My English Competence in 2015

If I had to apply for university or work I would choose my best oral and written evidence, which are:

Written evidence:
http://angelinawurth.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/australia.html
Oral evidence:
https://audioboom.com/boos/2985878-nip-tuck-dialogue

I have choosen these evidence because I think that they show the best my English level and my personal life, my goals, hopes and my personality.
Firstly, the written evidence is divided in paragraphs linked with discourse markers and correct puntuation signs. I haven't used the same vocabulary and I tried to use some different connectors (Plus, due to...). I was very inspired when I wrote it and I was a little bit confused about my future, so I just let go all my feelings go into it. In conclusion, I decided to choose this post because it exposes my plans for the future and my goals.
Secondly, the oral evidence demonstrates my pronunciation and fluency while speaking English.

To sum up, I don't consider that these evidences shows my best level because I know that now after reading it another time there are a few things I would change, like the structure, some vocabulary, connectors...

My English Progress from 2013-2015

Since 2013 nothing really amazing happened and I just had my boring daily routine, due to this I thought that this would be the longest two years in my life, but wrong.

I could have never imagined how fast two years can pass, until now. I can perfectly remember my first Batxillerat day like it was yesterday. The first weeks I just was shocked and and desperate about all the homework and exams we were supposed to do, however this was just the beggining of the two most stressed years in my life. 

I started the week with English and my new teacher Milco; our first homework was to write her an e-mail explaining a little bit about ourselfs:

"Hello, here is some information about me.

My name is Angelina Würth and I am sixteen years old. My hometown is Donaueschingen, a little village in Germany. I was born there and I lived there for 5 years. My dad had the idea to come to Spain when I was around 3 years, so he decided to buy a house and find a job, and after this I also came with my mother. Now I'm living in Empuriabrava for eleven years and lot of things have changed, my parents separated last year and now my dad is moving with his girlfriend to Barcelona and I'm still here living with my mother and her new boyfriend. I always try to go to Germany three times a year, but this year I coudn't because I am working in a jewerly shop in Empuriabrava, Angelo Luchini. I have to work a lot of hours but I love it. This summer I worked with three other girls but one already leaved home, to Slovaquia. On 15th October we close during the winter, so I'll have more time to study and on Christmas I can finally go to Germany to visit my family."

So, I wrote this in my first weeks at Batxillerat and I consider that not only my vocabulary and grammar skills have improved, also my personal life has changed a lot since than.

Comparing this letter to my last composition:

http://angelinawurth.blogspot.com.es/2015/05/mothers-day-things-i-learned-from-my-mom.html

I noticed that I have started to use paraghaps to order my ideas, of course with the correct connectors and puntuation signs. Plus, normally I introduce my writings with a reason and ask some questions. To sum up, I think that the structure and maturity in my posts have improved a lot.

About the grammar, I always try to avoid repeated words and connectors (but, also...) and use new words we learn in the projects, however I always want to learn from my mistakes because it's the only way to learn about them and do it better the next time.

In addition, I'm very proud of myself about the improvement in my oral presentations. I remember the first times in ESO when I had to do oral presentations, even if it was with my friends, I always got so nervous that I did a lot of mistakes in pronunciation and fluency. The mistakes were very silly because I perfectly knew that I were making them, but whith all the nervousness I did it all wrong. Due to the practice over the years I have changed a little bit to better, but well I still get very nervous and make silly mistakes.

In conclusion, I noticed a lot of differences between my first writing and oral presentations and my last, not only in the grammar and vocabulary level, also in my personal development.

Conversation about nomopholia

Tania and Angelina at the restaurant, both looking at their phones:
Angelina: Tanini did you see Sarah's new photo on Instagram? She looks so awful!
Tania keeps looking at her phone...
Angelina: Tania, are you even listening to me?
Tania: What? What's up?
Angelina: I can't believe it! Could you just leave your phone for one second? We're in a restaurant, for god's sake!
Tania: Ou.. sorry Angelini..
Angelina: Oh please, don't apologize now... We both know that you can't live without your phone, you really have an obsession!
Tania: What the hell are you talking about? I can live without my phone! I'm just talking and i'ts really important...
Angelina: What could be more important than me right now?
Tania: Oh nothing... I'm just playing a game, i'ts really funny!
Angelina: Are you kidding me? Are you saying that your game is more important than me?!
Tania: You know it's not that way...
Angelina: You know what? You can eat your damn pizza alone because I'm leaving! You really need help...
Tania: Angelini... calm down. If you really want want it I'm gonna ask for help, but only if you help me.
Angelina: Really? Of course I'll will help you, we're going to stick together and get this over...

Letter to Barack Obama

Carrer Sant Sebastià 43

Empuriabrava

Girona 17487

20th April 2015

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Barack Obama,
As the President of the United States of America you are doing a really good job,
I highly respect your work trying to improve the education of each State and culture, to avoid any sort of discrimination and unrespectful behavior and of course, the improvement of the image for the United States, since you are the President, a lot changed for better.
Even if you are doing a great job, there are a few things, which with a little bit of motivation and with the help of all the inhabitants of the States you could change; some examples are the legal death penalty in some states, the current driscrimination, the inexistent medical healthcare and totally different education levels.
In conclusion, I really consider that you are one of the best presidents the United States of America ever had however, you could do more for your country and not only try to do it.

Yours sincerely,
Angelina Würth.

