Journal 23

                                                                           Thursday, December 1st, 2016
Journal # 23
The last class was about presentations againt, but this was the last presentation. I did not make my presentation because this week was very difficult, I had many jobs and quiz in other matters, my house my son, it is not justification but I could not.
Diana talked about 7 provinces and she said some features and explained each one. Example of some: San Jose capital, most people and restaurants are here. Heredia city of flowers, Alajuela city of mangos, Volcano Poas, Arenal and Lemon afro Caribbean culture.
Johan talked about smartphones, friends or enemies. He said it is good for communication, Internet very necessary no borders and multiple applications, but it is negative when you lose interaction with children and not play the traditional game and people do not talk.
Norman talked about leishmaniasis Is a disease transmitted by the mosquito  this mosquito it is located in tropical areas of the country. Skin is affected by cutaneous ulcers, he showed pictures about this. Cure: the doctor prescribes penisilin.
The  presentation of Fernando was about death also travels by motorcycles in Costa Rica. Nowadays the majority of the accidents are  by motorcycles. He recommends being responsible in streets because many accidents are by irresponsability. Care your life. Also he said that had an accident three years ago.
Yaritsa: her presentation was based on the question Do people need a vocation to have a job? She asked some classmates about this. She talked about this topic because she said that she loves this career and loves to teach, so all people should have the vocation to work with love. She gave the example of the doctors some have vocation but there are others who have not vocation. 
In Deyber's case, he spoke about this question: What happened to the family? There are now many divorces and few marriages and the children are affected. Now God not is the first thing in the family, have others things more important that God also he said that the roles of the parents have changed and then showed pictures of people who support abortion, people like Miley Cyrus who is a person who lost her dignity.
And Johana talked about stress for example: students with stress by exam, questionnaire, oral presentation and others. To relax you can sleep, walk, play with the children and eat chocolates to relax.
Well this class was very good and the presentations were very interesting. In my case I feel very bad because I did not make my presentation because I do not do well in this class to afford the luxury of losing points.

Journal 22

                                                                          Monday, November 28th, 2016         

 Journal # 22

This  class was about exhibitions. Irene was the first to exhibit as usual, she talked about typical food Mexican’s. She gave  ingredients  of tacos al pastor, for example: pork  meat, tortilla, cilantro, onion, lemon and pineapple, she said this dish is delicious. The favorite dish of Irene is Pozole. Chiles en Nogada and guacamole are dishes very traditional in Mexico. Pambazo is other dish,  she gave ingredients and explained  preparation.

Then Johan spoke of Hurricane Otto-Upala. He explained about the heads of water in the Zapote River and how he took many houses also showed photos about this disaster. He said it was very sad to see all the houses flooded and the people desperate, crying because they lost everything.

Everly talked about technology in 2020, first she showed a video about what life will be like in the 2020. Then she explained this video of an amazing house that has a personal assistant and controls everything. From this presentation I really liked the mirror and the kitchen was amazing to see how technology will be in the 2020.

Daniel spoke of calisthenics. What is it? It is a type of extreme exercise and practiced by women and men, is practiced only on the floor and a bar. Said Van Damme was practicing this.

Then Yaritsa talked about animal testing. She said imagine your pets in a testing is very sad, they use animals because are biologycally similar at humans. Also she said cosmetics and hair care use animal, brands like Mac, cover girl, clorox, Pampers, Glade and others,

Johana talked about kinds of students she mentioned some like the quiet, shy students, the class clown, the excuse students for example the dog ate my homework and teacher’s pet.

Diana explained type diseases and gave symtoms. Like cholera symtoms diarrea, fiver. Maningitis: symtoms fiver, headache. Alzheimer: lost memory.

In my case I spoke about Huricane Otto. I said affected countries like Panamá, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Almost the whole country was an red alert. This hurricane affected places are Los Chiles, Bagases and Upala that was the most affected. Left 18 dead 10 in Costa Rica and 8 In Panama.

Well this class was so pretty and  one learns a lot and helps to improve our fluency when speaking and to lose the fear when exposing.

Journal # 21

The last class we started telling the reading report about the book the perks of being a wallflower, this reading report was like the end because we finished it. In my case my comment of the book was about Charlie that was hospitalized for two months because his father found him naked watching TV and it was off. Also I said that Charlie discovered that everything he dreamed about his aunt was true, Hellen touched or abused Charlie every Saturday. When the doctor told the parents that situation his mother did not stop crying and his father was very angry. For Charlie it was the most difficult moment.

It was good to receive the visit of his friends, his teacher, his family and Sam sent him a letter. Then I said that Sam returns so Charlie, Patrick and Sam went to the big boy as usual. Then, they went through the tunnel and they entered. Charlie opened his arms like he was flying. I think Charlie finally felt free.

Then, we made groups of three and we spoke about homophobia. My group was form by Everly, Daniel and me. We talked about homosexual people and all of the groups gave different opinions about this topic. In my case my opinion was that I respect homosexual people, but I disagree because I believe that traditional families are the ones and that is the real family. Even though, I have homosexual friends and they know my opinion about this.

