Reflective Section

Learning English has been part of my education since I was a child.



English 3 has been an incredible viewing experience, we have increased our knowledge, have made friends, learned about countries, cultures ... The most important is that the teacher always care about us to learn.
 I learned in this course  so much vocabulary that they  help me in my life.

My second focus was discussion skill. To improve this, I made effort to collect as

much information concerning the issue as possible, which helped me to think more

deeply about the issue. In addition, I made for/against tables in which I organized

the arguments, reasons and examples. By doing this, I tried to make my

arguments clearer and more persuasive. I also noticed the importance of statistics,

because without this arguments are weak. 
I train my speak all this time. The good thing is that when I talk with others in English, there are many words appeared in my mind. What I need to do is to put them in a right place of a sentence. Sometimes, the words what I want to express is not very clear, and for this problem I think what troubled me is also the vocabulary.  Last week, I trained this step by step, first is to read article and cycle the new words or some words I used rarely, next is to list them and make sentence by these words, the final step is to read these sentence. For this moment, I think I need to keep this action of study new words, only accumulate for a long time, I can use it well.

I want to say thank for my teacher Floria, she is an amazing professor, have a big heart, patient, always with a smile in her face no matter the situation. She indirectly teach me to smile:)

Grammar

Passive Voice:

        The passive voice is a specific grammatical construction; not every expression that serves to  take focus away from the performer of an action is classified as an instance of passive voice. 

We have been cruelly deceived.

The captain was struck by a missile.

I got kicked in the face during the fight.

 

 

The passive voice can be used without referring to the agent of an action; it may therefore be used when the agent is unknown or unimportant, or the speaker does not wish to mention the agent.

However the passive voice can also be used together with a mention of the agent, using a by-phrase. In this case the reason for use of the passive is often connected with the positioning of this phrase at the end of the clause (unlike in the active voice, where the agent, as subject, normally precedes the verb). Here, in contrast to the examples above, passive constructions may in fact serve to place emphasis on the agent, since it is natural for information being emphasized to come at the end:
Don't you see? The patient was murdered by his own doctor!

 

Some examples:

 

Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.

The car was repaired by Sam.

Many cars had been repaired by George before he received his mechanic's license.

The restaurant's fantastic dinners had been being prepared by Chef Jones for two years before he moved to Paris

The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.

A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.

The project will have been completed before the deadline.

The bills used to be paid by Jerry.

 

 

 

  

 

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/passive_sentences1.htm

 

 

IRREGULAR AND REGULAR VERBS:

 

 

 

 

Out of class contributions

Improving Your Spoken English

 

The absolute best way to learn any new language is just to speak it.

 

Work on your pronunciation. 

Even if you have an acceptable grasp of the English language, with good grammar and an extensive vocabulary, native English speakers may find you very difficult to understand if you don't work on your pronunciation. 

  Expand your vocabulary and use idiomatic phrases

  

 The wider your vocabulary and the more English phrases you learn, the easier speaking English will become. 

 Attend an English class or discussion group

  

 Another great way to incorporate some extra English conversation into your weekly routine is to sign up for a class of discussion group. 

  Carry a dictionary. Carrying an English dictionary with you at all times (whether it's an actual book or a phone app) can be very useful

Improving Your Writing, Reading and Listening Skills

 

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In - class - contributions:

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MODAL VERBS








PRESENT PERFECT 


 


You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience. It is like saying, "I have the experience of..." You can also use this tense to say that you have never had a certain experience. The Present Perfect is NOT used to describe a specific event.
Examples:

• I have been to France. This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times.
• I have been to France three times. You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence.

We often use the Present Perfect to talk about change that has happened over a period of time.
Examples:

• You have grown since the last time I saw you.
• The government has become more interested in arts education.

We often use the Present Perfect to list the accomplishments of individuals and humanity. You cannot mention a specific time.
Examples:

• Man has walked on the Moon.
• Our son has learned how to read.

We often use the Present Perfect to say that an action which we expected has not happened. Using the Present Perfect suggests that we are still waiting for the action to happen.
Examples:

• James has not finished his homework yet.

We also use the Present Perfect to talk about several different actions which have occurred in the past at different times. Present Perfect suggests the process is not complete and more actions are possible.
Examples:

• The army has attacked that city five times 
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SIMPLE PRESENT







Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.
Examples:

• I play tennis.
• She does not play tennis.
• Does he play tennis?
• The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.
Examples:

• Cats like milk.
• Birds do not like milk.

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.
Examples:

• The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
• The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-Continuous Verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.
Examples:

• I am here now.
• She is not here now.

 COVER LETTER

 

María Fernanda Chacón Salazar.

Tejar del Guarco

Cartago.

February 2, 2015.

Dear  Mr. Dr Lopez.

I am writing  because I want to apply for the job of director of the dental clinic. Actually I work in my clinic, located in Cartago. I have 2 assistants and 10 years experience, I am a hard worker, I have many patients daily, I teach a course at UCR. I got a title for my specialty in prosthodontics.  I am very interested in  this job, I  need to extend my knowledge and give help to other dentists. I feel ready for this job.

Call me at 84210061.

Hope to hear from you son.

Thanking you in advance for your attention, I look forward to your kind reply.

Maria Fernanda Chacon Salazar. 

 BHUTAN.





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 Is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. Bhutan made the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy and held its first general election.
 The Black Mountains in the central region of Bhutan form a watershed between two major river systems: the Mo Chhu and the Drangme Chhu.

Gross National Happiness

 GNH has only been officially used in Bhutan, where a Gross National Happiness Commission is charged with reviewing policy decisions and allocation of resources.

 

PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.
Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on. Personal Passive simply means that the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. So every verb that needs an object (transitive verb) can form a personal passive. Example: They build houses. – Houses are built. Verbs without an object (intransitive verb) normally cannot form a personal passive sentence (as there is no object that can become the subject of the passive sentence). If you want to use an intransitive verb in passive voice, you need an impersonal construction – therefore this passive is called Impersonal Passive. Example: he says – it is said Impersonal Passive is not as common in English as in some other languages (e.g. German, Latin). In English, Impersonal Passive is only possible with verbs of perception (e. g. say, think, know). Example: They say that women live longer than men. – It is said that women live longer than men. Although Impersonal Passive is possible here, Personal Passive is more common. Example: They say that women live longer than men. – Women are said to live longer than men. The subject of the subordinate clause (women) goes to the beginning of the sentence; the verb of perception is put into passive voice. The rest of the sentence is added using an infinitive construction with 'to' (certain auxiliary verbs and that are dropped). Sometimes the term Personal Passive is used in English lessons if the indirect object of an active sentence is to become the subject of the passive sentence.