FINAL REFLECTION

Unlike last year I am much more comfortable with the subject although this course was more difficult. one of the improvements that I've noticed is in the Newsroom because them and dedicated more time and desire to improve my performance in obtaining a note. I believe that oral presentations and oral examination I have served to try to speak the language more fluent and non-stop me so much to think about what I'm going to say.

Presentations presenting trying to work issues that already knew to be able to focus on pronunciation. I guess that it has been the tool more useful for improving in every way.

For me all activities have been useful although at the beginning it was too lazy to do them. If we make them something, I'm sure.

To not get the performance I think that they should continue oral works for expanding our oral performance and so get used to the language and that the conversation between teacher and student is more fluid. The other thing that I think is important to maintain is the choice of a book to read at home, because one thing that is not forced, like most.

My gap year, sport gap year.

Volunteer Sports Coaching Abroad (Sports Gap Year)

My first gap year I wnt to go to coaching children who love the football and run like me. It's a oportunity to learn a new language of poor people and his culture. 

The travel  it cost me 1326€ and in the ticket of the agence of travel includ me the food, insurance, accomodation, specialist equipament and airport pickup. In developing countries many children are not given the same basic opportunities as the rest of the world. One great way of addressing this issue is by introducing sport within these communities.

Sport provides both mental and physical benefits. It also teaches important life-skills, such as discipline, team-work and communication. We aim to create a fun and enjoyable learning environment, allowing participants to form good social relationships and to facilitate a positive path for development. Regular sports lessons and matches can have a really positive impact upon those from impoverished areas. There is also the opportunity to teach sport in schools. Many of the schools in which we work are understaffed so the children do not have access to such activities. You will be very well received and the children will be eager to learn from you. You do not need to have previous experience to get involved in this project - the key is enthusiasm! We accept volunteers of all levels of experience and you will be supervised by a local sports coach.

Whichever sports placement you choose, Projects Abroad will assist you along the way to ensure both volunteers and students get the most out of each experience.  Sports placements we currently offer are the Football, Basketball, Rugby, Surfing,  Volleyball, Multi-sports and School Sports.

Paris Agreement and Trump

The Paris Agreement is an agreement on emitting less greenhouse gases. Trump wants to pull back from the agreement.

This makes a lot of people angry. Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Trudeau and Hillary Clinton tweet about this. Emmanuel Macron, Australia Greens Party Leader, and the Japanese Environment Minister talk about this. The Japanese Minister says that he is very angry.

However, some Americans are happy. They are mostly miners. They want to keep their jobs.

Difficult words: agreement (something that you promise to do), emit (put into the air), greenhouse gas (a gas which makes the planet warmer), miner (a person who mines –gets something like coal out of the ground).

Camel Racing in Jordan

Camels and their trainers come to a desert in Jordan. They come to race. Camel racing is a tradition in Jordan. Crowds come to watch. The racers want to win money. The winner receives 400 Dinars (564 dollars).

Children cannot race in Jordan. Trainers use small radio-controlled jockeys on the camels.

After Ramadan, the camels race again.

Difficult words: radio-controlled jockey (a small thing that rides on an animal instead of a person and the trainer uses a controller to move it), Ramadan (the ninth and holy month of the Muslim year).

Boxing in a Hijab

This news is about a girl. She is Muslim. She lives in the USA. She fights in a boxing match. She wears a hijab during the match. She is the first person in the USA to do this.

She loses the match, but it is OK. It is about more than winning. She fights for what she believes in. She believes that all girls must have a chance.

Difficult words: match (a game, a sports event), hijab (clothes which cover the head; clothes worn by some Muslim women in public), during (in the time of).

Galaxies Meet

An incredible image, which was taken in 2009 by the Hubble Space Telescope, has been released.

A galaxy moves through a cluster of galaxies, and it is being ripped apart. It happens near the Great Attractor. This is a region in space around 200 million light years away from Earth.

Scientists study the images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope for years because the images are very complex. The telescope has been taking pictures of space since 1990.

Difficult words: incredible (amazing and hard to believe), cluster (group), rip apart (pull something to pieces), complex (being made of many parts and not easy to understand). 

Tulip

The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of herbaceous, perennial, bulbous plants in the lily family, with showy flowers. About 75 wild species are currently accepted.

The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a common element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation.