Wednesday, June 28, 2017

My blogging experience

In this experience I have realized that writing in English is the best way to incorporate the vocabulary and grammar I am learning. In my case it is better to learn this language while I talk to another person, or when I watch movies; However although my memory is not photographic, when writing ideas in another language, this allows me to know better the way in which that language works. For me to write in English is much harder than talking, when you speak even though the sentence is not well said, you can be understood because body language and other forms of communication help to understand better. But in writing, it is necessary to write very well, because a single misspelled word, or a single misused connector, can change the whole meaning of the sentence you are trying to express.

I still take too much time to write in English, but I feel that I now use grammar better, I can use more vocabulary and this is because writing in English forces me to look for new words to express myself, at the same time reading also helps me for this.

I think reading small texts in English and writing a summary or explanation of them, would be a good idea to learn to read and write in this language, especially because the English that use some academic texts, is a little different in the way of communicating, And since we are learning this language as an academic tool for our careers, we must learn the way in which some authors of our disciplines use this language to write and talk about their theories. I would also like to watch scenes of movies with audio and subtitles in English and work with that material.

TED Ideas worth spreading - A very interesting website for learning


TED Ideas worth spreading - A very interesting website for learning

This website it's made up of various icons in which you can find information about science, technology, etc; its propose is to share knowledge in all scientific topics. In the left side you could find a little about its story and also information about contact and privacy politics. in the top part of this website there are much more interesting options and that is what i really care about. There are five icons, the first is called "watch" and as it's name says, here you can watch content of that website. for example play list of scientific documentaries about science, social knowledge, art, and other kind of entertainment. The rest you must find out, since it is much more interesting when you see it with your own eyes. 

I have very little time kmowing this website. i know this website around one month ago, but since i knew it, i really like it due to that i've been able to found valuable information about my subjects of interest for example related topics with social science. It also helps me to practice other languages that interest me to learn like french and english, since in this page you are able to find conferences in these languages.

I want to share this link which is one of the conferences that i liked best on this website. 

https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tedspread





bandeja paisa

This food is not only a very good dish, is the better most nutritious and delicious meal that you will be able to taste. it is called "bandeja paisa" Its called it like this in spanish since its origin is from Colombia, specifically from a region called antioquia, which is a place where coffee is grown ; the softest coffee in the world . This plate have numerous ingredients, because the workers in this area need much nutrientes necessary for the hard work of all his days. nobody taught me how to prepare this food, but i learned to prepare it  by myself, I realized that it ain't difficult to make . the bandeja paisa has approximately seven ingredients, all these ingredients are done separately. First you should cook the rice, is a normal rice but you have preparate it in the colombian way, so you have to cook the beans in a pressure cooker you must add tomato, onion and garlic and cook for 20 minutes counted from the moment in which you close the pot and it starts to make noise. After, you should fry the eggs, prepate also the ground beef separatly; the same thing you must do with the porked meat. finally you serve the food in a big plate where you put on these ingredients separatly and add avocado, "chopo" that is like a green banana and of course add the traditional colombian ingredient, the "arepa". i dont remember when i prepared this food for the firts time, i guess it was a long time ago. i think i learned this recipe in the grandmother´s house.


Improving my English during this semester

This morning when I came to my English class I felt very happy to think that my English has improved a lot during this semester, I must say...