Cerro del Muerto: an amazing experience
Outline:
Introduction:
T.S. At the top of “Cerro del Muerto” the view is marvelous.
Body paragraphs:
Paragraph 1.
M.I. How I arrived to the “Cerro del Muerto”
a) Transportation
b) How the road was.
Paragraph 2.
M.I. The trip of climbing on the “Cerro del Muerto”
a) How I started to climb
b) How I felt when I was climbing
Paragraph 3.
M.I. The view that I had when I arrived at the top of the hill.
a) How the sky, the air, the view were.
b) What I felt being there.
Conclusion:
It was a splendid experience that I had had and I would like to do it again.
ESSAY
Cerro del Muerto: an amazing experience
Have you ever had the opportunity of being on a place with a great view? Have you experienced the climb on the “Cerro del Muerto”? If your answer is no, let me share with you my own experience of being at the top of the “Cerro del Muerto”. As you know “Cerro del Muerto” is a representative hill here in Aguascalientes. However, many people do not go to that place. They do not know that at the top of “Cerro del Muerto” there is a marvelous view.
I went to “Cerro del Muerto” one radiant day in the morning. That morning was frosty, but the sun was shining. I got in Tere`s car with three more friends. We were wearing sport cloths. We met at the university at 9 a.m. Tere drove to the hill, while she was driving, I observed the road to that place. The first thing that I noticed was that there was not too much traffic. We took Aguascalientes Avenue and then the road to Calvillo was quiet and straight. There were not too many houses near to the road. We passed a bridge that was the reference that somebody gave us as a sign that the mountain was near. The bridge was large and it crossed the road. Another sign was a restaurant that was at the edge of the road. It was a big restaurant. Tere parked and we went out of the car. I stood in front of the hill and I looked the whole mountain and I realized that climbing would not be easy.
I started to walk in order to arrive at the top of the hill. I was walking and breathing in a softly way. It was because I did not want to get tired easily. The road at the beginning was flat then, it became rocky and difficult to climb because the rocks were too big and the slope was becoming higher. I was afraid of fall down. In the middle of the road, I wanted to give up because I was getting really tired. But I saw that my friends were happy of climbing the hill. They never stopped to rest for a while. In contrast, I decided to take a rest for a moment. I sat on a rock and figured out that there almost no plants. The few plants that existed were dry. When I felt that I had rested enough time I continued climbing the mountain. I should say that it was a challenge to me because I was really tired, but I got back to my way and I was saying to myself that I could make it.
Finally, I arrived at the top of the mountain and I discovered that the view that I had of the city on the top of the hill was pleasant. I could hear the sound of the air that was like a whisper, a soft and delicate murmur. Also how the air caressed my face with a delicate touch. The clouds were like if you feel them and they were at the top of my head. They were also as cotton because they were white. The sun was not too hot, so it warmed my back so nice. The sun could be seen through the clouds. Being there I could breathe pure air, but the most amazing thing was the view of the city from the “Cerro del Muerto”. The houses looked like doll houses as their size was small from above. The road looks like a tiny path that did not have direction. Standing there I reflected that the city is really small and it is nothing compared to what the nature offers you.
Certainly, it was a splendid experience that I had had and I would like to do it again. Because when you are at the head of the hill you feel an unexplored feeling of happiness because the view at the top of the hill is the most wonderful thing that you can ever see in your whole life. Actually, on “Cerro del Muerto” you can find the most beautiful things that the nature gives us to think on that. We should take time to admire it. It does not matter that you have to make an effort to arrive until there. It is really great. Would you like to try out that experience?
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My electronic literacy (Final draft)
Electronic Literacy
INTRODUCTION
My point of view of electronic literacy.
BODY PARAGRAPHS:
1. Paragraph:
A) Use of internet (e-mails, search engines, chat rooms, discussion boards)
B) Purposes
C) Advantages and disadvantages
2. Paragraph:
A) Usefulness in education
B) How electronic tools can work for improving our L1 and L2
3. Paragraph:
A) Usefulness of word processors (e-mails, blogs, portfolios)
CONCLUSION
My expectations and plans regarding electronics tools
ESSAY
Electronic literacy
Have you ever thought what electronic literacy is? Probably you have used the computer to write an e-mail, to read an article, to watch a video, but you didn‘t know that it is electronic literacy. Electronic literacy is the ability to use non-printed information from a web site in order to read it; the use of cell phones, word processors all those things are useful to write a text by using the language in a formal and informal way. Electronic literacy is useful in order to interact with other communities, to learn new ways of speech from all over the world. So, electronic literacy has many functions and uses for us.
The internet has many applications in our daily life. Like for example, we have access to the e-mail for personal aspects and for job situations. This is very useful and the most common uses of that. Another application of it is that we use some search engines to look for information about academic purposes also for getting information of some products or just for knowing more about the world. The most common search engines are Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. Now, these applications have some advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of these applications are that those search engines are tools for us because we can save time in some researches, to save time for communicating job problems or solutions about the job. In addition, those applications are useful to know more about other ways of thinking. The disadvantages of those applications are that we almost never use in the appropriate way. We spend time just chatting without any specific purpose also we just use the internet to share personal information in certain web pages like Hi5, Facebook, etc. Those things about the internet are the most known by people, but it also has other applications.
