Temas contemporáneos en inglés

Ana Luisa Gallardo Potter

Group: 2
A01373591 IIS
Andrea Sue Richardson

Independent study
Report on work with app.
Dates Total time App / Site Significant Learning / What was useful to me / What
spent working problems I had (Specific examples)
I completed 4 different levels. I practiced vocabulary
May 28th 1 hr. 40 Duolingo related to food, parts of the body and animals. These
– minutes. words were new for me:
June 1st Free
20 minutes Practice Unripe: Not yet, ready to be eaten or collected.
each day. Cambridg Steam: the vapor into which water is converted with
e Test for heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets
learners of in the air.
English.
Bitter: Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell, not
sweet
Stir: Mix an ingredient into (a liquid or other
substance) by moving a spoon or other implement
round and round.

Kidneys: Are two bean-shaped organs, each about the

size of the first.

Shin: Region of the leg between the knee and the

ankle.

Caged: Kept in a cage.

Scaly: A scaly animal has skin like that of a fish or a

snake.

It is hard for me to understand the meaning without

writing a sentence, so I wrote a logic sentence for each
new word for me.

I noticed in my grammar practice that I have

difficulties identifying adverbs. I also practiced
identifying each world of a sentence (noun, verb,
adverb, preposition…)
Report on reading.
Dates Time spent reading Bibliographic Significant Learning
reference
Online articles These words were new for me:
th
May 28 35 minutes each day. from Oxford,
– British Consciousness: the awareness or perception
June 1st Council, of something by a person.
TOEIC online
exercises. Exposure: the state of being exposed to
contact with something.

Worshiped: The feeling or expression of

reverence and adoration for a deity.

Frankness: The quality of being open, honest,

and direct in speech or writing.

Clamor: Shout loudly and insistently. Make a

vehement protest or demand.

Arcane: Obscure, secret, known only by a

few.

Haughty: disdainfully proud.

Gluttony: overindulgence in food or drink.

Fractious: troublesome or irritable.

Bewilder: cause (someone) to become

perplexed and confused.

I realized I have to learn more about new

vocabulary in order to understand the whole
reading. The vocabulary I should learn more
is scientific words, adjectives, business words.

I also realized I have to improve my reading

skills, I find it useful practicing reading
exercise in the TOEIC online web.