Hey!

So this is our last blog. Today we will write about our blog experience.

So in general please say:

 What you think about the experience in general
 How much you feel your writing skills have developed
 What you would like to include in the future
 What else you would like to write about
200 words

This is the fifth semester that I have to write a blog and to be honest I still do not get bored or tired about doing it. In my opinion we just study and work. We are toooo busy doing those things and when we have some free time, most of the time we sleep, watch tv, have quality time with our love ones and hardly ever take some time for us. For me writing a blog it is the time when I have time for mysleft, to think about a specific topic and write about it. Also read my students' blogs and get to know them better. It is really interesting! Also you get to know me better, you now know that teachers do more than just work. I do not know why but most students think that teachers just work, do not have fun! which is really funny. A friend who is also a teacher, he told me that once a student asked him if he goes to the supermarket or if he goes to pubs, my friend said yes, his student was impressed! 

About my writing skills, I have had the chance to practise a lot more and when you have questions it is really good since I feel happy every time I have the chance to help.
To be honest I don't want to include anything else in the future.


Well about something I would like to write about maybe how I see myself in 10 years and also how I used to see myself when I was a little girl.

It was really fun and nice to have you as my students! :)
I really enjoy reading your blogs!!
I had a really good time, you are really good people and students. Hope you have a great second semester and if you need any help please send me an email, I would be more than happy to help you! 

Big hug to each of you!! :)

My favorite animal or pet

My dear students!

Today you will have to write about your favorite animal or pet.
Please include the following information:
Why do you like it so much?
Where does it live?
What does it eat?
Talk also about its wigh and lengh.
Where can it be found?

190 words.

                   My favorite animal or pet

Well to be honest, I think there are many beautiful animals.

But since this time I have to choose I would say that it is the manatee.

Every time that I have said this to my friends they have said; really? manatee? how come?

They are sooooo ugly! and then I said; no, they are not, in my opinion they are really cute.

When I was about 9 years old my father bought a computer. This came with some games included.

I remember that one of the games was about the sea. And there was like a “host”, he used to talk about the different animals that we could find there, what they eat, how long they live and some other specific information. Then there were some games where you have to use the information given. So the host was a manatee! He was so cute, he even sang a song. It was the beach boys song, surfin USA. 

Now some specific information about this animal. They are also called sea cows.  “Manatees have a mass of 400 to 550 kilograms and mean length of 2.8 to 3.0 metres, with max of 3.6 metres and 1,775 kilograms seen. Also females tend to be larger and heavier"

Manatees are herbivores. The places where they can be found are the following:

“Marshy coastal areas and rivers of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (T. West Indian manatee), the Amazon Basin (T. inunguis, Amazonian manatee), and West Africa (T. senegalensis, West African manatee)” 

A subject you enjoy studying this semester

A Subject you enjoy studying this semester

Write about your favorite subject this term. Among others, include:

> Name
> Describe what you do in classes
> Mention the main contents you have seen
> Explain why you like the subject

> Word Count: 180
> Make comments on 3 of your patners' posts + a comment on the teacher's post

Hey!

Well since I am not studying now, I have decided to talk about one of the subjects that I had in 2016. I was studying a Master in Education and during the second semester I had one class that I really liked. That class was English grammar and phonetics versus Spanish grammar and phonetics.

While I was studying to become an English teacher I had 3 semesters of phonetics and also 3 semesters of grammar. I also had 3 semesters of academic writing. That happened about 10 years ago. So when I started with this class I thought lucky me! I have learnt a lot  about these topics so this class is going to be sooo easy!

I couldn’t be more wrong!

It was one of the most difficult subjects that I have ever had!!

All the contents related to English were fine; I mean I had to study most of them again. Because in this class we had to analyze each part of a sentence, describe it, change it and compare to Spanish sentence. That part was really hard. Spanish is much harder than English. Talking about grammar.

For example if we want to talk about habits and routines in English we would say:

I – You- We-They take the bus every morning

He – She takes the bus every morning.

Now Spanish:

Yo tomo la micro cada mañana

Tú tomas la micro cada mañana

El – Ella toma la micro cada mañana

Nosotros tomamos la micro cada mañana

Ellos - Ustedes toman la micro cada mañana

So as you can see in English there are only 2 options while in Spanish we have 5 options.

That is how the verb changes depending on the subject but I do remember that when we want to express ideas in the past in Spanish there were 10 options!

Even though it is my first language, believe me when I say that it was really hard. We had 3 tests and all the questions related to English grammar and phonetics I knew the answers. To be honest it was not that way when I had to work on the exercises that were about Spanish.

Most of the classes the teacher started explaining the contents and then individually we had to work on a handout. Then we compared our answers with a partner. Finally we shared our answers with the whole class. Sometimes all of us made mistakes! And that happened when the teacher asked us about Spanish grammar or phonetics.

Well I really liked this subject because it was a huge challenge, and also I learnt things that I did not know in Spanish!