What money can't buy

The talk of the Harvard Professor Michael Sandel really made me think about today's society and how we live and spend our money.
We watched it last week in class because of the recommendation of my philosophy teacher. Firstly I thought that it would be boring and really hard to follow, like all the things he normally shows us. But this video surprised me a lot.
Mr. Sandel starts a debate about the topic what money can't buy nowadays, because according to him, today nearly everything can be bought if we have enough money, even moral, civic and educational activities.
The fact that some schools even pay their students to read a book and so make them study is really shoking. I can't imagine me earning money for reading a book, if it was like this I had a lot of money right now. But I think that this method will never achieve the goals that they  want, students should learn to love to read, they should have fun and be interested in what they read, and not only because they will get money for each book.
As simple as it is, there are just some things that will never can be bought. To have a passion for doing something you love, or just the feeling of loving someone or something are perfect examples for it.
In conclusion, I realized how we have shifted from a marked economy to a marked society and how necessary it is to change it.

Human Rights

Everybody has heard someday about Human Rights, but do we exactly know what they are?
Human Rights are the rights you simply have because you're human. They are based on the principle of respect for the individual because everybody deserves to be treated with dignity.
They are called Human Rights because they are universal, but as we can see and observe, not everybody follows them.

It's history was complicated and long lasting. After a long time fighting for the declaration and a lot of tragic experiences like the Second World War, they finally realized the need of some basic human rights that can regulate and avoid future human catastrophes,  and so they got legal in 1948 under the chairmanship of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Actually,  the Declaration consists of 30 laws based on universality, interdependence and indivisibility, equality and non-discrimination, though only 80 percent of nations ratified four o five laws. It's obvious that the more developed and modern nations follow the most laws, like freedom from slavery, life, liberty and securety, legal recognition, asylum and freedom of expression.

Personally, like most of people I knew about the existence of the Human Rights, but I had no idea what they exactly were and how many. What shocked me the most is that I thought that these laws have to be necessary followed by each country and not only for those who want to.

I didn't knew about the existence of the right to play, which consists of the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and holidays with pay. The name of this right seems a little bit funny but it's absolutely necessary for our personal life.

Nip-tuck

https://audioboom.com/boos/2985878-nip-tuck-dialogue

A soulmate

I'm realistic enough to not wait my whole life for Prince Charming coming out of the blue, I know that to find the perfect one I have to go out and look for him, because he sure won't be stuck in a tree or something. So, I don't expect to find my soulmate one day, but definately a  lifepartner, therefore I should start to describe my perfect lifepartner.
The ONE should be understanding, caring, loving, loyal, have a similar lifestyle, likes and beliefs to mine, but not too similar because I would get bored. So, I need a guy who will bring me the right balance in my life.
Besides, my perfect lifepartner should respect and accept my flaws and imperfections, just love like I am, so I won't have to change in front of him because I feel unconfortable.
In addition, he also should be attractive, at least to me, I just want to be sure to feel happy seeing his face every morning for the rest of my life.
In conclusion, I know that I am very picky but I hope to find him anyway, he must exist somewhere, but who knows? Maybe he is waiting for me in Australia!

Skype with Noa

The Skype session with Noa was really interesting, especially for me. It presented a great opportunity for the whole class to learn more about taking a year abroad because she explained a little bit about her tasks, her daily rutine, her impressions and her experiences as an au-pair living so far away from home.

She told us that she had payed for an agency espezialized in au-pairs who wanted to go to Australia. The agency also found a family for which she could take care about their children and they fixed all the complicated paper stuff too, so she didn't had to worry about anything.

In the Skype session, I asked Noa what kind of papers she needed, and fortunately I'm lucky of having a German nationality to get the Australian Visa, because as it seems the Spanish people can't get the Working Holiday Visa. Besides this, I'll also need some references, pictures of myself and of course, a passport. Finally, I wondered about the jet-lag, I imagine it to be really tough and I was right. Noa said that it was very difficult for her to get used to the difference of hours, she had a jet-lag during months!

A few months ago I also decided that I want to go a year abroad to Australia and I have already found an agency which will do the same for me, they will look for a family and the papers I'll need. Like her, I hope to have luck with my au-pair family and I hope to have a great time in Australia because this may be the most important experience I will ever have.

IS INTERNET MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

It is believed that the Internet and Social Networks like Facebook or Twitter are very appropiate and popular to meet new people around the world. In addition, it is also very useful to solve problems as well as answer questions, but in spite of it, is it really making the world a better place or is it making it worse?

In the first place, I agree that Internet makes it all easier in every way, not only to meet new people. Nowadays, the Social Networks offer new learning methods and a lot of opportunities that we never could have imagined that they were achievable, like chatting with somebody who lives far far away from you or to order food in the Internet, what seems really crazy.

On the other hand, the Internet also brought a lot of problems to our society. Due to some Social Network, a lot of teenagers have been bullied from other kids because of their weight or other issues and the truth is that a few of them ended up with suicide.

In conclusion, the Internet has made the world a better place because it offers a lot of chances although we shouldn't forget the risks and control it a little bit more to avoid such problems.

Research Project Summary

Have you ever heard about Pandora?

Of course you have... but in this case I'm not talking about the mythology story, I'm talking about the wonderful jewellery world of Pandora!

This project is based on the study, description and comparison of the company and their rivalry. In fact, this work consists of two parts; in the first theoretical one I explain all the parts of the company, from the history to their range of products and rivalry and on a practical one I compare three different points of view, mine as a seller of Pandora, the one of the costumers and finally the one of a few employees of the company.