BERTA'S PORTFOLIO

To: Carlota                                                   From: Berta Crous Subject: Your visit to Banyoles Sent: Wednesday 25/11 11:20 Hi Carlota, How are you? I haven't written for ages because i've had exams, but i've finished exams now. It was great to hear that you are coming to Banyoles to practise your Catalan. I know you've never been to Catalonia before. There are some things you might fins confusing! Have you ever had a conversation with a catalan person? Catalan has some different vocabulary. What do you think 'petit', 'bonic', and 'estic be' mean? The answer is 'small', 'pretty', and 'fine' (and they're just a few examples!) I'll teach you more when you arrive. You will also notice that the catalan people say thanks a lot. Anyway, who is comming with you? Everybody fromj the school exchange to Edinburgh las year wants to meet you, so text ...

Would you like to style your hair this way? This is the world's highehst hairstyle, and it was created by hairdressers in Australia. They used human and syntheric hair, plus decorative elements to make a braided tower.  It has held the world record since 2009!

PRESENTATION: - Did you use any resources? Yes, I do. I use the writing. - Were the resources relevant and attractive?  Yes - Did you show/talk about the photos to the audience? No, I didn't. Because we didn't use the computer for the photos. BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT: - Did you look at your audience most of the time? Yes I did. Because I stayed very nervous. - Did you read from your notes? Yes, I did. - Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience? No, I didn't. Only I saw the camera and the small time I saw my audience. STRUCTURE: - Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Yes, I do. Because - Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? (First, then, secondly, on the one hand, finally...) Yes, I did. - Which ones? I use; first of all, then and finally. CONTENT: - Did you introduce interesting information to your audience? Yes, I did. - Did you look up information / facts / ide...

MY LAST SUMMER Hi, today I'm going talk about my summer holidays. First of all, I'm going to talk about my trip to Ireland and finally, I'm going to talk about my trip to Venècia. Well, when I finished school, on the second week of July I went to Ireland for two weeks. I stayed with another family in a big house with 4 people. In the morning we went every day to the stables for the horses and we rode them for two hours. When we finished the class, we went for a walk with horses in a forest. It was amazing. After that, we went to differents place to visit, for example: shopping centres, big park, cinema... The two weeks went away very quickly and then it was time to return to Banyoles for two weeks and then 3 days to Venècia. Finally, when I arrived home I prepared all the things to go for 3 days to Venècia. It was very nice. These 3 days finished very fast. We visited many places in Venècia. When we arrived in the hotel we slept for two hours and then we went for a w...