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My name is Fernando Herrerias Nava
Some of my hobbies and interests are videogames, cars and being with my friends and family.
Some of my objectives are to get good grades, enter university and be someone successful.
I think it is very important to learn English because we live in an increasingly globalized world and learning this language and many others opens many doors in any work environment and even social or personal.

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Diagnostic Writing and Presentation:
Hello, my name is Fernando Herrerias Nava, I was born in Mexico City and in 2007 I moved to Metepec. I live with my parents and I do not have brothers or sisters, I have 2 dogs. I really like to pass time with my family and friends and I also like sports, video games, and cars.

I am very serious, but once you know me, I'll be very funny, and one thing I would like to improve about myself is the fact I'm serious and I will achieve this by becoming more open and talkative.

Sometimes I find the organization in some sentences difficult, but I will improve this by studying and paying close attention in class.

Corrected Diagnostic Writing:
Hello, my name is Fernando Herrerias Nava, I was born in Mexico City and in 2007 I moved to Metepec. I live with my parents and I do not have brothers or sisters, but I have 2 dogs. I really like to spend time with my family and friends and I also like sports, video games, and cars.

I am very serious, but once you know me, I'll be very funny, and one thing I would like to improve about myself is the fact I'm serious and I will change this by becoming more open and talkative.

Sometimes I find the organization in some sentences difficult, but I will improve this by studying and paying close attention in class.

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Writing 1 First Partial:

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I live in a residential named "El Baldaquin", which is a peaceful place with a great atmosphere, with conflictive residents and public transportation that used to be better, a place with a great location near parks, supermarkets, and the shopping centers.
The life in my neighborhood is great, you can go to the grocery stores or you can go to do some exercise such as running or go to the gym, in other words, you can find everything here, but one thing I really enjoy doing here is going for a run with my dad to the park.
Clearly many things have changed over 12 years, such as the increase of the built-up area, but after all, I still believe that it is the best place to live, especially because it brings back incredibly good memories.

REFLECTION:
I did a great job although it was my first writing of the course, just having small mistakes.

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Hello my friend, who will be seen by me in a couple of days, I ́m very happy and excited, what wonderful news that you come to Mexico, and especially to the state of Mexico, my state, which is a diverse one with a lot of traditions, culture, history and with vast things and places to see and visit. I know you are looking for a souvenir to take to Canada.
The“Árbol de la Vida” was first created during the “Virreinato” and it is a clay sculpture commonly made by hand mostly in the municipality of Metepec, State of Mexico. Its meaning is the origin of humanity (or the origin of life) and the struggle of good and evil.
In general, they cost around USD 25 to USD 185 and you can find them in the handicraft stores of Downtown Metepec, I know you, ́ll love, it and you won ́t regret this purchase.
Fond regards,
Fernando Herrerias

REFLECTION:
I had some trouble with passive voice, I need to improve this.

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This project was mainly to make a deep analysis of what are the different roles in the homes of Mexican families, and about gender equality by not just saying our opinion as a team, but also by researching and asking people from other nations with cultures different from ours.

During this great project I gave my opinion according to what I have seen about family roles in Mexican households and did some research about all this to do a more complete job. As a result of this extensive research I learned that there are many inequalities that have to do with the roles of the home in families all around the world that they are not only there, we have normalized them as a society over the years and this really stagnates family and social development.

In conclusion, I would say that working towards a more equal society is one of the most important and necessary things we have to do as human beings, because we have made many mistakes in the past that only led to multiple misfortunes during history, and at least I would not like the same mistakes to be repeated that can hurt many people, and if I were politician, I would watch over society and not my interests, but I believe that there is still some hope that we can move forward as a society.

REFLECTION:
I did  a great job in this last writing assignment, showing all the skills I got throughout the course, only having a small lower case mistake.

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Speking about my fear

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What I can do better in the English language: Improve my speaking skills and apply them in a real conversation situation.
What areas I still need practice and how I can improve: I think that some verb conjugations and some topics.
How I feel after finishing first
partial: I feel very satisfied with my effort in this class,
hoping to continue like this, and if it is possible, improve a few tents to
increase my general average.
Something I enjoyed from the class:
The way the teacher gives the class, she is very respectful with me and all my classmates, and I never felt stressed about her class.
Something I learned about me: That I can handle very well this class, and that when I focus on something I can do it, for example, I know that I will improve the next partial because of the effort I put in this class, either a tenth but I´ll improve.

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Something I improved in this partial: My pronunciation and my skills at writing .
Something I enjoyed from the class:
The way the teachers gives the class, the way she evaluates, the kahoots that I won, and my good grades in my quizzes.
My biggest achievement in this
semester so far: My grades and my learning in general from the English class.
My biggest challenge in this partial:
I don’t think I had a big challenge dealing with this partial but if I need to tell one, I think it´ll be to improve the average, because I was very close to staying with the same average of the first partial.
Something I learnt from me: That I
can achieve everything I set my mind to with effort and dedication.
Something I still need to work on
(personally): To find the way to make new friends due to this situation of the pandemic.
10 things I’m grateful for (in
general)

-       To study in a school as prestigious as Tec

-       To have a family that loves me

-       To have the necessary technological tools to continue studying

-       To have clean clothes to wear every day

-       To have a comfortable bed to sleep in every day

-       To have a car to transport me.

-       To have access to internet

-       To live in a secure place

-       To be able to have fun with my friends, although it has to be online with videogames, phone calls, etc.

-       To be alive

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Valuable lessons I take from this semester: To be responsible and respectful.

Things I am now good at (in the English class): Speaking it, and I remember very well some of the topics.