The use of internet in education has an important role nowadays. The internet is the most important tool to the process of teaching. Because with that tool students can use electronic media for academic writing, researching and for learning new things from other cultures. But the use of internet in education nowadays is for learning new languages; in my own experience I use it to learn English language. By using internet we can access to many web sites where you can practice the language that you are learning and have brief explanations of the target language. So, in that way you can improve your L2 because you can practice your reading, listening, writing skills even you can practice your speaking skill by using the Skype web site where you are in touch with native speakers also with students of the target language. Talking about the L1 I have learned too. Since I am learning a new language I can learn more about my own language. It is in order to have a better comprehension of the L2 that I am learning. So, you also can use the internet to learn a second language as the same as me. Of course we can use other sources to improve our native language and non-native language.
What we can use in order to improve our own language and the new language. Most of us are familiar with the use of e-mails, chat rooms, blogs, etc. But we don`t know that it can be useful for our improvement in learning languages. Like for example we can use the e-mail to send homework or to send a letter to friends, but we need to have some netiquette for giving a good impression of ourselves. It is important with the intention of practice our writing skill where it is inside the grammar, spelling, so in that way we can realize that if we really are learning to use the language in real contexts. Also we can have communication with other peers by blogging. We can help each other in order to increase our ability with the language. Finally, we can have access to real language in chat rooms. On that chats we can communicate with people from all over the world in order to learn their culture and their speech communication.
To finish, electronic literacy involves many things that are useful for us. But the most outstanding would be for education because it is an instrument for us as teachers and as students for having well development of knowledge in general, but more specific in learning languages. I think that will use for improving and learning the English language blogs, wikis, virtual libraries and the most common for research that is search engines that are very practical to look for information that we usually need.
INTRODUCTION
My point of view of electronic literacy.
BODY PARAGRAPHS:
1. Paragraph:
A) Use of internet (e-mails, search engines, chat rooms, discussion boards)
B) Purposes
C) Advantages and disadvantages
2. Paragraph:
A) Usefulness in education
B) How electronic tools can work for improving our L1 and L2
3. Paragraph:
A) Usefulness of word processors (e-mails, blogs, portfolios)
CONCLUSION
My expectations and plans regarding electronics tools
ESSAY
Electronic literacy
Have you ever thought what electronic literacy is? Probably you have used the computer to write an e-mail, to read an article, to watch a video, but you didn‘t know that it is electronic literacy. Electronic literacy is the ability to use non-printed information from a web site in order to read it; the use of cell phones, word processors all those things are useful to write a text by using the language in a formal and informal way. Electronic literacy is useful in order to interact with other communities, to learn new ways of speech from all over the world. So, electronic literacy has many functions and uses for us.
The internet has many applications in our daily life. Like for example, we have access to the e-mail for personal aspects and for job situations. This is very useful and the most common uses of that. Another application of it is that we use some search engines to look for information about academic purposes also for getting information of some products or just for knowing more about the world. The most common search engines are Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc. Now, these applications have some advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of these applications are that those search engines are tools for us because we can save time in some researches, to save time for communicating job problems or solutions about the job. In addition, those applications are useful to know more about other ways of thinking. The disadvantages of those applications are that we almost never use in the appropriate way. We spend time just chatting without any specific purpose also we just use the internet to share personal information in certain web pages like Hi5, Facebook, etc. Those things about the internet are the most known by people, but it also has other applications.
The use of internet in education has an important role nowadays. The internet is the most important tool to the process of teaching. Because with that tool students can use electronic media for academic writing, researching and for learning new things from other cultures. But the use of internet in education nowadays is for learning new languages; in my own experience I use it to learn English language. By using internet we can access to many web sites where you can practice the language that you are learning and have brief explanations of the target language. So, in that way you can improve your L2 because you can practice your reading, listening, writing skills even you can practice your speaking skill by using the Skype web site where you are in touch with native speakers also with students of the target language. Talking about the L1 I have learned too. Since I am learning a new language I can learn more about my own language. It is in order to have a better comprehension of the L2 that I am learning. So, you also can use the internet to learn a second language as the same as me. Of course we can use other sources to improve our native language and non-native language.
What we can use in order to improve our own language and the new language. Most of us are familiar with the use of e-mails, chat rooms, blogs, etc. But we don`t know that it can be useful for our improvement in learning languages. Like for example we can use the e-mail to send homework or to send a letter to friends, but we need to have some netiquette for giving a good impression of ourselves. It is important with the intention of practice our writing skill where it is inside the grammar, spelling, so in that way we can realize that if we really are learning to use the language in real contexts. Also we can have communication with other peers by blogging. We can help each other in order to increase our ability with the language. Finally, we can have access to real language in chat rooms. On that chats we can communicate with people from all over the world in order to learn their culture and their speech communication.
To finish, electronic literacy involves many things that are useful for us. But the most outstanding would be for education because it is an instrument for us as teachers and as students for having well development of knowledge in general, but more specific in learning languages. I think that will use for improving and learning the English language blogs, wikis, virtual libraries and the most common for research that is search engines that are very practical to look for information that we usually need.
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