Reflecting about the class

Martha Alejandra González Carmona
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       My english class has been very different from what I thought on first place. Public speaking and academic writing is the actual name of the class, which is very long. That's why I thought the hours would be endless everyday in the classroom.

       However, it hasn't been like I thougt at all. The teacher is very flexible about the homeworks and speeches we have to give in class. Moreover, I like that we don't have to learn grammar and theory like in other english classes I have taken. In this one verything is different; the teacher gives us the liberty to work in our laptops and even outside the classroom.

       Even though this is also a graded class that we all have to take, I like it because it's the most relaxed one I have and I don't feel stressed at all. Furthermore, I feel that I can practice my english, specifically my speaking, and that can help me improve not only in academic matter.

Sharing my trip to Las Vegas

Today I gave my first speech in front of the whole class. I didn't feel so nervous but I think that my voice is what shows my nerves, it sounds like when I want to cry, but my classmates told me it didn't, so I'm happy for improving it.

I'm glad because I talked by what I was thinking and not memorized anything, I feel it's a good thing.

I would also want to improve some things, like the one of my voice; I'd like to give more details too, because when I'm nervous I try to speak faster and that doesn't give me time for explaining the experience better. Also, I know that I should have a better language, say less the words "like", "and", "so", I think I should learn some more words.

In general I felt confident enough during my speech, mostly because I heard people laugh at some points when I was speaking, for me it's good because that shows that I'm fun and I won't bore people when talking.

I'd like to express better my feelings when speaking, and mostly feel no nervous at all when I stand in front of people, and by that I mean any kind of public. I hope I can achieve that by the end of the semester.

I know I can´t draw

Today I created this blog with the purpose of keeping a record for my English class. In this first entry I’ll talk about the activity we did today. The activity was very simple; we had to draw 9 images in order to tell a story about ourselves. In my case I decided to talk about my background, family and hobbies.

I liked this activity because it’s a way of getting to know people I share classes with and because they get to know me better too. The only thing I didn’t like was the fact that I can´t draw and I just did the best I could. Also, we had to talk to our classmates about the story we draw; and I think this is a very good start for us to begin talking in English, in front of a few friends so that we can be confident enough. Finally, I think that the pictures we did were very helpful so that we didn’t keep track of what we were telling. I just hope to be a good public speaker