18 June 2019

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.