FINAL EVALUATION

I think that there’s an improvement in my level of English because when I started this year I had a good level but there were some tasks, like the opinion essay, that I found difficult but now it’s different. In my opinion that happens because I have improved my English in many ways and also I am more fluent in speaking and writing. If you have a look in my space, you will see this improvement. On first batxillerat as my level of English was lower, my compositions were worse, but it’s a good sign because it means that I have developed. You can see it on my first composition called Books and Films and the last one of this course that’s Teenagers and sex.

The differences are important because in the last composition the issue is more interesting and more attractive – it has a photo. About the content I also find that it’s better because only seeing the issue I know that it have more maturity than talk about books. Also, I have improved the structure because now I write in paragraphs. The text is richer in vocabulary as you see on the last one to talk about underage people I use adolescents, sometimes teenagers… I use new vocabulary that I have learnt in class like demonstrations, open-minded… I also have put linking words like; in my opinion, however… And I usually ask question which reflect a higher level.

Another aspect is that the last composition is longer than the first so, it means that I could make more mistakes but instead of doing it wrong, I do it better because I pay more attention to do things right. For example in verb tenses because it’s a bit difficult for people who don’t currently speak English, but I try to do as few mistakes as I can.

You can see this improvement in oral presentations too. Here you have the first one Oral presentation 1st batxillerat and the last one Oral presentation second batxillerat. Both presentations I was alone so, it made it more difficult because when you do it with partners you are less nervous.

On my last oral presentation the topic was about my research project. In my opinion it did it very well because it was the second time I did the presentation but the last one in English. It was a bit difficult because there was a lot of scientific vocabulary, but it was useful because these kinds of words make the oral richer. I used more links than in the first oral because in my first oral I didn’t knowe how to link each part. The ideas were organized better because on my last work, first I started with a little introduce and the objectives, then I spoke about the disease and finally I explained the conclusions. From my point of view, I was more fluent and less nervous. I have improved a lot on pronunciation.

Summarizing, my personal development in English is remarkable.