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A strength I discovered over these past two years is writing texts. However, something I can work on, is rereading my texts and making sure I wrote everything correctly, for example writing nog instead of not. I believe my speaking has improved as well… I feel more confident in speaking in front of a crowd now than I did 2 years ago.

As proof of my strengths and weaknesses, I have 3 assignments that you can find online. The first one is the review we had to write last year. Another creative writing assignment is the blogpost we had to write during our internship. The last assignment I’m proud of is my news item. This shows I was comfortable to speak in front of a crowd, even with ridiculous clothing on.

All these assignments, made me improve my English, because I had to think about what I would write or say. First and second versions are also very handy. Sometimes, people ask me to ‘proofread’ or help them with their texts, so you can say I’m good at writing texts if people come ask me for help.

During the summer holidays, I will go on vacation with my boyfriend, so I will most probably use English there. During my higher education, I won’t need English, unless they suddenly decide to teach English in Elementary School.

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The third word I chose for my 'word of the month' is 'headquarters / HQ'
This means 'a center of operations or administration'

In the following two sentences I used this word.
- 'Apple headquarters is in California.’
- ‘When I have a company later, the HQ will be not far from my home.’

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My word for October is 'swiftboating', which means saying bad things about the past.

In the next two sentences I used swiftboating.
- ‘Why is she swiftboating you? Those things happened  years ago…’
- ‘No honey, swiftboating isn’t Taylor Swift on a boat! It’s when you say bad things about someone’s past.’

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The word I chose for September was 'witty'. This means that something is funny.

Here are 2 sentences where I used the word witty!
- ‘My dad thinks he’s really witty, but he is just annoying.’
- ‘Sometimes I say something witty, but most of the time I say weird things.’

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I like to crack my knuckles, how about you?

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I like to crack my knuckles, how about you?

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For the second padlet assignment of this year we had to listen to a ‘6 minute English’ podcast. In the podcast I chose, they have a professor come and tell about his research about knuckle-cracking and whether it is good or bad for you. I chose this podcast because I crack my knuckles a lot and everyone keeps nagging that I should stop because ‘it’s bad for me’. Both of the documents I read had done a research about knuckle cracking. They both used the same method, which was equipment to get a clear image of the joints during the ‘cracking’. In the second article they referred to another study from 1990 but they also said that it was a bit unreliable.

Both of the documents came to the conclusion that it’s not bad for you in the short-term, but they didn’t have enough data to see if it will be bad for you in the long-term…

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Do you want to know what my 'level' in English is? Be sure to read the attached text then!
Love, Marie

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For my Shakespeare quote, I chose one from the play 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Juliet says this while she is waiting to be with Romeo and she wants time to go faster.

I feel like his quote really fits in my life as I have this constant feeling that every day goes by so slow... All day long I think of the moment I can lay in my bed and snuggle with my blankets.

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Be sure to read my review on a bacon sandwich, the best sandwich I've ever had!

-A Rouge Girl

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The best London trip I could have imagined!

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The best London trip I could have imagined!

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Here is why YOU should listen to November Rain by Guns 'N Roses!

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Here is why YOU should listen to November Rain by Guns 'N Roses!

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Here is a little bit on why YOU should listen to November Rain by Guns ‘N Roses.  Everybody likes a love song, don’t they? Well, November Rain is an excellent example of a good love song. The song teaches you that even when you want to be on your own, it’s better to have somebody at your side, so that you don’t do stupid things. Honestly the song in itself is just really nice, but the clip makes it even better! With the clip you get why the lyrics are the way they are. Yes, I know the song is pretty long, but I hope you will listen to the song and maybe start to love it like I do.

- A Rouge Girl