Things I still need to continue working on (in the English class): The order of some sentences.

Things or people I appreciated from the class: My friends and the teacher.

Things I improved in my personality: My security.

Things I am thankful for (in general in life): To study in this school, and to be healthy and alive.

Forms to keep myself focused and full of energy: Have a peaceful mind and to not stress about everything.

New friends I made this semester despite the virtuality: I didn´t make any new friend with this virtuality.

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Speaking Evidences

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Speaking task. (PTEG Test 2 L3 B2July 2011)

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Speaking task. (PTEG Test 2 L3 B2July 2011)

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You answered the first question thoroughly and fluently. Good!
Your ideal WEEKEND not week.
(well, I guess it would be cool to have a whole week without stress)

You had to answer just ONE QUESTION!

CORRECTION
eliminate the stress
boost test??

When you talk about the two photos remember to:
Compare and contrast.
Comparison follows a clear order: introduction + similarities, differences, question. Although this particular order is not compulsory, it is recommendable.
Useful phrases to compare and contrast are highly evaluated in this section.
Example :
Both of these pictures show…
One similarity between these two pictures/situations is that…
Another similarity might be that…
One thing that these two pictures/situations have in common is that…
The first picture… whereas the second one…
Although the first picture…., the second one…
On the one hand, the first picture shows… . On the other hand, the second one…

All in all, it was a good answer!

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FOP2vzWlaTc7RteSuH7lKD_hOrnfvDPC/view?usp=sharing

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Dear Daniela,

My name is Fernando Herrerias,

I am 16 years old, I live in Metepec, I don't ́t have brothers or sisters, I have 2 dogs and I live with my parents. In my free time, I like to hear music especially from Avicii who is my favorite DJ of all time, I ́m still discovering many of his unreleased songs, I love cars and I also like to play videogames with my friends which is something I have been doing since the

pandemic started and the videogames that I play the most are Fortnite, COD

Warzone, Rocket League, and Halo.

These days I ́ve been trying to focus on this semester and trying and

get used to my new schedule, I also have been playing Fortnite with my friend Juanjo in my free hour and I also have been configuring some cars on the Lamborghini and Ferrari page which are one of my biggest dreams that I hope to achieve one day.

What about you? Although we were in the same group last

semester,

I think we don't know much about each other, you seem to be an interesting person.

Regards,

Fernando H.

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I would like to recommend the Karate Kid 1 movie, which was recorded in 1984, is a touching movie that leaves a great message to whoever sees it, it was one of the last films I saw, which includes the performance of great actors such as Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita.

The story was set in California, where Daniel Larusso was moving with his mother in search of a better life, already in California Daniel meets a girl named Ali Mills who had a very jealous and conflictive ex-boyfriend named Johnny who studied karate at the Kobra Kai dojo, began to make Daniel´s life impossible, just for start dating Ali, but Daniel was lucky to find the help and support of Mr. Miyagi who worked in the building where Daniel lived and began to teach him karate and more than karate, Mr. Miyagi gave him life lessons to prepare him for difficult obstacles. He continued training to test himself against Johnny and his sensei Kreese, who previously challenged him to do it in the tournament.

In the end Daniel managed to beat Johnny despite his foul play overcoming everything more than with his fists with his mind, this movie gives you a great life message and It´s one of the best movies I´ve ever seen, personally I watched the movie while I was having a stressful moment and it really helped a lot, I highly recommend it.

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It is well known that we live in a world that is constantly overpopulated and highly polluted and this has generated great problems in all areas today, there are lots of interests by companies and very powerful people but there are also people who seek to make a change and see the environment as a priority, but there is still a hope and something good can be done for our planet.
All of this his has brought a great benefit to the economies of many countries and has generated many jobs, but if fossil fuels will have never existed we would not live on such polluted planet, as millions of people and factories emit pollution in the form of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other gases everyday that seriously affects the atmosphere and air quality, then invest in clean energy, improvements in public transportation and stricter regulations are going to be the most effective solutions to start fighting this big problem, and on the other hand, overpopulation will only end with education and sex education that demonstrates the reality of our planet and how difficult life can be for many unprivileged children who come to this world.
Aa we can see, this has brought with it many environmental problems of which the necessary seriousness is not taken. For the interests of a few, the habitat of millions of species is being destroyed, our only home is being destroyed. In my view, I think that future will be a very big challenge for all of us, but if we come together as a society and start to see the real problems, we will do things well and improve the quality of life for all.

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During this course, I learned a lot about grammar and vocabulary in English that largely had to do with what I had seen last semester. What I need to reinforce is to get better grades again in the quizzes and activities, since compared to the 9s and 10s that I got in the third semester, I was worse this semester. Some of the strategies I will use to improve will be to pay more attention in class and study more for all the assessments.

I can use these learnings in life when I need to speak the language with someone who is native or from another country since a great dream I have is to live an international experience at university. This semester I did not learn something that could really surprise me, but I understood that I am not yet 100 and I need to keep trying to get better results, I also managed to reinforce what I already knew.

I think I liked all the activities we did during the semester, although they had their challenges, I managed to get more good things and learnings than bad things. I think I liked all the activities we did during the semester, although they had their challenges, I managed to get more good things and learnings than bad things. All the activities managed to leave me with great learning and areas of opportunity.

In general, I think that the English language has been around practically my whole life, and it has obviously marked it for the better. Learning this language has made me much more aware of what is happening in the world without necessarily leaving my country and it has also allowed me to communicate with many more people. By using this portfolio I am satisfied that I finished the semester well and I made a recount of everything I learned during it.