During this presentation I had to answer some questions about different topics like If you could live anywhere, where would it be?, What food would you never eat?. This activity was fun and I think this helps us a lot to improve our speaking skills, in the video you can see and listening:
An other activity we had was a video:
SPEAKING PERIOD 1
During this presentation I had to explain How to launch a new product, how the psychology of color influences the choice of the product, also many other things like design , aesthetics, etc.
WRITING
During the first period we had to wrote an email, this email has to contain some topics for an invitation for someone to come to Russia.
This activity helps us to practice for bulatas activity.
Below is the Writing Rubric for the activity of email.
READING
This reading period I decided to practice with articles, news and any issue related to my career. This with the aim of understanding the architecture more related terms. Below are the exercises I did every week.
Aug 11-17
In this week I read an article of architecture: How Brisbane's Translational Research Institute Revolutionizes Medicine Through Architecture.
Aug 18-24 The world's 10 tallest new buildings of 2015
Aug 25-31 Invisible cities and the Curtain Wall: The last remnant of modernism
The second period of listening I only saw movies in English without subtitles, some of this movies were of my favorite TV series. Below I show the movies: Sep 29-Oct 5
English Listening Practice: How to Understand Movies Without Subtitles
Oct 6-Oct 19
Top 5 Emotional Moments in 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'
Oct 20-26
English listening practice: "Ted" trailer
Oct 27-Nov 2
Learn English, English Conversation 05
Nov 3-Nov 9, Nov 10- Nov 16
This two weeks I saw almost a complete TV series at night.
Comic-Con Trailer: The Walking Dead: Season 5
LISTENING PERIOD 1
Aug 11-17
The first period of listening I decided to work in TOEFL listening test because for me is more difficult than any other exam.
The first week I was studying in TOEFL listening test 101, this test involve business and it's similar to the topics of bulats. The link of the video is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB3AdJuujMM
Aug 18-24 and 25-31
In this two weeks I worked in one TOEFL test because the video is over an hour. It's for Academic lectures. The link of the video is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv3VMr11nDA
Sep 1-7
How an Amateur Built the World's Biggest Dome
This video is about architecture and shows how the world's largest dome, the method Brunelleschi need to invented, a very interesting video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IOPlGPQPuM
Sep 8-14
Megastructures - Beijing National Stadium - the Bird's Nest
A very interesting video showing how it was built one of the most impressive stadiums in recent times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bILacVZJRoU
Sep 15-21
The World's Largest Shopping Mall - The Dubai Mall
This video shows how it was built the world's largest mall and the complications that occurred at the time of the construction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxH2A2Zp1KU
Sep 22-28
Traveling abroad, this practice was very useful because with this video I could practice a lot and the pronunciation was very understandable.
During the Second period my practices and activities improve my knowledge considerably about listening, writing and speaking. I needed to practice even more for my B2 Bulats score, I felt nervous with the exam.
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