Mistakes are the best teachers 👍👎
The Lost World 👍👍

WRITTING

Informal e-mail 👍👍

SPEAKING

Abby 👍👍
Recipe 👍👍

CULTURE

Drums over the world 👍👎
Nigerian Talking Drums 👍👍

PROJECTS

Reading of the book: "The Lost World" 👍👎
Recipe 👍👍

MY DIARY OF ARCHIEVEMENTS

In this Unit I have learned more about subject and object questions.

MY OPINION

In this unit we have learned and improved very useful things, like doing an informal e-mail.