The natural beauty of Cullera’s beach.

I love the beach.
Lie on the sand, touching it, feeling it.
Smell the particular scent of the salt mixed with the sea water.
Feel the coolness of the sea breeze against my skin. Close my eyes and enjoy with that sensation.
The sun, big, beautiful and impressive, is radiating heat towards me, and my skin.
The sky, clean, blue, huge… Makes you feel relaxed.
You can fall asleep and have the most beautiful dreams you can ever imagine, because you can hear the waves breaking in the sand, constantly moving and moving, relaxing you at all.
You can get up, slow, very slow… And look at the sand, the sky, the water and the people feeling like you. You can start walking along the sand and see your feet prints taxed on the smooth sand… And arrive to the sea shore, put your feet into the water and feel the coolness of it. You can walk in the water and go inside it…
… Can you feel just like me?

Credits: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullera

Javea 08'

The first trip that I have done this summer has been Javea.
Last year I went to Scotland with my English academy, Irene and Irene went with me. And the previous four years I went to a Camp in Javea, they came with me too. And this year we came back, but not like students, we came back like monitors.
So, our paper in the camp was helping the teachers at all.
First day, when we arrived to Javea we started preparing the beds and the bed-rooms for the pupils, cleaning them, making beds etc. We were very nervous the next day, because the students were ready to come.
All the mornings we got up at half past eight, we had breakfast at nine o’clock, and then, when the students were at their lessons we made revisions of their bedrooms. If the bedrooms were clean, tidy and with the beds made, they had a green point, if it was the opposite, they had a black point. Then we cleaned the bathrooms, prepare the sandwiches for the break, and corrected some exams. After the break, we helped the teachers teaching the students that were slower than the rest of the group. There were two groups, the group with more level, and the other one, with a low level. Normally we made the reading and comprehension with the first group, and with the other, we teach easy things like verb to be or to have, when they have to use am/are/is, or when they have to use have/has.
When the lessons were finished, the students went to the pool and we did some contests to win green points.
When they finished having lunch, they have a siesta time of two hours, to have a rest and study for their exams.
In the afternoons and evenings we prepared activities like going to the fair, going to the stalls of the beach, going to play to the beach (games like races, the highest mountain, the biggest hold… etc)
All the years the teachers give the students green and red points to win the camp, and if they win, they have a price.
Green points - Speaking English, wining games.
Red points - speaking in Spanish have a bad attitude.
This year we have had the power of giving points, and it has been very exciting.
It has been a very different point of view and I have had a great time I hope I will repeat next year.

Credits: http://www.cle.ied.edu.hk/elc.htm,

WILL – Going to.

We use will for predictions based on our opinion and for decisions taken at the moment of talking.

Structure:
- Affirmative: Subject + will + present simple of the verb chosen.
Example; -what are we going to have for lunch? –I don’t know… Well, I will cook some sausages.
- Negative: Subject + will not (won’t) + present simple of the verb chosen.
Example; - are you going to go to the fair? – Hmmm. I will not, I’m very tired.
- Interrogative: Will + Subject + present simple of the verb chosen.
Example; Will you eat those hamburgers?


We use going to for predictions based on something we can see, hear… And for decisions before hand (Plan actions.)

Structure:
- Affirmative: Subject + am/are/ is + going to + present simple of the verb chosen.
Example; I am going to go to the cinema tomorrow.
- Negative: Subject + am not/aren’t/ isn’t + going to + present simple of the verb chosen.
Example; I am not going to go to the cinema tomorrow.
-Interrogative: am/are/ is + Subject + going to + present simple of the verb chosen + ?
Example; Am I going to the cinema tomorrow?

Credits: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/a_grammar/unit05/hwy_int_unit05_2/

Education and technology.

The technology is nowadays the future. With a simple computer you can do what ever you want, only with studies and persistence. If new technologies are such enriching… Why not to use them?
I think that if we use them in a moderate way, we can learn and know a lot of new things. But in a moderate way. I mean, I’d like to learn more about technologies but I also want to learn history or maths…
If we use technology in the future will help us, because we will have a base of technologies and it’s a great way to start.

Credits: http://www.mext.go.jp/english/

Present simple and continous.

We use present simple when we speak about permanent situations, facts, habits in the present, instructions, routines, opinions and time.

Structure:
-Affirmative: Subject + base form of the verb.
Example -- I speak Spanish.
- Negative: Subject + don’t/doesn’t + base form of the verb.
Example -- I don’t speak Spanish.
- Interrogative: Do/does + Subject + base form of the verb.
Example -- Do I speak Spanish?

We use present continous for actions that are happening at the moment, for arrangement in the future (I’m playing tennis tomorrow.), for temporary action or an action that annoys you.

Structure:
- Affirmative: Subject + am/is/are + verb finished in ING.
Example -- She is eating a sandwich.
- Negative: Subject + am not/isn’t/aren’t + verb finished in ING.
Example -- She isn’t eating a Sandwich.
- Interrogative: Am/is/are + subject + verb finished in ING + ?
Example -- Is she eating a sandwich?

There are some verbs that you can’t put them in a continous form, they are called State verbs…
They are verbs like… Be, Think, Love, Understand, Have, Like, Know, Smell, Touch, Taste…

Credits: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon1.htm

STEPHANIE MEYER.

Stephanie Meyer was born the 24th of December (1973) In Connecticut, United states. She is the writer of the book twilight (Crepúsculo) and the continuations, New moon (luna nueva), Eclipse (eclipse) and breaking down (amanecer). Her books, have been more famous than “Harry potter” collections, they have been more ridden.
Meyer studied Brigham Young University, where she studied English literature. She grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. When she was at the university, she met her husband, Christian “Pancho” and they got married in 1994, they have three children, two boys and one girl; Gabe, Seth and Eli.
The writer says that the idea of Twilight came to her from a dream at the 2nd of July of 2003, and now is one of the best seller books.

Credits: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephenie_Meyer, http://www.crepusculo-es.com/

Present Perfect./Present Perfect continous.

We use present perfect… For an action that started in the past and comes up in to the present, for an action which has recently finished whose result is visible in the present and has got consequences in the present, for an action which happened at a unstated time in the past and the past is not mentioned, for experiences and for an action that happened in a specific period of time which is not over the moment of speaking.

Structure:
- Affirmative: Subject + have/has + verb finished in ED / past participle of the irregular verbs.
Example -- I have started playing the game. / I have broken the window.
- Negative: Subject + Haven’t/hasn’t + verb finished in ED / past participle of the irregular verbs.
Example -- I haven’t started playing the game. / I haven’t broken the window.
-Interrogative: Have/has + subject + verb finished in ED / past participle of the irregular verbs.
Example -- Have I started playing the game? / Have I broken the window?

We use present perfect continous when the action has been started in the past and still continues in the present.


Structure:
- Affirmative: Subject + Have/has + been + verb finished in ING.
Example -- She has been watching television.
- Negative: Subject + haven’t/hasn’t + been + verb finished in ING.
Example -- She hasn’t been watching television.
- Interrogative: Have/has + subject + been + verb finished in ING.
Example -- Has she been watching television?

Credits: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html