You live and learn (Week 11)

I have found a website of one of the top-level learning centres in the study abroad industry, it is Zoni. Zoni has many programmes and courses for those who want to improve their English skills, and also offers its own innovative teaching methods.
https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiUj9Cl3o7YAhXGOhQKHS03BHsQFggzMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zoni.edu%2F&usg=AOvVaw1xlACETmwwzwkIwW2CSunI
I also have found this website where students from different countries share their experience about studying abroad.
https://www.studyadvisory.org/content/es/study-abroad/
Studying abroad may seem a challenge for many people, howver getting involved in it has many advantages. When you decide to study abroad, not only improve your English but also learn and experience new culture. Thus, you start seeing and understanding the world from a different perspective. Besides by studying abroad you learn how to become more independent and gain opportunities to find  a job. The only diasadvantages I see of studying abroad are the higher living costs and being apart from your family. As ar as I am concerned, I would like to travel and study abroad, if I had the chance someday, I will never slipt it away, since this is an opportunity which not everyone can have.

Last week I did not do a lot of activities to improve my English since I had a class project. However, I attended classes and did some grammar exercises.

By Nassira Dahmani

REPORTS AND PROPOSALS (10)

                                       
                                              REPORT

Reports are document with a formal character which are a result of an investigation or research. The information that a report has has to be clear and concise and also it has to be well structured so that it would be easy to read and understand. A report must include a title and subtitles.






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                                                PROPOSAL

As for proposals, it is a document that is based on suggestions about something. It is also a writing that offers solutions to problems (recommendations). As a form of persuasive writing, proposals attempt to convince the recipient to act in accordance with the writer's intent and includes such as examples as internal proposals, external proposals, grant proposals, and sales proposals.




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The similarities between proposals and reports is that you are expected to write in clearly organised sections and include factual information leading to a suggestion, recommendation or conclusion. When you write a proposal you are trying to persuade readers to follow a course of action. Your readers may be a boss or teacher  or colleagues or members of your club. In both cases the format should be the same. You will have to make a suggestion or suggestions based on some factual information. (from http://campus.belgrano.ort.edu.ar/ingles/ciclosuperior/2012-6GR-CAE/articulo/288401/proposals-and-reports)


                                                   IMPROVING MY ENGLISH


In order to improve my English, this week I have watched a British comedy film. The film is named "Bhaji on the beach", this film is about a British family that go on a trip. The themes of the film are racism and women oppression.




Sara Bahadi

REPORTS AND PROPOSALS (week 10):

• REPORT:

(Source: http://www.writinghelp-central.com/images/ProgressRep01.gif). 

A report is the result of an investigation or research. It will contain an amount of information and it makes communication clearer and effectively. Its structure has easy-to-digest sections with heading and titles. First and foremost, there is an introduction of the report's subject, several headings (where you can include recommendations to the readers) and a clear conclusion. 

• PROPOSAL:

(Source: https://images.sampletemplates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/20152124/International-Conference-Proposal-Template.jpg). 

Proposals are similar to reports. Proposals try to persuasive the readers about new activities or action-steps. They must be creative, offering new ideas, shown an emotional commitment... Proposals also have an introduction, different paragraphs with headings or titles and a conclusion. However, the language used in proposals is semi-formal or informal.

 - Finally, in order to improve my English, this week I have seen a film called "My Beautiful Laundrette" so as to make a job. It is a very interesting film about the conflict of races, genders, and sexuality in the United Kingdom over the twenty century. 

Lorena Conesa Martínez. 

Urban living (week 9):

During my whole life, I have lived in a house in a pretty quiet town. In front of my house, there is a field and my neighbors have never bothered me. That is why my village is very calm and peaceful. 
Nevertheless, in the future, I would like to live in a big city with a different atmosphere in order to change my environment because everyone wants what they do not have; if I had lived in a crowded city, I would like to rest in a small and quiet town in the future. 

As I mentioned, I would like to live in a city such as Madrid, London or even Tokyo. 

Live would be easier in these cities when I am 50 because if I live in the center and I need to buy something or do anything, I just have to go out and do it. In a town, this is different because when you need something you have to take the car or the bus and move to where that place is. 

But the list of places where I would like to live when I grow up does not end here. I would like to live in...

Barbados:

It is a famous place where you can relax on the beach. 

Hawaii:

This site is reminiscent of the previous one, but the beaches are much more paradisiacal.

And finally, Granada: 

It's a city where I've been five times at least and whose history I love.

This is a photo that I took of the Alhambra at night the last time I visited Granada.

But I would never live in a place where it is too cold, like Norway, because I can not stand that climate! 

Lorena Conesa Martínez. 

Reports and proposals ( Week 10)

The report does not use contractions, it is written in a formal language. The report outlines the purpose of why the author is writing. The report is explaining an issue and the goal of the project.

 

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The proposal try to convince the reader to act in accordance with the writer's intent. It is written in a semi-formal language with contractions and it is addressed to a specific person.

http://businessproposaltemplated.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/proposal-example-123441904.png

Finally, in order to improve to my English, I watched a film which deals with gender and sexuality for a class project and I also started readin a book I bought three days ago entitled “The girl who played with fire” by Stieg Larsson.

 
By Nassira Dahmani

URBAN LIVING

I describe myself as a quiet person that likes quietness. Thus, when I grow up, not necessarily too old, I would like to live in a peaceful house in the middle of the countryside, away from pollution and noise. I would like to connect with nature and disconnect form the hustle and bustle of the city. In case I couldn't afford a house in the countryside I would like to live in a town rather that a big city.

                     

• Upload other pictures of places you would like to live and say, in one sentence, why each one is a good place to live.

I would like to live here because I like cold places rather that hot places. It would be a great place 

I would like to live here because I like white houses and also because I'd like to replace Donald Trump. It would be amazing, not just for me but for Americans too, because  I'll make America great again.

Last week, in order to improve my English I have been reading lyrics of some songs I like. It was actually a very shocking activity because I realized that I have been singing the wrong lyrics all this time. I have also read a couple of poems from a couple of books I have bought last month.

 

Sara Bahadi

Urban living (Week 9)

I have always dreamed of living in a bilingual city where two of the foreign languages I speak more or less, French and English are spoken in that place. That's one of the reasons of why I would like to live in Quebec, a province of Canada, although its official language is French, they also speak English. When I am 50, life in Quebec would not be the same, it would be different and maybe become an independent country. There would be improving on the social infrastructure, many buildings and hotels would be constructed and there would also be more leisure activities for retired people. I hope life in Quebec at the age of 50 would be quite and calm specially for those who want to relax. Moreover, life would be much easier since the development of technology and science.

Geneva is another place where I would like to live. It is a good place due to the fact it is an international city where you can meet people from all over the word.

I would also like to live in a quite village in Seoul, South Korea. It is a peaceful place where you cannot hear a lot of noise and it is next to the centre of the city.

Finally, in order to improve my English, this week I listened to some podcasts in English and wrote down some grammatical notes.

By Nassira Dahmani