Everly commented that she has a gay friend and when he went out of the closet she felt rare because she was not getting used to be with him like a homosexual person. She said that it was rare when he broke up with his boyfriend and when he received flowers from him.

We were giving our personal opinion and our teacher too, she said that she does not hate gay people but she disagree with that decision. There are different kinds of gays and different reasons to be a gay, for example a rape, or maybe that the person grew up just with the mom, or they born in that way, no one knows.

I think that the class was interesting and funny. Those kinds of topics are useful for us because it is what happen nowadays in the world and in that way we can learn and practice our speaking abilities and to improve our vocabulary and pronuciation.

          Journal # 20

This class was about presentations and each of my classmates expounded on topics of our interest.

Irene talked about Christmas. She showed pictures about this, also talked about the activities performed on this day, such as karaoke, pastorela who is a group of people and sings at the doors of other houses and also questions, creates a list of questions about the members of her family and then everyone tries to respond.

Vane talked about benefits of the food healthy, products as milk, yogurt, fruits, vegetables and she said can help to reduce chronic diseases.

Darlyn talked about Sindrome down. She showed a video about a letter from a child with dowm syndrome to a future mother and she gave the characteristics of the persons with síndrome down, like small nose and flat nasal bridge, small mouth, a big space between the first and second toe short fingers, big eyes and small ears.

 Karol talked about tourism in Costa Rica. She  mentioned volcanoes, forests and beaches, gave features and hubications also showed pictures about all of this.

Fernando spoke about the new president Donald Trump and his pretensions. He said that he is a stupid person because he wants to make a wall between Mexico and the United States and also deport people that are necessary for the country's economy.

Randald then explained about his niece. Her name is Ashley. He said he spent time with her and also said that she is his favorite person in the world. Ashley is one year old in December. Johan talked about his  little boy Joshua, born on September 17, 2014. Then Johan said that his son has health problems, it's a miracle. He also talked about his hobbies such as playing the guitar and jumping on an inflatable horse all over the house and his favorite soccer  team is the league but always says Saprissa, Saprissa, it  is confused  said Johan.

In my case I exposed about benefits of drinking water. Some benefits of drinking water are: help to lose weight. 2 Apptite suppresion. 3 Get energized. 4 Hydrate your muscles  and others.

I liked this class because was very interesting and I learned a lot about different topics that my classmates expoused.

                                                                                       

Journal 19

                                                                              

                                                                                                 Thursday, November 10th, 2016

Journal #19

I did not go to the last class, but my classmate Everly told me what they did in class.

They started the class with a ted talk.  The teacher gave some questions, then the teacher repeated the ted talk and they answered the questions. Ted's talk was about a woman who says that when she was 10 she was a student candidate and she lost by a vote because she said that each vote counts and it is important because if she had been given one more vote she would have won.

In the case of Everly told me that this ted was easier than the others and for her it was easy to understand. Well, the teacher gave them the answers, too. In past classes we were doing 3 dialogues with 10 idioms and 10  two word verbs, as I did not go to class and I sent my dialogue to Diana and Karol for the teacher to reviewed it, but that day they presented the talks about their dialogues and my dialogue also, my part was told by johana. For example, my conversation that I made and sent  was about three girls, Dianna, Karol and Elizabeth. They spoke about a girl that had  lost all her money again, also spoke of the difficult was english for Elizabeth and Diana told her english is a piece of cake then they talked about the sad was karol because a man rejected her. This situation is bringing her down.

I could not get the dialogues of the other groups only from Everly's group and she told me that they talked. The conversation 1 of Everly’s group was about  Ann. She had an accident because she and her friend were drunk. The conversation number 2 and 3 were about a new cellphone that can blow up and they were talking a BBQ.

Well for me this class was interesting and important  because  my classmates practice a lot  two word verb and I also was practiced  this topic because I did  my coversation about this, althoug I did not go at this class I liked because was interactive and was fun.

                                                                            

                                                                                             

Journal 18

                                                                                      Monday, October 7th, 2016
Journal # 18   
In this class we started listening the song number 9 called “Stan”, but first we studied the vocabulary of the song then we heard it twice.
Then we heard and we take  note about a ted talk by Bruce Muzik called “the big secret nobody wants to tell”. This ted talk was about the secrets  and private life that all of us have.
We  made groups of three classmates and we spoke about How can we become racist, for example my classmate Deyber said “That even today we see racism as in fables there are no black characters and in toys like barbie there is no black barbie and in many things we still see racism and  some classmates spoke of racism to immigrants like the Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and how they discriminate against Mexicans in the United States. Also Sandi spoke about the racism against poor children and the difference between them and what they have money 
 In my case I think the people is racist  when in the family does not teach values as tolerance and respect.
We also talk about the difference between the secret and the lie. I think we've all told lies sometime or keep a secret for ourselves or for someone else. But for me they are very different things.
A secret is something real that has happened and can not be said. A secret is also something that you trust while a lie is something I do myself.
Good to finish the teacher said that each classmate will made  a dialogue with two word verbs to present it the next class.
I liked the last class because we heard  an interesting  ted talk and also because we talked about very important topics and we could improve  our speaking abilities this part was the one that I most liked.